BOARD OF TRUSTEES Patricia Grell, Ward 71 Cindy Olsen, Ward 73 Marilyn Bergstra, Ward 76 Larry Kowalczyk, Ward 72 Debbie Engel, Ward 74 Laura Thibert, Ward 77 John Acheson, Ward 75 SUPERINTENDENT Joan Carr Page 1 of 1

Board of Trustees Educational Public Board Meeting Agenda 2016-2017: #11 Date: April 18, 2017 Time: 3:00 p.m. Location: Board Room, Catholic Education Services

9807-106 Street Phone: 780 441-6002 Web: www.ecsd.net

1. Call to Order 1.1 Opening Prayer Father Julian Bilyj 1.2 Roll Call 1.3 Agenda

2. Business of the Meeting 2.1 We are Called to be Leaders of Hope and Mercy: the Hands and Feet of Christ

Religious Education in Edmonton Catholic Schools J. Carr

T. Cusack S. Talarico K. Nguyen

E. Jean

3.0 Adjournment 3.1 Closing Prayer Father Julian Bilyj 3.2 Motion to Adjourn

(d) Accepts responsibility and respects the rights and contributions of others.

(e) Exercises Christian leadership in the achievement of individual and group goals.

(f) Strives for excellence, originality, and integrity in one's own work and that of others.

(g) Applies skills ethically for employability and entrepreneurship in their Christian vocation.

6. A Responsible Citizen Who: (a) Lives their life with Christ as their model and

guide. (b) Acts morally and legally as a person formed in

Catholic traditions and is accountable for their actions.

(c) Seeks and grants forgiveness in a Christ-like manner.

(d) Advocates for the sacredness and dignity of human life.

(e) Witnesses Catholic Social Teaching by promoting equality, democracy, and solidarity for a just, peaceful and compassionate society.

(f) Respects and affirms the diversity and interdependence of the world's peoples and cultures.

(g) Respects and understands the historical, cultural and religious diversity of society.

(h) Demonstrates stewardship for the environment and uses resources wisely.

(i) Ministers to the family, school, parish, and wider community through acts of service.

Adapted from Ontario Catholic School Graduate Expectations (2011) http://www.iccont.ca/page17862747.aspx

Learner Competencies Formed through Catholic Education

In Edmonton Catholic Schools, each student will become:

1. A Discerning Believer Who: (a) Illustrates a basic understanding of the saving

story of our Christian Faith. (b) Understands the sacramental life of the Church

and the centrality of the Eucharist. (c) Actively reflects on the role and meaning of

God's Word in our lives. (d) Develops attitudes and values founded on

Catholic Social Teaching. (e) Appreciates the sacramentality of life and of all

Creation. (f) Seeks and celebrates communion with God,

others and Creation through prayer and worship.

(g) Understands that their vocation comes from God; strives to discern and live this call.

(h) Respects the faith traditions, world religions and the life-journeys of all people of good will.

(i) Integrates Faith with life. (j) Recognizes that Jesus’ death and resurrection

brings redemption and forgiveness for our sins. 2. An Effective Communicator Who: (a) Listens actively and critically to understand and

learn in light of Gospel values. (b) Shares information and ideas clearly and

honestly with sensitivity and respect. (c) Uses and integrates the Catholic Faith

Tradition in the critical analysis of the arts, media, technology and information systems.

3. A Critical Thinker Who: (a) Recognizes there is grace in our world and that

hope is essential in facing all challenges.

(b) Creates, adapts, and evaluates new ideas in light of the common good.

(c) Uses Gospel values to evaluate situations and solve problems creatively.

(d) Makes decisions in light of Gospel values with an informed moral conscience.

(e) Approaches life holistically by integrating learning from various subject areas and experiences.

(f) Applies knowledge of interdependent paradigms (political, ethical, socio-economic, ecological, and religious) for the development of a just and compassionate society.

4. A Lifelong Learner Who: (a) Demonstrates respect for the dignity and

welfare of self and others. (b) Demonstrates flexibility and adaptability in

response to God's call. (c) Manages and constructively influences change

in a discerning manner. (d) Reflects on personal values, abilities and

aspirations in embracing life’s opportunities. (e) Sets appropriate goals and priorities in school,

community and personal life to fulfil their vocation.

(f) Strives to achieve a balanced and healthy lifestyle for the wellbeing of body, mind and soul.

5. A Collaborative Contributor Who: (a) Works effectively as an interdependent

member of Christ's Body. (b) Develops their God-given potential and makes

a meaningful contribution to society. (c) Finds meaning, dignity and fulfilment in work

which contributes to the common good.

We are Called to be Leaders of Hope and Mercy: The Hands and Feet of Christ

Religious Education in Edmonton Catholic Schools

Table of Contents

I: New Religious Education Curriculum ........................................ 1

II: Parish Connections ....................................................................... 3

III: Sacramental Education ................................................................. 3

IV: High School Religious Education Curriculum................................. 4

V: Chaplaincy ................................................................................. 11

VI: Charism ................................................................................... 13

VII: Administrator and Teacher Formation ....................................... 14

VIII: Staff Formation ....................................................................... 16

IX: The Five Marks of Catholic School Identity .................................. 20

X: Permeation ................................................................................ 24

XI: Student Faith Development Days................................................. 30

XII: Conclusion .............................................................................. 30

Appendices ..................................................................................... 31

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I. New Religious Education Curriculum

We understand that Religious Education is a scholastic discipline and must be taught with the same rigor as other disciplines. It is not a complementary course nor a supplement to other disciplines, but underpins the educational activity of Catholic schools.

Growing in Faith, Growing in Christ, the new Religious Education program approved by The Catholic Bishops of Ontario, Alberta, Saskatchewan, and the Northwest Territories and developed in collaboration with Catholic educators from across Canada, exemplifies this discipline and rigor. The program is based on the Catholic Elementary Curriculum Policy Document for Religious Education, Grades 1–8, which has been approved by the Catholic Bishops and Regional Assemblies of Bishops. It reflects the content of faith expressed in the Catechism of the Catholic Church and follows the rationale and methodology of the General Directory for Catechesis.

Growing in Faith, Growing in Christ presents the Catholic faith as a distinctive discipline with a unique set of beliefs, knowledge, and attitudes that informs and influences all other learning. The program, rooted in Scripture, relies on explicit teaching of the basic beliefs of the Catholic faith. It explores the traditions of the Catholic faith and connects prayer and a personal relationship with God to all learning.

Throughout the Growing in Faith, Growing in Christ program, students’ knowledge and understanding are supported through scaffolding on prior teaching and learning. Teaching and learning techniques and strategies from all disciplines are used to present new knowledge and to build a deeper understanding. The lessons encourage reflection and challenge students to apply their knowledge and understanding of Gospel messages to their own lives and personal situations and integrate them into their personal view of life.

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The Religious Education policy document is organized into six strands that uphold the faith and tradition of the Catholic Church, support the moral development of the student, and foster evangelization. These strands are Believing, Celebrating, Living a Moral Life, Living in Communion, Living in Solidarity, and Praying. The strands represent knowledge about specific elements of the faith and its practice, and these elements are integrated throughout the units of study within the Growing in Faith, Growing in Christ program.

Each strand of the Ontario Catholic Elementary Curriculum Policy Document, Grades 1-8: Religious Education, has overall expectations, and each overall expectation has specific expectations. Growing in Faith, Growing in Christ integrates these expectations into the lessons within activities suited to the grade level of the student. We know that Canadian students in Catholic schools are living in a global world in which family and social relationships are significantly impacted by technological advances and exposure to varied ideologies and diverse cultures. These influences have changed the expectation of education worldwide. Here, Growing in Faith, Growing in Christ provides a program that allows schools to present the fundamental teaching of the Church by embracing diversity and fostering a welcoming classroom community.

Catholic schools also play an important role in the evangelization and the mission of the Catholic Church. For many students, the Catholic classroom will introduce the faith not only to them, but also to their parents and caregivers. It is hoped that the Catholic classroom will draw the family into the life of the Church. For some students, the school will clarify beliefs and values introduced in the home. It will serve as an extension and reinforcement of the Catholic faith culture lived within the family. Providing faith experiences that meet the needs of each of these groups of students is a primary goal of the Growing in Faith, Growing in Christ program.

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II. Parish Connections

Home, School, and ParishThe home, school, and parish are partners in growing the faith of students. Through Growing in Faith, Growing in Christ, the school assists parents and caregivers in supporting the faith development of their children and helps parents and caregivers to nurture an understanding that God is present in the family and the lives of their children. To be sure, Catholic schools are a vital link to parents in bringing the faith to their children. They are also the connection between the home and the parish. Schools are advocates for the parish and support its efforts to bring the Gospel of Christ to the families it serves. The parish, in turn, supports the efforts of the school in its mission of evangelization by participating in faith instruction wherever possible. Individual members of the parish, both clergy and lay members, provide valuable lessons in faith and outreach and serve as role models for students.

Relationship with St. Joseph’s SeminaryOver the past three years Edmonton Catholics Schools and St. Joseph’s Seminary have partnered together to place seminarians in our schools as part of their pastoral work. Generally the seminarians visit their respective schools once a week and participate in the schools’ activities by assisting with liturgies, classroom routines, and religious education projects. Further details about our connection with the seminarians are included in the appendices.

III. Sacramental Education

The Standards for Preparing Children and Youth for the Sacraments (Standards) in the Archdiocese of Edmonton are the result of the Sacramental Education Initiative set forth by the Archdiocese and the Catholic school board chairs and superintendents. The Standards have been developed after four years of wide consultation with priests of the Archdiocese, pastoral assistants, religious consultants, parents, principals and teachers in our Catholic school divisions.

The Standards provide pastors, pastoral assistants, and catechists of the Archdiocese with a framework for preparing children and youth for the sacraments. The Standards are intended to harmonize the preparation practices in parishes throughout the Archdiocese.

Families, parishes, and Catholic schools each have a specific role in preparing children and youth for the sacraments and will emerge from the process as apprentices in authentic missionary discipleship. They will continue the journey together. In June 2016, the Standards were promulgated (officially proclaimed). Parishes and their associated schools are to adopt these Standards and apply them in their planning.

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IV. High School Religious Education Curriculum

The High School Religious Education program, which is in conformity with Administrative Procedure 201 and Administrative Regulation 300 of ECSD, was revised in 2014 and has been approved until 2019. Each course must, per Alberta Education, contain at least 20% World Religions content, and is now studied thematically in each course. There is also a Ukrainian Catholic Program for RE 15, 25, and 35, which was developed in cooperation with the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy.

General Outcomes Religious Education 15:

A. Explore what creation stories from a variety of World Religions and Church teachings reveal about what it means to be human.

B. Understand the dynamic nature of culture, the need for adaptability and optimism, and our role as agents within culture.

C. Understand how the signs, symbols and rituals of various World Religions, including Canada’s First Nations Metis Inuit (FNMI) communities, influence culture.

D. Examine the impact that faith in Christ, and the God who Jesus reveals, should have upon culture.

E. Explore ideas about and challenges that arise when examining relationships with self, others, and God as presented both in culture and from a Catholic perspective.

F. Understand and experience humility and open-mindedness through active participation in the prayer life of the Eucharistic community.

Religious Education 25: A. Identify Scripture and Tradition as the primary sources of Christian belief.B. Explore the history of Judaism as a foundation of Christianity while demonstrating respect,

empathy and compassion for the history of the Jewish people.C. Know the Christian response to Jesus’ question: “Who do people say I am?”D. Explore salvation doctrine of other World Religions.E. Understand the ministry and core teachings of Jesus and their implications for Christian life

through a study of the gospels.F. Explain, working with multiple perspectives, ways contemporary Christians cooperate in bringing

about the Reign of God.G. Explore the many ways Catholics pray using Scripture.

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Religious Education 35: A. Understand themselves through critical thinking and personal discovery as moral persons invited

to live the way of Christ through an examination of ethical theories.B. Understand the self-revelation of God through the interpretation of Exodus and the prophetic call

narratives.C. Recognize revelation and the Tradition of the Catholic Church as a guide to moral living.D. Explore and respect how other World Religions understand their sacred texts as guides to moral

living.E. Understand the spiritual dimension of relationships, marriage and family life.F. Examine how other World Religions approach current moral issues.

Religions of the World 35: This course, which has been recently renewed for offering until 2020, begins with a solid understanding of what it means to be Catholic. From there, all World Religions are studied from the perspective of their relationship to Catholicism.

A. Religions of the World and Religious Pluralism.B. Who are Catholics?C. The Story of Canadian Aboriginal Spirituality.D. The Story of Judaism.E. The Story of Islam.F. The Story of Hinduism.G. The Story of Buddhism.H. The Story of Sikhism.I. Modernity and Religion.J. Living Faith Today.

Alternative Delivery ModelsIn the last three years, the modules for RE 15, 25, 35 and Religions of the World 35 were updated to reflect the revised curriculum and to provide a more self-reflective, critical thinking approach. Revelation Online also offers RE 15, 25, 35 and Religions of the World 35. Copies of the modules have been provided for your perusual.

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Student Assessment in High School Religious Education i. Why do we need to assess and evaluate student work in Religious Education?Because Religious Education is a required course, it makes sense to have its assessment similar to that of other required subjects. This not only gives credence to the importance of Religious Education, but also highlights the knowledge and skills found within the program. Assessment is an essential part of the entire teaching and learning process. Assessment includes the ongoing observation and reflection on specific expectations by students and evaluation involves the demonstration of those desired expectations.

The Province of Alberta School Act establishes teachers’ authority for the assessment of student learning and for the periodic reporting of learning to students, parents/guardians and the board. (Section 18, 1e) Assessment enables teachers to identify strengths and weaknesses in students’ attainments and to plan the next steps in their learning. It provides the means to chart progress, and enables them to make students and their parents/guardians clear about particular achievements and targets for improvement. Effective assessment in each course requires:

• Clear planning of broad objectives• Identification of a clear focus for a unit or lesson• Careful consideration of learning experiences• Instruction that addresses the needs of the students and modifications to instruction that allow

each learner to attain the understanding and skills required to reach the next level of learning• Opportunities to demonstrate achievement• Regular evaluation

ii. Cognitive and Affective Learning in Religious EducationReligious instruction in schools should be handled just as any other course is handled, and should not be considered a less important subject. It should have the same systematic demands and the same rigor as other disciplines. (GDC 73)

The approach to learning in Religious Education is outcomes based. Hence, there are two related and interdependent processes involved: the cognitive (learning about religion in its varied dimensions – the content) and the affective (acquiring and ‘digesting’ the content to draw out its meaning – learning from religion). The cognitive component is centered on the student’s growth in knowledge and understanding as well as skills (communication, thinking, inquiry and application of knowledge). It includes such elements as beliefs, practices, history, symbols, stories, texts, rituals, ethical/moral understandings, and structure of one’s own and others’ religious traditions. The cognitive realm develops rationality, one of the characteristics of Catholicity. This component is the central focus and starting point of Religious Education; it requires systematic and coherent presentation of religion that is explored broadly as well as with some depth. All students, regardless of their own personal belief, can learn about religion and thus undertake Religious Education in the cognitive realm.

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Noted religious educator, Thomas Groome, writes that evaluation of the knowledge component of Religious Education can be as “academically rigorous and challenging as any other approach to teaching in such a context” (Sharing Faith, 276). In addition, he notes that assessment of learning in Religious Education calls for evaluations that invite (a) an accurate expression of and familiarity with the cognitive content, (b) understanding that reflects the students’ own analysis of and critical thinking about the cognitive content (most reliably evidenced in an ability to express it clearly in their own way, (c) students’ own evaluation and judgment of the cognitive content encountered, and (d) their chosen and tested perception of its meaning and significance for themselves and others who take it seriously. (Sharing Faith, 276)

The focus of the affective component of Religious Education is making personal sense of what the student learns at the cognitive level – it is the internalization of content learning. In Religious Education, the student is challenged to consider the implications of the content of religion for his or her own life and/or to connect it to current or past life experiences. The affective realm, with its capacity to awaken a range of feelings, may lead to integrating the content with one’s own life experience, making creative responses to the content, being drawn into greater awareness of one’s own personal beliefs, and/or having a deeper reflection on and/or engagement with them. It is not possible for a teacher to determine whether affective outcomes have been achieved by the students. This does not preclude them from the teacher’s plan and expectations.

Touching the students’ affective life (their feelings, attitudes, values and/or beliefs) assists the students’ formation in faith which is an important dimension of Catholic education. Affective outcomes are personal and are developed over the long term and, out of respect for student’s freedom, are not assessed. Nonetheless, in their planning, teachers need to include affective elements along with the cognitive ones. Even though it is not possible to assess the affective domain, it is essential to student learning that there be affective learning (the head and the heart are important). “The cognitive domain is like a skeleton without the skin if we forget to nourish the affective domain.” (Griffin and Nguyen, 2006). Through providing opportunities for reflection and response (e.g., reflective writing, personal journals, meditation, anonymous surveys, conversations/dialogue, music, art) the teacher helps students make their affective learning explicit and enhances student learning even in the cognitive domain.

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iii. Assessment of and for Learning in Religious Education There are two general forms of assessment – of learning which embodies the familiar tests and hand-in assignments of traditional classrooms and for learning which helps both teachers and students track their learning goals and measure their progress in attaining those targets.

As in every other subject area, this model of assessing for and of learning is an important process with which both students and teachers in Religious Education need to engage. Both are aimed at helping students achieve the learning outcomes of their current course of studies and of assisting the teacher to make changes in the classroom strategies to facilitate this learning. These strategies are also about helping students see themselves as life-long learners, continually evaluating how much they know, what they need to know next and how to accomplish that learning.

Assessment for learning is a particularly powerful tool for students who find learning difficult or who for other reasons may not be fully engaged in the subject and daily classroom process. As teachers grow in their ability to assess for learning they will help students grow in their ability to master the learning outcomes in each subject and strengthen their accomplishments during their high school educational experience. Assessment for learning involves becoming familiar with the styles of learning of their students, growing in knowledge of student motivation, learning more about flexibility and increasing both the student’s and teacher’s understanding of the goals for learning in a particular subject or program of studies.

As students and teachers both become more aware of what and how they can accomplish the learning goals of each course they become collaborators in the learning process. As students, particularly those who in the past struggled with large course outcomes, see themselves accomplishing the small steps towards a larger goal and finding those steps rewarded and applauded, their engagement in the learning process strengthens. All assessment should be developed to support student learning. Assessment for learning is the most direct tool in meeting this goal. Ideally it helps students recognize what they already know, what the targets are and what steps are needed to meet these goals. Then, together with the teacher they identify what resources are needed, how learning will proceed and what assessment tools will assist and finally measure their progress. As teachers meet the wide variety of learners that grace the classrooms of our schools, it is important to recognize the need to make resources available so that instruction and assessment meet the challenges of differentiation.

At the beginning of each course a background knowledge check would be very helpful. As in other courses, religious literacy requires a great deal of vocabulary, the development of dialogue and comparison skills, a deepening appreciation for the role of faith in daily life, and the ability to add perspective and background knowledge to media reports.

iv. What to Assess?Religious educators have distinguished four different aspects of learning: a) knowledge of material; b) critical thinking and interaction with the material; c) individual acceptance of the material as meaningful; and d) actual incorporation into one’s personal life. Religious educators strive to achieve all four outcomes, and to the extent that theses outcomes are achieved or not, perceive their efforts as successful or failing. Which of these lend themselves to evaluation and grading?

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a) Knowledge of the material:Here we are in the realm of the cognitive, and can speak of the grasp of religious information. This can be formally assessed and graded, just as in another school subject. Some courses are more informational than others. Doctrine, Church history, information and knowledge about world religions, theological questions, and scripture studies contain a good deal of such content whose mastery can be measured. On the other hand, topics such as prayer or morality, with their stress on process, may be less amenable to such calculation but completion and self-analysis are also useful measures.

b) Critical thinking and interaction with the material:This can and should be graded. It is not as objectively measurable as the grasp of information, but a teacher can make a fair judgment of the degree to which the student wrestled with the issues and actively contributed to individual and group learning. Such an assessment is very appropriate in topics which stress the processes of discussion, research and experience.

c) Individual acceptance of the material as meaningful:This is realization of personal belief. This embraces the subjective as well as the objective realm. It is what the teacher hopes and strives for but cannot make happen without the student’s totally free response. It can be elicited and assessed, but should not be formally graded. Having said that, it is part of the whole atmosphere and ethos of Catholic education.

d) Actual incorporation into one’s personal life:Here we are dealing with transformation, with what may be called lived faith. Sometimes this can be observed, but only on the external level, and can rarely be verbalized adequately. Neither the presence nor the absence of this incorporation can be legitimately graded; otherwise we would be judging not academic performance, but the personal life of the student. There is irony here: the most important outcome of our efforts is the one we are most stringently forbidden to reward or penalize. It is also part of the life-long activity of catechesis and again is part of the agenda and responsibility of the whole of the Catholic school education experience.

Once teachers have clarified for themselves what it is that they are marking and how they arrive at the grades, they should strive not only to be fair, but also to be perceived as fair. To maximize this positive perception, students should be informed, clearly and explicitly, how they will be graded. The use of marking rubrics are suggested in many programs and there are samples available in these courses that help students know their target and know what are the acceptable standards as well as the standards of excellence.

Students must also be reassured that their grades are not a function of their belief or disbelief, or of their agreement or disagreement with the teacher on controversial questions. For this reason, teachers should be careful in marking exercises – essays or research papers – which ask for opinions rather than retention or explanation of information. Nothing must be permitted which would damage the atmosphere of honesty and trust that the teacher has built in the classroom. Marking rubrics and clear standards mean that students can aspire to achieve full marks each step of the way through these courses if they meet the highest levels of standards of excellence.

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v. Student Self-EvaluationWe encourage teachers to always be mindful of the aesthetic expectations that reside at the heart of the mission of Religious Education and to find ways to engage students in the self-evaluation of various virtues and guidelines. Students might like to develop or set their own behavior goals at the start of a course from lists (e.g., Ten Commandments, Six Precepts of the Church, behavior codes of respect and affirmation for family and fellow students) then at each reporting period where they can engage in a self-assessment against their chosen criteria.

vi. Teacher Self-EvaluationTeachers should also engage in reflective practice. While it is not possible to fully understand the work of the Spirit in the inner lives of our students, teachers might wish to reflect on their own journey as a witness, mentor, and educator in the context of the classroom, e.g. The students in my care may have been successful in terms of academics and learning outcomes, but to what degree did my practice touch minds, change hearts, and nurture growth? Like student self-evaluation, teachers may find it helpful to develop or set their own affective goals at the start of a course that could be used to guide professional and personal development. These beliefs, attitudes, and values goals could involve student attitudes towards a particular Church teaching or practice, improvements in students’ care towards one another, or growth in the appreciation of and desire to pray. Although many of our most important goals are not appropriate to grade, it would be irresponsible to avoid assessing these goals in some other way.

When evaluating students’ performance, it is well to distinguish different degrees of learning. There is passive retention, whereby the student can recognize the right answer (e.g. in a multiple-choice test) or follow the line of reasoning in a teacher’s presentation or understand a piece of writing. Then there is active retention, in which the student can recall what is demanded. This active grasp, which is a superior degree of learning, is demonstrated by the ability to express oneself, to verbalize both by the spoken and the written word. These degrees of skill are important when we remember that the goal of Catholic education is to nurture graduates who are not only well-informed and discriminating, but also articulate and capable of communication and leadership. Religion teachers probably may not expect this of all students, but they should certainly give recognition and encouragement to those who seem to be on the way to achieving it. Higher order thinking skills of synthesis, application, design, etc., are the standards to which the most capable of students are called. Knowledge of material and critical thinking and interaction can and should be graded, but not personal belief and incorporation into one’s life. A person’s relationship with God is a matter of conscience, the internal forum of the soul. God alone is the arbiter of souls. It is important, therefore, that we avoid the grading or evaluation of a student’s faith.

In evaluating student performance, different levels of learning should be considered, from passive recognition and recall to active mastery, articulate expression and on to synthesis and creativity. We grade the knowledge the student has acquired based on the program of studies and the skills the student is able to show in articulating his/her knowledge. In mixed ability classes that teachers encounter, it is reasonable to suggest that students who demonstrate basic recall and understanding should be able to achieve a passing grade. Once again however, for those who are capable and for whom the motivation is there to excel, the standards of excellence should include demonstration of the highest order of thinking skills and writing ability. (We acknowledge the contribution of Fr. James J. DiGiacomo, SJ, shared in Chapter 8, Teaching Religion in a Catholic Secondary School, 1989.)

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V. Chaplaincy

The Chaplain is a Catholic teacher designated to provide leadership in promoting the spiritual needs of the school under the supervision of its Principal. At the High School level, Chaplaincy time is allocated at 0.357 FTE and 0.2 FTE at the Elementary and Junior High levels.

Duties shall be assigned by the Principal following discussion with the Chaplain concerning his/her Catholic Faith, special strengths and gifts, and reflecting the time allotted to the assignment. The description below has been designed to indicate the general nature of ministry performed by a school Chaplain.

Primary responsibilities as a Chaplain will include:1. Promoting Archdiocesan Standards for Preparing Children & Youth for the Sacraments2. Coordinating & enhancing school-parish-home partnerships 3. Providing leadership in meeting the spiritual needs of the school4. Serving as a spiritual advisor to students and staff5. Being informed and formed on theological/moral issues according to Church teaching

Supplementary responsibilities may include:

• Promoting knowledge of the Catholic Faith - Becoming knowledgeable with the Permeation of Faith in all subjects while serving as a resource to staff and students for Faith development

• Liturgical education - Chairing the liturgical committee to coordinate liturgical life of the school including Mass and liturgies of the word

• Moral formation - Learning, knowing and living the Catechism of the Catholic Church• Teaching to pray - Guiding the prayer life of the school community• Education for community life - Acting in an advisory role to the school and administration

regarding the school’s Catholic identity• Missionary activity - Assisting in social justice initiatives

Qualifications• Bachelor of Education• Certificated Teacher• Continuous Contract• Active and practicing Catholic (Precepts of the Church)• MRE, Degree in Christian Theology or Religious Education, or equivalent

Skill SetCandidates for the position of Chaplain should be able to demonstrate:

• Proven pastoral communication and interpersonal skills• Ability to work with youth and adults in a Religious Education setting• Ability to articulate and apply theological principles

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The Chaplaincy Program

The Chaplaincy Program has been a meaningful and effective dimension of Religious Education in our schools. For instance, over the past year there have been many shining examples such as the success in preparing our high school students for the Sacraments of Initiation.

Chaplaincy in our Elementary Schools

Further, our elementary schools have also been evangelizing their students. The following information is an excerpt from the report Final Key Findings from the Elementary Chaplain Project Data:

• All Chaplains submitted evidence of having completed an evaluation of their community using the Five Marks of Catholic School Identity Assessment Tool. They could articulate both strengths and areas for growth because of this assessment.

• All Chaplains reported progress in the goals that their school community set because of the Five Marks assessment. Many schools are revisiting their mission and vision considering the benchmarks of the assessment which posit that the mission should be grounded in a Christian anthropology and clear enough that it can be recited or paraphrased by all stakeholders.

• Several schools reported reframing their School Conduct Policy considering our Catholic Identity.• Several schools articulated that they would be initiating a student faith day to enhance their

Catholic identity.• Chaplains reported engaging in various activities to enhance the Catholic identity of the school.

These included actions such as visiting all classes to teach and dialogue about various religious themes, enhancing the liturgical life of the school, leading the development of the school’s Holy Door and the learning surrounding it, establishing a digital religious resource site for staff use, acquiring or leading professional development for staff, working with the school librarian to augment and/or update religious books for student access, and creating a chapel.

• Chaplains reported having contact with various members of the parish pastoral team. These included priests, youth coordinators, and religious (Deacons, Brothers, Sisters).

• All Chaplains reported that priests had visited the school for liturgical celebrations, retreats, Meet the Staff events, and/or classroom visits for curricular or liturgical support. Some schools also reported that parish staff were coming to engage in activities such as offering flex sessions and playing soccer games with students.

• Most Chaplains reported that there had been both whole school and single class visits to their parish. These ranged from Eucharistic liturgies to mark special occasions, teaching Masses, daily Mass, retreats, and sacramental preparation.

• Schools that have seminarians report that the experience is tremendously positive.

