Last week, the Sudbury Blue Door Soup Kitchen celebrated 35 years of “opening doors for people in need”. Marymount Marymount Academy has a long-standing partnership with the Blue Door Soup Kitchen – for the past several years, the Grade 9 students have had the opportunity to volunteer there as a way of putting their Religion curriculum into practice through service to others. This year, for the anniversary, Marymount art students contributed by painting this beautiful mural across their interior wall, making it a focal point for the centre. Congratulations Mykenzie Douglas, Shaleigh Wisniewski & Taylor Lapierre-Grignon for all your hard work!
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Secondary Students Participate in Diversity Day!
Sudbury Catholic District School Board hosted its first ever Diversity Day for secondary students on Friday, May 5th, with the goal of breaking down stereotypes and supporting all students in our schools, in particular racialized students. The morning was spent meeting with young people from different cultures and learning about their experiences living and attending school in Sudbury. We also spent time examining who has power in our world and what we can do in the face of oppression, colonialism and white privilege. The afternoon was work time, where each high school got together with school mates and determined a campaign to bring their learning of diversity back to their schools.
A beautiful day of learning and action, determining “what we all share” as we move forward towards a more equitable future for all!
Sudbury Catholic School Students win at Turning Points Essay Contest
Several Sudbury Catholic School students won during the Turning Points Essay contest. Winners were from St. Anne, St. Benedict Catholic Secondary School, Marymount Academy and St. Charles College. The winning students got to read their essays and stories to their friends and families. Congratulations to all of the winners, you should be very proud of your accomplishments!
Sudbury Catholic Schools awarded as Stars of Excellence at 2017 Kiwanis Music Festival
Participant schools included Marymount Academy, St. Anne Catholic School, Holy Trinity Catholic School, Immaculate Conception, Holy Cross Catholic School, St.Benedict Catholic Secondary School, St. John Catholic School and St. Charles College.
The senior band and strings ensemble from Marymount Academy (pictured here) were recommended for the provincial competition.
Congratulations to all musicians who participated and thank you for sharing your gifts with us.
Victors of Transition!
Jarah Preston from the Learning Disabilities Association of Sudbury was invited to St. Francis School on April 19, 2017 to deliver a presentation entitled Victors of Transition. The LDAS presentation is targeted to address all students in the grade 6 Regular, French Immersion and Special Education classes who will be transitioning onto grade 7 at either St. Benedict, Marymount Academy or St. Charles College in the fall. Special Education Resource Teacher, Ms. G. Visentin, annually welcomes the presentation to help prepare students and discuss how they may better prepare themselves for their transition to the next grade and new school setting in the fall.
Help Marymounts students win the Young Entrepreneurs, Make Your Pitch competition!
Young Entrepreneurs, Make Your Pitch is a high school entrepreneurship competition presented by Ontario Centres of Excellence and the Ministry of Economic Development and Growth as part of the Youth Jobs Strategy. The competition challenges students in Grades 9-12 to pitch their business ideas in a two-minute video that will be voted on by the public and expert judges. Finalists will present their ideas in front of a judging panel in Toronto at Discovery for a chance to receive reserved entry into the Summer Company program.
Grade 11 & 12 students Emma Chamberland, Alexandra Caverson, Alessandra Kempsen, and Caitlyn Wiermeir aspire to start an embroidery company within Marymount Academy. Their ultimate goal for the student-run school company is to reduce the cost of embroidered apparel to allow all students the opportunity to purchase Regal Wear and customized school clothing.
Please vote for our video using the link below. Voting is open until 1:00 pm on Thursday, April 20th.
http://www.makeyourpitch.ca/entry/28945565?offset=0-Stitch it MMA
SDSSAA Badminton Results
The Marymount badminton team has had an incredible season so far and it’s not done yet. On top of some incredible results in various club tournaments across Northern Ontario, the results put forth this weekend were outstanding. Marymount captured the 1st banner ever awarded for the highest team average point total. This is the first badminton banner for Marymount since the mid-90’s. Coaches Dan Bartolucci & Donald Legendre could not be more pleased with the effort these girls put forth.
Here are some of the top results from the SDSSAA Championships:
Midget Girls’ Doubles:
*Hope Tyson & Jordin Rancourt – Champions
Junior Girls’ Doubles:
*Mackenzie Watkins & Angelina Lam – Champions
*Makaylah Kruk & Megan Ierino – 2nd Place
Taylor Bradley & Carlyn Lewis – 3rd Place
Junior Girls’ Singles:
Brady Martin – 3rd Place
Senior Girls’ Doubles:
*Emily Taylor & Starr Trudeau – Champions
*Hope Joly & Tiffany Hodgins – 2nd Place
Allison Byrnes & Taylor Watkins – 4th Place
* will be attending the NOSSA Championships in North Bay on April 19th & April 20th:
Best of luck to the 10 competitors attending NOSSA – Go Regals Go!!!
Sudbury Catholic Schools students, teacher take home honours at the Sudbury Regional Science Fair
The Sudbury Regional Science Fair was held this weekend and we are very proud of our winners:
JUNIOR DIVISION – ENGINEERING
Third Place
Catherine St-Jean
Jennifer Qiu
Marymount Academy
Project Title: Le chauffage solaire est dans l’air
CAMBRIAN COLLEGE AWARD
Catherine St-Jean
Jennifer Qiu
Marymount Academy
Project Title: Le chauffage solaire est dans l’air
MCEWEN SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE AWARD
Faith Charbonneau
Elizabeth Natti
St. John Elementary School
Project Title: k-9 cover
Congratulations to our students, along with teacher Andrea Jebreen, who took home a special award for being a science ambassador.
MMA Regals fight cancer
Thank you Regals!! Together we raised over $4,000 for the Neo Kids Foundation & the Northern Cancer Foundation! Today Regals volunteered to cut their hair to raise awareness for cancer! #RegalsFightCancer
Marymount Academy students take silver in province-wide poster contest
Congratulations to two Marymount Academy elementary students for being recognized in the Royal Canadian Legion’s province-wide Literary and Poster Contests!
Both girls came in second place in the province. Lena Fedorowich took home a silver medal for her essay titled “Remembering the Lost” and Sofya Mishchenko for her poster reminding people to “Wear a Poppy” on November 11th.
Way to go Regals!