Throughout this Advent season, students in Ms. Loranger’s Grade 5/6 at Pius XII School have been focusing on the various themes celebrated each week. For the third week of Advent which focuses on the the theme of joy, students participated in a discussion on the things that bring joy to their life and how we can bring joy to others. As an extension to this discussion, students including those in the photo (Billy, Brandon and Chloe) created Christmas cards to give to others outside our school community. The cards will be delivered to residents at Finlandia to spread a little joy and cheer during this holiday season.

Shop with a Cop Program took place today. A couple of our Penguins enjoyed breakfast at P&M’s Kouzzina, followed by shopping with a Sudbury Regional Police Officer. Thank you officers for building positive relationships with our students!

Pius XII Penguins wish to extend a very big “THANK YOU” to the Knights of Columbus Holy Redeemer #10888 for their generous contribution of brand new winter coats for students. The Coats for Kids Program is just one of the many ways that the Knights partner with our school and make a difference. We will see the Knights again soon for the annual Basketball Free-Throw Competition. Thank you to our students pictured below who helped to organize the coats: Chloe, Adam, Beckham and Brayden.

Congratulations to our Grade 6 Penguins on their Graduation! We are so proud of you! We will miss you as you move on to other Schools, but we know you will do great!

Our Welcome To Kindergarten Event has been a big success. Look at these smiling faces. A big THANK YOU goes out to Pius XII Staff, Holy Redeemer Parish, Greater Sudbury Public Library, Sudbury District Health Unit, Minnow Lake Best Start Hub, Maple Tree Preschool and Nicole Keating, SCDSB Speech Pathologist for being such an integral part of helping our newest little ones have a successful transition to school. It was such a pleasure playing and learning with our new FDK Year 1 students and their parents.

This Catholic Education Week, Pius XII School hosted a Math Morning for students and their families to encourage Growth Mindset in mathematics. One of the school’s main focuses this year is developing a positive attitude towards math. As part of this goal we continue to put emphasis on the relationship between educators, students and their families. Pius XII School works closely with families because when there is a trusting, respectful relationship between the home and school, students have a better chance of being successful academically, socially and emotionally.

During the math morning, all parents and family members played fun, educational math games at school the with their children and were then given a math bag to take home. The math bag was filled with dice, cards and math game instructions to use at home to support their children to build confidence in math.