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VI. Charism

A Catholic Identity stands at the heart of Catholic Education. The word “charism” comes from the Greek word for “gift” or “favor” (Catechism of the Catholic Church, 2003). St. Paul speaks in scripture about the variety of spiritual gifts that are bestowed upon individuals for the sake of building the Kingdom of God on earth (1Cor 12: 4-11). Charisms are typically defined as gifts of the Holy Spirit used to build up the church and world in glory to God.

Under the guidance of our District Chaplains, each school has begun the process of exploring their own particular charism. School Chaplains were given a copy of the book, Charism and Culture: Cultivating Catholic Identity in Catholic Schools. The Charism project was presented at the Chaplains gathering before Christmas (2016) and at a Catholic Educational Leadership meeting. Each Chaplain used the information and, in consultation with their Administration team and staff, determined the starting point for their Charism project. Then each school shared a PowerPoint slide which was combined into a short video that was presented at this year’s Faith Development Day.

The Charism project will continue, under the leadership of our District Chaplains, our School Chaplains, as well as community members to reinforce, revise, or change their school’s Charism.

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VII. Administrator and Teacher Formation

Newman Theological CollegeThe Master of Religious Education (M.R.E.)The M.R.E is a post graduate degree designed for the preparation of teachers in Religious Education or Administrators in Catholic Schools. Students who complete this program shall:

• Have a familiarity with the major areas of Catholic Theology. This is achieved through required courses in Sacred Scriptures, Systematic Theology, Moral Theology, and Sacramental/Liturgical Theology.

• Have a thorough familiarity with the principles of Religious Education and their application in the context of Catholic Schools.

• Become familiar with the issues facing School Administrators in a Catholic context and be equipped to face them in a theologically informed manner.

• And put into practice the principles learned in their course work. This is achieved through ongoing participation in a relevant supervised field experience.

Information about our graduates of the Master of Religious Education Program is included in our appendices.

Truth and Reconciliation Professional DevelopmentWe, at Edmonton Catholic Schools, commit to restoring and honoring the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) Calls to Action. Among those Calls to Action the Government of Canada asked that age appropriate curriculum on residential schools, Treaties, and Aboriginal peoples’ historical and contemporary contributions to Canada be a mandatory education requirement for Kindergarten to Grade Twelve students, and that an annual commitment to Indigenous issues including building student capacity for intercultural understanding, empathy, and mutual respect be recognized.

The Board of Edmonton Catholic Schools has publicly shown its commitment by beginning its Public Meetings with a Land and Treaty acknowledgement. Schools and parent councils have incorporated different variations of the acknowledgement in their morning announcements and meetings. The following are other examples of the Edmonton Catholic School District’s (ECSD) response to the Calls to Action:

• ECSD, the City of Edmonton, Safe and Caring Schools and Edmonton Public Schools collaborative initiative – Orange Shirt Day September 30, 2016. Orange Shirt Day was promoted by our Aboriginal Learning Services (ALS) staff. Our schools were given appropriate lessons for each division level and many schools participated. Orange shirt day was used by many schools as a take off point for TRC activities through the year.

• There has been a switch in district mindset from having an Aboriginal Day where cultural activities are shared with students to a deeper more concentrated teaching of Truth and Reconciliation Days - where the students participate in a variety of curriculum directed activities to teach Indigenous world views and truths from the TRC.

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• Several excellent kits have been created and circulated by ALS to support teachers in teaching the curriculum. Some of the kits are being used by individual teachers and some are used in whole school focus activities.

• By far one of the most engaging and paradigm shifting activities in the district is the Blanket Exercise. Over the last few years this activity has been presented to many of our school staff and other interested groups. Presentations have been made to students from grades 5 to 12 and at the high school level, the students are taught to be the facilitators.

• Aboriginal Learning Services and Newman Theological College partnership – Journey towards reconciliation. This partnership was established to provide Newman Theological College with support in developing and presenting learning opportunities related to the history of colonialism in Canada, the history of the Indian Residential School System in Canada, and Indigenous spiritual beliefs and practices.

• Collaboration with the Catholic Archdiocese of Edmonton - one of our ALS staff member is seconded at 0.6 FTE to serve the Archdiocese as Coordinator, Office of Aboriginal Relations.

• Elder Teachings are used to promote positive values and traditions. They are a most valuable support to anything we teach within ECSD. They are the foundation to the Indigenous Spirituality best practice.

• Provide newly hired ECSD staff with mandatory basic First Nations, Métis and Inuit cultural awareness.

• Provide Treaty Education and Residential Schools Professional Development for District Staff.• Infuse Indigenous Spirituality outcomes for Grade 1-12 curriculum.• The Religious Education Consultants, in collaboration with Aboriginal Learning Services and

the Council of Elders, have been offering workshops to teachers at all grade levels, including teachers from our sister Catholic School Boards, on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) and ways to infuse Indigenous Spirituality in all Religious Education courses.

• One project was undertaken in response to concerns expressed by teachers regarding the resource for the Religions of the World course, specifically Chapter 3: Aboriginal Spirituality. It was determined that the chapter had some very good information, but that it was incomplete, and, in some cases, inaccurate. The Religious Education Consultants sought input from some staff with the Braided Journeys program as well as others from Aboriginal Learning Services to create a supplemental document for teachers to use when teaching this chapter. The supplemental document was then edited by two members of our Council of Elders. The final product will be offered to High School Religious Education teachers in the form of a professional development session. It will also be shared with all our Sister Catholic School Boards through the Religious Education Network.

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VIII. Staff Formation

Opening School MassWe gather as the Edmonton Catholic Staff community at the beginning of the year to celebrate Eucharist together. This is an way for us to re-commit, re-focus, and rejuvenate ourselves in our calling as members of the Catholic Education community. Because of the growth of our district, last year we celebrated two Masses simultaneously at Corpus Christi and St. Charles churches. We are blessed to be inspired by our spiritual shepherds, Archbishop Richard Smith, Bishop David Motiuk, and Bishop Greg Bittman when they lead us in our celebrations.

Faith Development Day Faith Development Day is a wonderful opportunity for all ECSD members to be inspired by special guest speakers. Catholic education is an awesome vocation and responsibility. By being involved in the education mission of the Church, Catholic schools provide a hopeful response to the great mysteries of life in an increasingly complex world. Faith Development Day provides us, as a community of faith, with the opportunity to become more deeply aware of the faith foundation of our lives and to find inspiration to enter our life’s work with deeper conviction.

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Staff of all employee groups are invited and expected to attend this event. Substitute and replacement staff as well as those hired on contract or casual basis are all welcome. To ensure that all have an equal opportunity to attend, there is no instruction of students on this day and all rentals for the day are cancelled. These are the themes and speakers that have inspired us over the past several years:

Year Theme Keynote Speaker(s)

Selected Organizations/Charities

October 3, 1997 Jesus Christ in the Catholic Tradition School Families

December 11, 1998 An Experience Named Spirit Fr. Jean Papen

December 3, 1999 The Great Jubilee: Crossing the Threshold to Love

Fr. Erik Riechers

September 15, 2000 A New Beginning Thomas A. Groome

December 4, 2001 Seeing the Spirit in Everyday Life John Shea

December 10, 2002 Catholic Education A Defining Moment Sr. Clare Fitzgerald

December 2 , 2003 Let Justice Flow Like a Mighty River Sr. Jose Hobby2004February 2, 2005 We are a Community of Hope Seeking Justice Fr. PennaFebruary 7, 2006 We are a Community of Faith Seeking

UnderstandingFr. Rolheiser

February 6, 2007 We are a Community of Love Seeking Communion

Fr. Mike Dechant

February 5, 2008 Living a Life of Faith in the 21st Century- The Heart of Social Justice

Archbishop Rich-ard Smith

February 3, 2009 Walking Together- The Feet of Social Justice

Sr. Alexandra Kovats

February 2, 2010 Act Locally, Think Globally...The Hands of Social Justice

Jerry Goebel Development and Peace- Haitian Emergency

February 1, 2011 Beauty of Life- Awaken the Senses, Stir the Heart

Jerry Goebel Sign of Hope Campaign (50th anniversary)

January 31, 2012 Life of Grace: Awaken our Senses, Stir our Hearts

David Wells Sign of Hope & Camp Encounter

February 5, 2013 Life of Grace: Ministry of Hope Bishop David Motiuk /Sister Edith Prendergast

Sign of Hope Campaign & Snack Programs in ECSD SchoolsMother Teresa; St. Alphonsus; St. Jerome; St. Elizabeth; St. Catherine; St. Francis of Assisi; St. Gerard; Our Lady of Peace; St. Bernadette; St. Nicholas

February 4, 2014 Life of Grace: Journey of Joy Steve Angrisano Catholic Social Services: The Philippine Projects

February 3, 2015 Life of Grace: Journey of Shalom Fr. Raymond Carey

Sr. Faye Tremblay’s missionary work in Tuktoyaktuk, NWT Holy Childhood Association

February 2, 2016 Life of Grace: Journey of Love Mike PatinJesse Manibusan

Catholic Social ServicesECS Foundation

February 7, 2017 We Are Called . . . To Be Leaders of Hope and Mercy

David Wells

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Grace for the Heart and SoulBeginning in the year 2012, Edmonton Catholic Schools added another large-scale faith formation opportunity to its staff faith formation program. This activity, named Grace for the Heart and Soul: Care for Creation, or Grace in short, runs for a full afternoon in May. The original event coincided with Care for Creation Day (prior to Pope Francis’ declaration of September 1 as the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation). This was significant in that it provided a forum for care of self, of others, and of the environment for the day’s activities.

The afternoon is grounded in the idea of creating opportunities for personal encounters with Christ in the ordinariness of our daily lives, and opportunities to experience enculturated faith. As outlined in the General Directory for Catechesis, the planning is approached with the understanding that each staff member is at a very personal and unique place in their faith life journey based on their own circumstances. The afternoon thus necessarily needs to have ‘something for everyone’. The spectrum of encounters that are offered range in such a way as to allow staff to choose between the personal and the professional, the practical and the theoretical, and the affective and effective realms. It also provides opportunities for staff who are non-Catholic to engage in the formation afternoon in a way that respects their own journey while still providing an encounter with Christ. We offer a larger number of ‘boutique-style’ sessions with smaller registration numbers and very engaging topics rather than just a few larger enrollment sessions on a narrow range of topics.

Accessibility is also a very important principle. The staff of ECSD spend the morning working in their schools and at their sites, and then engage in the formation activities in the afternoon. We need to ensure that the sessions are spread throughout the City of Edmonton in such a way that even staff who do not have access to a vehicle will be able to find an exciting choice in their area and have enough time to travel to their venue.

There are five broad categories for sessions to fall under for the Grace afternoon: service to others, physical wellbeing opportunities, spiritual refreshment or prayer opportunities, theological learning opportunities, and interfaith/intercultural opportunities. This spectrum of choices is broadly reflective of the range of goals of catechetical activity discussed in the GDC: promoting knowledge of faith, liturgical education, moral formation, teaching to pray, and missionary initiation.

Grace for the Heart and Soul Sessions by Category, 2012-2015

Service to Others

Physical Wellbeing

Spiritual Refreshment

or PrayerTheological

LearningInterfaith/

Intercultural Opportunity

2012 8 4 18 9 122013 9 6 18 11 102014 8 8 14 17 102015 16 6 9 12 7

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Certificate in Catholic StudiesNewman Theological College offers a comprehensive selection of online certificate courses on various aspects of the Catholic faith. Each course runs five weeks, with more than 19 specialized Certificates and over 65 courses available. This Certificate Program is open to all staff of Edmonton Catholic Schools. Over 200 ECSD staff, Custodians, support staff, and teachers have been involved this year and over 1000 all together. The cost is $85 per course. We are blessed to be working in partnership with St. Joseph’s College, The Catholic Archdiocese of Edmonton, Providence Renewal Centre, and Star of the North Retreat Centre, who also provide professional development and formation to our staff.

An examination of the spectrum of presenters and catechists over the years as tabulated below reveals that the engagement of Catholic presenters has been the major focus consistently, for the ECSD staff, the clergy and archdiocesan and eparchial staff, as well as the post-secondary and professional presenters. The majority of the ECSD presenters are graduates of studies from Newman Theological College. The category of ‘community partners’ includes organizations such as The Mustard Seed, the City of Edmonton, Boys and Girls Clubs, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Edmonton, and Habitat for Humanity as examples and largely provides the sessions on service and education on local social issues.

Grace for the Heart and Soul Presenters and Catechists, 2012-2015

See the appendices for details related to Grace for the Heart and Soul.

ECSD Staff

Clergy or Staff from

Archdiocese or Eparchy

Catholic post-secondary

Educators or Professional Presenters

Ecumenical or Cultural Leaders

Community Partners

2012 15 11 11 13 52013 27 12 14 8 72014 34 6 17 8 82015 17 8 9 5 14

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IX. The Five Marks of Catholic School Identity

In the Spring of 2014, the Alberta Catholic School Trustees Association held the Growing Forward Symposium. Archbishop J. Michael Miller presented the Five Marks of Catholic School Identity, a summary of the body of work from the Sacred Congregation for Catholic Education. Our District has embraced those Five Marks of Catholic School Identity, and the significant work that we have undertaken in this area has helped us to build a very important common language in our District. Our great work has also been shared with Catholic jurisdictions across the province and beyond.

Each of our schools carries out a self-assessment of their manifestation of the 5 Marks yearly as part of their school planning for continuous growth. This assessment is standards based and uses benchmarks (found below) in each of the 5 Marks. They then celebrate their areas of strength and choose areas to focus their attentions on to further enhance their Catholic identity.

Further, administrators use the 5 Marks assessment tool to assist them with their Administrator Plan for Continuous Growth, and teachers use a document based on the 5 Marks, entitled The Excellent Catholic Teacher to assist with their professional growth plans.

The Five Marks of Catholic School IdentityMark One: Grounded in a Christian AnthropologyStandard One: An excellent Catholic school is driven by a mission which views all men and women with an inherent dignity as sons and daughters of God. Benchmarks:

• The school mission statement includes a clear commitment to its Catholic identity with specific language referencing Jesus Christ and His Church.

• The school’s mission statement recognizes the dignity and worth of all members of the Catholic school community as sons and daughters of God.

• The mission statement can be recited or paraphrased by all stakeholders of the Catholic school community.

• Founded in a Catholic Christian anthropology, the school’s mission statement is clearly distinguishable from the mission statements of other public, independent, or charter schools.

• The mission statement is frequently communicated to the community in newsletters, reports and official correspondence.

• The mission statement is displayed in prominent areas of the school facility and is reviewed and updated regularly.

• All school policies, and especially the discipline policy, are grounded in the mission statement. It is used as the foundation and reference point for strategic planning and evaluation of the school staff and students.

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Mark Two: Imbued with a Catholic WorldviewStandard Two: An excellent Catholic school has a visible and tangible Catholic vision evident in its physical space, liturgical celebrations, and prayer life. Benchmarks:

• The school’s Catholic worldview is evident in the art and architecture of the school’s exterior and signage as well as in hallways, classrooms, offices, library, cafeteria, gymnasium and auditorium.

• The school has as a chapel or a specific space for community prayer that is used by the school community for the purpose of prayer and worship.

• Students have opportunities to pray every day in school, and at numerous times during the day such as:

� To begin the school day in the morning � A blessing before lunch � A prayer at the end of the day � A prayer to begin each class

• Every classroom has a prayer center with the following standard items: � Cross or Crucifix � Candle � Bible � Cloth with the appropriate liturgical color

• The school community gathers for liturgical celebrations at least once a month, two of which are celebrations of the Eucharist.

• Whenever possible, Eucharist is celebrated in the local parish.• The school works with the local parish to support the immediate preparation for the sacraments

of Eucharist, Reconciliation, and Confirmation.• The school and the local parish collaborate in preparing children who have not received

the sacraments of Initiation, including Baptism, First Communion and Confirmation, and the Sacrament of Reconciliation.

• Service projects reflect and articulate Catholic teaching on social justice and charity.• All students and staff have opportunities for age-appropriate faith experiences, such as retreats,

at least once during the school year.

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Mark Three: Animated by a Faith Infused CurriculumStandard Three: An excellent Catholic school has an academic curriculum that integrates a vision of faith within the learner outcomes and teaching strategies. Benchmarks:

• The curriculum reflects the Church’s understanding of the unity of truth and the harmony between faith and reason.

• When relevant, the curriculum reflects the social teachings of the Catholic Church.• The school offers a Catholic faith-infused curriculum (the lessons of which) that could not be

duplicated in a non-Catholic school.• The curriculum addresses the spiritual, moral and ethical life of the student, either explicitly or

implicitly.• Teachers are knowledgeable on Church teaching as it applies to the subject areas in which they

teach.• Appropriate funding is allocated, and concrete initiatives are in place, to assist schools in the

theological training of staff.• Gospel values and Church teaching are regularly and consistently incorporated into planning

and instruction.• Teachers meet on a regular basis to discuss methods of infusing faith in their subject areas.• Religious education is a core subject area. Teacher assignment, learner outcomes and delivery

of instruction are given the same professional requirements and rigor as in all core subjects.

Mark Four: Sustained by Gospel WitnessStandard Four: An excellent Catholic school hires and nurtures teachers that are living witnesses to the Gospel, and intentional disciples of Jesus Christ and his Church. Benchmarks:

• Teachers and administrators are active members of the parish to which they belong.• Teachers and administrators witness their life in Christ through their relationships with parents,

students, and each other.• Teachers and administrators demonstrate their faith through their active involvement in the

school’s Catholic culture, especially in liturgy, prayer, and justice activities.• Teachers and administrators form proper and prudent bonds of friendship with students in order

for authentic formation to occur.• Teachers and administrators are supported in their ongoing faith formation through the allocation

of time and resources.• The school and district have effective and consistent faith formation plans.• As part of their professional development, teachers and administrators create a personal faith

formation plan, which is reviewed throughout the year.• Hiring practice places the faith life and the willingness to grow in faith of the prospective candidate

as a priority.

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Mark Five: Shaped by a Spirituality of CommunionStandard Five: An excellent Catholic school recognizes that each and every stakeholder is responsible for the common good. Benchmarks:

• Roles and responsibilities of all stakeholders in the Catholic school are articulated in approved documents.

• The school has an active and vibrant parent advisory council working with a shared purpose.• The Catholic school has a plan to increase involvement of parents in the life of the school and

parish.• The Catholic school and the district have policies in place to resolve conflict in a manner consistent

with the Gospel values.• The school recognizes the role of the local bishop in ensuring that the education and formation

in his jurisdiction are based on principles of Catholic doctrine.• The school and the local parish work together to create evangelization teams committed to

nurturing the faith life of families who send their children to the Catholic school.• The Catholic school frequently invites the local parish priest to school functions and encourages

him to be an active member of the school community.

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X. Permeation

Learner Competencies Formed Through Catholic EducationWe know that Catholic education means that students are given the opportunity to encounter Christ in all aspects of their learning day, not just in Religion class. This means that our Catholic faith is permeated throughout all subjects and all activities. In the fall of each year, our District holds an afternoon of professional development for all teachers to build capacity in permeating our faith into their work. Prior to 2015, the focus of these afternoons was on permeation within subject area disciplines. Teachers would draw deeper faith connections in every subject area. Edmonton Catholic Schools even has a “Permeation Project Binder” that was produced as a resource to support teachers with this important work.

In 2015, as we undertook our work in the 5 Marks of Catholic School Identity, our team of the Assistant Superintendent of Learning Services Innovation, District Chaplains, the Executive Director of the Superintendent’s Office, and the Religious Education consultants, examined the Ministerial Order on Student Learning (#001/2013) through the lens of Mark 2 (Imbued with a Catholic Worldview) and Mark 3 (Animated by a Faith Infused Curriculum) and correlated it with the Ontario Catholic School Graduate Expectations. The result was the Learner Competencies Formed Through Catholic Education.

These learner competencies reflect the Alberta Programs of Study from a Catholic education standpoint and change the way that we approach permeation. Whereas our previous model focused largely on subject area content and posed significant challenges for teachers in certain subject areas as they do not all lend themselves equally to Catholic content, the Learner Competencies empower teachers to look at the way that students respond to curriculum as a means of permeating faith. The end result of this approach is that students are able to apply our Catholic faith to all aspects of their lives. The permeation of faith into content that is found in our “Permeation Project Binder” is still very relevant, but we have gone far beyond that.

The Learner Competencies Formed through Catholic Education

In Edmonton Catholic Schools, each student will become1. A Discerning Believer Who:a) Illustrates a basic understanding of the saving story of our Christian Faith.b) Understands the sacramental life of the Church and the centrality of the Eucharist.c) Actively reflects on the role and meaning of God’s Word in our Lives.d) Develops attitudes and values founded on Catholic Social Teaching.e) Appreciates the sacramentality of life and of all Creation.f) Seeks and celebrates communion with God, others and Creation through prayer and worship.g) Understands that their vocation comes from God; strives to discern and live this call.h) Respects the faith traditions, world religions and the life-journeys of all people of good will.i) Integrates Faith with life.j) Recognizes that Jesus’ death and resurrection brings redemption and forgiveness for our sins.

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2. An Effective Communicator Who:a) Listens actively and critically to understand and learn in light of Gospel values.b) Shares information and ideas clearly and honestly with sensitivity and respect.c) Uses and integrates the Catholic Faith Tradition in the critical analysis of the arts, media, technology

and information systems.3. A Critical Thinker Who:a) Recognizes there is grace in our world and that hope is essential in facing all challenges.b) Creates, adapts, and evaluates new ideas in light of the common good.c) Uses Gospel values to evaluate situations and solve problems creatively.d) Makes decisions in light of Gospel values with an informed moral conscience.e) Approaches life holistically by integrating learning from various subject areas and experiences.f) Applies knowledge of interdependent paradigms (political, ethical, socio-economic, ecological, and

religious) for the development of a just and compassionate society.4. A Lifelong Learner Who:a) Demonstrates respect for the dignity and welfare of self and others.b) Demonstrates flexibility and adaptability in response to God’s call.c) Manages and constructively influences change in a discerning manner.d) Reflects on personal values, abilities and aspirations in embracing life’s opportunities.e) Sets appropriate goals and priorities in school, community and personal life to fulfil their vocation.f) Strives to achieve a balanced and healthy lifestyle for the wellbeing of body, mind and soul.5. A Collaborative Contributor Who:a) Works effectively as an interdependent member of Christ’s Body.b) Develops their God-given potential and makes a meaningful contribution to society.c) Finds meaning, dignity and fulfilment in work which contributes to the common good.d) Accepts responsibility and respects the rights and contributions of others.e) Exercises Christian leadership in the achievement of individual and group goals.f) Strives for excellence, originality, and integrity in one’s own work and that of others.g) Applies skills ethically for employability and entrepreneurship in their Christian vocation.6. A Responsible Citizen Who:a) Lives their life with Christ as their model and guide.b) Acts morally and legally as a person formed in Catholic traditions and is accountable for their actions.c) Seeks and grants forgiveness in a Christ-like manner.d) Advocates for the sacredness and dignity of human life.e) Witnesses Catholic Social Teaching by promoting equality, democracy, and solidarity for a just,

peaceful and compassionate society.f) Respects and affirms the diversity and interdependence of the world’s peoples and cultures.g) Respects and understands the historical, cultural and religious diversity of society.h) Demonstrates stewardship for the environment and uses resources wisely.i) Ministers to the family, school, parish, and wider community through acts of service.

Adapted from Ontario Catholic School Graduate Expectations (2011) http://www.icconLcalpagel 7862747.upx

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The Learner Competencies Formed through Catholic Education have been shared with our teaching staff over the past two Permeation Days and will be explored in greater depth during upcoming sessions. The focus of our Permeation Day 2015 was to introduce staff to the Learner Competencies Formed Through Catholic Education. Each school created a cross/cube to demonstrate their understanding of these six competencies and how they were coming to life in their schools. Staff continued to explore the Learner Competencies Formed through Catholic Education throughout the school year to find pertinent examples which were displayed digitally at our Faith Development Day in February.

Last year, at our Permeation Day 2016, staff studied more in-depth the Learner Competencies Formed Through Catholic Education. Teachers were lead through a guided exploration of these competencies and how they can be connected to Sacred Scripture and the Catechism of the Catholic Church, as well as other Catholic sources. All schools were encouraged to include these newfound insights in their school’s Growth Plan and, if desired, in their own Personal Professional Growth Plans.

During next year’s Permeation Day 2017, teaching staff will uncover the specific connections between the Learner Competencies Formed Through Catholic Education and the Alberta Education Competencies. The emphasis will be on how both sets of competencies are being implemented in our schools, and in all our educational experiences.

In keeping with our Foundation Statement, the students and staff of Edmonton Catholic Schools commit to 21st century learning. In support of hopeful Christ-centred living, in a society transformed by globalization, technological innovation, and human ingenuity, 21st century learning complements our commitment as a Catholic community of learners, leaders and educators.

Edmonton Catholic Schools fosters faith-based learning that deeply engages all staff and students in 21st

century learning opportunities. All facets of the learning system - curriculum, instruction, assessment, professional learning, accountability and resource allocation - are in support of 21st century learning. Students will be creative, digitally aware, critical-thinking global citizens, analysts, communicators and producers engaged in learning that is conceptual and authentic within a faith-based environment.

Guided by our moral compass and focused on the common good, students and staff will be self-directed, adaptable, discerning and curious, as they engage individually and collaboratively in 21st century learning.

Social JusticeSocial Justice initiatives have been and continue to be a hallmark of our schools. Additionally, our extensive work in Social Justice deepens students and staff formation and growth in the Learner Competencies. Catholic Social Teaching is the basis of the actions that our schools take at all stages of Social Justice as described by Constance Fourré, in Journey to Justice: Transforming Hearts and Schools with Catholic Social Teaching.

Catholic social thought distinguishes between charitable action and action for justice. Charity and justice are commonly referred to as the “two feet” carrying individuals on this journey. … Charity connotes giving from one’s abundance out of kindness, and encompasses donations and direct service. … justice refers to action to bring about structural change. (pp.7-8)

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The five distinct stages on the continuum between charity and justice are as follows:1. Collections2. Direct Service3. Service for Empowerment4. Reflection and Analysis5. Advocacy for Structural Change (pp. 11-16)

Each year, every school submits a report of the Social Justice activities initiated by staff and students at their school. Last year, our schools were involved in 1194 Social Justice projects. The report is included in the appendices and the list below includes a few samples from past reports.

ANNE FITZGERALD (Stage 1)The school community collected donations for the Edmonton Food bank, mittens and winter clothing for the Mustard Seed, as well as donations for the Fort McMurray Wild fire relief. We collected socks for the homeless shelters and raised money for our foster children by selling iced tea, hot chocolate and holding a “breaking the rules” day. We raised money through a garage sale, a bake sale and two popcorn sales for our two foster children and made cards of welcome for the Syrian refugees.

ANNUNCIATION (Stage 1)Millions of girls around the world are facing poverty, exploitation and the denial of their right to education. Students of the “We Act” committee challenged the whole school (students and teachers) to take part in the “We Are Silent” (Free the Children) campaign which encourages students to take a silent stand so others can be heard. “Silent lunch” donations went to the Holy Childhood Association. “Fruit-grams” and “Rafiki” bracelet donations went towards helping the people of Haiti (Health Pillar), as part of our school’s “We Act” commitment.

ARCHBISHOP O’LEARY (Stage 2)St. Matthew’s Study Buddy Program – students volunteer with the program through the Christian Action Academy, on their own, or during PDT (Personalized Development Time).  Archbishop O’Leary students work in a mentoring role with the St. Matthew’s elementary students. Archbishop O’Leary students find the Study Buddy Program to be rewarding as they have the opportunity to mentor students and watch their relationships flourish when they work with and teach their buddies. Fashions Students – students studying fashion spend time sewing walker bags for senior’s homes and then delivering the walker bags to them.

OUR LADY OF VICTORIES 100 VOICES PROGRAM (Stage 2)The 100 Voices classes (36 students) made Christmas cards and a large mural for the residents of St. Joseph Auxiliary hospital. The 100 Voices classes (36 students) made and delivered Easter cards for the residents of St. Joseph Auxiliary Hospital.

ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI (Stage 2)We were able to make connections with several local organizations and schools to share our story. Students visited from St. Kateri, St. Martin and Archbishop Joseph McNeil. In our local community, we distributed Valentines to our neighbors. Also, we made a connection with St. Bonaventure school where students came and shared their drumming skills with us and we will be returning the favor by visiting their school next year to share Aboriginal dance and drumming.

