French-language Catholic Education: Providing the tools for students to fashion their future
May 7, 2014
Today, the eight Catholic school boards met for a press conference at Toronto’s Sacré-Coeur Parish to launch an important instrument aimed at providing a guide for the future of French- Catholic education in the 213 elementary and 58 secondary French-language Catholic schools in Ontario. At the beginning of the press conference, Ms. Nathalie Dufour-Séguin, Chair of the Conseil scolaire de district catholique Centre-Sud (CSDCCS), set the tone for the event by stating: "We are delighted to greet our colleagues from other Francophone Catholic school boards in the Queen City, a stone's throw from Queen’s Park, to proclaim loud and clear the benefits of a Catholic French-language education."
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Young chess masters gather in Wawa to compete in the Franco-Nord-Ouest Chess Tournament
May 12, 2014
Some 110 young chess masters will meet in Wawa on Wednesday, May 21, 2014 for the first ever Franco-Nord-Ouest Chess Tournament. The competition, hosted by Wawa’s École Saint-Joseph, will attract francophone students from the following Northwestern Ontario French Catholic and Public schools: École Saint-Joseph (Wawa), École Saint Nom de Jésus (Hornepayne), École St-Joseph (Dubreuilville), É.s. l’Orée des bois (Dubreuilville), École Franco-Manitou (Manitowadge) and École l’Escalade (Wawa).
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An impressive team of CSCNO students to take part in the Franco-Ontarian Games
May 12, 2014
Some 650 francophone students from 88 French language Catholic and public secondary schools will gather in Hearst from May 16 to 19 to take part in the 21st edition of the Jeux franco-ontariens (Franco-Ontarian Games). Held at École secondaire catholique de Hearst under the theme “Forêt pas manquer ça,” this annual provincial gathering attracts a great deal of attention among students from the Conseil scolaire catholique du Nouvel-Ontario (CSCNO).
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École Ste-Marie students win silver in robotics at the Ontario Technological Skills Competition
May 9, 2014
Members of the École Ste-Marie (Azilda) intermediate robotics team accomplished quite a feat by claiming the silver medal in the robotics event held on May 5 at the Ontario Technological Skills Competition. The Ordilions team from École Ste-Marie qualified for this provincial competition by finishing first at the intermediate level in the Great Robotic Challenge organized by the Conseil scolaire catholique du Nouvel-Ontario (CSCNO) in March.
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New student trustees elected to the CSCNO board for the 2014-2015 school year
May 6, 2014
The Conseil scolaire catholique du Nouvel-Ontario (CSCNO) is proud to announce the election of two new student trustees for the 2014-2015 school year.
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Open House event – Félix-Ricard students to host first Leadership Day
May 5, 2014
Sudbury’s École catholique Félix-Ricard will host its first student Leadership Day on Thursday, May 8, from 9 a.m. to 12-noon. During this activity, students and school staff will promote the benefits of The Leader in Me Program since the integration of the 7 Habits of Highly Effective People to the school in 2011. Members of the media are invited.
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École St-Dominique and École Alliance St-Joseph students claim top awards at Battle of the Books competition
May 5, 2014
The student teams from École St-Dominique (Sudbury) and École Alliance St-Joseph (Chelmsford) were dominant at the 11th annual Battle of the Books competition on April 30, 2014 and won the top two medals. The Requins from École St-Dominique pursued their domination at this event by winning the gold medal in the Francophone competition. École St-Dominique students have a well-deserved reputation of representing a school whose students devour books and love to read. This is the fifth time in the last seven years that this French Catholic school has claimed the championship.