CSCNO students to discover career opportunities in health care
November 22, 2013
On Tuesday, November 26, and Wednesday, November 27, grade 8 students from 12Conseil scolaire catholique du Nouvel-Ontario (CSCNO) elementary schools will take part in a Heath Career Fair. This activity, provided by the Consortium national de formation en santé (CNFS) – Volets Collège Boréal and Laurentian University and the Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOMS), will make students aware of the wide variety of career opportunities in the health sector and of the importance of offering health services in French.
The November 26 Health Career Fair will take place from 9 a.m. to 12-noon at École secondaire du Sacré-Cœur (261 Notre-Dame Avenue, Sudbury) while the November 27 fair will run from from 9 a.m. to 2:15 p.m. at École secondaire catholique l’Horizon (1650 Valleyview Road, Val Caron). Workhops will offer students valuable information on a variety of careers such as paramedic, pharmaceutical technician, medicine, nursing, and dental hygiene. Participants will also receive a health career information kit.
The intent of this activity is to help orient students in career and secondary school academic program selections. By hosting this event in two CSCNO secondary schools, the postsecondary partners are providing a strategic support to French-language catholic schools offering a Specialist High Skills Major in health and wellness.
École secondaire catholique Champlain (Chelmsford), École secondaire catholique Horizon (Val Caron) and École secondaire du Sacré-Cœur (Sudbury) are proud to offer the SHSM health and wellness program to students. The SHSM health and wellness program makes it possible for students to personalize their high school experience and accumulate transferable skills and competencies to facilitate their entry into the job market. The program provides a solid basis of sector-specific knowledge and contextualized health and wellness operations skills on which to build their training or apprenticeship experience or pursue their studies at the college or university level. Students are exposed to the realities of the work environment, thus ensuring that they are better prepared to make informed career decisions.
The Conseil scolaire catholique du Nouvel-Ontario offers a French Catholic Educational Program that is widely recognized for its excellence. The CSCNO provides a quality learning environment and academic program that runs from early childhood to adult education, with some 7,000 students in 27 elementary and 10 secondary schools.
Source:
Paul de la Riva
Communications and Community Development Coordinator
Conseil scolaire catholique du Nouvel-Ontario
(705) 673-5626, ext. 294
(705) 677-8195 – cell phone
Operation Christmas Child: Félix-Ricard shares with less fortunate children of the world
November 19, 2012
WHAT? Distribution of donations from Operation Christmas Child drive
On Thursday, November 21, at 9 a.m., students and staff at Sudbury’s École catholique Félix-Ricard will gather in the school gymnasium to celebrate the success of the school’s Christmas Child drive. This Christian sharing and global awareness campaign enabled the school to put together close to 300 boxes consisting of various articles (soap, tooth brushes, shoes, school supplies) for children living in developing countries.
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The University of Sudbury and École secondaire du Sacré-Coeur Join Together to Welcome Santa Claus
November 18, 2013
SUDBURY – On November 16, the University of Sudbury and Sudbury’s École secondaire du Sacré-Coeur joined together to participate in one of the biggest Santa Claus Parades the city of Greater Sudbury has ever seen. Hundreds of citizens and organizations participated in this community celebration, showcasing the city’s incredible creativity and dynamism.
New potential French Catholic school options for Hanmer and Val Thérèse
November 13, 2013
On November 11, the Conseil scolaire catholique du Nouvel-Ontario (CSCNO) held a public meeting at École St-Joseph (Hanmer). The purpose of this session was to consult its Hanmer and Val Thérèse school communities in the evaluation of various French language Catholic school options that may be offered to students if funding can be secured from the Ministry of Education.
The CSCNO is presently evaluating its students’ needs as well as its school facilities in this section of Valley East. As part of this process, the CSCNO will undertake a feasibility study of École St-Joseph, École Ste-Thérèse and École Notre-Dame as well as the evaluation of eleven school site options in Hanmer and Val Thérèse. These options include the construction of a new school as well as the modernization of existing buildings.
The feasibility study and evaluation of the various French language Catholic school site options in Val Thérèse and Hanmer will be presented to the three school communities in early January 2014 during a second public meeting. This gathering will further enable parents and school staff to share their opinion and make recommendations.
The preliminary document outlining this project and identifying the 11 school options is available online at: http://www.nouvelon.ca/options/hanmer/valtherese.pdf .
The Conseil scolaire catholique du Nouvel-Ontario (CSCNO) operates four elementary schools in Valley East. École Notre-Dame (Hamner) is a JK to grade 8 school while École St-Joseph (Hanmer) has students from JK to grade 3 and École Ste-Thérèse (Val Thérèse) counts grade 4 to 8 students. The area is also served by École Jean-Paul II (Val Caron) and École secondaire catholique l’Horizon (Val Caron).
The Conseil scolaire catholique du Nouvel-Ontario offers a French Catholic Educational Program that is widely recognized for its excellence. The CSCNO provides a quality academic program that runs from early childhood to adult education, with some 7,000 students in 27 elementary and 10 secondary schools.
Info:
Paul de la Riva
Communications and Community Development Coordinator
Conseil scolaire catholique du Nouvel-Ontario
(705) 673-5626, ext. 294
(705) 677-8195 – cell phone
Book Fairs to take place in CSCNO schools
November 11, 2013
Several Conseil scolaire catholique du Nouvel-Ontarioschools will host a book fair featuring French-language books and educational products during the coming weeks. The book fairs will allow students and their families to choose from a variety of French-language educational products such as books, videos; DVDs, software and educational games will be available. The book fairs will benefit students, since part of the profits will go towards the purchase of educational resources for the school. Admission is free and everyone is invited.
School communities review potential Catholic School sites in Espanola
November 7, 2013
On November 5th, the Conseil scolaire catholique du Nouvel-Ontario (CSCNO) presented to the presented to the school community of École Saint-Joseph and École secondaire catholique Franco-Ouest school the document entitled “Feasibility Study for the Redevelopment of Catholic Schools in Espanola.” This document, produced jointly with Huron-Superior Catholic District School Board, includes the results of the feasibility study and evaluation of various options pertaining to the utilization of school sites in Espanola.
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Public information session on school facilities in Hanmer and Val Thérèse
November 5, 2013
As part of the Ministry of Education’s priority to update learning infrastructures, the Conseil scolaire catholique du Nouvel-Ontario (CSCNO) will evaluate its students’ needs in regards to school facilities in the communities of Hanmer and Val Thérèse. As part of this process, the CSCNO will undertake a feasibility study of École St-Joseph, École Ste-Thérèse and École Notre-Dame as well as the evaluation of potential utilization options of school sites in Hanmer and Val Thérèse.
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