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MONSIGNOR FEE OTTERSON (Stage 3)Our school has welcomed and supported Syrian refugees in their transition into a different country and a different culture. In addition to academic support, our school community came together to sensitively assist and empower our new students and their families. Our staff has hosted a weekend tea in honor of our new families. We have also raised money and donated gift cards to help Fort McMurray families who have been devastated by the fires, in addition to welcoming students in our school. Through our Monsignor Fee Otterson Fund, our school has paid for the field trip and bus pass fees for our students from our Syrian and Fort McMurray families. We continue to sponsor Ester who lives in Burundi, Africa. We send her money every year to help with her education.

HOLY CROSS (Stage 3)The leadership team went to the Zebra Child Protection Center to learn about the organization. Students explored how they could take action and have a meaningful impact. Our students were then taught about the center. Many of our students from K - 6 participated in Run Wild in St. Albert to raise money and awareness for the organization. Holy Cross school has made a commitment to help this foundation and to continue to grow the awareness yearly. The school community is also serving Dreams for Kids - ECS Foundation. We are currently supporting the funding of the 100 Voices Fund with monetary funds but also with mentorship from the older students in the school. They help with the family evenings and will continue this mentorship program in years to come.

HOLY FAMILY (Stage 4)Many classrooms invite the students to journal about their learnings and experiences including making commitments to support others.

ST. TERESA (Stage 4)This stage continues in the classrooms with the teachers and the students. In order that they are able to choose a project, a cause that they will commit to, research needs to be done on the project, the country, the reason for the action chosen, and the needs of the families.Some activities chosen for 2015-2016:

• Grade 1/2 Initiative – to decorate Christmas bags and write Christmas messages to put into the bags that were sent to an orphanage in Mexico. This project was completed by lower elementary students.

• Student Faith Day Initiative – students prepared Blessing bags for donation to the Neighbour Society. They were filled with toiletries, non-perishable food items and socks.

• Collections – cash donations by the staff and sale of ‘freezes’ by grade 3 students. These monies will go towards the purchase of gift cards for our families that have registered in our school.

• Collaborative effort initiated by the YMCA Daycare on our site and Kunitz shoes – collection of shoes for children and adults that were distributed to Fort McMurray evacuees. The school collected 418 pairs of shoes in 1 night. Kunitz shoes donated 300 pairs of brand new shoes for the evacuees.

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ARCHBISHOP MACDONALD HIGH SCHOOL (Stage 5) Through work with the Centre for Global Education and Development and Peace, our students have worked on various projects that are targeted at creating systematic change. One of the most relevant is environmental stewardship where our students have worked with the Laudato Si’ document from Pope Francis to create a researched paper to be presented to the Bishops of Alberta with ultimate hopes to bringing it forth to the Pope himself. This project has been in collaboration with our Religious Education Consultant, St. Joseph College at the University of Alberta, and schools from across the province.

Theory of Knowledge 35 classes explored issues of global significance using the Amnesty International website resources. Each student chose an issue that they found personally drawn to and wrote a letter advocating for change at the appropriate level of government. The letters were written using the tools on the Amnesty International website, as well as skills learned in their Language Arts classes regarding writing persuasive, formal letters. The letters were sent to the respective recipient using the school’s address as the return address. Many letters were sent to our own Canadian government, while others were sent to foreign government representatives worldwide.

ST. JOSEPH (Stage 5)Jean Forest All Girls Leadership Academy hosts various projects throughout the year to both practice and encourage women in leadership roles as well as bring attention and voice to violence against women. Saints Social Justice Team hosted several events, talks and activities to increase awareness and bring about structural change regarding some of the issues in our immediate and our global communities.

SAINTS Pride - The Saints Pride group launched this year. This is a group started and run by students to ensure that students are all feeling safe, included and important members of our community. This focuses on all abilities, races, genders, orientations - everyone is welcome in this group.

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Understanding that our students experience our Catholic faith permeated throughout all aspects of the regular school day, we acknowledge that there are many opportunities for schools to have faith formation or development days as part of a celebration of their Catholic culture and identity. This mirrors the philosophy of our staff faith formation and development opportunities. These days often coincide with the feast days of their namesakes.

Many of our schools host Faith Days for their students, which is an opportunity for faith development for staff and students. These Faith Days involve liturgical celebrations, usually with the Parish Priest associated with the school. They also involve interactive sessions for students, facilitated by teachers from the school as well as guests from within the District and from the greater community.

Father Michael “Catfish” Mireau Youth Faith Day for Grade Eight StudentsBeginning in 2015, Edmonton Catholic Schools is proud to host the annual Father Michael ‘Catfish’ Mireau Youth Faith Day, so named because of our beloved District Chaplain’s passion for his evangelical mission. During his all to short life, Father Mike empowered our youth to easily integrate their faith into culture and thus realize the relevance of Jesus in our modern world and their lives. The theme for the day is ‘Serve like a Superhero’ in honor of Father Mike’s penchant for Superman and empowering youth to change the world. Grade eight students from across the District gather together at the Shaw Conference Centre to participate in an amazing day of faith formation and a celebration of the Eucharist with our shepherds, Archbishop Smith, Bishop Bittman, and Bishop Motiuk. They also have the opportunity to listen to and learn from both local and international catechists and youth ministers.

This report is intended to provide a comprehensive overview of the many programs, initiatives, and opportunities that exist in Edmonton Catholic Schools. While there is much to celebrate, it is also recognized that ongoing reflection and collaboration are essential to continue our work and growth in Religious Education.

XII. Conclusion

XI. Student Faith Development Days

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Appendices

Seminarians ................................................................................... 32

Master of Religious Education ........................................................... 33

Newman Theological College Graduates ............................................ 37

Grace for the Heart and Soul: Care for Creation Sessions ..................... 38

Social Justice Summary .................................................................... 44

Social Justice Projects ....................................................................... 48

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Seminarians

Schools Participating in the Adopt a Seminarian or Two Program

1. Suzanne LeGars Frere Antoine

2. Jody Hertlein St. Martha

3. Eugenia Kowalczyk St. Thomas More

4. Dan Donnelly St. Francis Xavier

5. Mark Sylvestre St. Francis of Assisi

6. Dale Astill St. Brendan’s

7. Danita Power Holy Family

8. Nicoletta Papanicolas St. John Bosco

Schools Participating in the Adopt a Seminarian or Two Program, 2017

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Trustee Grell Inquiry:

3. Could the administration provide the trustees with the total cost to the district of sending ECSD teachers to Newman Theological College to earn their Masters in Religious Education for the 2014-2015 and the 2015-2016 school years?

Newman Theological College - The Master of Religious Education

The Master of Religious Education (M.R.E.) is a post graduate degree designed for the preparation of teachers and administrators in the area of Religious Education in Catholic schools.

Students who complete this program shall:

• Have a familiarity with the major areas of Catholic Theology. This is achieved through required courses in Sacred Scriptures, Systematic Theology, Moral Theology, and Sacramental/Liturgical Theology.

• Have a thorough familiarity with the principles of Religious Education and their application in the context of Catholic Schools. This is achieved through a mandatory 9 credits of courses in Religious Education for those in the Teaching Concentration.

• Become familiar with the issues facing School Administrators in a Catholic context and be equipped to face them in a theologically informed manner. This is achieved through the mandatory courses in Catholic School Administration for students in the Catholic School Administration Concentration.

• Put into practice the principles learned in their course work. This is achieved through ongoing participation in a relevant supervised field experience.

GENERAL OUTLINE

Foundational Theology: 9 Credits

Teaching Concentration:

REL 465 Foundations of Religious Education

REL 467 Contemporary Theory and Praxis in Religious Education

REL 491 Faith Formation in Religious Education

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Administration Concentration:

CSA 571 Foundations of Catholic School Administrations

CSA 573 Contemporary Theory and Praxis in Catholic School Administration

REL 491 Faith Formation in Religious Education

Sacred Scriptures: 6 Credits

ONE OF:

BST 400 Introduction to Sacred Scripture and their Interpretation

BST 420 Introduction to Old Testament

REL 420 Old Testament in Religious Education

ONE OF:

BST 421 Matthew and Mark

BST 422 Luke Acts

BST 425 The Synoptic Gospels

BST 430 The New Testament

REL 422 New Testament in Religious Education

Systematic Theology: 3 Credits

ONE OF:

STD 450 Christology

STD 451 Theology of God

Liturgical Theology: 3 Credits

ONE OF:

STD 440 Liturgical and Sacramental Theology

REL 442 Baptism, Confirmation, Eucharist

Moral Theology: 3 Credits

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REL 460 Moral Values in Religious Education

STP 461 Introduction to Moral Theology

STP 462 Introduction to Spiritual Theology

Electives: 6 Credits

Must take 2 Electives at the graduate level

Supervised Field Experience: 12 Credits

REL 400 A/B/C/D is graded on a pass/fail basis. Completed through professional work as a teacher or approved volunteer placement. The Supervised Field Experience requires participants to complete four projects that integrate their studies in the Master of Religious Education with their school and/or parish experience.

Summary:

Currently, Edmonton Catholic Schools has 50 teachers engaged in study at Newman Theological College. Of the 50 teachers, 25 will be graduating this October with their Master in Religion Education. The remaining 25 will be half-way through their program, beginning year three of their four year program.

At the start of March, an email was sent to all certified staff inviting applications to the MRE Program. A new cohort - Cohort Nine - is slated to begin its educational journey in September. Since the initial email was sent, we have received numerous emails and phone calls requesting more information about the Program.

Costs of the MRE Sponsorship for 2014/15 and 2015/16:

Year Item Cost

14/15 Fall Tuition $20,920.00

14/15 Winter Tuition $18,124.00

14/15 intersession Tuition $11,045.00

14/15 Summer Tuition $3,555.00

14/15 Total Tuition Costs $53,644.00

14/15 Substitute Costs $66,022.46

14/15 Total 14/15 $119,666.46 $119,666.46

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REL 460 Moral Values in Religious Education

STP 461 Introduction to Moral Theology

STP 462 Introduction to Spiritual Theology

Electives: 6 Credits

Must take 2 Electives at the graduate level

Supervised Field Experience: 12 Credits

REL 400 A/B/C/D is graded on a pass/fail basis. Completed through professional work as a teacher or approved volunteer placement. The Supervised Field Experience requires participants to complete four projects that integrate their studies in the Master of Religious Education with their school and/or parish experience.

Summary:

Currently, Edmonton Catholic Schools has 50 teachers engaged in study at Newman Theological College. Of the 50 teachers, 25 will be graduating this October with their Master in Religion Education. The remaining 25 will be half-way through their program, beginning year three of their four year program.

At the start of March, an email was sent to all certified staff inviting applications to the MRE Program. A new cohort - Cohort Nine - is slated to begin its educational journey in September. Since the initial email was sent, we have received numerous emails and phone calls requesting more information about the Program.

Costs of the MRE Sponsorship for 2014/15 and 2015/16:

Year Item Cost

14/15 Fall Tuition $20,920.00

14/15 Winter Tuition $18,124.00

14/15 intersession Tuition $11,045.00

14/15 Summer Tuition $3,555.00

14/15 Total Tuition Costs $53,644.00

14/15 Substitute Costs $66,022.46

14/15 Total 14/15 $119,666.46 $119,666.46

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15/16 Fall Tuition $30,677.50

15/16 Winter Tuition $27,960.00

15/16 intersession Tuition $13,086.00

15/16 Summer Tuition $6,351.00

15/16 Total Tuition Costs $78,074.50 *

15/16 Substitute Costs $84,010.19 **

15/16* Total 15/16 $162,084.69 $162,084.69

*During the 2015-2016 school year, the Supervised Field Experience was added to the MRE, adding another $800.00 per teacher. The Supervised Field Experience includes the completion of four projects.

**There has been an increase to substitute costs over the last two years.

Expectations:

Since 1988, Edmonton Catholic Schools has graduated 107 teachers from the MRE Program. Our graduates participate in the life of our schools by:

• Sharing their learning with colleagues, students and parents • Serving as School Chaplains • Coordinating Student Faith Days at their respective sites • Serving on the Opening School Celebration and Faith Development Day Committees • Leading Care for Creation sessions • Participating at the Grace for the Heart and Soul afternoon as presenters • Beginning their Administration journeys • 55 of our administrators, senior administrators, and consultants are Newman grads

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FIRST NAME LAST NAME admin FIRST NAME LAST NAME adminPam Aleekuk MRE Patti Liogier MRE yGary Armstrong MRE y Jennifer MacCormacDale Astill y Kenna Lee Trudel Mac Donald MREFrancesco Balice Bernard MacGregor yMichael Bambrick MRE Susan Makale MRE yBruno Binassi MRE y David Mandrusiak MREAngela Bober Melissa Marchesi MREBarbara Brochu Margo Marciniak MREAlex Buttigieg MRE y Mauri MaynardEugenia Chisotti Melanie Mazurek MRE yTim Cusack y Monica Mazur-KosturaCindy Dallaire y Andrea Mazzotta MREGina Daus y Shirley Mykituk yKristy Desmarais MRE y Kathleen Nguyen MRE yMona Dombroski y Tannis Niziol yDan Donnelly y Terri Peterson MRE yJulie-Ann Dron y Pierre PicardMichelle Dupuis y Debbie Pierozonzki yNadine Emsley Daria PorochiwnykKevyn Ernest Kyle Porter yShana Fairbank Danita Power yNicole Falcone-Dempsey MRE y Angela RastovskiRyan Feehan y Thomas Rees yAlbert Felicitas MRE Gary Rehman MRE yAnne Filipowski Daniel Robinson MRE yMarlene Forest- Wallace MRE y Angela Rozycki MRELindsay Rae Fraser MRE Marc Sanscartier MREDan Friedt y Patrick Santin yJoanne Friedt y Tracey Sauer yShannon Frost Alexandra Scarpelli- Mannarino yMargaret Fry Katrina Semeniuk MRERobert Gagnon Stephen Simmons MRE yJeff Girard Evelyn Sopkow yJennifer Gluwchynski MRE Lorraine Spenrath MRE ySean Gregg y Janice Stefancik MREJohn Groten MRE y Katherine Stewart MRENadine Guenther MRE Maria SuchockiJoe Gulli y Suzanne Szojka yBrenda Hamilton Sandra Talarico MRE yOrysia Huk y Stephanie Tamburrino MRENorma Jani y John Tidswell MREEd Jean y Angie VenneChuck Jenkins Milena Verduci MREJoan Kabotoff y Terry Volk yCatherine Kaup y Tammy WatzJanna Kirkup MRE Amanda Yakimyshyn yBrad Koshka y Angela Zapisocki MRE yMichelle Koshka y Ron Zacharko yWalter Kowalchyk y Jennifer Zubot MREDuwayne Lang y Updated October 2016

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Grace for the Heart and Soul: Care for Creation Sessions

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Grace for the Heart and Soul: Care for Creation Session Lists by Year, 2013-2015 2013: An Afternoon with our Shepherd Contemplative Lessons from Creation to the Unfolding Universe St. Theresa Family of Schools Combatting Catholic Amnesia: Reclaiming a Deeper Identity Divine Comedy Spiritually and Catholic Devotions Grace in the Cemeteries: A Place to Come and Say "Hello" Faith and Imagination: Let's Play Relationship: With God, With Others, With Ourselves Capturing and Sharing Your School’s Stories Using Multimedia What is the New Evangelization? Tea and Talk with Sr. Annata Brockman Growing together into Christ, Tea and Conversation with Archbishop Joseph MacNeil Bushwhacking with Jesus God, Cycling in the River Valley (medium) God, Cycling in the River Valley (slow) An Introduction to the Bible Medicine Wheel Teachings Blessings with Sacred Medicines Mass at Sacred Heart Church and tour Sacred Drumming and Dance Pipe Ceremony Praying in Color A Century to Celebrate: Reflecting on 100 Years of Faith Introduction to Canon Law Exploring the Labyrinth: Relaxation Through Meditative Prayer Windows to the Divine: Iconography as prayer in the Eastern Church Faith Walk Habitat for Humanity A Journey Through the Byzantine Divine Liturgy A Green Catholic School: Christian Faith and Ecological Concern Spirituality in Sports Church Street Tour Social Issues Walk Service Opportunity at Catholic Pastoral Centre Visit to a Synagogue Visit to a Buddhist Temple Visit to a Mosque - Al Rashid Mosque Visit to Sikh and Hindu Temple Teaching About Homelessness: A Discussion Around Social Awareness Prayer in Motion: An Inner Journey Outside Be Here Now! Out of our Heads and into our Bodies Yoga for a Christian - Prayer from the Heart and Soul

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Finding God in Nature Centering Prayer Bumping Into Jesus In Our Daily Lives RCIA Service Opportunity at Boys and Girls Club- Sakaw Club Service Opportunity at Boys and Girls Club- Steinhauer Club Service Opportunity at Boys and Girls Club- Duggan Club Service Opportunity at Boys and Girls Club- Tweddle Place Club Service Opportunity at Boys and Girls Club- West Club Service Opportunity at Boys and Girls Club- Rundle Club Gratitude The Spirit of Song Liturgical Dance The Beauty of Christianity: Explorations in Faith and Art Reverence for Creation: Stewardship in the Modern World One Jesus, Four Gospels Catholic Leadership from the “Kneeler to the Chalkboard” Service opportunity at St. Josephat’s Cathedral 2014: Persecutor to Preacher: The Life and Writings of the first Christian Writer Creation in the Crease: Sports through the lens of faith The Trinity, Science and Religion the Hypostatic Union…. - Now There’s a Really Hard Topic! Psalms for the 21st Century Hunting as Encounter with Creation and God Using our imagination to find JOY: Let’s play! Sixty Minute Retreat Grace and Healing in the Cemeteries- A Place to Come and Say “Hello”. Faith Walk at Muttart Conservatory Making Sense of the Old Testament: What Every Teacher in Catholic Schools Should Know. Spiritual Wellness through Creativity Gratitude A Look at Sofia Cavalletti: Inquiry in Religion Five Online Science & Religion Lectures for High School Teachers & Their Students 2x4 to Skaro God, Cycling, and the River Valley: MEDIUM/COMMUTER PACE God, Cycling, and the River Valley: SLOW PACE Slowing Down – An afternoon of art-making, walking and other mindful practices Exploring Liturgical Dance Truth and Reconciliation Blessing with Sacred Medicines The Spirituality of the Dance Hand Drum Songs for the Singing Soul Digital Media and our Faith Social Issues Walk

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Holy Karaoke and Other Meaningful Experiences on YouTube Effective Evangelization = JOY! Creation Care and Ecological Justice Meditative Prayer and Sacramentality in the River Valley God, Campfires and Star Wars Pyrohy (Perogy) Making – Service Opportunity Engaging Homelessness in Our Catholic Classrooms Faith Walk at Devonian Gardens Both Lungs The Church Street Tour Why Am I Catholic? Service Opportunity @ the Catholic Pastoral Centre Visit to a Synagogue Visit to a Buddhist Temple Visit to a Mosque Visit to Sikh and Hindu Temples PRC – Our Journey as Pilgrims: The Camino – The Way! PRC - The Power of Gratitude PRC – Slowing Down the Speed of Life with Yoga for a Christian PRC - Unplug: A Self-Guided Mini Retreat PRC – Opening Yourself to God Through Centering Prayer PRC – Awaken Your Spirit to the Contemplative Life Iconography – St. George’s Ukrainian Parish Tea with Sister Annata Brockman: Christ-centered Leadership The Shroud of Turin Jammin’ with Jesus! Combatting Catholic Amnesia: Reclaiming a Deeper Identity Finding God….and a Little Plastic Container: Geocaching and Faith Service Opportunity at Boys and Girls Clubs - McCauley Club Service Opportunity at Boys and Girls Clubs - Kinsmen Club Service Opportunity at Boys and Girls Clubs – Rundle Club Service Opportunity at Boys and Girls Clubs – Tweddle Club Service Opportunity at Boys and Girls Clubs – West Club Service Opportunity at Boys and Girls Clubs – Sakaw Club Service Opportunity at Boys and Girls Clubs – Steinhauer Club Service Opportunity at Boys and Girls Clubs – Duggan Club Women's Teachings

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2015: A Walk in the Park Afternoon tea with Archbishop Joseph MacNeil Al Rashid Mosque visit and tour An afternoon with L'Arche Are we all on the same Holy Ground? Bear Paw Apartment for Supported Independent Living - A Ministry of Catholic Social Services Being Happy Catholics - Audience participant Being Happy Catholics - Webinar Boys & Girls Club - Duggan Club Boys & Girls Club - Kinsmen Club Boys & Girls Club - Rundle Club Boys & Girls Club - Sakaw Club Boys & Girls Club - Steinhauer Club Boys & Girls Club - Tweddle Club Boys & Girls Club - West Club Boys & Girls Club -Africa Centre Boys & Girls Club -McCauley Club Can I be a Christian without the Church? Capital City Clean Up Caring for the most vulnerable of God's Creation - The Call to Caritas Christ and Creation Church Street Tour Contemplative Prayer and Sacramentality in the River Valley Creation Care and Ecological Justice Discovering Creation by Bicycle Education: A Precious Gift in Uganda Faith Walk at Muttart Conservatory Faith Walk at the Devonian Gardens Finding God in Nature Finding God…and a Little Plastic Container: Geocaching and Faith From Evangelization to Building a Relationship with God Gently Whispering the Circle Back Help us to Help You! How can we know that the Bible is the written Word of God? A Catholic perspective I Think I Got the "Call"… Now What? Iconography – St. George’s Ukrainian Parish Iconography/Reflection Introduction to Buddhism Our Journey as Pilgrims: The Holy Land Plant a Garden Pope Francis and The Joy of the Gospel Pyrohy (Perogy) Making Reflections on the Life of Pope Francis Rotary Centre for New Canadians – A Ministry of Catholic Social Services Shining the Light on Homelessness

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Slowing Down the Speed of Life with Yoga for a Christian Social Issues Walk Sorting Activity at Mustard Seed Centre Spirituality of the Dance Sport and Spirituality Teachings of the Tipi The Bible: Origins, Transmission, and Translations The Gift The Shroud of Turin Title Unplug: A Self-Guided Mini Retreat Visit to McDaniel Manor House Walking with Our Ancestors Zentangle Your Way to Shalom

School Faith Development Days Many of our schools host Faith Days for their students, which is an opportunity for Faith Development for staff and students. These Faith Days involve liturgical celebrations, usually with the Parish Priest associated with the school. They also involve interactive sessions for students, facilitated by teachers from the school as well as guests from within the District and from the greater community. Certificate in Catholic Studies Newman Theological College offers a comprehensive selection of online certificate courses on various aspects of the Catholic faith. Each course runs five weeks, with more than 19 specialized Certificates and over 65 courses available. This Certificate Program is open to all staff of Edmonton Catholic Schools. Over 200 ECSD staff, Custodians, support staff, and teachers have been involved this year and over 1000 all together. The cost is $85 per course. We are blessed to be working in partnership with St. Joseph's College, The Catholic Archdiocese of Edmonton, Providence Renewal Centre, and Star of the North Retreat Centre, who also provide PD and Formation to our staff. IX. PERMEATION The Five Marks of Catholic School Identity were introduced at the Catholic Education Symposium in 2014. These Marks include:

1. Grounded in a Christian Anthropology 2. Imbued with a Catholic Worldview 3. Animated by a Faith-Infused Curriculum 4. Sustained by Gospel Witness 5. Shaped by a Spirituality of Communion

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Session Listing

A Walk In the Park Blessed are the merciful ... The biblical roots of mercy Boys and Girls Clubs, Big Brothers - Big Sisters Edmonton Bringing Laudato Si to life in our homes and in our schools Capital City Clean Up Care for Creation as Acts of Mercy Care for the Environment Church Street Walk Colouring Mandalas as an Aid to Prayer Come to the Quiet Coming to grips with end-of-life issues with Archbishop Smith Could you lend us a hand? Discovering Creation by Bicycle Faith Walk - Devonian Gardens Finding God in Nature God is not Dead: He is very much alive!! Iconography - St. George Ukrainian Parish Indigenous 101 Interfaith and Sikhism Introduction to Buddhism iPad Retreat at Beaumaris Lake Life of An Apostle Making Connections Between Sport and Spirituality Mary, the Mother of God Meet our Muslim Brothers and Sisters Mindfulness for Everyday Living Native Spirituality and Protocol Praying in Colour Sabbath for the Soul Shroud of Turin: the Science and the History Slowing Down the Speed of Life with Yoga for a Christian Social Issues Walk Sorting Activity at Mustard Seed Centre Spirituality of Dance The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints The Gift The Origins of the Bible The Pilgrim Journeys – The Camino

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Social Justice Projects

So

cial

Just

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2015

-201

6

Educ

atio

nal P

lann

ing

M

ay 2

016

1

So

cial

Just

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Proj

ects

Ed

mon

ton

Cath

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Sch

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2015

-201

6

Scho

ol N

ame

Stag

es

Desc

riptio

n

Anne

Fitz

gera

ld

Jacq

uelin

e Da

hlen

Stag

e 1

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e sc

hool

com

mun

ity c

olle

cted

don

atio

ns fo

r the

Edm

onto

n Fo

od b

ank,

mitt

ens a

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inte

r clo

thin

g fo

r the

Mus

tard

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d,

as w

ell a

s col

lect

ing

dona

tions

for t

he F

ort M

cMur

ray

Wild

fire

relie

f.

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ade

6 co

llect

ed so

cks f

or th

e ho

mel

ess s

helte

rs.

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ade

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ey fo

r our

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er c

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by se

lling

iced

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te a

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ng a

bre

akin

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les d

ay.

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ade

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ised

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ey th

roug

h a

gara

ge sa

le, a

bak

e sa

le a

nd tw

o po

pcor

n sa

les f

or o

ur tw

o fo

ster

chi

ldre

n.

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ade

5 m

ade

card

s of w

elco

me

for t

he S

yria

n re

fuge

es.

Stag

e 2

• Th

e 'K

indn

ess C

lub'

vol

unte

ered

to m

ake

flow

er p

ots a

nd c

ards

whi

ch w

ere

deliv

ered

to th

e co

mm

unity

to sp

read

kin

dnes

s.

• An

ne F

itzge

rald

Ang

els s

hove

led

snow

thro

ugho

ut th

e ne

ighb

orho

od.

Stag

e 3

• An

ne F

itzge

rald

Ang

els v

isite

d an

d di

d ac

tiviti

es w

ith th

e se

nior

s at t

he S

t. M

icha

el's

Mill

enni

um P

avili

on. T

his w

as a

m

onth

ly v

isit t

here

fore

rela

tions

hips

wer

e bu

ilt th

roug

hout

the

year

.

Stag

e 4

St

age

5

Annu

ncia

tion

Jo

seph

Est

epha

n

Stag

e 1

Scho

ol/T

each

er le

d:

• Te

rry

Fox

Foun

datio

n •

Edm

onto

n Ca

thol

ic S

choo

ls F

ound

atio

n •

Hear

t and

Str

oke

Foun

datio

n (Ju

mp

Rope

for H

eart

) •

Holy

Chi

ldho

od M

ass

• Cl

othi

ng D

rive

for l

ess f

ortu

nate

fam

ilies

at o

ur sc

hool

site

•

Food

Ban

k Dr

ive

for t

he 1

2 Da

ys o

f Chr

istm

as

• Ite

ms f

or F

ort M

cMur

ray

Stud

ent l

ed

• M

illio

ns o

f girl

s aro

und

the

wor

ld a

re fa

cing

pov

erty

, exp

loita

tion

and

the

deni

al o

f the

ir rig

ht to

edu

catio

n. S

o st

uden

ts o

f th

e W

E AC

T co

mm

ittee

cha

lleng

ed th

e w

hole

scho

ol (s

tude

nts a

nd te

ache

rs) t

o ta

ke p

art i

n th

e “W

e Ar

e Si

lent

” (F

ree

the

Child

ren)

cam

paig

n w

hich

con

test

s stu

dent

s to

take

a si

lent

stan

d so

oth

ers c

an b

e he

ard.

•

"Sile

nt lu

nch"

don

atio

ns w

ent t

o th

e Ho

ly C

hild

hood

Ass

ocia

tion

• "F

ruit-

gram

s" a

nd "R

afik

i" b

race

let d

onat

ions

wen

t tow

ards

hel

ping

the

peop

le o

f Hai

ti (H

ealth

Pill

ar),

as p

art o

f our

scho

ol's

We

Act c

omm

itmen

t.

