Education

  As part of their Citizenship Course, grade 10 students from École secondaire Saint-Joseph (Wawa) had the opportunity to meet Carol Hughes, Federal Member of Parliament for Algoma-Manitoulin-Kapuskasing, during the recently-held election campaign. During her visit, Ms. Hughes shared her career path with students and talked about the positive impact education has on the community. Throughout her presentation, the member ...

  Kirk Whitlock, an arts teacher at École Saint-Joseph’s School(Wawa) put to good use to found two old diascopes, former projectors used for projecting transparencies, and incorporated them into the grade 5 arts class. Students used their imagination and various objects to practice the art of shadow making. They projected on a white screen shadows produced by silhouettes that they ...

  M. Kirk Whitlock, enseignant en arts à l’école Saint-Joseph (Wawa) a trouvé deux anciens diascopes, des projecteurs utilisés pour transmettre des transparents sur des écrans, et les a intégrés au cours d’arts des élèves de 5e année. Les élèves ont utilisé leur imagination et divers objets pour pratiquer l’art des ombres chinoises. Ils ont projeté sur un écran blanc ...

  Another successful cross country running season for the  MHS and ESJ high school runners. These incredible athletes competed on a challenging, muddy course at the NWOSSA (North Western Ontario Secondary School Athletic Association) championship meet on October 23rd. All of them had great runs and four of our runners have qualified for the provincial championships! This amazing group is ...

      À l’école Saint-Joseph, on croit à l’importance de transmettre un amour de l’écriture parmi les élèves. Sous la direction de Mme Jenny Bouffard, enseignante de jardin, avec l’appui des enseignants Mme Angèle Gauthier Augé et de M.  Kirk Whitlock, les élèves ont pratiqué leur écriture. Ils se sont bien amusés à tracer des chiffres, des lettres et ...

      At École Saint-Joseph (Wawa), we value the importance of writing as well as the importance of transmitting a love of writing among students.   Under the director of Kindergarten teacher Ms. Jenny Bouffard, and with the support of teachers Ms. Angèle Gauthier Augé and Mr. Kirk Whitlock, students are encouraged to practice writing. They had fun tracing ...

Adam Carricato, the Gr 7/8 Teacher at St. Joseph French Immersion C. S. submitted an article detailing how his class exercised their civic duty in voting. This was also part of the nation-wide Student Vote. Adam has sent the results of the Student Vote for the riding of Algoma-Manitoulin-Kapuskasing. These results include results from all 37 participating schools across the riding. All ...

  Friday, October 18, 2019 was an exciting day for the Grade 4-8 students at St. Joseph French Immersion Catholic School. After four weeks of preparation through the Student Vote Canada 2019 Program, students finally got to cast their vote for the member they would like to represent Algoma-Manitoulin-Kapuskasing in Ottawa. St. Joseph French Immersion students along with 1.1 million ...

Please be advised that St. Basil school in White River (Huron Superior Catholic District School Board) is closed to staff and students today due to a power outage in that community. The local White River bus (#9) to that school is also cancelled.

  Last Friday the Kindergarten class at Sir James Dunn Public School celebrated the new friendships that they have created with their fellow classmates by making a Friendship Fruit Salad.  Each little friend brought in a piece or two of fruit to share with the class and on Friday morning all of the fruit was chopped up by our friends ...

  Les artistes inscrits au cours d’arts médiatiques de la 10e année à l’école secondaire Saint-Joseph (Wawa) ont tenu tout récemment leur première exposition holographique. Deux projets étaient à l’honneur: la combinaison siamoise alors que le second projet mettait en vedette la vie qui tient par un bout de laine. Ces projets furent dirigés par l’enseignante Mme Valérie Lévesque. Les élèves ...

  The artists in the grade 10 Media Arts class at École secondaire Saint-Joseph (Wawa) had the great honour of hosting their first holographic art exhibition. Two projects, directed by their teacher Mme Valérie Lévesque, were showcased: the Siamese combination while the second project featured life held by a string of wool. Students took pride in sharing the originality of ...

    CPouvons-nous intégrer le bricolage à la biologie? Oui, le jumelage des deux peut faciliter la compréhension de la génétique! Pendant le cours de biologie, les élèves de l’école secondaire Saint-Joseph (Wawa) tiennent le rôle de chercheur et chercheuse en génétique et doivent alors découper, assembler et analyser les chromosomes de leur “patient”! Par la suite, Mme Lynne Burnham, ...

    Can we integrate crafts in the study of biology? Yes, mixing both can lead to a better understand genetics! During the biology class, students at École Saint-Joseph in Wawa take on the role of genetics researcher and then cut, assemble and analyze the chromosomes of their “patient”! Thereafter, the teachers Ms. Lynne Burnham, specialist for the subject, evaluates ...

After months of delays and inaction by the Ontario government, and no indication that meaningful discussion will take place, the Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation (OSSTF/FEESO) feels it now has no choice but to begin the process of conducting strike votes among its members across the province in the coming weeks. “The government claims that it wants to resolve these ...