Education

Oct 30, 2017 @ 14:06 On October 25, the Student Services Consortium made their way to École Saint-Joseph (Wawa) to make a presentation on school bus safety to students from kindergarten to grade 3.   With the help of Buster the bus, a small motorized school bus that winks, talks and plays music, the two presenters taught students how to ...

Oct 27, 2017 @ 08:07 Congratulations to all the MHS and ESJ cross country runners who competed at NWOSSAA (North Western Ontario Secondary Schools Athletic Association) in Thunder Bay on October 18th, 2017.  All of our runners trained hard and had great runs on a new and hilly course at NWOSSAA.  We have one runner heading to the provincial championships! ...

Oct 27, 2017 @ 08:05   The kindergarten class at Sir James Dunn received a special surprise last Wednesday.  The Technology team from the board office dropped off a new little critter to the classroom.  He is called Bee-Bot and Bee-Bot is a programmable floor robot, ideal for teaching control, directional language and programming/coding to young children.   The students ...

Oct 26, 2017 @ 09:28   Le 20 octobre les élèves de la 6e à la 12e année de l’école Saint-Joseph (Wawa) se sont rendus à Michipicoten pour le Pow-Wow. Ce fut une belle journée d’apprentissage et de plaisir pour tous les élèves.   L’ensemble des élèves et du personnel sont très reconnaissants envers la Première Nation de Michipicoten qui ...

Oct 26, 2017 @ 09:27   On October 20, students from grade 6 to grade 12 from École Saint-Joseph (Wawa) made their way to Michipicoten to take part in a Pow-Wow. It was an educational and fun experience for all the students. The students and staff are very thankful that Michipicoten First Nation welcomed them for this truly enriching experience.

Oct 26, 2017 @ 08:09   Le 6 octobre, les élèves de la maternelle et du jardin de l’École Saint-Joseph (Wawa), accompagnés de leurs enseignantes, Mme Lorraine Filion-Samson et Mme Monique Gendron, et de leurs éducatrices, Mme Marie-France Sylvain et Mme Manon Gagnon, se sont rendus à la ferme agricole « Flying Geese » de Mme Carolle Beaulieu-Pitre.   Ce fut une ...

Oct 26, 2017 @ 08:09 On October 6, students from kindergarten at École Saint-Joseph (Wawa) along with their teachers Ms. Lorraine Filion-Samson and Ms. Monique Gendron, and their educators, Ms. Marie-France Sylvain and Ms. Manon Gagnon, made their way to Ms. Carolle Beaulieu-Pitre’s agricultural farm “Flying Geese”.   Students had a fun filled day full of new experiences: harvesting vegetables, ...

Oct 25, 2017 @ 14:21   L’École secondaire Saint-Joseph (Wawa) a accueilli, cette année, un élève Rotary international en échange de la France. Grégoire Mazal s’est rendu à Wawa afin de découvrir le nord de l’Ontario. Ainsi, il a eu l’occasion de faire justement cela le 4, 5 et 6 octobre lorsqu’il s’est rendu, avec l’ensemble des élèves des cours ...

Oct 25, 2017 @ 14:20   École secondaire Saint-Joseph (Wawa) welcomed this year a Rotary international exchange student from France. Grégoire Mazal made his way to Wawa with the intention of experiencing northern Ontario. On October 4th, 5th and 6th, he had the opportunity to do just that as he, along with students from the physical education classes and teachers ...

Oct 25, 2017 @ 13:19   The Algoma District School Board (ADSB) was pleased to host Dr. Niigaan Sinclair for two days this week, as he spoke with students, staff, parents and community leaders from across the district about Truth and Reconciliation.  He is an Associate Professor with the Department of Native Studies at the University of Manitoba and a ...

Oct 16, 2017 @ 11:50 Unfortunately, the union representing our faculty and counsellors has elected to commence strike action against Ontario’s 24 public colleges. “OPSEU submitted a counter-offer Saturday that did far too little to close the gap between the Colleges and the union,” said Dr. Ron Common, Sault College President. There are three components at the heart of this labour ...

Oct 11, 2017 @ 14:07     On September 28, students and staff from École secondaire Saint-Joseph (Wawa) took part in a hike at Orphan Lake. It was a beautiful day to visit the Lake Superior Provincial Park and students took with them some very valuable lessons.

Oct 9, 2017 @ 12:21       On September 20, 2017, Ms. Angèle Gauthier-Auger along with her grade 1 students from École Saint-Joseph (Wawa) welcomed students from the Leadership course at École secondaire Saint-Joseph (Wawa). The young leaders, accompanied by Ms. Isabelle Impératori, presented the project “Mon jardin à moi” (My garden). The project consists of planting bean seeds ...

Oct 9, 2017 @ 12:21       Le 20 septembre 2017, Mme Angèle Gauthier-Auger et les élèves de la 1ère année de l’École Saint-Joseph (Wawa) ont accueilli la classe de Leadership et entraide de l’École secondaire Saint-Joseph (Wawa). Ces jeunes leaders, accompagnés de Mme Isabella Impératori, ont présenté le projet “Mon jardin à moi”. Ce projet s’agit de faire pousser ...