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e 20

15-2

016

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atio

nal P

lann

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M

ay 2

016

2

• Sa

les f

rom

"A

Dog

For U

ncle

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er" b

ook

wen

t to

Dogs

With

Win

gs

Stag

e 2

Scho

ol/T

each

er le

d:

• O

ur m

usic

teac

her,

alon

g w

ith th

e Ha

nd b

ell C

hoir

wen

t to

visi

t sta

ff an

d pa

tient

s at t

he M

iser

icor

dia

Hosp

ital a

nd p

erfo

rm

hand

bel

l son

gs.

• Ea

rth

Day/

Capi

tal C

ity C

lean

up

– al

l cla

sses

took

par

t in

clea

ning

up

the

scho

ol y

ard.

Stud

ent l

ed:

• Al

l stu

dent

s in

grad

e six

hav

e al

so g

iven

thei

r tim

e to

serv

e th

e sc

hool

and

the

com

mun

ity b

y be

ing

cros

swal

k pa

trol

lers

. •

Book

Driv

e –

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art o

f a re

sear

ch p

roje

ct th

ey w

ere

inqu

iring

into

, stu

dent

s col

lect

ed b

ooks

from

staf

f and

stud

ents

, and

had

th

em d

onat

ed to

Alb

erta

Hea

lth S

ervi

ces

•

Stud

ents

of t

he W

E AC

T co

mm

ittee

wen

t on

a fie

ld tr

ip to

B’s

Din

er, h

ere

in E

dmon

ton,

to h

elp

mak

e ba

gged

lunc

hes f

or

inne

r-ci

ty sc

hool

stud

ents

. •

Fort

McM

urra

y do

natio

ns fo

r For

t McM

urra

y st

uden

ts in

our

scho

ol (c

lass

room

initi

ativ

e)

• Ba

tter

y co

llect

ion

for e

nviro

nmen

tal a

war

enes

s •

Stud

ents

vol

unte

ered

thei

r tim

e: m

onito

rs d

urin

g lu

nch,

pat

rolli

ng, M

oo (M

ilk) C

lub,

Rec

yclin

g, C

atfis

h Cl

ub

Stag

e 3

Scho

ol/T

each

er L

ed:

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e gr

ade

4 an

d 5

Recy

clin

g Te

am u

sed

fund

s to

mak

e ch

ange

s to

the

scho

ol e

nviro

nmen

t.

Stud

ent L

ed:

• IB

Exh

ibiti

on:

Grad

e six

stud

ents

wor

ked

in g

roup

s to

deve

lop

docu

men

tarie

s tha

t inq

uire

d ab

out g

over

nmen

tal

orga

niza

tions

that

supp

ort m

enta

l hea

lth. T

he o

rgan

izatio

ns w

ere

shar

ed w

ith th

e sc

hool

and

com

mun

ity o

n th

e ev

enin

g of

M

ay 1

4, 2

016.

Stu

dent

s res

earc

hing

thes

e or

gani

zatio

ns h

ave

been

influ

ence

d in

som

e w

ay a

nd it

is w

ith h

ope

that

thes

e st

uden

ts c

ontin

ue to

mak

e co

nnec

tions

or u

tilize

thei

r ser

vice

for y

ears

to c

ome.

•

Stud

ents

of t

he W

E AC

T co

mm

ittee

also

initi

ated

the

sale

of R

afik

i bra

cele

ts a

s par

t of t

he “

WE

Are

Rafik

is” c

ampa

ign

(Fre

e th

e Ch

ildre

n). P

roce

eds w

ent t

o Ha

iti to

sup

port

hea

lth p

rogr

amm

ing

in H

aiti

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tfish

Clu

b su

ppor

ts li

turg

ical

mas

ses

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ade

5 st

uden

ts b

eing

tech

men

tors

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Grad

e 5

clas

s tha

t wro

te le

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s to

Prim

e M

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ter T

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au re

gard

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Reco

ncili

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n

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e 4

St

age

5

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bish

op Jo

seph

Mac

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rnan

do R

unco

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e 1

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emen

tary

Cak

e W

alk:

fund

s to

spon

sor S

choo

l Fos

ter C

hild

•

Stol

lery

Hos

pita

l col

lect

ion

• M

S So

ciet

y –

Bike

-a-t

hon

• Ca

ndy-

gram

s - p

roce

eds g

oing

to c

harit

y

50

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al Ju

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e 20

15-2

016

Educ

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M

ay 2

016

3

• Fl

ower

-gra

ms -

pro

ceed

s goi

ng to

cha

rity

• Ba

ke sa

les (

Kind

erga

rten

; Jun

ior H

igh)

•

Cere

al D

rive

(Tha

nksg

ivin

g; L

ent)

for b

reak

fast

pro

gram

s at B

en C

alf R

obe

and

St. F

ranc

is o

f Ass

isi S

choo

ls

• Fo

rt M

cMur

ray

clot

hing

driv

e an

d m

onet

ary

dona

tion

• M

ary

Burli

e Fu

nd a

t Chr

istm

as

• Si

gn o

f Hop

e Ca

mpa

ign-

don

atio

ns a

nd st

uden

t driv

en b

ooth

s to

colle

ct p

roce

eds

• Ki

ds C

are

Chal

leng

e - S

ign

of H

ope

Stag

e 2

• Gr

ade

8 –

Elve

s of E

dmon

ton

•

Sign

of H

ope

Colle

ctio

n at

bot

h El

emen

tary

Chr

istm

as C

once

rts

•

Terr

y Fo

x Ru

n

• El

emen

tary

Cho

ir si

ngin

g at

City

Hal

l and

Leg

islat

ure

for C

hrist

mas

•

Proc

eeds

from

Spr

ing

Mus

ical

don

ated

to M

S So

ciet

y

• Fo

rt M

cMur

ray

Driv

e –

colle

ctio

n of

nec

essit

ies f

or th

ose

fam

ilies

affe

cted

by

the

fire

• St

uden

t led

pro

ject

s - P

hone

s for

You

th -

part

ners

hip

with

Edm

onto

n Po

lice

Serv

ice

and

YESS

gro

up to

pro

vide

recy

cled

cel

l ph

ones

for t

he h

omel

ess

so th

at th

ey h

ave

acce

ss to

em

erge

ncy

serv

ices

(911

)

Stag

e 3

• SA

C sp

onso

red

Bott

le D

rive:

stud

ent v

olun

teer

s spe

nt th

e da

y co

llect

ing

and

sort

ing

bott

les

•

Kind

erga

rten

-spo

nsor

ed C

hris

tmas

bas

kets

for t

he h

omel

ess

• Ea

rly A

ct S

tude

nts s

old

rose

s –

mon

ey ra

ised

wen

t to

Edm

onto

n Hu

man

e So

ciet

y •

Stud

ents

col

lect

food

item

s and

pre

pare

lunc

h at

the

Biss

ell C

entr

e ea

ch y

ear a

s a c

omm

unity

pro

ject

hea

ded

by th

e St

. Th

omas

Mor

e Pa

rish

Soci

al Ju

stic

e Co

mm

ittee

•

Stud

ent-

led

Care

for C

reat

ion

(mai

ntai

ning

the

envi

ronm

ent,

spea

king

up/

wat

chin

g ou

t for

eac

h ot

her,

mod

elin

g th

e ac

tions

of

Jesu

s)

• In

trod

uctio

n of

stud

ents

teac

hing

stud

ents

the

8 Ch

arac

ters

of C

atho

lic E

duca

tion

in b

uild

ing

faith

form

atio

n fo

r all

• In

trod

uctio

n of

SW

AT (S

tude

nt W

elln

ess A

ctiv

ity T

eam

) Tam

to p

rom

ote

phys

ical

, Soc

ial,

and

Men

tal W

elln

ess

•

AJM

Stu

dent

Fai

th D

ay: p

rom

otio

n of

wel

lnes

s for

the

body

, min

d, a

nd sp

irit

Stag

e 4

St

age

5 •

One

of o

ur g

rade

eig

ht st

uden

ts v

olun

teer

s her

tim

e to

hel

p ou

t at t

he M

iser

icor

dia

Hosp

ital.

In h

er a

spira

tions

of w

orki

ng in

th

e fie

ld o

f med

icin

e in

the

futu

re, t

his s

tude

nt b

rings

hap

pine

ss to

thos

e th

at a

re si

ck a

nd h

elps

brin

g ch

eer t

o ot

hers

.

Arch

bish

op M

acDo

nald

Ch

ris F

ergu

son

Stag

e 1

• O

ur st

age

one

actio

n w

as c

ente

red

arou

nd a

pro

ject

cal

led

"MAC

aron

i War

s" w

here

stud

ents

raise

d ei

ther

mon

ies f

or

Cath

olic

Soc

ial S

ervi

ces o

r box

es o

f mac

aron

i for

the

Food

Ban

k. T

he v

isual

asp

ect o

f the

cam

paig

n w

as a

chie

ved

whe

n w

e cr

eate

d a

cube

of m

acar

oni i

n ou

r atr

ium

whe

re st

uden

ts c

ould

see

the

impa

ct o

f the

am

ount

of m

acar

oni c

olle

cted

. •

A sim

ilar e

vent

also

raise

d m

onie

s and

supp

lies f

or F

ort M

cMur

ray

relie

f.

51

Soci

al Ju

stic

e 20

15-2

016

Educ

atio

nal P

lann

ing

M

ay 2

016

4

Stag

e 2

• Th

roug

h ou

r ext

ensiv

e Ch

ristia

n Se

rvic

e Pr

ojec

t at M

AC, a

ll of

our

stud

ents

com

plet

e a

min

imum

of 1

0 ho

urs o

f ser

vice

in a

nd

arou

nd th

e co

mm

unity

of E

dmon

ton.

With

app

roxi

mat

ely

1000

stud

ents

that

is o

ver 1

0,00

0 ho

urs o

f ser

vice

from

MAC

st

uden

ts.

Exam

ples

of s

ervi

ce h

ours

incl

ude

wor

king

with

the

elde

rly a

nd th

e si

ck a

t var

ious

supp

ort a

genc

ies

to

volu

ntee

ring

to h

elp

supp

ort s

choo

l ini

tiativ

es li

ke o

ur 1

2 ho

ur b

aske

tbal

l mar

atho

n.

Stag

e 3

• O

ur tw

o la

rge

cam

paig

ns fo

r soc

ial j

ustic

e th

is ye

ar w

as c

ente

red

loca

lly, s

uppo

rtin

g Ca

thol

ic S

ocia

l Ser

vice

s, a

nd g

loba

lly,

supp

ortin

g Ho

pe fo

r Mal

awi.

Bot

h of

thes

e re

latio

nshi

ps a

re o

ngoi

ng w

ith C

atho

lic S

ocia

l Ser

vice

s con

tinue

supp

ort o

f the

m

argi

naliz

ed m

embe

rs o

f our

Edm

onto

n co

mm

unity

and

Hop

e fo

r Mal

awi,

whe

re c

ontin

ued

supp

ort w

ill e

vent

ually

lead

to a

sc

hool

and

hos

pita

l bei

ng b

uilt

for t

he p

eopl

e of

Mal

awi.

Stag

e 4

St

age

5 •

Thro

ugh

wor

k w

ith th

e Ce

ntre

for G

loba

l Edu

catio

n ou

r stu

dent

s hav

e w

orke

d on

var

ious

pro

ject

s tha

t are

targ

eted

at

crea

ting

syst

emat

ic c

hang

e. O

ne o

f the

mos

t rel

evan

t is

envi

ronm

enta

l ste

war

dshi

p w

here

our

stud

ents

hav

e w

orke

d w

ith

the

Laud

ato

Si d

ocum

ent f

rom

Pop

e Fr

anci

s to

crea

te a

rese

arch

ed p

aper

to b

e pr

esen

ted

to a

ll th

e Bi

shop

s of W

este

rn

Cana

da w

ith u

ltim

ate

hope

s to

brin

g it

fort

h to

the

Pope

him

self.

Thi

s pro

ject

has

bee

n in

col

labo

ratio

n w

ith th

e U

ofA

and

scho

ols f

rom

acr

oss t

he p

rovi

nce.

Arch

bish

op O

’Lea

ry

Ory

sia H

uk

Stag

e 1

• Th

anks

givi

ng F

ood

Driv

e - E

dmon

ton

Food

Ban

k - E

very

Tha

nksg

ivin

g Ar

chbi

shop

O’L

eary

Hig

h Sc

hool

col

lect

s foo

d ite

ms i

n su

ppor

t of t

he E

dmon

ton

Food

bank

. St

uden

ts in

thei

r blo

ck tw

o cl

asse

s col

lect

item

s tha

t the

food

ban

k ha

s ind

icat

ed th

at

they

nee

d. T

his y

ear w

e w

ere

able

to fi

ll up

6 F

oodb

ank

bins

as w

ell a

s oth

er sm

alle

r box

es.

The

supp

ort w

e pr

ovid

e th

e Ed

mon

ton

Food

bank

will

be

an o

ngoi

ng p

roje

ct.

• Ch

ristm

as H

ampe

rs –

Wor

king

with

the

Chris

tmas

Bur

eau,

Arc

hbish

op O

’Lea

ry H

igh

Scho

ol p

artn

ered

with

St.

Mat

thew

’s

Elem

enta

ry S

choo

l to

colle

ct sp

ecifi

c ite

ms n

eede

d to

cre

ate

Chris

tmas

Ham

pers

for t

he C

hrist

mas

Bur

eau,

as w

ell a

s del

iver

th

em to

the

clie

nts.

We

wer

e ab

le to

cre

ate

and

dist

ribut

e th

e 50

nec

essa

ry h

ampe

rs fo

r the

Chr

istm

as B

urea

u, a

long

with

9

addi

tiona

l ham

pers

for f

amili

es in

the

imm

edia

te O

’Lea

ry a

nd S

t. M

atth

ew’s

are

a. A

dditi

onal

item

s wer

e lo

aded

into

a st

aff

mem

bers

truc

k an

d do

nate

d to

the

Mar

ia C

ente

r. •

Sprin

g Cl

oset

Cle

an –

You

th E

mpo

wer

men

t Sup

port

Ser

vice

s - In

con

junc

tion

with

Stu

dent

s Uni

on, i

t was

dec

ided

to h

elp

supp

ort Y

ESS

with

a c

loth

ing

driv

e. S

tude

nts r

esea

rche

d w

hat w

as n

eede

d by

YES

S an

d w

e co

llect

ed th

ose

spec

ific

item

s. A

15

pas

seng

er v

an w

as fi

lled

up w

ith a

ll of

the

dona

tions

and

bro

ught

to Y

ESS.

•

Help

ing

Hand

s Ini

tiativ

e –

Fund

raise

r for

the

Edm

onto

n Fo

odba

nk -

The

Gr 1

2 Gr

adua

tion

retr

eat o

ccur

red

days

aft

er th

e Fo

rt

McM

urra

y fir

es.

The

stud

ents

on

the

retr

eat w

ere

touc

hed

by th

e ev

ents

, and

wan

ted

to h

elp

out.

The

stud

ents

nam

ed th

e pr

ojec

t O’L

eary

Hel

ping

Han

ds.

Stud

ents

pla

nned

: a B

BQ w

ith a

ll pr

ocee

ds g

oing

to th

e Re

d Cr

oss,

they

pla

nned

a c

olle

ctio

n du

ring

TA ti

me,

the

help

ing

hand

s mes

sage

stat

ion

was

set u

p, a

nd it

ems w

ere

bein

g co

llect

ed in

the

mai

n of

fice.

Thi

s was

a

very

succ

essf

ul st

uden

t pla

nned

and

led

activ

ity.

•

Cont

ent L

itera

ture

Cla

ss –

Par

ticip

ated

in W

ords

of H

ope

Cam

paig

n.

Stud

ents

from

Eng

lish

and

Cont

ent L

it cu

stom

ized

card

s, to

sick

chi

ldre

n an

d se

nt th

em a

s wor

ds o

f hop

e.

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Soci

al Ju

stic

e 20

15-2

016

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atio

nal P

lann

ing

M

ay 2

016

5

Stag

e 2

• Ed

mon

ton

Food

Ban

k –

stud

ents

vol

unte

ered

to h

elp

at th

e Fo

odba

nk th

roug

hout

the

cour

se o

f the

scho

ol y

ear.

Stu

dent

s he

lped

ass

embl

e fo

od h

ampe

rs, s

ort i

tem

s, a

nd re

pack

age

item

s. S

tude

nts f

elt t

hat t

hey

wer

e he

lpin

g to

mak

e a

diffe

renc

e in

the

orga

niza

tion

with

hel

ping

with

the

day

to d

ay ta

sks t

hat h

elp

supp

ort t

hose

who

util

ize th

e Ed

mon

ton

Food

bank

. Th

e co

mm

itmen

t to

the

Edm

onto

n Fo

odba

nk is

ong

oing

. •

Mar

ian

Cent

er –

stud

ents

vol

unte

ered

to h

elp

at th

e M

aria

n Ce

nter

thro

ugho

ut th

e co

urse

of t

he sc

hool

yea

r. S

tude

nts

help

ed to

sort

don

atio

ns, c

hop

vege

tabl

es, s

erve

lunc

h, so

cial

ize w

ith th

e cl

ient

s, a

nd h

elp

clea

ning

the

faci

lity.

Stu

dent

s fel

t th

at th

is ty

pe o

f ser

vice

is b

est a

s the

y ar

e fa

ce to

face

with

thos

e th

ey a

re se

rvin

g. T

he c

omm

itmen

t to

the

Mar

ian

Cent

er is

on

goin

g.

• Sa

nta’

s Ano

nym

ous –

stud

ents

vol

unte

ered

at t

he E

dmon

ton

Eski

mos

hom

e ga

me

to c

olle

ct m

oney

and

toys

for t

he S

anta

s An

onym

ous t

oy d

rive.

Stu

dent

s fel

t thi

s is a

goo

d w

ay to

vol

unte

er a

nd h

ave

fun.

The

com

mitm

ent t

o Sa

ntas

Ano

nym

ous i

s on

goin

g.

• Fe

stiv

al o

f Tre

es –

stud

ents

and

staf

f vol

unte

ered

on

the

Thur

sday

eve

ning

of t

he F

estiv

al a

t the

var

ious

stat

ions

. Th

is fie

ldtr

ip h

as b

een

occu

rrin

g fo

r the

last

thre

e ye

ars.

We

wer

e ab

le to

pro

vide

138

vol

unte

ers n

eede

d fo

r the

eve

ning

shift

. St

uden

ts e

njoy

ed v

olun

teer

ing

at th

e di

ffere

nt st

atio

ns a

nd w

orki

ng w

ith o

ther

indi

vidu

als i

n th

e co

mm

unity

. O

’Lea

ry H

igh

Scho

ol w

ill c

ontin

ue to

mak

e th

is a

year

ly e

vent

. •

St. M

atth

ew’s

Stu

dy B

uddy

Pro

gram

– st

uden

ts v

olun

teer

with

the

prog

ram

thro

ugh

Chris

tian

Actio

n Ac

adem

y, o

n th

eir o

wn,

or

dur

ing

PDT

(per

sona

lized

dev

elop

men

t tim

e).

O’L

eary

stud

ents

wor

k in

a m

ento

ring

role

with

the

St. M

atth

ew’s

el

emen

tary

stud

ents

. O

’Lea

ry st

uden

ts fi

nd th

e St

udy

Budd

y Pr

ogra

m to

be

rew

ardi

ng a

s the

y ha

ve th

e op

port

unity

to

men

tor s

tude

nts a

nd w

atch

thei

r rel

atio

nshi

p flo

urish

and

they

are

abl

e to

wor

k w

ith a

nd te

ach

thei

r bud

dies

. Th

is is

an

ongo

ing

initi

ativ

e.

• Fa

shio

ns S

tude

nts –

stud

ents

taki

ng fa

shio

ns sp

end

time

sew

ing

wal

ker b

ags

for s

enio

r’s h

omes

and

del

iver

the

wal

ker b

ags.

Th

is is

an o

ngoi

ng a

ctiv

ity.

Stag

e 3

• O

’LEA

RY G

REEN

SCH

OO

L: A

rchb

ishop

O’L

eary

Hig

h Sc

hool

is in

it’s

seco

nd y

ear i

n th

e Gr

eenS

choo

ls Ca

nada

Pro

gram

. Our

ob

ject

ive

is to

edu

cate

our

cur

rent

and

futu

re g

ener

atio

ns o

f stu

dent

s to

crea

te a

sust

aina

ble

and

envi

ronm

enta

lly

resp

onsi

ble

scho

ol c

omm

unity

. Th

e ac

tions

dev

elop

ed w

ill n

ot o

nly

tran

sfor

m o

ur st

uden

ts’ l

ives

, but

also

thei

r fam

ilies

and

th

eir e

ntire

com

mun

ities

. Th

roug

h th

e pr

ojec

ts re

alize

d, th

e st

uden

ts a

re a

ble

to le

arn

how

thei

r dai

ly a

ctio

ns n

ot o

nly

impa

ct o

ur e

nviro

nmen

t but

, thr

ough

the

proc

ess o

f glo

baliz

atio

n, th

e en

tire

wor

ld.

Our

hab

its o

f con

sum

ptio

n or

the

food

w

e ea

t con

trib

utes

to th

e ex

ploi

tatio

n of

wor

kers

or t

o ch

ild la

bor.

The

y al

so c

ontr

ibut

e to

vio

lenc

e an

d w

ar fo

r the

con

trol

of

natu

ral r

esou

rces

or t

o th

e vi

olat

ion

of h

uman

righ

ts.

Thro

ugh

our c

omm

itmen

t as G

reen

Sch

ool w

e w

ork

toge

ther

as a

le

arni

ng c

omm

unity

to c

reat

e a

sust

aina

ble

and

fair

futu

re fo

r our

stud

ents

and

for f

utur

e ge

nera

tions

aro

und

the

wor

ld.

Stud

ents

hav

e he

lped

org

anize

and

del

iver

pap

er re

cycl

e bi

ns, p

last

ic re

cycl

e bi

ns, a

s wel

l as g

arba

ge b

ins i

n ea

ch c

lass

room

. Pl

ants

wer

e de

liver

ed to

cla

ssro

oms a

nd w

ater

ed o

n a

wee

kly

basis

to h

elp

with

air

qual

ity.

This

initi

ativ

e w

ill b

e on

goin

g.

Stag

e 4

53

Soci

al Ju

stic

e 20

15-2

016

Educ

atio

nal P

lann

ing

M

ay 2

016

6

Stag

e 5

• Re

ligio

n 15

/25/

35 -

Stud

ents

are

requ

ired

to c

ompl

ete

serv

ice

hour

s for

Rel

igio

n 15

/25/

35.

Onc

e st

uden

ts c

ompl

ete

thei

r vo

lunt

eer h

ours

they

mus

t ref

lect

on

thei

r exp

erie

nce

in w

ritte

n fo

rmat

or i

n a

digi

tal p

rese

ntat

ion.

Thi

s is a

n on

goin

g as

signm

ent,

whi

ch c

ontin

ues t

hrou

ghou

t eac

h gr

ade

leve

l. W

hen

stud

ents

refle

ct th

ey le

arn,

and

gro

w fr

om th

eir e

xper

ienc

e in

hop

es th

at th

ey c

ontin

ue to

vol

unte

er o

nce

they

leav

e Ar

chbi

shop

O’L

eary

Hig

h Sc

hool

.

Bles

sed

Osc

ar R

omer

o Th

omas

Col

lins

Stag

e 1

• Th

is ye

ar w

e di

d a

food

and

cas

h dr

ive

for t

he fo

od b

ank

usin

g ou

r Hau

nted

Hou

se

• W

e ra

ised

mon

ey a

nd su

pplie

s for

the

Emer

genc

y Re

lief f

und

for F

ort M

cMur

ray

resi

dent

s •

We

are

also

taki

ng p

art i

n th

e Ho

mel

ess f

or a

nig

ht in

itiat

ive

Stag

e 2

• In

stag

e 2

we

spen

d tim

e de

velo

ping

mor

e on

an

iden

tity

as a

Soc

ial J

ustic

e gr

oup.

We

real

ly w

ante

d al

l the

initi

ativ

es to

be

stud

ent d

riven

. Fi

ndin

g ag

reem

ent a

mon

g w

hat w

e ca

red

abou

t pro

ved

chal

leng

ing.

A b

ig su

cces

s was

our

pee

r tut

orin

g gr

oup

that

we

bega

n a

few

yea

rs a

go.

It ha

s rea

lly g

aine

d m

omen

tum

.

Stag

e 3

• Fo

r the

8th

yea

r in

a ro

w w

e ar

e he

lpin

g ou

t with

Hom

eles

s for

a N

ight

Stag

e 4

St

age

5 •

It is

our h

ope

that

the

stud

ents

thro

ugho

ut th

e sc

hool

feel

em

pow

ered

to c

ontin

ue g

ivin

g ba

ck to

thos

e le

ss fo

rtun

ate.

M

any

of o

ur S

ocia

l Jus

tice

Leag

ue m

embe

rs h

ave

been

insp

ired

to v

olun

teer

at o

ther

pla

ces a

roun

d th

e ci

ty. W

e tr

y to

put

op

port

uniti

es to

do

so in

fron

t of t

he k

ids.

Aust

in O

’Brie

n

Stag

e 1

• Ce

real

Driv

e fo

r St.

Fran

cis o

f Ass

isi (O

ctob

er 2

015)

•

Colle

cted

20

food

ham

pers

for m

embe

rs o

f our

scho

ol, S

t. Ja

mes

, and

St.

Kevi

n’s (

Dece

mbe

r 201

5)

• Co

llect

ed w

arm

win

ter c

loth

ing

for Y

ESS

(Dec

embe

r 201

5)

• Sn

ack

Driv

e du

ring

Lent

for S

t. Ge

rard

(201

6)

• Fo

rt M

cMur

ray

colle

ctio

n of

food

, bed

ding

, and

bab

y ite

ms (

May

201

6)

• St

. Ger

ard

baby

item

col

lect

ion

(May

201

6)

Stag

e 2

• St

uden

ts v

olun

teer

at t

he M

aria

n Ce

ntre

Sou

p Ki

tche

n th

roug

hout

the

year

•

Stud

ents

shov

el th

e w

alks

of o

ur e

lder

ly n

eigh

bour

s in

the

Ott

ewel

l com

mun

ity d

urin

g th

e w

inte

r •

Stud

ents

vol

unte

er to

pic

k up

gar

bage

thro

ugho

ut th

e O

ttew

ell n

eigh

borh

ood

durin

g fa

ll an

d sp

ring

Thro

ugh

dire

ct se

rvic

e, A

OB

stud

ents

are

abl

e to

exp

erie

nce

how

thei

r wor

k be

nefit

s peo

ple

in E

dmon

ton.

Wor

king

at t

he M

aria

n Ce

ntre

giv

es st

uden

ts a

diff

eren

t per

spec

tive

on p

eopl

e w

ho li

ve o

n th

e st

reet

s. S

tude

nts a

re u

sual

ly q

uite

ner

vous

at t

he

begi

nnin

g, b

ut b

y th

e m

iddl

e of

serv

ing

lunc

h, th

ey a

re la

ughi

ng a

nd ta

lkin

g w

ith th

e pe

ople

com

ing

in.

Each

gro

up o

f stu

dent

s w

ho h

ave

gone

to th

e M

aria

n Ce

ntre

hav

e as

ked

to b

e br

ough

t bac

k. A

goa

l for

AO

B is

to in

crea

se o

ur p

rese

nce

at th

e M

aria

n Ce

ntre

and

wor

k on

send

ing

stud

ents

twic

e a

mon

th.

Stag

e 3

• M

aria

n Ce

ntre

Sou

p Ki

tche

n (7

+ ye

ars o

f vol

unte

erin

g)

54

Soci

al Ju

stic

e 20

15-2

016

Educ

atio

nal P

lann

ing

M

ay 2

016

7

• 4

Fost

er C

hild

ren

(sen

d a

mon

thly

col

lect

ion

of $

200)

•

We

Stan

d Le

ader

ship

Sum

mit

•

Shoe

s for

Ken

ya (S

hoe

driv

e fo

r a sc

hool

bei

ng b

uilt

in K

enya

with

a fo

rmer

teac

her o

f AO

B)

• Sy

rian

Refu

gee

fam

ily w

ith S

t. Jo

seph

’s c

olle

ge

AOB’

s lon

g te

rm c

omm

itmen

ts a

re re

info

rced

with

stud

ents

dur

ing

cele

brat

ions

and

thro

ugh

a va

riety

of c

harit

y ev

ents

th

roug

hout

the

scho

ol y

ear.

