Education

Sault College and Tenaris have announced a new scholarship in support of student learning, which builds on the long-standing community partnership between the two organizations. The Rocca Education Program will recognize outstanding full-time undergraduate students enrolled in the College’s Bachelor of Engineering – Mechatronics Degree program offered in partnership with Humber College.   Beginning September 2021, four scholarships will be ...

The Sault Ste. Marie Innovation Centre (SSMIC) has launched its first local challenge for students in the Algoma region. The “Remote Learning: Tell Us Your Stance” essay competition is a part of SSMIC’s “Up for the Challenge” project that encourages Algoma residents and businesses to think and compete for innovative solutions to challenges on a local, regional, national, and global ...

The Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM) was established as a solution to the doctor shortage in the North. It was set up as a stand-alone legal entity and maintains independent finances, administration, and its own Board of Directors. Yet, this proven strategy still relies on Laurentian University and Lakehead University to grant its degrees. In light of what is ...

  Depuis déjà huit ans, Mme Lucille Vachon-Case, direction à l’école Saint-Joseph (Wawa), adore jouer des tours aux élèves et aux membres du personnel pour souligner la journée du Poisson d’avril. C’est ainsi que le 1er avril 2021, les élèves de 6e année ont été particulièrement choyé par cette tradition en recevant des Timbits au ketchup et moutarde, du Jello ...

  For the past eight years, Ms. Lucille Vachon-Case, Principal at École Saint-Joseph (Wawa), has loved playing tricks on students and staff to mark April Fool’s Day. Earlier on April 1, 2021, grade 6 students were particularly pampered by this tradition by receiving Ketchup and Mustard garnished Timbits, Pickled Jello and Oreo Cookies made with play dough. This year, Mrs. ...

At Tuesday night’s Algoma District School Board (ADSB) meeting, staff updated the Board of Trustees on the rollout of 1:1 devices for Grade 6 to Grade 10 students in all ADSB schools across the district. The vision of the Algoma District School Board is to engage learners in innovative experiences that build confident learners, caring citizens. One of the Board’s ...

At Confederation College, we regularly evaluate each of our campus operations and after careful consideration, we have made the very difficult decision to close the Wawa Campus this August. The population in the catchment area for our Wawa Campus is small and with low enrolment across the past several years, it is not sustainable for us to maintain the physical ...

Registration for Science North Summer Science Camps is now open in Thunder Bay as well as 12 different communities across Northern Ontario and online. For over 30 years, Science North has offered innovative and stimulating summer camps that introduce children to the worlds of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). Science North’s highly trained staff have all of the tools to inspire ...

  Grâce à l’incitation de leur enseignante Mme Kelsey Boisvenue, les élèves de la 5e année à l’école Saint-Joseph (Wawa) ont vu une activité normale de lecture devenir un superbe projet communautaire! Le livre La tortue musquée, une espèce en danger a définitivement capté l’attention des jeunes lecteurs. Les élèves se sont informés des causes ayant mené à la disparation ...

  Thanks to the encouragement of their teacher Ms. Kelsey Boisvenue, grade 5 students at École Saint-Joseph (Wawa) saw a normal reading activity become an impressive community project! The book La tortue musquée, une espèce en danger (The Eastern Musk Turtle, an Endangered Species) definitely captured the attention of young readers. The students learned about the causes that led to ...

  The Covid-19 pandemic has resulted in many changes to the methods used in teaching over the past year. For music teachers, the challenges have been numerous but not insurmountable. At. St. Mary’s College, music teacher Kait Tappenden tried an approach that gained popularity because of pandemic restrictions. In the fall, Ms. Tappenden decided to purchase a few sets of ...

Grade 3 students from École Saint-Joseph (Wawa) and their teacher, Ms. Charlotte Konan, recently took advantage of the beautiful sun and mild weather to bring their favourite book outdoors. Well dressed, they were able to read while benefiting from the great outdoors. It was a special moment!

Les élèves de la 3e année de l’école Saint-Joseph (Wawa) et leur enseignante, Mme Charlotte Konan, ont tout récemment profité du beau soleil et d’une température clémente pour aller faire la lecture à l’extérieur. Ils ont pu ainsi dévorer leur livre préféré et remplir leurs poumons d’air frais. Il s’agissait d’un moment privilégié!

With the intention to support families during this pandemic, the Conseil scolaire catholique Nouvelon Parents’ Participation Committee will offer families a comedy talk as well as techno-educational workshops. In light of the important contributions of parents to the learning and well-being of students, these activities aim to strengthen their engagement and encourage their participation in the education of their children. ...

C’est avec enthousiasme que Les élèves de l’école secondaire Saint-Joseph (Wawa) ont participé du 15 au 17 mars à une semaine de carnaval d’hiver.   Un carrousel d’activités qui comprenait la fabrication de bracelets, une salle d’évasion, un cours de yoga, une partie de hockey ainsi qu’une joute de Euchre avait été organisé. On a aussi intégré à cette semaine ...