Spotlight on the London District Catholic School Board November 5th


June 20th, 2008


	Vito Michienzi visited St. Anne Elementary School to demonstrate magic to Ms. Nicoletti's Grade 3/4 class along with Mrs. Brennan's SK and Mr. Robinson's Grade 3 class. (Left) The students were amazed by his work (Above)

Making Art - Creating Community is a program that has been going on since 2003 at Museum London, sponsored by London life. The teachers this year included Leslie Sorochan, from at St. Mary's High School and Mary Intven Wallace from Monsignor Morrison. The projects (Above) included large charcoal drawings, printmaking and collages. Students took part from John Paul ll, Holy Cross and St. Theresa. The artwork has been taken back to the schools to share with the communities.

The Senior Kindergarten children at Holy Cross Elementary celebrated graduation Clifford style

This week, the St. Mary School Choir and Orchestra Program had a guest artist from Canada's far north. Andrea Hansen is an accomplished violin/fiddle player who works with children in Canada's northern regions, bringing fiddle music and musical instruction to them. Andrea is a former violinist with the Toronto Symphony who now spends her time with her foundation called Strings Across the Sky. Andrea played for our students and also worked with our Chamber Orchestra under the direction of Mrs. Mary Case while they played one of our favourite fiddle pieces for her. Our own Grade 5 student, Celine Murray, herself an accomplished violinist at her young age of 10, played a duet with Andrea to the tapping toes of the audience. Our school raised $500.00 to donate to Strings across the Sky, to help provide instruments and music for children of Canada's north. St. Mary School plays to maintain a connection with Andrea Hansen and her organization to assist in the sharing of string music to these remote areas in the north.	Rebecca Faber, Children's Librarian from Beacock Library, came to St. Anne School to tell the Sk-Grade 5 classes about the Summer Reading Club. This year the theme is LOL or Laugh out Loud. The children were told about the club and were encouraged to join this free programme run by the London Public Library.

Ms. Peternel's grade 2 students from St. Francis London had a "beary" good time decorating their bears, with help from their RMC reading buddies from Penny Authier's class. The grade 2 class would like to thank their buddies for all their help this past semester and congratulate them on their graduation.

An ice-cream soiree was the the cherry on top of a year of delicious activities organized by St. Anthony Catholic French Immersion School Council. Parents, students and staff enjoyed ice-cream and activities at the year-end event. The school also received a cheque for $300 from Boston Pizza for library resources.	Above pictures showcase the work done by the Grade 11 and 12 Fashion Classes at JPII. The garments were made by the students modeling them.

On Friday, June 13 students in Mrs. Burrell's CHW3M class hosted a Medieval Fair. The Fair featured displays on The Black Death, The Role of the Church, Feudalism, Wars and Conquests, Knights and Chivalry, Medieval Castles, Medieval Science and Health, William the Conqueror and Ivan the Terrible. Each booth had a display, skit/activity, pamphlet and culinary dish appropriate to their topic. Students in Grades 10 and 11 classes visited the fair.

St. Francis Catholic School unveiled its new, accessible play equipment today, built with the help of a grant from Ronald McDonald House.

Holy Cross Elementary grade 4/5 and 5/6 classes hosted two French Cafes. The students prepared the food and were the servers at this French style cafe. All the classes in the school visited the cafe which raised $347.00. The money raised was donated to Pedal for Hope which raises money for Pediatric Cancer research. Thank you to all who helped and contributed to the success of this event.

Twenty two students joined the Forest of Reading Program at J.H. O'Neil School Library this year. Students in the Silver Birch and Red Maple categories read nominated titles and then voted for their favourite. The students wrote up 'blurbs' about each one and then earned a quilt square for every book read. Altogether the students read 147 titles, making a wonderful quilt to fit a twin size bed. One lucky student won the quilt to take home. The students picked the fabric which has many leaf patterns and Mrs Plumb, the Librarian made the quilt