We

take

thes

e op

port

uniti

es to

edu

cate

stud

ents

abo

ut th

e pe

ople

we

supp

ort a

nd w

ork

to k

eep

stud

ents

upd

ated

on

thei

r pro

gres

s eac

h ye

ar.

We

plan

to c

ontin

ue to

thes

e co

mm

itmen

ts in

the

2016

-201

7 ye

ar.

Stag

e 4

St

age

5 W

e tr

y to

inco

rpor

ate

indi

vidu

al st

uden

t act

ions

as d

eepl

y as

pos

sible

into

our

scho

ol c

omm

unity

, but

we

are

very

cau

tious

not

to

over

whe

lm st

uden

ts b

y as

king

for m

ore

that

they

can

giv

e. A

OB

wor

ks to

supp

ort s

tude

nts i

n pu

rsui

ng p

erso

nal s

ocia

l jus

tice

goal

s by

offe

ring

all o

ur st

uden

ts th

e op

port

unity

to p

artic

ipat

e in

lead

ersh

ip c

lub,

att

end

WE

Day,

and

the

We

Stan

d Le

ader

ship

Su

mm

it. T

hese

opp

ortu

nitie

s wor

k to

pro

vide

stud

ents

with

the

tool

s, m

otiv

atio

n, a

nd su

ppor

t to

follo

w th

eir p

assio

n. A

OB

Lead

ersh

ip c

lub

requ

ires s

tude

nts t

o br

ains

torm

and

take

initi

ativ

e in

runn

ing

char

ity e

vent

s at s

choo

l. T

his h

elps

stud

ents

de

velo

p th

e sk

ills n

eede

d in

ord

er to

take

on

pers

onal

pro

ject

s. A

num

ber o

f tea

cher

s are

invo

lved

in th

e le

ader

ship

clu

b an

d ar

e av

aila

ble

to su

ppor

t and

men

tor s

tude

nts o

n th

eir p

erso

nal s

ocia

l jus

tice

goal

s. W

e su

ppor

t the

uni

que

indi

vidu

alize

d st

uden

t dr

iven

pro

ject

s fro

m a

scho

ol c

omm

unity

per

spec

tive,

but

we

empo

wer

the

kids

to ta

ke o

n th

is ro

le th

emse

lves

.

Ben

Calf

Robe

: St.

Clar

e Em

ilie

DeCo

rby

Stag

e 1

• Fo

od B

ank

item

s at T

hank

sgiv

ing

• Co

ins f

or R

onal

d M

cDon

ald

Hou

se a

t Hal

low

een

cand

y gu

essin

g ga

me

• Fo

rt M

cMur

ray

loon

ies f

or fi

re e

vacu

ees

Stag

e 2

St

age

3 •

Stud

ents

are

invi

ted

to ta

ke p

art i

n le

arni

ng a

dditi

onal

trad

ition

al C

ree

cultu

re th

at g

oes b

eyon

d th

e la

ngua

ge c

lass

room

. Th

ey th

en u

se th

ese

teac

hing

s to

supp

ort c

erem

onie

s and

ass

istin

g el

ders

.

Stag

e 4

St

age

5

Bish

op G

resc

huk

Kare

n Cr

aig

Stag

e 1

• Th

anks

givi

ng F

ood

Bank

Col

lect

ion

– Fo

od g

oes t

o th

e in

ner c

ity F

ood

Bank

or t

o ou

r par

ish fo

od b

ank.

Thi

s is a

lway

s a

huge

ly su

cces

sful

act

ivity

as o

ur st

uden

ts a

ppre

ciat

e ho

w m

uch

we

have

to sh

are

with

thos

e le

ss fo

rtun

ate.

It i

s a v

ery

tang

ible

way

for o

ur y

oung

ele

men

tary

stud

ents

to c

ontr

ibut

e to

this

soci

al ju

stic

e iss

ue.

• Po

ppy

sale

s for

vet

eran

s - O

ur sc

hool

is v

ery

clos

e to

Lan

cast

er P

ark

and

we

have

man

y m

ilita

ry fa

mili

es in

our

com

mun

ity so

w

e ch

oose

to su

ppor

t thi

s for

them

. •

Sign

of H

ope,

We

Care

Cha

lleng

e - C

hrist

mas

Con

cert

Silv

er C

olle

ctio

n - H

elpi

ng o

ut o

ur C

atho

lic c

harit

y at

a d

iffic

ult,

busy

tim

e of

yea

r.

55

Soci

al Ju

stic

e 20

15-2

016

Educ

atio

nal P

lann

ing

M

ay 2

016

8

• M

onth

ly P

op T

ab c

olle

ctio

n to

supp

ort t

he T

abs f

or W

heel

s thr

ough

the

Knig

hts o

f Col

umbu

s – S

uppo

rtin

g th

e Kn

ight

s of

Colu

mbu

s in

thei

r “He

lpin

g us

to H

elp

Oth

ers”

pro

ject

•

Fort

McM

urra

y di

sast

er re

lief –

goa

l $1

per s

tude

nt p

er k

ilom

eter

to F

t. M

ac a

nd p

artic

ipat

ed in

Dist

rict c

olle

ctio

n of

goo

ds

for e

vacu

ees–

supp

ortin

g th

ose

in n

eed

thro

ugh

actio

n.

Stag

e 2

• Gr

ade

4 st

uden

ts se

t up

a Le

mon

ade

Stan

d in

the

Lago

Lin

do c

omm

unity

to ra

ise fu

nds f

or o

ur F

ort M

cMur

ray

Disa

ster

Rel

ief

colle

ctio

ns. T

hese

stud

ents

dec

ided

to d

o th

is on

thei

r ow

n an

d br

ough

t mon

ey ra

ised

to sc

hool

to a

dd to

our

Red

Cro

ss

dona

tion.

•

Terr

y Fo

x Ru

n –

402

stud

ents

invo

lved

– Ch

osen

for t

he st

rong

con

nect

ion

that

we

all h

ave

to c

ance

r and

the

desir

e to

hel

p fin

d a

cure

.

Stag

e 3

• Ca

ndy-

gram

sale

s for

ECS

D Fo

unda

tion,

Dre

ams f

or K

ids

by G

r. 3C

and

6A

- Cho

sen

as a

gre

at w

ay to

hel

p ot

her c

hild

ren

thro

ugh

our C

atho

lic S

choo

l Fou

ndat

ion.

•

Gr. 1

-3 C

ardb

oard

Arc

ade

for E

CSD

Foun

datio

n, D

ream

s for

Kid

s– C

hose

n as

a L

ente

n ac

tivity

to su

ppor

t Dre

ams f

or K

ids

• Gr

. 4-6

Len

ten

Lunc

heon

– 1

65 st

uden

ts in

volv

ed fo

r Dev

elop

men

t and

Pea

ce -

Chos

en a

s a L

ente

n ac

tivity

to te

ach

the

3 pi

llars

of L

ent,

focu

sing

on fa

stin

g, w

hile

supp

ortin

g De

velo

pmen

t and

Pea

ce, l

earn

ing

abou

t oth

ers i

n th

e w

orld

that

go

hung

ry d

aily

•

Our

who

le sc

hool

mad

e Va

lent

ine’

s for

Kip

nes C

entr

e fo

r Vet

eran

s –

This

was

cho

sen

for R

ando

m A

ct o

f Kin

dnes

s Wee

k. I

t is

a liv

ed a

ctio

n to

show

kin

dnes

s and

supp

ort f

or th

ose

in o

ur c

omm

unity

. •

Crea

tion

of 3

Bud

dy B

ench

es fo

r our

scho

ol y

ard

– Cr

eatin

g po

sitiv

e sp

aces

in o

ur p

layg

roun

d fo

r frie

ndsh

ip a

nd su

ppor

t.

Stag

e 4

St

age

5 •

Indo

or R

eces

s Gra

de L

evel

Act

iviti

es L

ed b

y ou

r Gr.

6 Le

ader

ship

Tea

m –

Our

Gr.

6 st

uden

ts c

hose

this

activ

ity a

s a

lead

ersh

ip o

ppor

tuni

ty fo

r our

old

est s

tude

nts.

Thi

s giv

es th

em a

cha

nce

to g

ive

back

to a

nd to

supp

ort o

ur sc

hool

co

mm

unity

dur

ing

the

cold

win

ter m

onth

s.

• Ba

ke S

ale

for C

ance

r - G

r. 6

lead

ersh

ip te

am ra

n a

bake

sake

dur

ing

our D

emon

stra

tion

of L

earn

ing

to su

ppor

t the

Can

cer

Foun

datio

n.

• Se

vera

l of o

ur st

uden

ts, o

n th

eir o

wn,

par

ticip

ated

in th

e Ha

ir M

assa

cure

at W

est E

dmon

ton

Mal

l.

Bish

op S

avar

yn

Delia

Dem

ers-

Danc

huk

Stag

e 1

• Te

rry

Fox

Run

- Too

nies

for T

erry

- sch

ool w

ide

even

t •

Colle

ctio

n fo

r loc

al F

ood

Bank

as w

ell a

s for

fam

ilies

in o

ur o

wn

scho

ol c

omm

unity

•

Toon

ies f

or T

urke

ys -

Chris

tmas

ham

pers

- lo

cal f

amili

es a

nd fo

od b

ank

• Si

gn o

f Hop

e Ca

mpa

ign

- Gre

en a

nd G

old

Day

-"Go

ESK

S Go

" the

me

day-

cash

don

ated

to S

ign

of H

ope

• Si

gn o

f Hop

e Ba

sket

s - p

ut to

geth

er b

y st

aff,

raffl

ed o

ff, p

roce

eds t

o Si

gn o

f Hop

e •

Past

Nig

ht a

nd S

ilent

Auc

tion

• Ba

ke S

ale

and

Craz

y Ha

t Day

- pr

ocee

ds g

oing

to F

ort M

cMur

ray

56

Soci

al Ju

stic

e 20

15-2

016

Educ

atio

nal P

lann

ing

M

ay 2

016

9

• Sc

hool

com

mun

ity a

nd st

aff c

olle

ctio

n of

item

s, to

ilete

ries,

etc

. gat

here

d by

Edm

onto

n Ca

thol

ic fo

r For

t McM

urra

y •

Empt

ies f

or Jo

rdan

- bo

ttle

driv

e - t

o su

ppor

t one

of o

ur fa

mili

es, k

inde

rgar

ten

daug

hter

dia

gnos

ed w

ith G

AN (g

iant

axo

nal

neur

opat

hy).

• Ho

op a

thon

- Jo

rdan

's Jo

urne

y fo

r a C

ure-

- to

supp

ort (

sam

e as

abo

ve)

• Co

llect

ion

of to

wel

s for

new

ly a

rriv

ed im

mig

rant

s at S

t.Cha

rles P

aris

h •

All l

ost a

nd fo

und

clot

hing

item

s are

don

ated

to C

harit

y

Stag

e 2

• Gr

ade

K-2

pres

enta

tion

by a

retir

ed te

ache

r, a

volu

ntee

r for

the

Hous

e of

Ref

uge,

spok

e ab

out t

he le

ss fo

rtun

ate

and

hom

eles

s in

Edm

onto

n. P

rese

ntat

ion

tailo

red

for t

his a

ge g

roup

. Fo

llow

ing

the

pres

enta

tion,

the

stud

ents

mad

e ha

m a

nd

chee

se sa

ndw

iche

s and

dec

orat

ed lu

nch

bags

for t

he h

omel

ess i

n Ed

mon

ton.

Stu

dent

s wer

e al

so k

new

that

staf

f wou

ld b

e de

liver

ing

thes

e sa

ndw

iche

s tha

t nig

ht.

The

men

and

wom

en w

ho re

ceiv

ed th

ese

love

ly d

ecor

ated

bag

s fill

ed w

ith a

sa

ndw

ich,

man

darin

ora

nge,

gra

nola

bar

, can

dy c

ane

and

hot c

hoco

late

to d

rink

wer

e ve

ry a

ppre

ciat

ive.

Thi

s sm

all g

estu

re

mad

e a

huge

diff

eren

ce to

so m

any

and

was

a v

ery

hum

blin

g ex

perie

nce

for o

ur st

aff.

•

To fu

rthe

r hel

p th

e Ho

use

of R

efug

e, th

e st

uden

ts o

f gra

de 2

and

3 so

ld c

andy

gra

ms d

urin

g Ra

ndom

Act

s of K

indn

ess t

o ra

ise

mon

ey to

pur

chas

e so

cks

to b

e do

nate

d to

the

Hous

e of

Ref

uge.

Don

atio

ns o

f new

and

gen

tly u

sed

sock

s also

ac

cept

ed.

• Al

l stu

dent

s - C

are

for c

reat

ion

- cle

anin

g ya

rd &

com

mun

ity

• Sc

hool

pat

rols

, mon

itors

Stag

e 3

• Gr

oup

of G

rade

5 g

irls w

ho h

ave

a sp

ecia

l int

eres

t in

the

envi

ronm

ent a

nd sa

ving

the

Mon

arch

but

terf

ly.

Had

a ba

ke sa

le,

cheq

ue to

be

pres

ente

d to

a re

pres

enta

tive

of th

e De

voni

an G

arde

ns a

t our

nex

t sch

ool a

ssem

bly.

Thi

s will

be

an o

ngoi

ng

rela

tions

hip

with

the

Frie

nds o

f the

Dev

onia

n Ga

rden

s.

Stag

e 4

St

age

5

Card

inal

Col

lins

Bill

Mor

eau

Stag

e 1

Adve

nt S

ocia

l Jus

tice

Activ

ity

• Se

t up

a M

itten

Tre

e to

supp

ort o

ne o

f our

inne

r city

ele

men

tary

stud

ents

. St

uden

ts b

enef

ited

from

the

act o

f giv

ing

and

lear

ned

that

they

cou

ld m

ake

a di

ffere

nce

in th

e liv

es o

f tho

se st

uden

ts w

ho a

re d

isadv

anta

ged

by p

over

ty. W

e w

ill c

ontin

ue

this

proj

ect e

very

yea

r. T

his w

as a

col

lect

ion

stag

e w

here

this

was

an

act o

f cha

rity.

Item

s wer

e th

en b

oxed

and

sent

to th

e re

ceiv

ing

scho

ol.

Scie

nce

Soci

al Ju

stic

e Pr

ojec

t •

Wat

er b

ottle

s sol

d as

a so

cial

just

ice

proj

ect t

o ra

ise

awar

enes

s aga

inst

bot

tled

wat

er. S

tude

nts,

in re

turn

for t

heir

purc

hase

, re

ceiv

e an

env

ironm

enta

lly sa

fe w

ater

bot

tle fo

r the

ir pe

rson

al u

se.

Mon

ey c

olle

cted

will

be

give

n to

a lo

cal c

harit

y.

Stud

ents

ben

efite

d be

caus

e th

ey h

elpe

d pl

an th

e so

cial

just

ice

proj

ect,

mad

e a

curr

icul

ar li

nk to

the

envi

ronm

ent a

nd h

elpe

d m

odel

safe

drin

king

bot

tles t

o st

aff a

nd st

uden

ts o

f Car

dina

l Col

lins.

Col

lect

ion

stag

e bu

t also

an

act o

f cha

rity.

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Stag

e 2

St

age

3

Stag

e 4

St

age

5

Card

inal

Lég

er

Pete

r Meu

rs/J

ulie

-Ann

Dro

n

Stag

e 1

Stud

ents

and

staf

f at C

ardi

nal L

eger

par

ticip

ated

in a

num

ber o

f col

lect

ion

activ

ities

dur

ing

the

2015

/16

scho

ol y

ear.

The

se

incl

uded

: •

Food

Ban

k Co

llect

ion

(Tha

nksg

ivin

g)

• Ch

ristm

as H

ampe

r Col

lect

ion

(Chr

istm

as)

• M

itten

s and

hat

col

lect

ion

(Mot

her T

here

sa)

• U

sed

clot

hing

Driv

e (H

omel

ess C

onne

ct)

• To

y Dr

ive/

Cand

y Gr

am sa

les (

Stol

lery

) •

Toon

ie C

olle

ctio

n (N

umer

acy

wee

k)

• Ve

tera

ns F

und

Colle

ctio

n (R

emem

bran

ce D

ay)

• Ft

. McM

urra

y Fi

re R

elie

f Fun

d

Stag

e 2

• St

uden

ts a

nd S

taff

at C

ardi

nal L

eger

hav

e co

mm

itted

som

e tim

e to

wor

king

with

Hom

eles

s Con

nect

, by

first

col

lect

ed n

eede

d cl

othi

ng a

nd e

ssen

tials,

for t

he h

omel

ess,

but

then

taki

ng th

em to

the

grou

p du

ring

the

open

day

s, w

here

the

hom

eles

s re

ceiv

e th

e cl

othi

ng, a

nd o

ther

item

s. A

t thi

s tim

e th

e ho

mel

ess r

ecei

ve h

airc

uts,

den

tal a

nd m

edic

al c

are

and

food

whi

ch th

e st

uden

ts h

elp

to g

ive

out t

o th

e ne

edy

in E

dmon

ton.

•

Furt

her,

anot

her g

roup

of s

tude

nts a

nd st

aff,

crea

ted

child

ren'

s sto

ry b

ooks

for s

ick

child

ren

at th

e St

olle

ry, w

here

they

wer

e ta

ken

and

sick

child

ren

wer

e re

ad to

.

Stag

e 3

• Ca

rdin

al L

eger

has

a lo

ng st

andi

ng p

artn

ersh

ip w

ith S

t. M

icha

el's

Long

Ter

m C

are

Cent

re, w

here

eac

h ye

ar fo

llow

ing

Card

inal

Le

ger D

ay, a

cel

ebra

tion

of C

ardi

nal L

eger

, stu

dent

s bui

ld p

lant

ers a

nd b

ake

cook

ies f

or th

e re

siden

ts o

f the

Cen

tre.

The

y de

liver

the

plan

ters

, with

flow

ers a

nd e

njoy

the

cook

ies a

nd te

a w

ith th

e ap

prec

iativ

e se

nior

s.

• St

uden

ts a

lso p

artn

er w

ith S

t. An

ne a

nd S

t. Ph

ilip'

s Sch

ools

to su

ppor

t the

read

ing

prog

ram

in th

e sc

hool

s. S

harin

g lit

erac

y w

ith th

e yo

unge

r stu

dent

s in

the

scho

ols o

n a

regu

lar b

asis.

Stag

e 4

St

age

5 •

This

year

's fir

e in

For

t McM

urra

y br

ough

t out

som

e in

tere

stin

g m

otiv

atio

ns in

our

stud

ents

, par

ticul

arly

the

lead

ersh

ip g

roup

. Th

ey h

ad a

lread

y st

arte

d a

com

mitm

ent t

o w

ork

with

Hom

eles

s Con

nect

whe

n th

e em

erge

ncy

occu

rred

. Th

e st

uden

ts d

idn'

t fe

el th

ey c

ould

igno

re e

ither

situ

atio

n, so

bra

inst

orm

ed w

ith th

eir t

each

ers h

ow to

com

bine

bot

h ac

tiviti

es in

a m

anne

r tha

t se

rved

bot

h w

ell.

Bec

ause

of t

he d

iver

se p

oint

s of v

iew

on

givi

ng b

y al

l stu

dent

s and

staf

f, th

e op

port

unity

was

giv

en, a

s st

uden

ts su

gges

ted,

to g

ive

wha

t the

y co

uld.

Use

d cl

othi

ng a

nd la

bour

wen

t to

Hom

eles

s Con

nect

whi

le to

iletr

ies a

nd m

oney

w

ent t

o Fo

rt M

cMur

ray

Fire

Rel

ief F

und.

Stu

dent

Lea

ders

hip

sugg

este

d th

is se

rved

bot

h sit

uatio

ns w

ithou

t und

erm

inin

g ei

ther

one

.

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e 20

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nal P

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ay 2

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Fath

er L

eo G

reen

Cl

audi

a Pe

ders

on

Stag

e 1

• To

onie

s for

Ter

ry (S

epte

mbe

r)

• N

on-p

erish

able

food

item

s for

the

Edm

onto

n Fo

od B

ank.

(Oct

ober

) •

War

m c

loth

es fo

r the

Mus

tard

See

d (Ja

nuar

y)

• Ba

ke S

ale

for s

tude

nt in

gra

de 5

und

ergo

ing

canc

er tr

eatm

ents

. (Fe

brua

ry)

• To

ys, p

uzzle

s and

boo

ks fo

r YES

S (F

ebru

ary)

•

Batt

ery

Bust

er (M

arch

) •

Fron

t row

con

cert

seat

raffl

e fo

r Sig

n of

Hop

e (A

pril)

•

A st

uden

ts a

nd a

teac

her c

ut th

eir h

air f

or D

affo

dil M

onth

(Apr

il)

• Bo

ttle

Driv

e fo

r Red

Cro

ss a

nd E

mpt

ies f

or A

ngel

s (M

ay)

Stag

e 2

• St

uden

ts d

ropp

ed o

ff do

natio

ns a

t Mus

tard

See

d •

Stud

ents

did

gro

cery

shop

ping

for i

ngre

dien

t to

mak

e so

up in

a ja

r and

trea

ts in

a ja

r.

Stag

e 3

• 20

16-2

017,

our

Cha

mpi

on P

roje

ct p

ropo

sal w

as a

ccep

ted

so e

ach

clas

s will

rese

arch

and

cho

ose

a lo

cal o

rgan

izatio

n w

here

th

ey c

an v

olun

teer

and

com

plet

e a

serv

ice

proj

ect.

Stag

e 4

Stag

e 5

Early

Lea

rnin

g Le

slie

Rose

Stag

e 1

Colle

ctio

ns a

t Chr

istm

as fo

r the

•

Food

Ban

k •

Coat

s for

Kid

s •

Win

ter i

tem

s for

the

Biss

ell C

entr

e •

"Stu

ff A

Purs

e" E

vent

for t

he B

isse

ll Ce

ntre

- pu

rses

fille

d w

ith d

aily

livi

ng it

ems f

or w

omen

•

Colle

ctio

ns fo

r For

t McM

urra

y •

Indi

vidu

al st

aff c

olle

ctio

ns fo

r ind

ivid

ual f

amili

es in

nee

d th

roug

hout

the

Dist

rict

Stag

e 2

• Es

tabl

ishe

d a

"Foo

d Pa

ntry

" at

a sc

hool

in th

e Di

stric

t •

Ong

oing

resp

onse

to in

divi

dual

fam

ilies

' nee

ds

Stag

e 3

• Pr

ayer

to b

egin

all

staf

f mee

tings

•

Part

icip

atio

n in

ECS

D Fa

ith D

evel

opm

ent a

nd F

aith

For

mat

ion

Days

Stag

e 4

St

age

5 •

Invo

lved

in su

ppor

ting

Nat

iona

l Chi

ld D

ay a

nd h

onou

ring

the

UN

Con

vent

ion

of th

e Ri

ghts

of a

Chi

ld

Fath

er M

icha

el T

roy

Li

ndsa

y Br

ophy

St

age

1 •

We

Day

- Fre

e th

e Ch

ildre

n - M

onth

ly C

hang

e Da

ys (m

oney

col

lect

ions

) •

Flex

Cat

holic

Mas

s - C

omm

unity

Spi

ritua

l Gro

wth

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nal P

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ay 2

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• Fo

od B

ank

Colle

ctio

ns -

Hom

eroo

m fi

ll a

box

chal

leng

e

• EC

SD F

ound

atio

n - B

ake

sale

•

Sign

of H

ope

Cam

paig

n •

Mitt

en T

ree

- Fam

ily sc

hool

don

atio

ns

• Ho

ly C

hild

hood

Ass

ocia

tion

- Cha

lleng

e w

eek

• Ho

mel

ess M

usta

rd S

eed

- Spr

ead

the

love

•

Eart

h W

eek

- bat

tery

col

lect

ions

•

Stol

lery

Chi

ldre

n’s H

ospi

tal -

Tas

te o

f FM

T •

Ft. M

cMur

ray

Relie

f don

atio

ns to

the

Red

Cros

s - n

o dr

ess c

ode

day

• Fr

ee th

e Ch

ildre

n - W

ake-

A-Th

on

• Sc

hool

Sup

plie

s Col

lect

ion

- fee

der s

choo

ls

Stag

e 2

• M

usta

rd S

eed

- Spr

ead

the

Love

•

All v

olun

teer

stud

ents

act

ing

as le

ader

s on

activ

ity d

ays s

uch

as “

Chris

tmas

Act

ivity

Day

”, “

Cand

y Gr

ams,”

“Br

eak

Dres

s Cod

e da

y do

natio

ns,”

and

“Ga

mes

Day

”

• M

usic

stud

ents

bei

ng a

par

t of t

he m

usic

in o

ur G

r.9 F

arew

ell,

cele

brat

ions

and

Mas

ses

•

Amba

ssad

ors m

ento

ring

Gr.7

stud

ents

from

the

first

day

of s

choo

l to

tuto

ring

core

subj

ects

thro

ugho

ut th

e ye

ar

• Al

l cla

sses

invo

lved

in st

uden

t led

mor

ning

pra

yer

• Cl

asse

s inv

olve

d in

scho

ol y

ard

clea

n-up

•

Stud

ent C

ounc

il an

d Am

bass

ador

s sc

hool

wid

e ac

tiviti

es a

ll ye

ar

• W

E Da

y st

uden

ts o

vers

eein

g an

d co

ordi

natin

g so

cial

just

ice

activ

ities

all

year

Stag

e 3

• Bu

ild a

Sch

ool i

n Af

rica

raise

s fun

ds to

bui

ld a

scho

ol in

Ken

ya; t

his p

roje

ct is

a m

ulti-

year

com

mitm

ent

• Ex

pect

ing

Resp

ect T

eam

- St

uden

ts g

ivin

g pr

esen

tatio

ns to

thei

r pee

rs th

roug

hout

the

year

on

issue

s suc

h as

Alc

ohol

, Dig

ital

Citiz

ensh

ip, T

obac

co, H

ealth

y Re

latio

nshi

p an

d Po

sitiv

e M

enta

l Hea

lth

Stag

e 4

• FM

T ha

d 40

con

siste

nt m

embe

rs o

f the

Soc

ial J

ustic

e te

am, a

ll gr

ades

(7,8

, 9) w

ith G

rade

9 le

ader

s, w

ho le

ad a

ctiv

ities

th

roug

hout

the

year

. The

type

of a

ctiv

ities

wer

e ch

osen

and

con

duct

ed b

y th

e st

uden

t bod

y.

Stag

e 5

• Se

e St

age

4 fo

r inf

orm

atio

n

Frèr

e An

toin

e De

an C

ockb

urn

Stag

e 1

• En

tire

scho

ol: T

ooni

es fo

r Ter

ry m

oney

don

ated

for C

ance

r Res

earc

h af

ter t

he T

erry

Fox

Run

•

Entir

e sc

hool

: col

lect

ed fo

od fo

r the

food

ban

k at

St.

Ther

esa’

s Par

ish

durin

g th

e m

onth

of O

ctob

er.

• W

e Ca

re C

halle

nge:

Ent

ire sc

hool

: col

lect

ed m

onet

ary

dona

tions

for t

he S

ign

of H

ope

cam

paig

n fo

r Cat

holic

Soc

ial S

ervi

ces

durin

g ou

r tw

o sc

hool

Chr

istm

as c

once

rts.

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nal P

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ay 2

016

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• W

e Ca

re C

halle

nge:

Mos

t cla

sses

par

ticip

ated

in a

“Br

eak

a Ru

le”

afte

rnoo

n. S

tude

nts p

aid

$1 to

bre

ak a

rule

and

mon

ies

colle

cted

wen

t to

the

Sign

of H

ope

cam

paig

n fo

r Cat

holic

Soc

ial S

ervi

ces.

•

Grad

e 6

stud

ents

rese

arch

ed o

rgan

izatio

ns w

hich

supp

ort a

cho

sen

soci

al ju

stic

e is

sue

(exa

mpl

es: p

over

ty, h

omel

essn

ess)

an

d pr

esen

ted

a ch

osen

org

aniza

tion

to th

eir c

lass

mat

es.

