Education

In our little corner of Northern Ontario, the little friends in Kindergarten École Saint-Joseph (Wawa), in the good company of teacher Ms. Jenny Bouffard and educator Ms. Natalie Jones, had loads of fun playing in the snow this week! The students even had the chance to start building a beautiful fort! Yay snow! Long live winter!

Au cours des dernières quelques semaines, les élèves du cours de Cheminement dans la foi catholique à l’école secondaire catholique Trillium (Chapleau) se sont donné le mandat de faire vivre une activité de bienveillance au sein de leur école. Leur objectif était de sensibiliser la communauté scolaire à l’intimidation et à la prévention de celle-ci tout en donnant aux élèves ...

Over the past few weeks, the students of the Pathway in the Catholic Faith (Cheminement dans la foi catholique ) course at École secondaire catholique Trillium (Chapleau) have given themselves the mandate to bring to life a benevolent and wellness activity within their school. Their goal was to educate the school community about bullying and bullying prevention while giving students ...

Les élèves de l’École secondaire catholique Trillium (Chapleau) ont eu l’occasion de faire une rencontre impressionnante dernièrement! Grâce au programme « De la piscine aux bancs d’écoles » de Swim Ontario, ils ont pu accueillir en virtuel l’athlète paralympienne, Abi Tripp. Cette paranageuse a représenté le Canada à plusieurs reprises au cours des dernières années et plus récemment cet été ...

Students at École secondaire catholique Trillium (Chapleau) recently had the opportunity to meet an outstanding person! Thanks to Swim Ontario’s “Pools to Schools” program, they were able to link up virtually with two-time Paralympian athlete, Abi Tripp. This para-swimmer has represented Canada several times in recent years and most recently this summer competed in Tokyo during the Paralympic Games.   ...

The Sault Ste. Marie Innovation Centre is inviting students across the Algoma region to join in the Hour of Code 2021 and complete a one-hour coding activity during Computer Science Education Week from December 6th– 12th for a chance to win some prizes.   The Hour of Code, organized by the non-profit Code.org and over 100 others, is a global ...

Three Sault College Bachelor of Engineering – Mechatronics students are the inaugural recipients of the Tenaris Roberto Rocco Scholarship in Engineering. Abbi Benka, Evan Bowman and Mariana Torres Tetelpa were each awarded the scholarship valued at $8,000 over the four years of the program.   Sault College and Tenaris announced the new scholarship earlier this year in support of the ...

The Trustees of the Huron-Superior Catholic District School Board (HSCDSB) have named Mr. Danny Viotto as the Board’s new Director of Education. Mr. Viotto will begin his new duties on February 22, 2022. “We are very pleased to make this announcement and are confident in Danny’s ability to be Director. He has impressed us with his work as a superintendent ...

Le cours d’histoire 11e année, enseigné aux élèves de l’école secondaire Saint-Joseph (Wawa) par M. Kevin Auger, offre une vision bien particulière des événements à travers les siècles. L’Égypte est un sujet captivant qui suscite des questions et de vives discussions. Dans le cadre du cours, un présentoir égyptien a été fabriqué et expliqué par les élèves Reese Rousseau et ...

The grade 11 history course, taught to students at École secondaire Saint-Joseph (Wawa) by Mr. Kevin Auger, offers a very special view of events through the centuries. Egypt is a fascinating subject that generates questions and at times, animated discussions. As part of the course, an Egyptian display was assembled and explained by students Reese Rousseau and Cooper Baronnette-Moore. We ...

Durant la Semaine de la sensibilisation à l’intimidation et de la prévention, le ministre de l’Éducation, Stephen Lecce, accompagné de Raymond Cho, le ministre des Services aux aînés et de l’Accessibilité, et de Sam Oosterhoff, l’adjoint parlementaire au ministre de l’Éducation, a rencontré des partenaires et a annoncé un nouveau financement pour lutter contre l’intimidation et la discrimination dont font ...

During Bullying Awareness and Prevention Week, Stephen Lecce, Minister of Education, joined by Raymond Cho, Minister for Seniors and Accessibility, and Sam Oosterhoff, Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Education, met with partners to announce new funding to combat bullying and discrimination against students with disabilities, and unveiled a strengthened plan to counter bullying in-class and online. This updated anti-bullying ...

Dans le cours de sciences, les élèves de la 7e/8e de l’École Saint-Joseph (Wawa) ont relevé le défi de concevoir et de construire une niche pour de petits animaux de compagnie. Dirigés par leur enseignante Mme Ashley Hunt-Robinson, les élèves ont procédé à ce projet stimulant qui comprenait plusieurs éléments dont la conception d’un plan de fabrication, la recherche de ...

In their science class, grade 7 and 8 students from École Saint-Joseph (Wawa) took up the challenge of designing and building a shelter for small animals. Under the guidance of their teacher Ms. Ashley Hunt-Robinson, the students carried out this stimulating project which included several steps such as designing a manufacturing plan, finding construction materials, gathering tools, taking measurements as ...

Des études confirment que le yoga peut être bénéfique et avoir un effet de bien-être sur la santé des adolescents. Dans le but d’appuyer ses élèves à l’école secondaire Saint-Joseph (Wawa), l’enseignante Mme Annette Lytwenko en a fait une pratique gagnante et offrent régulièrement de courtes sessions de yoga. Les élèves adorent et retirent des bénéfices sur le plan physique ...