• Th

e sc

hool

col

lect

ed it

ems t

o do

nate

to E

dmon

ton

Emer

genc

y Se

rvic

es to

supp

ort t

hose

affe

cted

by

the

fire

in F

ort

McM

urra

y.

• Th

e Gr

ade

6 st

uden

ts d

onat

ed e

xtra

mon

ey ra

ised

for t

heir

end-

of-y

ear c

amp

to th

e Re

d Cr

oss t

o ai

de in

the

relie

f effo

rts

Stag

e 2

St

age

3

Stag

e 4

St

age

5

Gene

sis S

choo

l Kris

Hodg

ins

Stag

e 1

• Fo

od d

rives

for t

he fo

od b

ank

at T

hank

sgiv

ing

and

Chris

tmas

. •

Art r

affle

with

pro

ceed

s goi

ng to

the

Sign

of H

ope

Cam

paig

n du

ring

Lent

. Th

e ch

ildre

n cr

eate

d fo

ur la

rge

piec

es o

f art

to

raffl

e of

f to

thei

r fam

ilies

. The

y w

ante

d to

supp

ort f

amili

es in

nee

d.

• Co

llect

ion

of re

lief i

tem

s for

For

t McM

urra

y ev

acue

es.

The

child

ren

brai

nsto

rmed

wha

t ite

m th

ey th

ough

t eva

cuee

s wou

ld

mos

t app

reci

ate

and

then

they

shar

ed th

at w

ith th

eir p

aren

ts a

nd b

roug

ht th

at it

em in

. •

The

Mitt

en P

roje

ct -

mitt

ens w

ere

mad

e an

d co

llect

ed fo

r the

less

fort

unat

e.

• Bo

ttle

Col

lect

ions

for J

orda

n - d

istric

t-w

ide

initi

ativ

e.

• Pa

ncak

e Sa

le a

t Mill

Woo

ds R

ecre

atio

n Ce

ntre

for F

ort M

cMur

ray

• O

pera

tion

Chris

tmas

Chi

ld

• Tr

ee o

f War

mth

- sc

arve

s, m

itten

s, to

ques

col

lect

ed a

nd d

onat

ed to

loca

l age

ncie

s.

• St

aff C

hrist

mas

soci

al -

Chris

tmas

ham

pers

for o

ur 1

00 V

oice

s fam

ilies

Stag

e 2

• Co

mm

unity

fiel

d cl

ean

up.

As w

e pl

ay in

the

field

s adj

acen

t to

the

Recr

eatio

n Ce

ntre

, we

take

tim

e to

car

e fo

r the

spac

e by

pi

ckin

g up

wra

pper

s and

bot

tles t

hat l

itter

the

area

. The

chi

ldre

n ta

ke re

spon

sibili

ty fo

r ens

urin

g th

e be

auty

of t

he sp

ace

and

the

long

evity

of t

he e

arth

. •

Care

for C

reat

ion

clea

ning

at t

he V

alle

y Zo

o •

Book

Bud

dies

with

new

imm

igra

nts a

t Car

dina

l Col

lins

- the

se te

enag

ers w

ere

give

n th

e op

port

unity

to p

ract

ice

thei

r Eng

lish

skill

s in

a sa

fe, a

uthe

ntic

and

car

ing

envi

ronm

ent i

n 10

0 Vo

ices

.

Stag

e 3

St

age

4

Stag

e 5

Good

She

pher

d

Mon

a Do

mbr

oski

St

age

1 •

Raise

d fu

nds t

o su

ppor

t Juv

ing

Scho

ol in

Nep

al th

roug

h Br

eak

the

Rule

s Day

, Out

door

Cha

lleng

e Da

y, re

cycl

ed m

ilk ju

gs

• Gr

. 3 c

olle

cted

boo

ks fo

r Vin

cent

de

Paul

and

St.

Fran

cis o

f Ass

isi S

choo

l

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ay 2

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• St

aff,

stud

ents

and

Sch

ool C

ounc

il pr

ovid

ed fo

od fo

r Chr

istm

as H

ampe

rs

• Co

llect

ed d

onat

ions

of t

oile

trie

s, e

tc. f

or F

ort M

cMur

ray

evac

uees

. •

Gr. 6

col

lect

ed m

oney

and

gift

car

ds fo

r a st

uden

t’s fa

mily

who

wer

e in

des

pera

te fi

nanc

ial n

eed

due

to fa

mily

sepa

ratio

n •

Raise

d m

oney

for S

ign

of H

ope

cam

paig

n th

roug

h st

uden

ts p

urch

asin

g co

okie

s and

milk

for s

nack

one

day

Thro

ugh

thes

e pr

ojec

ts, o

ur st

uden

ts le

arn

that

ther

e ar

e ne

eds l

ocal

ly a

nd g

loba

lly.

Supp

ort o

f Juv

ing

Scho

ol h

as b

een

an

ongo

ing

proj

ect f

or se

vera

l yea

rs.

Our

stud

ents

are

lear

ning

that

oth

er c

hild

ren

are

not a

s for

tuna

te a

s the

y ar

e th

emse

lves

and

th

at th

ey h

ave

a re

spon

sibili

ty to

reac

h ou

t to

help

oth

ers.

St

age

2 •

Gr. 1

stud

ents

cre

ated

and

del

iver

ed g

reet

ing

card

s at C

hris

tmas

tim

e an

d du

ring

Acts

of K

indn

ess w

eek

to h

omes

in th

e ne

ighb

ourh

ood.

O

ur st

uden

ts a

re le

arni

ng th

at it

is im

port

ant t

o do

act

s of k

indn

ess f

or o

ther

s.

Stag

e 3

St

age

4

Stag

e 5

Gran

din

Lo

rrai

ne P

ress

Stag

e 1

• Ce

real

col

lect

ion

for B

en C

alf R

obe

Scho

ol

• Fo

od b

ank

colle

ctio

n fo

r Ben

Cal

f Rob

e Sc

hool

•

Terr

y Fo

x Ru

n •

Colle

ctio

n fo

r For

t McM

urra

y fir

e ev

acue

es

Stag

e O

ne R

efle

ctio

ns:

• Ea

sy fo

r fam

ilies

to p

artic

ipat

e •

Can

lead

to d

iscus

sion

of is

sues

•

Can

lead

to o

ngoi

ng p

artn

ersh

ips

• St

uden

ts c

an re

late

this

to o

ther

stud

ents

in th

eir o

wn

or o

ther

com

mun

ities

Stag

e 2

• Ga

rbag

e co

llect

ion

in th

e ya

rd

• Vi

sit t

o se

nior

s' re

side

nces

•

Plas

tic b

ag c

olle

ctio

n (W

alM

art)

•

Choi

r per

form

ance

s in

the

com

mun

ity

• Ca

rds f

or M

eals

on

Whe

els c

lient

s •

Visi

t with

Ben

Cal

f Rob

e Sc

hool

(at b

oth

our a

nd th

eir l

ocat

ions

) to

deliv

er fo

od a

nd fo

r cul

tura

l eve

nts

Stag

e Tw

o Re

flect

ions

: •

A co

ncre

te w

ay fo

r stu

dent

s to

see

the

diffe

renc

e th

ey m

ake

and

why

•

Can

be a

con

trib

utio

n of

tim

e an

d ta

lent

s •

Lead

s to

disc

ussio

n ab

out h

ow c

onne

cted

we

all a

re g

loba

lly

• Ca

n le

ad to

last

ing

part

ners

hips

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• St

uden

ts se

e th

at th

ere

are

need

s in

the

imm

edia

te c

omm

unity

•

Raise

s aw

aren

ess o

f com

mun

ity a

genc

ies a

nd th

e se

rvic

es th

ey p

rovi

de

Stag

e 3

• Pa

rtne

ring

olde

r and

you

nger

stud

ents

in th

e sc

hool

Stag

e Th

ree

Refle

ctio

ns:

• Bu

ilds s

ense

of c

omm

unity

/ se

nse

of p

ride

in sc

hool

•

Old

er st

uden

ts le

arn

resp

onsib

ility

, the

impo

rtan

ce o

f giv

ing

back

, bei

ng m

odel

s, p

ride

in se

lf

Stag

e 4

St

age

5

H.E.

Ber

iaul

t Rh

onda

Nix

on

Stag

e 1

• Th

e M

ake

a Di

ffere

nce

Lead

ersh

ip T

eam

org

anize

d a

food

driv

e to

supp

ort t

he E

dmon

ton

Food

Ban

k as

wel

l as f

amili

es in

our

sc

hool

com

mun

ity.

• St

uden

ts a

t H.E

. Ber

iaul

t rai

sed

canc

er a

war

enes

s by

colle

ctin

g sp

onso

rshi

ps fo

r our

ann

ual T

erry

Fox

Run

. •

The

Spiri

t Clu

b or

gani

zed

a sp

ring

danc

e-a-

thon

in su

ppor

t of c

hild

ren

diag

nose

d w

ith c

ance

r. A

dmiss

ions

to th

e da

nce

wer

e do

nate

d to

the

Stol

lery

Chi

ldre

n's H

ospi

tal f

or n

ew m

edic

al e

quip

men

t •

The

Spiri

t Clu

b or

gani

zed

a Ch

ristm

as m

atin

ee. T

he c

ost o

f the

tick

ets w

ere

dona

ted

to th

e Si

gn o

f Hop

e Ca

mpa

ign

Stag

e 2

• M

embe

rs o

f the

Gle

e Cl

ub p

erfo

rmed

at t

he 6

th a

nnua

l Hea

rt o

f Gle

e ev

ent i

n su

ppor

t of t

he S

tolle

ry C

hild

ren'

s Hos

pita

l Fo

unda

tion.

•

Mem

bers

of t

he M

ake

a Di

ffer

ence

Lea

ders

hip

Team

att

ende

d W

E Da

y in

Cal

gary

. St

uden

ts e

xplo

red

the

vario

us n

eeds

that

ex

ist w

ithin

our

loca

l and

glo

bal c

omm

uniti

es a

nd a

cqui

red

the

nece

ssar

y to

ols t

o be

com

e ch

ange

age

nts a

nd le

ad so

cial

ju

stic

e in

itiat

ives

.

Stag

e 3

• Th

e M

ake

a Di

ffere

nce

Lead

ersh

ip T

eam

led

stud

ents

to b

e ac

tive

part

icip

ants

in th

e an

ti-bu

llyin

g ca

mpa

ign

by w

earin

g so

met

hing

pin

k to

sym

boliz

e th

at th

ey d

o no

t tol

erat

e bu

llyin

g in

our

scho

ol c

omm

unity

. •

H.E.

Ber

iaul

t com

mun

ity c

eleb

rate

d cu

ltura

l div

ersi

ty b

y sh

arin

g ar

tifac

ts a

nd fo

od fr

om o

ver a

doz

en d

iffer

ent c

ultu

res.

The

ex

perie

nce

was

a re

pres

enta

tion

of o

ur m

ultic

ultu

ral n

atio

n an

d em

pow

ered

stud

ents

to su

ppor

t new

imm

igra

nt fa

mili

es b

y do

natin

g th

e co

st o

f foo

d tic

kets

to th

e Sy

rian

Refu

gees

. A

port

ion

of th

e m

onie

s rai

sed

also

supp

orte

d th

ose

deva

stat

ed b

y th

e fir

es in

For

t McM

urra

y.

Stag

e 4

St

age

5 •

The

"Bre

akfa

st C

lub"

app

lied

for m

onie

s to

ensu

re a

ll st

uden

ts h

ad a

cces

s to

brea

kfas

t (an

d fo

od a

ll da

y) a

nd to

edu

cate

the

stud

ents

abo

ut h

ow to

car

e fo

r the

ir ph

ysic

al, m

enta

l and

soci

al w

elln

ess.

•

The

Mak

e a

Diffe

renc

e Le

ader

ship

Tea

m w

orke

d in

col

labo

ratio

n w

ith th

e Fr

ee th

e Ch

ildre

n or

gani

zatio

n an

d ex

amin

ed w

ays

to b

reak

the

cycl

e of

pov

erty

in d

evel

opin

g co

untr

ies.

Stu

dent

s lea

rned

that

chi

ldre

n on

ly a

tten

d sc

hool

if th

ey h

ave

acce

ss to

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clea

n w

ater

. Th

ey a

lso e

xplo

red

the

man

y ef

fect

s of w

ater

born

e ill

ness

es.

To ra

ise fu

nds f

or w

ater

solu

tions

such

as w

ells

and

hand

pum

ps, s

tude

nts o

rgan

ized

a ba

ke sa

le to

hel

p pr

ovid

e cl

ean

wat

er a

nd sa

nita

tion

in E

cuad

or.

• Th

e M

AD C

lub

also

par

ticip

ated

in th

e Vo

w o

f Sile

nce

to sp

eak

up fo

r chi

ldre

n w

ho a

re fi

ghtin

g fo

r bas

ic h

uman

righ

ts.

• St

uden

ts e

xplo

red

way

s to

supp

ort t

hose

affe

cted

by

the

fires

in F

ort M

cMur

ray.

The

y cr

eate

d po

ster

s adv

ertis

ing

item

s re

ques

ted

by th

e Re

d Cr

oss t

o he

lp fa

mili

es se

ttle

in E

dmon

ton.

Holy

Cro

ss

Deni

s Gau

thie

r

Stag

e 1

• Te

rry

Fox

Run

• Ed

mon

ton

Cath

olic

Sch

ools

Fou

ndat

ion

• Ra

ising

fund

s for

Bis

sell

Cent

er

• Fo

od B

ank

- foo

d do

natio

ns

• Hu

man

e So

ciet

y - r

aise

d fu

nds

• Dr

eam

s for

Kid

s - ra

ised

fund

s •

Kids

Kot

tage

- ra

ised

Fund

s and

aw

aren

ess w

ithin

the

scho

ol

• Ha

bita

t for

Hum

anity

- ra

ised

awar

enes

s with

in th

e sc

hool

•

Raise

d aw

aren

ess f

or re

fuge

es n

ew to

Can

ada

• Ca

pita

l Car

e se

nior

s and

Iron

woo

d Es

tate

s Sen

iors

- sp

endi

ng ti

me

with

the

seni

ors

• St

olle

ry H

ospi

tal -

send

ing

lett

ers t

o ch

ildre

n •

Wat

erAi

d-Ra

ised

aw

aren

ess t

o sc

hool

com

mun

ity a

nd ra

ised

mon

ey.

• Ha

bita

t for

Hum

anity

- ra

ised

awar

enes

s to

scho

ol c

omm

unity

. •

Scho

ol C

lean

Up

- cle

anin

g up

the

scho

ol y

ard.

Stag

e 2

• St

uden

ts fr

om K

- 5

part

icip

ated

in th

e Ru

nWild

run

in S

t. Al

bert

to ra

ise fu

nds f

or th

e Ze

bra

Child

Pro

tect

ion

Cent

er.

• Gr

ade

5 st

uden

ts p

acke

d fo

od b

oxes

at t

he F

ood

Bank

and

raise

d m

oney

for t

he fo

od b

ank

with

a b

ottle

driv

e.

• St

uden

ts in

gra

de 9

vol

unte

ered

at t

he zo

o to

bet

ter u

nder

stan

d ta

king

resp

onsib

ility

for t

he c

are

of a

nim

als.

•

Grad

e 9

stud

ents

pac

ked

food

at t

he F

ood

Bank

and

del

iver

ed th

e ha

mpe

rs to

indi

vidu

als i

n th

e co

mm

unity

. •

Grad

e 9

stud

ents

wen

t to

the

Edm

onto

n Hu

man

e So

ciet

y to

lear

n ab

out t

he o

rgan

izatio

n an

d vo

lunt

eer t

heir

time

to h

elp

the

orga

niza

tion.

•

Grad

e 9

stud

ents

cle

aned

up

the

scho

ol fi

eld

to d

ecre

ase

haza

rds i

n th

e co

mm

unity

. Th

ey m

ade

the

scho

ol e

nviro

nmen

t a

safe

and

cle

an p

layi

ng p

lace

!

Stag

e 3

• Th

e le

ader

ship

team

wen

t to

the

Zebr

a Ch

ild P

rote

ctio

n Ce

nter

to le

arn

abou

t the

org

aniza

tion.

Stu

dent

s exp

lore

d ho

w th

ey

coul

d ta

ke a

ctio

n an

d ha

ve a

mea

ning

ful i

mpa

ct.

Our

stud

ents

wer

e th

en ta

ught

abo

ut th

e ce

nter

. •

Man

y of

our

stud

ents

from

K -

6 pa

rtic

ipat

ed in

Run

Wild

in S

t. Al

bert

to ra

ise m

oney

and

aw

aren

ess f

or th

e or

gani

zatio

n.

Holy

Cro

ss h

as m

ade

a co

mm

itmen

t to

help

this

foun

datio

n an

d to

con

tinue

to g

row

the

awar

enes

s yea

rly.

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• Th

e sc

hool

com

mun

ity is

also

serv

ing

Drea

ms f

or K

ids -

ECS

Fou

ndat

ion.

We

are

curr

ently

supp

ortin

g th

e fu

ndin

g of

the

100

Voic

es F

und

with

mon

etar

y fu

nds b

ut a

lso w

ith m

ento

rshi

p fr

om th

e ol

der s

tude

nts i

n th

e sc

hool

. Th

ey h

elp

with

the

fam

ily

even

ings

and

will

con

tinue

this

men

tors

hip

prog

ram

yea

rly.

Stag

e 4

St

age

5 •

Grad

e 9

stud

ents

impl

emen

ted

Eart

h Yo

ur in

the

scho

ol to

rais

e aw

aren

ess o

f car

ing

for G

od's

crea

tion.

The

y pr

esen

ted

an

info

rmat

ion

sess

ion

to th

e w

hole

scho

ol p

opul

atio

n an

d ha

d us

hav

e an

hou

r in

the

dark

to sh

ow th

e im

pact

we

are

havi

ng o

n ou

r env

ironm

ent.

The

y th

en c

halle

nged

eac

h st

uden

t to

try

this

at h

ome.

Stu

dent

s also

hig

hlig

hted

the

impo

rtan

ce o

f ed

ucat

ing

yout

h in

taki

ng a

ctio

n to

war

ds th

e en

viro

nmen

t for

sust

aina

ble

chan

ge.

A la

rge

port

ion

of th

e co

mm

unity

pa

rtic

ipat

ed a

t hom

e an

d ar

e no

w e

ncou

ragi

ng o

ther

s to

take

the

chal

leng

e.

• Th

e Ze

bra

Child

Pro

tect

ion

Cent

re a

nd R

unW

ild is

an

initi

ativ

e th

at h

as n

ow b

ecom

e a

scho

ol-w

ide.

Our

stud

ents

wan

ted

to

help

cha

nge

how

chi

ldre

n w

ere

bein

g tr

eate

d in

abu

sive

situa

tions

. O

ur st

uden

ts c

ontin

ue to

supp

ort t

his o

rgan

izatio

n an

d ru

n ye

arly

to su

ppor

t the

cau

se.

Holy

Fam

ily Su

zann

e Ro

zyck

i

Stag

e 1

Item

Col

lect

ions

: •

Lost

and

Fou

nd it

ems t

o In

ner C

ity S

choo

ls a

nd W

INGS

She

lter

• Fo

od D

rive

durin

g Th

anks

givi

ng a

nd C

hrist

mas

for F

ood

Bank

•

Colle

ctio

ns fo

r For

t McM

urra

y ev

acue

es

• St

aff b

aked

for M

ario

n Ce

nter

, stu

dent

s col

lect

ed b

ottle

s for

fund

raise

r M

oney

col

lect

ions

: •

Terr

y Fo

x Ru

n •

Elem

enta

ry p

roje

ct th

at in

clud

ed p

izza

fund

raise

r with

pro

ceed

to C

hang

e Fo

r Chi

ldre

n •

Juni

or H

igh

proj

ect t

hat i

nclu

ded

stud

ent f

undr

aisin

g pr

ojec

ts w

ith a

ll pr

ocee

ds g

oing

to D

evel

opm

ent a

nd P

eace

•

Pare

nt C

ouns

el a

nd th

e Ju

nior

Hig

h So

cial

Just

ice

Club

sold

tick

ets t

o pa

rent

s for

a G

ift B

aske

t Dra

w d

urin

g a

Star

War

s Mov

ie

Nig

ht w

ith p

roce

eds g

oing

to D

evel

opm

ent a

nd P

eace

•

Chris

tmas

Con

cert

and

Hea

rt o

f Gle

e fu

ndra

isers

for t

he C

hild

ren’

s Sto

llery

Hos

pita

l •

Vend

ing

mac

hine

and

Shr

ove

Tues

day

cinn

amon

bun

sale

mon

ey g

oes t

owar

d sp

onso

ring

3 Fo

ster

Chi

ldre

n th

roug

h Ch

alic

e •

Cand

y gr

am sa

le a

t Val

entin

es’ d

ay to

raise

mon

ey fo

r Dev

elop

men

t and

Pea

ce

Stag

e 2

• St

uden

ts in

Div

I an

d II

colle

ctiv

ely

lear

ned

abou

t the

wor

k do

ne b

y se

vera

l org

aniza

tions

(Edm

onto

n Fo

od B

ank,

Lur

ena

Shel

ter,

Cath

olic

Soc

ial S

ervi

ces,

Soc

iety

of S

t. Vi

ncen

t de

Paul

, Cha

nge

for C

hild

ren,

Edm

onto

n Hu

man

e So

ciet

y) a

nd th

e Ju

nior

Hig

h St

uden

ts le

arne

d ab

out t

he c

ount

ries b

eing

supp

orte

d in

the

Glob

al S

outh

thro

ugh

Deve

lopm

ent a

nd P

eace

. St

uden

ts th

en re

flect

ed o

n w

here

they

felt

thei

r tal

ents

and

tim

e co

uld

best

be

used

to d

evel

op so

cial

just

ice

awar

enes

s pr

ojec

ts th

at in

clud

ed: r

esea

rch

pres

enta

tions

for a

spec

ific

audi

ence

, cre

atio

n of

pra

yer c

eleb

ratio

ns to

lead

with

a sp

ecifi

c au

dien

ce fo

r the

pur

pose

of b

ringi

ng li

ght t

o ju

stic

e iss

ues a

nd p

ray

abou

t the

m, c

harit

able

act

iviti

es th

e st

uden

ts

65

Soci

al Ju

stic

e 20

15-2

016

Educ

atio

nal P

lann

ing

M

ay 2

016

18

inde

pend

ently

dev

elop

ed (b

ake

sale

, bad

min

ton

tour

nam

ent,

selli

ng: p

enci

ls, b

race

lets

, bot

tle d

rive,

pic

ture

s, e

tcet

era)

to

raise

mon

ey fo

r a ju

stic

e is

sue

they

rese

arch

ed a

nd u

nder

stoo

d;

• Gl

ee c

lub

perf

orm

ed a

t Sen

ior C

ente

r (an

nual

eve

nt);

• Vo

lunt

eerin

g to

be

read

ers d

urin

g Ch

urch

and

relig

ious

act

ivity

; •

Stud

ents

join

Stu

dent

Cou

ncil

and

the

Soci

al Ju

stic

e Cl

ub to

disc

uss i

deas

for f

undr

aise

rs a

nd sp

end

time

wor

king

on

thes

e pr

ojec

ts/a

ctiv

itite

s •

Scho

ol B

road

cast

vol

unte

ers l

ead

pray

er e

very

day

; •

Stud

ents

from

all

grad

es c

reat

ed d

igita

l bib

le st

orie

s;

• St

uden

ts v

olun

teer

ed to

shar

e th

eir r

esea

rch

durin

g Br

oadc

ast w

ith p

erso

nal s

ervi

ce a

nnou

ncem

ents

.

Stag

e 3

• Tr

aditi

onal

com

mitm

ent t

o Ea

rth

Day

garb

age

pick

up th

roug

h ‘c

arin

g fo

r cre

atio

n’ fo

cus

• Tr

aditi

onal

staf

f com

mitm

ent t

o su

ppor

ting

WIN

GS S

helte

r loc

ated

beh

ind

the

scho

ol

• Tr

aditi

onal

scho

ol c

omm

unity

com

mitm

ent t

o sp

onso

ring

glob

al c

hild

ren

thro

ugh

Chal

ise

Fost

er C

hild

pro

gram

•

A st

uden

t has

gro

wn

her h

air a

nd c

ut it

onc

e it

was

at g

ood

leng

th to

then

cut

it fo

r the

mak

ing

a w

igs f

or c

ance

r pat

ient

s.

She

has d

one

this

for s

ever

al y

ears

and

writ

ten

Publ

ic S

ervi

ce A

nnou

ncem

ents

to in

vite

our

stud

ents

to d

onat

e to

war

d th

e ca

use.

•

Man

y st

uden

ts sh

are

the

volu

ntee

ring

they

do

with

thei

r chu

rch

yout

h gr

oups

and

seve

ral s

tude

nts h

ave

accu

mul

ated

ove

r 10

0 ho

urs o

f soc

ial j

ustic

e se

rvic

e du

ring

this

scho

ol c

alen

dar y

ear.

Stag

e 4

• M

any

clas

sroo

ms h

ave

the

stud

ents

’ jou

rnal

abo

ut th

eir l

earn

ings

and

exp

erie

nces

incl

udin

g m

akin

g co

mm

itmen

ts to

su

ppor

t oth

ers.

Stag

e 5

Holy

Trin

ity

Katr

ina

Cerin

Stag

e 1

• Ru

n fo

r the

Cur

e (O

ctob

er 2

015)

– st

uden

ts ra

ised

mon

ey a

nd p

artic

ipat

ed in

the

Edm

onto

n Ru

n fo

r the

Cur

e 5

KM e

vent

•

Food

Col

lect

ion

(Oct

ober

201

5) -

stud

ents

don

ated

per

ishab

le it

ems a

nd b

roug

ht it

to S

t. Th

eres

a Ca

thol

ic C

hurc

h •

Phot

o bo

oth

Fund

rais

er fo

r Car

itas (

Febr

uary

201

6).

• Co

llect

ion

chan

ge (M

ay 2

016)

for o

ne o

f our

teac

hers

, Mr.

Zyp

•

BBQ

fund

-rai

ser f

or M

r. Zy

p (M

ay 2

016)

Stag

e 2

• Bi

g Br

othe

rs B

ig S

iste

rs (S

epte

mbe

r to

June

201

5-20

16 -

1120

hou

rs) 2

8 st

uden

ts -

stud

ents

are

pai

red

up w

ith a

n el

emen

tary

st

uden

t fro

m S

t. El

izabe

th a

nd th

ey w

ork

with

them

onc

e a

wee

k fo

r a fe

w h

ours

bui

ldin

g a

rela

tions

hip,

read

ing,

etc

. Tot

al o

f ab

out 1

120

hour

s don

ated

. •

Habi

tat f

or H

uman

ity (N

ovem

ber 2

015

- 20

stud

ents

and

1 st

aff -

160

hou

rs) -

hel

ped

build

hom

es fo

r Edm

onto

n ar

ea

fam

ilies

•

Fest

ival

of T

rees

(Dec

embe

r 201

5 - 2

0 ho

urs)

- 4

stud

ents

vol

unte

ered

doi

ng a

var

iety

of a

ctiv

ities

for F

estiv

al o

f Tre

es

• Sa

lvat

ion

Arm

y Sa

nta

Shuf

fle (D

ecem

ber 2

015

- 35

hour

s) -

stud

ents

vol

unte

ered

to h

elp

out w

ith st

atio

ns

66

Soci

al Ju

stic

e 20

15-2

016

Educ

atio

nal P

lann

ing

M

ay 2

016

19

• Pe

anut

But

ter S

andw

iche

s (N

ovem

ber 2

015

- Apr

il 20

16 -

40 h

ours

) - st

uden

ts v

olun

teer

ed to

mak

e pe

anut

but

ter

sand

wic

hes t

o pr

ovid

e lu

nch

for o

ther

stud

ents

in n

eed

• Ed

mon

ton

Polic

e M

arat

hon

(May

201

6 - 5

6 ho

urs)

- vo

lunt

eere

d as

race

mar

shal

s and

in w

hate

ver c

apac

ity w

as n

eede

d.

Proc

eeds

of t

he ra

ce w

ent t

owar

ds E

4C &

the

Leuk

emia

and

Lym

phom

a So

ciet

y of

Can

ada

Stag

e 3

• 20

stud

ents

from

Hol

y Tr

inity

att

ende

d W

e Da

y in

Cal

gary

to d

evel

op p

erso

nal,

loca

l, an

d gl

obal

lead

ersh

ip.

• M

issio

n Po

ssib

le C

lub

- Thi

s clu

b is

run

thro

ugho

ut th

e ye

ar a

nd w

e pr

ovid

e di

ffere

nt v

olun

teer

ing

oppo

rtun

ities

for p

eopl

e sig

ned

up fo

r the

clu

b.

Stag

e 4

St

age

5 •

Mis

sion

Poss

ible

/Stu

dent

Cou

ncil

– Th

ere

are

85 p

artic

ipan

ts in

Miss

ion

Club

and

40

stud

ents

par

t of s

tude

nt c

ounc

il. T

hese

gr

oups

giv

es st

uden

ts o

ppor

tuni

ties t

o gi

ve b

ack

to th

e co

mm

unity

. St

uden

ts v

olun

teer

ed to

be

a pa

rt o

f var

ious

eve

nts t

o he

lp th

e co

mm

unity

. O

ver t

he c

ours

e of

the

year

, Miss

ion

Poss

ible

stud

ents

alo

ne g

ave

over

500

hou

rs o

f vol

unte

er ti

me.

J.H. P

icar

d

Gera

rd M

cLar

ney

& L

uke

Fisc

her

Stag

e 1

• Co

llect

ed 1

100

food

don

atio

ns fo

r the

Edm

onto

n Fo

od B

ank

• M

itten

driv

e fo

r the

hop

e m

issio

n

• Ba

ke sa

les,

floa

t sal

es, p

ie sa

les,

all

proc

eeds

wen

t to

a Sy

rian

refu

gee

fam

ily

• Fo

rt M

cMur

ray

relie

f driv

e •

Solid

arity

Caf

é, d

onat

ions

wer

e ra

ised

and

dona

ted

to D

evel

opm

ent a

nd P

eace

as p

art o

f the

THI

NKf

ast p

rogr

am

Stag

e 2

• St

uffe

d ba

ckpa

cks f

or th

e ho

mel

ess y

outh

in E

dmon

ton

• Ch

ristia

n Se

rvic

e Pr

ojec

t stu

dent

s pro

vide

a m

inim

um o

f 10

hour

s of s

ervi

ce fo

r tho

se in

nee

d in

the

com

mun

ity.

Stag

e 3

Stud

ents

hav

e ex

pres

sed

the

desir

e to

eng

age

in m

ento

rshi

p pr

ogra

ms w

here

you

nger

stud

ents

in th

e sc

hool

will

be

assis

ted

in

deve

lopi

ng sk

ills t

hat w

ill h

elp

them

impa

ct th

eir l

ocal

and

glo

bal c

omm

unity

. F

or e

xam

ple:

•

Stud

ent C

ounc

il So

cial

Just

ice

Com

mitt

ee -

A gr

oup

of h

igh

scho

ol y

outh

who

are

ded

icat

ed to

find

ing

crea

tive

and

enga

ging

w

ays f

or o

ur sc

hool

fam

ily to

mee

t the

nee

ds in

our

com

mun

ity.

Stag

e 4

St

age

5 •

J.H.P

icar

d A.

S.S.

U.R

.E (A

dvic

e. S

olut

ions

. Sup

port

. Und

erst

and.

Rel

y. E

mpa

thy)

whi

ch is

a s

tude

nt-le

d in

itiat

ive

to su

ppor

t all

of o

ur st

uden

ts in

a n

onju

dgm

enta

l way

with

the

hope

s of b

ette

ring

peop

le’s

scho

ol e

xper

ienc

e an

d se

nse

of c

omm

unity

.

J.H. P

icar

d El

emen

tary

(S

t. M

arga

ret s

ite)

Guitt

a Ko

ders

hah

Stag

e 1

• A

kind

ness

tree

was

pos

ted

outs

ide

of th

e Ki

nder

gart

en a

nd G

rade

1/2

cla

ss.

Stud

ents

reco

gnize

d on

e an

othe

r for

smal

l act

s of

kin

dnes

s. S

tude

nts w

rote

than

k yo

u ca

rds t

o pa

rent

s, g

uest

spea

kers

, tea

cher

s, st

aff m

embe

rs a

nd st

uden

ts.

•

The

Grad

e 1

clas

s too

k tim

e to

cle

an o

ur sc

hool

pla

ygro

und.

•

The

Grad

e 2/

3 cl

ass c

hose

to fo

cus o

n th

e co

rpor

al a

ct o

f mer

cy, "

Clot

hing

the

Nak

ed" a

nd d

onat

ed c

loth

ing

to V

alue

Vill

age.

67

Soci

al Ju

stic

e 20

15-2

016

Educ

atio

nal P

lann

ing

M

ay 2

016

20

•

For t

he T

hank

sgiv

ing

Cele

brat

ion,

the

Grad

e 3

stud

ents

col

lect

ed F

ood

for t

he fo

od b

ank.

The

y pr

epar

ed p

oste

rs a

nd

pres

ente

d in

eac

h cl

ass.

•

The

Grad

e 4

clas

s col

lect

ed p

op c

an ta

bs to

don

ate

to th

e Ro

nald

McD

onal

d ho

use.

•

The

Grad

e 5

and

6 Le

ader

ship

stud

ents

cre

ated

two

scho

ol-w

ide

initi

ativ

es. A

t Chr

istm

as, s

tude

nts f

illed

num

erou

s fo

od

ham

pers

that

wer

e do

nate

d to

fam

ilies

in n

eed.

•

The

Grad

e 1/

2 an

d th

e Gr

. 5 a

nd 6

Lea

ders

hip

stud

ents

org

anize

d th

e co

llect

ion

of d

onat

ions

for t

he F

ort M

cMur

ray

evac

uees

.

Stag

e 2

• Ki

nder

gart

en, G

rade

1 a

nd G

rade

1/2

stud

ents

spre

ad k

indn

ess i

n ou

r com

mun

ity b

y Ch

ristm

as c

arol

sing

ing

for s

choo

l ne

ighb

ours

and

visi

ting

the

Dr. G

eral

d Ze

tter

Cen

tre

to sh

are

Sprin

g so

ngs

with

the

resid

ents

. •

The

Grad

e 4

clas

s visi

ted

the

Gera

ld Z

ette

r Cen

tre

to re

ad/ s

hare

thei

r illu

stra

tions

from

the

book

, "Pr

airie

Mem

orie

s".

• Gr

ade

5 an

d 6

Lead

ersh

ip st

uden

ts.

Stud

ents

wor

ked

with

Boy

le S

tree

t Com

mun

ity a

nd th

e Ge

nero

usly

Giv

ing

Back

-Pac

k ch

arity

to fi

ll 27

bac

kpac

ks fo

r Edm

onto

n's h

omel

ess a

nd a

t-ris

k yo

uth.

Stag

e 3

• St

uden

ts in

Gra

des 5

and

6 h

ave

dem

onst

rate

d in

tere

st in

dev

elop

ing

a co

ntin

ued

part

ners

hip

with

the

Gene

rous

ly G

ivin

g Ba

ck c

harit

y. T

he L

eade

rshi

p st

uden

ts w

ill b

e de

velo

ping

a p

lan

for f

utur

e pr

ojec

ts, b

oth

in o

ur c

omm

unity

and

ove

rsea

s.

Thro

ugh

refle

ctio

n an

d an

alys

is, st

uden

ts h

ave

beco

me

awar

e of

thei

r im

pact

bot

h lo

cally

and

glo

bally

.

Stag

e 4

St

age

5

J.J. B

owle

n Do

n An

drew

s

Stag

e 1

• Br

east

Can

cer A

war

enes

s (Ba

ke S

ales

, Wea

r Pin

k Da

y) $

322.

30

• W

e Sc

are

Hung

er (5

70 F

ood

Bank

Item

s)

• Re

mem

bran

ce D

ay $

50.

00

• M

ovem

ber

$ 9

53.4

5 •

Mus

tard

See

d Ch

urch

- Var

ious

Hom

eles

snes

s Don

atio

ns 1

5 la

rge

bags

full

of c

loth

es

• Va

lent

ine’

s Day

(Can

dygr

ams)

Hea

rt a

nd S

trok

e $

151

.70

•

Cam

p En

coun

ter

$ 15

0.00

•

We

Are

Sile

nt &

We

Crea

te C

hang

e (b

ully

ing/

abus

e/w

omen

’s +

chi

ldre

n’s e

duca

tion)

$ 2

88.0

0

• M

enta

l Hea

lth A

war

enes

s Day

(Hat

Day

$1/

hat)

$ 1

21.5

5

Stag

e 2

• Tw

o tr

ips t

o th

e Ro

nald

Mac

Dona

ld H

ouse

as p

art o

f the

Mea

ls Th

at M

end

prog

ram

to g

et a

nd m

ake

mea

ls fo

r the

fam

ilies

.

• St

aff d

id th

e pu

rcha

sing,

pre

parin

g, s

ervi

ng, a

nd c

lean

ing

for a

din

ner f

or 5

00 p

eopl

e at

Mot

her T

eres

a Sc

hool

Com

mun

ity.

Stag

e 3

St

age

4

Stag

e 5

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John

Pau

l I

Felic

ia Ia

cche

lli

Stag

e 1

• Fo

r Tha

nksg

ivin

g Da

y st

uden

ts b

roug

ht in

food

item

s whi

ch w

ere

dona

ted

to o

ur c

omm

unity

Chu

rch

– St

The

resa

. In

June

ou

r sch

ool i

s hav

ing

anot

her f

ood

colle

ctio

n w

hich

will

be

brou

ght t

o ou

r chu

rch

for d

istrib

utio

n.

• St

uden

ts p

artic

ipat

ed in

the

Terr

y Fo

x Ru

n to

supp

ort t

he C

ance

r Soc

iety

. •

Clas

ses a

re o

n a

rota

ting

sche

dule

to p

ick

up g

arba

ge in

the

scho

ol y

ard

and

surr

ound

ing

area

. Thi

s hel

ps sh

ow th

e ch

ildre

n th

e va

lue

of k

eepi

ng o

ur su

rrou

ndin

g an

d en

viro

nmen

t cle

an.

Stag

e 2

The

stud

ents

und

er th

e di

rect

ion

of a

teac

her c

reat

ed a

clu

b ca

lled

"Frie

nds o

f Jes

us".

The

gro

up m

et e

very

Mon

day

and

ate

lunc

h to

geth

er to

bui

ld c

omm

unity

am

ong

stud

ents

of d

iffer

ent g

rade

s. T

he st

uden

ts le

arne

d ab

out p

raye

r and

soci

al ju

stic

e. T

he

club

org

anize

d va

rious

eve

nts f

or th

e sc

hool

com

mun

ity to

get

invo

lved

in:

• Th

e st

uden

ts ra

ised

mon

ey th

roug

h a

bott

le d

rive

with

pro

ceed

s goi

ng to

St V

ince

nt d

e Pa

ul S

ocie

ty.

• Th

ey a

lso o

rgan

ized

a ve

ry su

cces

sful

Spr

ing

Com

mun

ity g

arag

e sa

le th

at to

ok p

lace

on

scho

ol p

rope

rty

on a

Sat

urda

y

an

d pr

ocee

ds w

ent t

o St

. Vin

cent

de

Paul

Soc

iety

. •

They

org

anize

d "L

unch

for t

he H

omel

ess"

. Fa

mili

es w

ere

invi

ted

to c

ome

to sc

hool

to m

ake

bagg

ed lu

nche

s for

the

hom

eles

s on

a S

unda

y af

tern

oon

and

then

toge

ther

with

thei

r par

ents

they

wen

t to

Hope

Mis

sion

to d

eliv

er a

nd se

rve

the

lunc

hes a

s a

trea

t for

the

hom

eles

s.

• O

ther

cla

sses

got

invo

lved

by

mak

ing

cook

ies,

pop

corn

, fre

ezie

s. A

gre

at e

vent

!

Stag

e 3

• O

ur sc

hool

spon

sors

a C

halic

e ch

ild th

roug

h a

Solid

arity

lunc

h in

whi

ch th

e w

hole

scho

ol p

artic

ipat

es.

Stud

ents

rece

ive

a bu

n,

chee

se, o

rang

e an

d w

ater

for a

lunc

h m

eal h

eld

in th

e gy

m. D

onat

ions

- a

loon

ie.

• St

uden

ts p

artic

ipat

ed in

the

4th

Annu

al N

aom

i's G

ift H

ead

Shav

e in

supp

ort o

f the

Neu

rosu

rger

y Ki

ds F

und.

Thi

s is d

one

to

cele

brat

e th

e lif

e an

d w

ishes

of o

ne o

f our

stud

ents

who

se fa

vorit

e ch

arity

, whi

le li

ving

, was

Cam

p Ev

eres

t. Th

e m

oney

sp

onso

rs c

hild

ren,

with

med

ical

con

ditio

ns, t

o go

to th

e su

mm

er c

amps

. •

The

Grad

e 6

stud

ents

hav

e be

en c

olle

ctin

g ba

tter

ies f

or th

e Zi

nc S

aves

Liv

es p

rogr

am. T

hey

lear

ned

abou

t thi

s dur

ing

the

We

Day

cele

brat

ion

seve

ral y

ears

ago

. •

Thro

ugh

the

scho

ol’s

recy

clin

g pr

ogra

m (c

onta

iner

s fro

m ju

ice

and

milk

con

sum

ed a

t sch

ool)

done

thro

ugho

ut th

e sc

hool

ye

ar, w

e ra

ise m

oney

for t

he S

ign

of H

ope

Cam

paig

n in

the

fall.

•

One

cla

ss p

artic

ipat

ed in

the

Root

s of E

mpa

thy

Prog

ram

follo

win

g th

e gr

owth

of a

bab

y fo

r a y

ear.

Stag

e 4

St

age

5

Kath

erin

e Th

errie

n

Glor

ia B

uxto

n/M

aria

Di

ebol

t

Stag

e 1

• Ch

ildre

n to

gen

erat

e fu

nds f

or th

e re

fuge

e fa

mily

spon

sore

d by

St.

Edm

und

Paris

h.

• 10

0 Vo

ice

-The

Kiss

ing

Hand

s. T

hey

sold

han

ds w

ith a

cho

cola

te k

iss o

n th

em. (

Nov

/15)

•

Kind

er-n

ew/u

sed

clot

hing

for f

amili

es o

f Nic

arag

ua (D

ec)

• Gr

ade

1A-M

itten

tree

(hom

eles

s in

Edm

onto

n) (J

an) -

Gra

de 1

B/2B

- fr

iend

ship

bra

cele

ts (M

ay)

• Gr

ade

2A R

ice

Krisp

ie sa

le (F

eb) -

Gra

de 3

- Fr

eezie

sale

(Jun

e)

• Gr

ade

4 - B

ook

raffl

e (O

ct) -

Gra

de 5

- Ba

sket

raffl

e (N

ov)

• Gr

ade

6 - B

aske

t raf

fle (N

ov)

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• To

onie

for a

tick

et (C

hrist

mas

con

cert

) pro

ceed

s to

Drea

ms f

or K

ids (

ECSD

Fou

ndat

ion)

•

Sprin

g tim

e ba

sket

raffl

e fo

r ECS

D Sy

rian

refu

gee

fam

ily

• O

ffice

- Th

e of

fice

gath

ered

toge

ther

a v

arie

ty o

f don

ated

item

s tha

t wer

e ra

ffled

off

for 5

0 ce

nts.

•

Chris

tmas

food

ham

pers

for n

eedy

fam

ilies

with

in o

ur c

omm

unity

.

Stag

e 2

• Th

e st

uden

ts fr

om G

rade

6 v

olun

teer

to b

e a

part

of H

ope

Kids

. Th

is pa

rtne

rshi

p is

with

the

Hope

Fou

ndat

ion

and

has b

een

in p

lace

her

e at

Kat

herin

e Th

errie

n fo

r mor

e th

an a

dec

ade.

The

stud

ents

vol

unte

er to

brin

g Ho

pe to

the

resid

ents

of

Dick

insf

ield

Lon

g Te

rm E

xten

ded

Care

. The

stud

ents

did

a v

arie

ty o

f act

iviti

es in

clud

ing

desig

ning

t-sh

irts f

or a

ll pa

rtic

ipan

ts

to w

ear.

The

resid

ents

wer

e ab

le to

att

end

our C

hrist

mas

turk

ey lu

nch

and

see

the

stud

ents

in th

eir s

choo

l set

ting.

•

As a

who

le c

omm

unity

(stu

dent

s, p

aren

ts, s

taff)

we

colle

cted

item

s to

crea

te fo

od h

ampe

rs fo

r nee

dy fa

mili

es in

our

scho

ol.

Staf

f the

n de

liver

ed th

e ha

mpe

rs a

nd C

hrist

mas

gift

s the

staf

f don

ated

. •

All s

tude

nts w

ere

invi

ted

to ra

ise m

oney

for t

he H

eart

and

Str

oke

Foun

datio

n th

roug

h Ju

mp

Rope

for H

eart

. •

Stud

ents

raise

d m

oney

for v

ario

us c

ance

r org

aniza

tions

. •

Due

to th

e fir

e ev

acua

tion

of F

ort M

cMur

ray,

fam

ilies

and

staf

f col

lect

ed it

ems t

o be

giv

en d

irect

ly to

fam

ilies

and

oth

ers t

o be

sent

to th

e di

stric

t.

Stag

e 3

• Ka

ther

ine

Ther

rien

as a

staf

f has

mad

e a

com

mitm

ent t

o up

hold

ing

the

link

with

the

Hope

Fou

ndat

ion

and

Dick

insf

ield

Lon

g Te

rm C

are

Faci

lity.

Mai

ntai

ning

this

part

ners

hip

has a

llow

ed st

uden

ts a

nd fa

mili

es to

see

wha

t the

ben

efits

of l

ong

time

serv

ice

mea

ns to

the

lives

of a

ll st

akeh

olde

rs.

By e

ncou

ragi

ng a

var

iety

of s

taff

mem

bers

to e

xper

ienc

e th

is se

rvic

e pr

ogra

m it

ha

s inc

reas

ed c

ompa

ssio

n an

d un

ders

tand

ing

that

enr

iche

s eve

ryon

e's l

ives

. Th

is is

espe

cial

ly im

port

ant w

hen

so m

uch

of

our s

ocie

ty fo

cuse

s on

the

nega

tive,

this

allo

ws u

s to

focu

s on

the

posit

ive.

•

Our

scho

ol e

arne

d th

eir 1

0 ye

ar b

anne

r fro

m th

e He

art a

nd S

trok

e Fo

unda

tion

last

yea

r and

this

rela

tions

hip

cont

inue

s.

• Th

e st

uden

ts fr

om G

rade

5 a

nd 6

are

trai

ned

as re

adin

g tu

tors

and

set a

side

dedi

cate

d tim

e to

fost

er re

adin

g sk

ills w

ith th

e st

uden

ts in

Gra

des 1

and

2 w

ho a

re n

eedi

ng re

adin

g su

ppor

t.

Stag

e 4

St

age

5 •

Our

ass

ocia

tion

with

supp

ortin

g th

e fe

elin

g of

"Hop

e" in

the

lives

of t

he re

siden

ts o

f Dic

kins

field

Lon

g Te

rm E

xten

ded

Care

ha

s res

onat

ed w

ith so

me

of o

ur G

rade

6 st

uden

ts w

here

they

hav

e ch

osen

to c

ontin

ue v

isitin

g th

roug

hout

the

sum

mer

m

onth

s. W

ith th

e su

ppor

t of t

heir

pare

nts t

hey

have

cho

sen

to u

se th

eir o

wn

time

to in

crea

se th

e fe

elin

g of

"Hop

e" in

ot

hers

.

Loui

s St.

Laur

ent

Tom

Was

ylen

ko

Stag

e 1

• At

Lou

is St

. Lau

rent

, Sen

ior H

igh

Stud

ent's

Uni

on h

as a

prim

ary

focu

s of l

ocal

and

nat

iona

l org

aniza

tions

. Eve

nt w

eeks

invo

lve

stud

ent p

artic

ipat

ion

raisi

ng m

oney

for S

ign

of H

ope.

Dur

ing

SU’s

Spr

ing

Char

ity, a

ll pr

ocee

ds, a

fter

cos

ts, g

o to

war

ds a

n or

gani

zatio

n ch

osen

by

the

stud

ents

. Thi

s yea

r the

y ar

e ra

isin

g m

oney

for P

arki

nson

Can

ada.

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• In

the

wak

e of

the

Fort

McM

urra

y fo

rest

fire

, SU

org

anize

d a

cand

y co

nces

sion

for b

oth

the

juni

or a

nd se

nior

hig

h th

at ra

ised

mon

ey fo

r the

Red

Cro

ss o

f Can

ada.

All

mon

ey ra

ised

will

be

mat

ched

by

the

Fede

ral G

over

nmen

t and

pas

sed

dow

n to

thos

e in

nee

d. S

taff

dona

tions

of g

ift c

ards

and

cas

h w

ere

incl

uded

in th

at p

roce

ss a

s wel

l. •

Our

MYP

coo

rdin

ator

org

anize

d st

uden

t eve

nts s

uch

as a

bak

e sa

le fo

r Sig

n of

Hop

e, “

Stuf

f-A-B

ag”

to su

ppor

t the

You

th

Emer

genc

y Sh

elte

r, Ch

ristm

as h

ampe

r col

lect

ion

and

dist

ribut

ion,

and

col

lect

ing

pean

ut b

utte

r for

the

Food

Ban

k.

• O

ur JH

Lea

ders

hip

team

also

org

anize

d an

d co

llect

ed fo

r the

Coa

ts fo

r Kid

s Cam

paig

n.

Stag

e 2

Man

y st

uden

ts a

re in

volv

ed in

Sta

ge 2

act

iviti

es th

roug

h St

uden

ts’ U

nion

, JH

Lead

ersh

ip, R

elig

ion

clas

ses,

Mid

dle

Year

s’ P

rogr

am

proj

ects

, and

IB p

roje

cts.

A fe

w e

xam

ples

of s

tude

nts’

par

ticip

atio

n in

soc

ial j

ustic

e in

clud

e:

• Ye

arbo

ok P

hoto

grap

her,

Edito

r and

Man

ager

•

Phili

ppin

e Re

d Cr

oss -

Loc

al C

hapt

er P

resid

ent

• Ca

nadi

an R

ed C

ross

- Re

cept

ioni

st/A

dmin

istra

tive

Assis

tant

/Wal

-mar

t Am

bass

ador

•

Fort

Edm

onto

n Pa

rk -

Capi

tol T

heat

re U

sher

•

Cana

dian

Blo

od S

ervi

ces -

In-C

linic

Vol

unte

er

• AC

T Aq

uatic

Rec

Cen

tre

- Sw

imAb

ilitie

s Vol

unte

er

In a

dditi

on, o

ur JH

cha

plai

n ha

s org

anize

d re

gula

r out

reac

h op

port

uniti

es th

roug

h Fl

ex, d

urin

g w

hich

stud

ents

: •

Prov

ide

child

care

for a

t-ris

k pa

rent

s at t

he B

isse

ll Ce

ntre

•

Prep

are

heal

thy

snac

ks a

nd se

rve

lunc

h to

the

hom

eles

s at t

he B

isse

ll Ce

ntre

•

Sort

clo

thin

g do

natio

ns a

nd b

ake

snac

ks a

t The

Mus

tard

See

d •

Coor

dina

te re

crea

tion

activ

ities

for r

esid

ents

with

dem

entia

at W

hite

mud

Life

styl

e O

ptio

ns

• Cl

ean

up g

arba

ge in

Edm

onto

n Pa

rks

Stag

e 3

Beca

use

stud

ents

are

at L

ouis

St. L

aure

nt fo

r six

yea

rs, t

hey

are

able

to e

xper

ienc

e so

cial

just

ice

over

a lo

nger

per

iod

of ti

me

than

st

uden

ts in

oth

er sc

hool

s. M

any

Seni

or H

igh

SU w

ere

once

mem

bers

of J

unio

r Hig

h Le

ader

ship

. Thr

ough

that

incl

usio

n, w

e ha

ve

seen

them

adv

ance

in th

eir k

now

ledg

e of

stud

ent-

led

invo

lvem

ent,

with

incr

ease

d aw

aren

ess o

f how

they

men

tor y

oung

er

stud

ents

. For

exa

mpl

e, d

urin

g Sh

rove

Tue

sday

this

year

, Sen

ior H

igh

Stud

ents

’ Uni

on m

ento

red

juni

or h

igh

lead

ersh

ip in

or

gani

zing

a p

anca

ke b

reak

fast

. Ju

nior

Hig

h st

uden

t coo

ked,

cle

aned

and

col

lect

ed fu

nds t

hat w

ent t

o Si

gn o

f Hop

e.

Oth

er e

xam

ples

of s

tude

nt p

artic

ipat

ion

incl

ude:

•

Whi

tem

ud C

ross

ing

Libr

ary

- Rea

ding

Bud

dy

• Li

ons C

lub

proj

ects

•

Scie

nce

Expo

am

bass

ador

•

Heal

th O

ccup

atio

ns S

tude

nt o

f Am

eric

a (H

OSA

– A

lber

ta)

• Ci

ty o

f Edm

onto

n –

Read

ing

Budd

y •

John

Wal

ter M

useu

m –

Cos

tum

ed In

terp

rete

r •

Acad

emic

Caf

é –

Tuto

r

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• M

ultic

ultu

ral C

lub

• O

rgan

izing

and

faci

litat

ing

“The

In-C

row

d,”

our i

nclu

sive

clu

b

Stag

e 4

St

age

5 •

Seve

ral o

f our

stud

ents

are

invo

lved

in in

divi

dual

soci

al ju

stic

e ac

tiviti

es, b

ased

on

thei

r ow

n ap

titud

e an

d in

tere

sts.

Ex

ampl

es in

clud

e in

volv

emen

t in

the

Albe

rta

Yout

h Co

unci

l for

the

Envi

ronm

ent a

nd p

artic

ipat

ing

in th

e Se

min

ar o

n U

nite

d N

atio

ns In

tern

atio

nal A

ffairs

.

Mar

y Ha

nley

Da

niel

le K

owal

chyk

Stag

e 1

• Gr

ade

1: P

lant

ed m

arig

old

seed

s in

Febr

uary

; ten

ded

and

then

sold

pla

nts f

or M

othe

r's D

ay w

ith p

roce

eds g

oing

to

Edm

onto

n Hu

man

e So

ciet

y •

Grad

e 3:

Aft

er c

onve

rsat

ion

with

St.

Vinc

ent D

e Pa

ul sp

eake

r, ho

sted

a 'B

reak

a R

ule'

day

with

fund

s rai

sed

goin

g to

the

Red

Cros

s to

supp

ort F

ort M

cMur

ray

• Gr

ade

4: F

ood

driv

e in

Sep

tem

ber s

pear

head

ed b

y lo

cal f

arm

ing

asso

ciat

ion;

'Fre

ezie

' sal

e tw

ice

with

fund

s goi

ng to

Red

Cr

oss t

o su

ppor

t For

t McM

urra

y •

Grad

e 5:

Col

lect

ed fo

r St.

Ther

esa'

s Par

ish

Food

Ban

k ar

ound

Tha

nksg

ivin

g.

• Gr

ade

6: '

Free

zie' s

ale

to su

ppor

t Hea

rt a

nd S

trok

e Fo

unda

tion

• St

aff c

ontr

ibut

ed to

two

Chris

tmas

ham

pers

for n

eedy

fam

ilies

in th

e sc

hool

•

Terr

y Fo

x Ru

n: w

hole

scho

ol p

artic

ipat

ion

Stag

e 2

• Gr

ade

Two:

'Tha

nk y

ou' p

acka

ges (

card

s, c

lay

orna

men

ts, b

ookm

arks

) cre

ated

for v

olun

teer

s and

gue

sts

to b

e di

strib

uted

th

roug

hout

the

year

. •

Grad

e Tw

o: V

isiti

ng a

Sen

ior's

hom

e an

d re

adin

g a

book

to o

ne o

r tw

o se

nior

s and

shar

ing

a ha

nd-m

ade

card

•

Grad

e Th

ree:

Con

nect

ed to

St.

Vinc

ent d

e Pa

ul S

ocie

ty w

here

spea

ker e

ngag

ed st

uden

ts in

'wha

t can

we

do?'

•

Grad

e Fi

ve:

Colle

cted

food

ban

k ite

ms f

or se

vera

l fam

ilies

in o

ur o

wn

scho

ol.

• Pr

ayer

Clu

b: C

reat

ed 'w

elco

me'

pac

kage

s for

new

stud

ents

to M

ary

Hanl

ey.

Also

kni

t hat

s to

give

to th

ose

in n

eed.

•

Hand

Bel

l Gro

up:

Perf

orm

ed a

t Gra

ndvi

ew w

hen

Ms.

Suc

hock

i was

recu

pera

ting

from

surg

ery.

Also

per

form

ed a

t Gre

y N

un's

Hosp

ital f

or w

orke

rs a

nd re

siden

ts.

• Ha

nd B

ell G

roup

: Pe

rfor

med

at L

aure

l Sen

ior C

itize

n's C

entr

e •

Choi

r: P

erfo

rmed

at t

he G

rey

Nun

's Ce

ntre

for w

orke

rs a

nd re

siden

ts

Stag

e 3

• Gr

ade

4 (a

nd a

ll st

uden

ts in

the

scho

ol):

in c

harg

e of

dai

ly c

olle

ctio

n of

juic

e bo

xes/

milk

box

es w

ith fu

nds s

uppo

rtin

g a

stud

ent i

n Bu

rund

i so

that

he

can

atte

nd sc

hool

. (on

goin

g fo

r sev

eral

yea

rs)

Stag

e 4

St

age

5

Mon

signo

r Fee

Ott

erso

n St

age

1 Th

is ye

ar, o

ur sc

hool

col

lect

ed fo

od fo

r the

•

Food

Ban

k

72

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al Ju

stic

e 20

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atio

nal P

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ing

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ay 2

016

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Mar

ie W

hela

n/Be

th P

ecso

n •

Mad

e Ch

ristm

as h

ampe

rs

• Ha

d nu

mer

ous b

ake

sale

s, c

andy

sale

s, so

ld h

ot c

hoco

late

and

free

zies,

did

cla

ss p

rese

ntat

ions

, org

anize

d fo

od a

nd c

loth

ing

driv

es, t

ook

a vo

w o

f sile

nce

for a

day

and

raise

d m

oney

for t

he S

ign

of H

ope

Cam

paig

n

• Th

e St

olle

ry C

hild

ren'

s Hos

pita

l, Be

thle

hem

Exp

ress

and

•

Free

the

Child

ren

The

loca

l cau

ses w

e su

ppor

ted

this

year

incl

uded

: •

Child

ren/

yout

h ad

voca

cy, e

nviro

nmen

t, he

alth

and

wel

lnes

s, h

unge

r and

pov

erty

. •

We

supp

orte

d th

e fo

llow

ing

glob

al c

ause

s: c

hild

/you

th ri

ghts

, cle

an w

ater

, edu

catio

n, e

nviro

nmen

t, po

vert

y w

omen

's rig

hts,

he

alth

, and

hun

ger.

We

sele

cted

to su

ppor

t the

cou

ntry

and

pill

ar w

ith th

e gr

eate

st n

eeds

.

Stag

e 2

• O

ur K

-9 st

uden

ts fi

lled

num

erou

s "Ki

ndne

ss E

xpre

ss" b

uses

and

jour

neye

d th

roug

hout

the

city

and

spe

nt ti

me

visi

ting,

sh

arin

g sm

iles,

han

ding

out

kin

dnes

s car

ds/g

oodi

es a

nd si

ngin

g so

ngs f

or o

ther

s. O

ur st

uden

ts d

emon

stra

ted

thei

r fai

th a

nd

the

spiri

t of g

ener

osity

dur

ing

thes

e au

then

tic R

ando

m A

cts o

f Kin

dnes

s. T

his e

xper

ienc

e he

lped

our

stud

ents

reco

gnize

that

th

ey a

ll ha

ve a

voi

ce a

nd c

hoic

e in

mak

ing

a di

ffere

nce

in th

e w

orld

and

in th

e liv

es o

f peo

ple

in o

ur lo

cal c

omm

unity

. •

Our

stud

ents

regu

larly

vis

it th

e el

derly

in o

ur c

omm

unity

.

Stag

e 3

• O

ur sc

hool

has

wel

com

ed a

nd s

uppo

rted

Syr

ian

refu

gees

in th

eir t

rans

ition

into

a d

iffer

ent c

ount

ry a

nd a

diff

eren

t cul

ture

. In

add

ition

to a

cade

mic

supp

ort,

our s

choo

l com

mun

ity c

ame

toge

ther

to se

nsiti

vely

ass

ist a

nd e

mpo

wer

our

new

stud

ents

an

d th

eir f

amili

es. O

ur st

aff h

as h

oste

d a

wee

kend

tea

in h

onor

of o

ur n

ew fa

mili

es.

• W

e ha

ve a

lso ra

ised

mon

ey a

nd d

onat

ed g

ift c

ards

to h

elp

Fort

McM

urra

y fa

mili

es w

ho h

ave

been

dev

asta

ted

by th

e fir

es, i

n ad

ditio

n to

wel

com

ing

stud

ents

in o

ur sc

hool

. •

Thro

ugh

our M

onsig

nor F

ee O

tter

son

Fund

, our

scho

ol h

as p

aid

for t

he fi

eld

trip

and

bus

pas

s fee

s for

our

stud

ents

from

our

Sy

rian

and

Fort

McM

urra

y fa

mili

es.

• W

e co

ntin

ue to

spon

sor E

ster

who

live

s in

Buru

ndi,

Afric

a. W

e se

nd h

er m

oney

eve

ry y

ear t

o he

lp w

ith h

er e

duca

tion.

Stag

e 4

St

age

5 •

Mon

signo

r Fee

Ott

erso

n's J

unio

r Hig

h Gl

ee is

act

ive

in a

dvoc

atin

g fo

r a w

orld

of h

ope,

just

ice,

love

and

mer

cy.

Its m

embe

rs

sang

at t

he S

haw

Con

fere

nce

Cent

re, E

dmon

ton

Past

oral

Cen

ter,

Jubi

lee

Audi

toriu

m, M

yer H

orow

itz C

ente

r and

St.

Jose

ph's

Basi

lica

with

a re

pert

oire

that

enc

oura

ges p

ositi

ve c

hang

e .

• Th

ey h

ave

assi

sted

in th

e ce

lebr

atio

n of

the

50th

Ann

iver

sary

of D

evel

opm

ent a

nd P

eace

, whi

ch is

a p

rom

inen

t adv

ocat

e of

st

ruct

ural

cha

nge.

Our

stud

ents

who

hav

e a

pass

ion

for s

ingi

ng, g

ener

ously

don

ated

tim

e an

d ta

lent

to th

is ce

lebr

atio

n.

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e 20

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nal P

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• O

ur "W

e Be

long

" phi

loso

phy

cont

inue

s to

be a

par

t of o

ur sc

hool

cul

ture

in a

n ef

fort

to m

inim

ize th

e ne

gativ

e im

pact

of t

he

lang

uage

of "

bully

ing"

and

of l

abel

ing

stud

ents

who

nee

d st

rate

gies

to m

ake

bett

er c

hoic

es.

This

stem

s fro

m o

ur sc

hool

's co

mm

itmen

t to

hono

r hum

an p

oten

tial a

nd o

ur a

war

enes

s of t

he im

port

ance

of a

mer

cifu

l sch

ool c

omm

unity

.

Mon

signo

r Will

iam

Irw

in

Rhon

da L

ang

Stag

e 1

• Te

rry

Fox

Run

• Co

llect

ion

for S

t. Vi

ncen

t de

Paul

•

Colle

ctio

n fo

r Syr

ian

Refu

gees

•

Hallo

wee

n ca

ndy

dona

tions

to F

ood

Bank

•

Ope

ratio

n Ch

ristm

as C

hild

•

Colle

ctio

n fo

r Cat

holic

Soc

ial S

ervi

ces

• Co

llect

ions

for S

tolle

ry H

ospi

tal

• Ca

t foo

d dr

ive

for R

escu

e So

ciet

y •

Colle

ctio

ns fo

r Red

Cro

ss (F

t. M

cMur

ray)

•

Colle

ctio

n of

food

for i

nner

city

lunc

h •

Colle

ctio

n of

mon

ey fo

r Tan

zani

a pr

ojec

t (W

e Ca

re/W

E D

ay)

• Co

llect

ion

of sc

hool

supp

lies f

or P

eru

Stag

e 2

St

age

3

Stag

e 4

St

age

5

Mot

her M

arga

ret M

ary

Nico

le C

ampb

ell

Stag

e 1

• Fo

od B

ank

(Tha

nksg

ivin

g) D

rive:

Stu

dent

s wer

e gi

ven

a th

ree

wee

k ch

alle

nge

to d

onat

e sp

ecifi

c fo

od it

ems t

hat t

he

Edm

onto

n Fo

od B

ank

had

iden

tifie

d as

hig

h ne

eds i

tem

s. W

ith th

is in

itiat

ive,

Mot

her M

arga

ret M

ary

colle

cted

man

y fo

od

item

s to

help

'rec

over

the

food

ban

k" fo

r the

Tha

nksg

ivin

g Ce

lebr

atio

ns.

St

age

2 •

Chris

tmas

Mis

sion:

Win

ter C

loth

ing

Driv

e fo

r tho

se in

nee

d - S

tude

nts t

hrou

gh th

e M

othe

r Mar

gare

t Mar

y Co

mm

unity

ga

ther

ed w

inte

r jac

kets

, sca

rves

, hat

s, m

itten

s and

any

thin

g el

se th

at c

ould

be

help

ful t

o th

ose

in n

eed.

Eac

h Cl

ass w

as g

iven

sp

ecifi

c ite

ms t

o co

llect

. St

uden

ts w

ent a

bove

and

bey

ond

in d

onat

ions

and

we

wer

e ab

le to

don

ate

thes

e ite

ms t

o th

ose

in

need

. •

Fort

McM

urra

y Fi

re R

elie

f for

Eva

cuee

s: B

oth

staf

f & st

uden

ts re

spon

ded

with

gre

at u

rgen

cy re

gard

ing

the

need

s of t

he F

ort

McM

urra

y ev

acue

es.

It w

as a

pow

erfu

l sig

ht to

witn

ess,

all

of th

e do

natio

ns fo

r the

you

ng a

nd o

ld th

at w

ere

colle

cted

at o

ur

scho

ol.

Stud

ents

wer

e so

thril

led

to g

ive

wha

teve

r was

nee

ded,

and

resp

onde

d w

ith su

ch lo

ve, c

ompa

ssio

n an

d ch

arity

. St

age

3 •

Colo

r Run

: Ra

isin

g M

oney

for “

YESS

Pro

gram

”: O

n M

ay 1

2, 2

016,

a sm

all g

roup

of s

tude

nts o

rgan

ized

160

stud

ents

to ru

n in

su

ppor

t of t

he “

YESS

Pro

gram

”. T

his i

s a p

rogr

am fo

cuse

d to

hel

p ‘y

outh

in c

risis.

’ O

ur st

aff a

nd st

uden

ts ra

ised

$230

0! T

his

was

an

incr

edib

ly su

cces

sful

, esp

ecia

lly fo

r the

firs

t org

aniz

ed ru

n at

our

scho

ol.

This

Colo

r Run

was

spon

sore

d by

the

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nal P

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ay 2

016

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“Run

ning

Roo

m”,

with

lots

of m

usic

, foo

d an

d su

ppor

t. O

ur sc

hool

com

mun

ity c

ame

toge

ther

in su

ch a

bea

utifu

l way

, with

a

com

mon

goa

l of h

elpi

ng th

ose

in n

eed.

St

age

4

Stag

e 5

Mot

her T

eres

a De

an S

ulliv

an

Stag

e 1

Raise

d m

oney

, com

plet

ed b

ottle

driv

es fo

r •

Fort

McM

urra

y •

Canc

er A

war

enes

s •

MS

• W

e Da

y •

Sign

of H

ope/

We

Care

Cha

lleng

e •

Visi

ting

loca

l com

mun

ity S

enio

rs C

entr

e an

d SA

GE C

entr

e fo

r Sen

iors

dow

ntow

n •

Eart

h Da

y cl

eanu

p (i.

e. p

layg

roun

d, c

omm

unity

cle

anup

•

Serv

ice

to y

oung

er M

othe

r Ter

esa

stud

ents

•

Choi

r - S

ing

to se

nior

s at S

AGE

• Ga

rden

ing

With

Frie

nds

• Le

arni

ng a

nd m

odel

ing

man

ners

•

ECO

Clu

b - C

are

for t

he e

nviro

nmen

t the

me

(4Rs

•

Mou

stac

he D

ay -

Mov

embe

r - P

rost

ate

Canc

er A

war

enes

s •

Budd

y re

adin

g fo

r you

nger

stud

ents

•

Card

mak

ing

for s

enio

rs

• Ba

king

coo

kies

for r

eadi

ng b

uddi

es

• Ca

rd m

akin

g fo

r McC

aule

y Co

mm

unity

•

Com

mun

ity C

hris

tmas

Car

d W

alk

- del

iver

ed c

ards

to B

oyle

McC

aule

y Co

mm

unity

. •

Wea

r Yel

low

, Da

ffodi

l pro

gram

- Ca

ncer

Aw

aren

ess

• Gr

ade

6 Co

mm

unity

Ser

vice

- (i.

e. L

unch

Mon

itorin

g)

• 10

0 Vo

ices

Kin

dnes

s Jar

/Car

ds fo

r Rea

ding

Bud

dies

Stag

e 2

St

age

3 •

WE

Day

long

term

soci

al is

sue

com

mitm

ent (

Indi

a - v

illag

e fr

esh

wat

er p

roje

ct)

• Fu

ndra

ising

and

aw

aren

ess d

rives

for t

his (

i.e. W

e Sc

are

Hung

er, B

ake

for C

hang

e)

Stag

e 4

St

age

5

Our

Lad

y of

Mou

nt C

arm

el

Stag

e 1

Stud

ents

in o

ur L

eade

rshi

p Pr

ogra

m in

Juni

or H

igh

have

wor

ked

on p

roje

cts t

hrou

ghou

t the

yea

r. P

roje

ct id

eas a

re p

rese

nted

via

th

e Di

stric

t Ini

tiativ

es, S

choo

l Ini

tiativ

es a

s wel

l as s

peci

al c

onsid

erat

ions

as a

dire

ct re

sult

from

crit

ical

nee

ds in

our

com

mun

ity

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e 20

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nal P

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ay 2

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Dian

e Bo

wer

s-O’

Neill

ar

e re

view

ed a

nd id

eas a

nd a

ctiv

ities

are

bro

ught

fort

h. T

his y

ear t

he fo

llow

ing

grou

ps w

ere

the

focu

s of o

ur S

ocia

l Jus

tice

activ

ities

...

• Fo

od B

ank

- Pro

ject

: We

Scar

e Hu

nger

•

WE

Day

in C

alga

ry

• Ha

llow

een

Carn

ival

and

Foo

d Dr

ive

• To

ys fo

r Tot

s: S

anta

's An

onym

ous

• Te

rry

Fox

Run

• Ko

llect

4 K

enya

Len

ten

Proj

ect

• Va

lent

ine'

s Day

dan

ce a

nd b

ake

sale

for K

enya

•

We

Drib

ble

for C

hang

e &

We

Bake

for C

hang

e fo

r Ken

ya

• St

olle

ry G

ames

for F

ort M

cMur

ray

Fund

rais

er

• He

art o

f Gle

e •

Stol

lery

Stag

e 2

Stud

ents

wer

e as

ked

to b

rain

stor

m id

eas,

som

e pr

ojec

ts w

ere

pres

ente

d as

the

Soci

al Ju

stic

e fo

cus s

uch

as th

e Fo

od B

ank,

Ter

ry

Fox

Run/

Wal

k, o

ther

s wer

e pr

ojec

ts th

at o

rigin

ated

by

the

stud

ent g

roup

in re

spon

se to

a n

eed.

Stu

dent

s res

earc

hed

and

disc

usse

d th

e ne

eds o

f diff

eren

t gro

ups a

nd o

rgan

izatio

ns. O

nce

the

proj

ects

wer

e se

lect

ed, s

tude

nts p

rovi

ded

thou

ghts

and

idea

s on

act

iviti

es th

ey c

ould

pre

sent

to th

e en

tire

Scho

ol c

omm

unity

. Po

pula

r ide

as w

ere

then

sele

cted

and

impl

emen

ted.

St

age

3 Th

e st

uden

ts re

view

ed th

e pr

ojec

ts a

nd sh

ared

idea

s for

impr

ovem

ent,

som

e no

tabl

e in

itiat

ives

wer

e:

• Te

rry

Fox

Wal

k/Ru

n: R

aise

d $2

162.

00/S

tant

on F

amily

and

Run

ning

Roo

m d

onat

ed F

inish

line

and

cap

s for

our

stud

ents

. •

We

Scar

e Hu

nger

: Foo

d Dr

ive

that

raise

d ov

er 1

,200

lbs o

f foo

d fo

r the

Edm

onto

n Fo

od B

ank

• M

TC H

allo

wee

n Ca

rniv

al: O

ffere

d Ha

llow

een

gam

es fe

stiv

ities

to th

e en

tire

MTC

Sch

ool p

opul

atio

n •

We

Are

Supe

r Giv

ers/

Toys

for T

ots:

Toy

col

lect

ion

that

fille

d 2

larg

e cr

ates

of t

oys

for S

anta

's An

onym

ous

• To

uch

of C

lass

Val

entin

e's D

ay D

ance

& B

ake

Sale

: Rai

sed

over

$50

0 fo

r We

Scho

ols

• Ko

llect

4 K

enya

with

Cha

rity

Bask

etba

ll ga

me

& B

ake

Sale

: Rai

sed

over

$1,

400.

for m

edic

al su

pplie

s in

Keny

a •

Fund

s For

For

t McM

urra

y: o

ngoi

ng fu

ndra

iser t

o ai

d in

Wild

fire

relie

f.

Stag

e 4

St

age

5 •

For o

ur H

eart

of G

lee

perf

orm

ance

, Ter

ry F

ox W

alk/

Run,

Foo

d Ba

nk D

onat

ions

and

Sto

llery

Hos

pita

l we

see

man

y st

uden

ts

pass

iona

te a

bout

the

caus

es o

f the

se S

ocia

l Jus

tice

activ

ities

. The

y pe

rson

ally

mak

e sig

nific

ant c

ontr

ibut

ions

with

bot

h tr

easu

re a

nd ta

lent

to e

nsur

e su

cces

sful

out

com

es.

Our

Lad

y of

Pea

ce

Kare

n M

olyn

eux

Stag

e 1

• St

uden

ts c

olle

cted

wat

er a

s wel

l as f

ood

item

s and

shar

ed th

em w

ith th

e M

usta

rd S

eed

• Ch

ildre

n al

so c

hose

to c

olle

ct p

et fo

od fo

r the

SPC

A

Stag

e 2

• Ch

ildre

n an

d st

aff w

alke

d ar

ound

the

scho

ol fi

eld

and

neig

hbor

hood

and

cle

anup

up

garb

age

• St

uden

ts a

lso p

lant

ed fl

ower

s in

fron

t of t

he sc

hool

to h

elp

beau

tify

the

neig

hbor

hood

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Stag

e 3

• O

ur L

ady

of P

eace

Sch

ool h

as a

low

soci

o-ec

onom

ic d

emog

raph

ic so

we

chos

e to

look

to b

uild

up

our c

omm

unity

reso

urce

s by

star

ting

a Re

galia

mak

ing

com

mitt

ee in

the

scho

ol.

Pare

nts w

ere

invi

ted

and

have

sinc

e fo

rmed

a g

roup

that

will

mee

t re

gula

rly.

This

grou

p cr

eate

s Reg

alia

(clo

thin

g) th

at a

llow

s our

indi

geno

us st

uden

ts to

par

ticip

ate

in c

ultu

ral d

ance

.

Stag

e 4

St

age

5

Our

Lad

y of

the

Prai

ries

Gary

Reh

man

Stag

e 1

• "S

care

Aw

ay H

unge

r" -

the

Stud

ent C

ounc

il or

gani

zed

an o

ppor

tuni

ty fo

r our

stud

ents

to d

onat

e fo

od it

ems d

urin

g Ha

llow

e'en

. Th

e bo

xes o

f foo

d w

ere

dona

ted

to th

e Ed

mon

ton

Food

Ban

k.

• Ad

vent

Col

lect

ion

(St.

Vinc

ent d

e Pa

ul) -

We

orga

nize

d a

scho

ol-w

ide

colle

ctio

n of

win

ter c

loth

ing

to h

ang

on o

ur fo

yer

Chris

tmas

tree

. As

wel

l, bo

xes o

f toy

s and

food

wer

e co

llect

ed b

y ev

ery

clas

s in

the

scho

ol.

All i

tem

s wer

e do

nate

d to

the

St.

Vinc

ent d

e Pa

ul S

ocie

ty.

• Se

lling

Raf

iki b

race

lets

(Len

t and

Eas

ter p

roje

ct) -

Thi

s We

Day

initi

ativ

e w

as o

rgan

ized

by o

ur g

roup

nam

ed L

eopa

rds f

or

Chan

ge.

Stud

ents

hel

ped

to se

ll be

aded

bra

cele

ts m

ade

by th

e M

aasa

i wom

en in

Ken

ya.

Half

of th

e m

oney

raise

d he

lps

supp

ort t

he w

omen

in th

eir v

illag

es.

The

othe

r hal

f of t

he m

oney

raise

d go

es to

sup

port

cle

an w

ater

pro

gram

s in

othe

r par

ts

of A

fric

a.

• St

uden

ts ra

ised

$ fo

r Sto

llery

by

selli

ng p

opco

rn.

• Lo

ose

chan

ge fo

r Wat

er-M

e to

We

proj

ect -

stud

ents

will

brin

g lo

ose

chan

ge to

get

the

chan

ce to

car

ry w

ater

50m

or 1

00m

.

Stag

e 2

• Th

e gr

ade

4 cl

asse

s (ov

er 5

0 st

uden

ts) s

pent

an

afte

rnoo

n w

ith se

nior

s at a

nea

rby

lodg

e si

ngin

g th

em C

hris

tmas

song

s an

d th

en sp

endi

ng ti

me

doin

g cr

afts

with

them

. •

Scho

ol fa

mily

wen

t to

the

Stol

lery

radi

o-th

on a

nd sp

oke

abou

t the

ir st

ory

and

brou

ght t

he m

oney

raise

d by

the

scho

ol.

The

Stol

lery

retu

rned

to th

e sc

hool

to p

rese

nt th

e "b

ig c

hequ

e"

Stag

e 3

St

age

4

Stag

e 5

Our

Lad

y of

Vic

torie

s Le

ana

Perr

i

Stag

e 1

• Fo

r our

com

mun

ity p

arish

the

entir

e sc

hool

com

mun

ity (2

00 st

uden

ts a

nd st

aff)

alon

g w

ith th

eir f

amili

es w

ere

aske

d to

brin

g in

new

sock

s, to

ques

and

mitt

ens f

or o

ur “

Givi

ng T

ree”

and

all

dona

tions

wer

e br

ough

t as o

ffert

ory

to th

e ch

urch

dur

ing

our

Adve

nt C

eleb

ratio

n. S

tude

nts w

ante

d to

hel

p ou

r loc

al c

omm

unity

par

ish st

ay w

arm

thro

ugho

ut th

e w

inte

r. •

For t

he S

ign

of H

ope

Cam

paig

n st

uden

ts w

ho p

artic

ipat

ed in

this

year

’s W

e Da

y, o

rgan

ized

a “B

reak

the

Rule

s Day

” w

here

st

uden

ts (a

ppro

x. 7

5) b

roug

ht in

don

atio

ns to

be

give

n th

e op

port

unity

to b

reak

a ru

le o

f the

ir ch

oice

. Al

l pro

ceed

s wer

e do

nate

d to

the

Sign

of H

ope.

•

Fam

ilies

wer

e al

so e

ncou

rage

d to

buy

raffl

e tic

kets

for t

he c

hanc

e to

win

fron

t row

tick

ets f

or th

e an

nual

Chr

istm

as c

once

rt.

All p

roce

eds w

ere

dona

ted

to th

e Si

gn o

f Hop

e ca

mpa

ign.

•

Stud

ents

and

thei

r fam

ilies

wer

e as

ked

to b

ring

in fo

od d

onat

ions

dur

ing

the

Adve

nt se

ason

for t

he lo

cal f

ood

bank

. Al

l cl

asse

s 100

Voi

ces t

o Gr

ade

6 w

ere

resp

onsib

le fo

r spe

cific

food

item

s and

the

We

Day

Lead

ersh

ip st

uden

ts d

eliv

ered

it to

the

food

ban

k. W

e ch

ose

this

proj

ect a

s the

food

ban

k ex

pres

sed

thei

r dire

nee

d th

is ye

ar d

ue to

a sh

orta

ge o

f don

atio

ns.

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• Th

roug

h W

orld

Vis

ion,

our

scho

ol c

omm

unity

spon

sors

a c

hild

in In

dia.

Don

atio

ns g

o to

war

ds p

rovi

ding

him

with

cle

an w

ater

an

d ac

cess

to e

duca

tion.

Stu

dent

s tra

ck o

ur fo

ster

stud

ent’s

pro

gres

s thr

ough

car

ds a

nd in

form

atio

n se

nt th

roug

h W

orld

Vi

sion

and

are

enth

usia

stic

abo

ut d

onat

ing

to so

meo

ne th

ey fe

el c

onne

cted

to w

ho is

a p

eer.

•

Than

ksgi

ving

Foo

d Ba

nk d

rive

• W

e Da

y ki

ds o

rgan

ized

and

ran

a fr

eeze

’s sa

le fo

r the

Syr

ian

Refu

gees

•

Colle

cted

food

item

s for

the

evac

uees

of F

ort M

cMur

ray

• Le

ader

ship

stud

ents

org

anize

d an

Eas

ter C

andy

Raf

fle fo

r the

Fre

e th

e Ch

ildre

n or

gani

zatio

n

Stag

e 2

• Th

e 10

0 Vo

ices

cla

sses

(36

stud

ents

) mad

e Ch

ristm

as c

ards

and

a la

rge

mur

al fo

r the

resi

dent

s of S

t. Jo

seph

Aux

iliar

y ho

spita

l.

• Th

e 10

0 Vo

ices

cla

sses

(36

stud

ents

) mad

e Ea

ster

car

ds fo

r the

resi

dent

s of S

t. Jo

seph

Aux

iliar

y Ho

spita

l

Stag

e 3

• W

E Da

y –

Grad

e 5/

6 st

uden

ts tr

avel

ed to

Cal

gary

to p

artic

ipat

e in

WE

Day

• W

E Ar

e Si

lent

– st

uden

ts p

artic

ipat

ed in

WE

Are

Sile

nt D

ay w

here

they

rem

aine

d sil

ent t

o sh

ow th

eir s

uppo

rt fo

r tho

se in

the

w

orld

that

do

not h

ave

a vo

ice

Stag

e 4

St

age

5

St. A

lpho

nsus

Jo

hn G

rote

n

Stag

e 1

• Th

e Gr

ade

5 an

d 6

stud

ents

of S

t. Al

phon

sus S

choo

l par

ticip

ated

in ra

ising

fund

s for

eva

cuee

s of F

ort M

cMur

ray.

Thi

s pr

oces

s con

tinue

s with

CTF

Foo

d tr

uck

proj

ect r

aisin

g fu

nds f

or th

e Re

d Cr

oss.

•

Our

Juni

or A

chie

vem

ent c

ompa

ny p

rogr

am d

irect

ed th

e pr

ocee

ds o

f the

ir co

mpa

ny to

the

Edm

onto

n Hu

man

e So

ciet

y

• St

aff w

orke

d to

ens

ure

that

app

roxi

mat

ely

50 fa

mili

es re

ceiv

ed h

ampe

rs th

roug

h th

e Ch

ristm

as B

urea

u •

As a

scho

ol w

e ha

ve a

clo

thin

g ba

nk fo

r nee

dy st

uden

ts a

s wel

l as s

uppo

rt th

e br

eakf

ast,

snac

k an

d lu

nch

prog

ram

s for

the

stud

ents

of S

t. Al

phon

sus.

•

Staf

f col

lect

ed c

loth

ing

and

gift

car

ds fo

r a fa

mily

in c

risis

Stag

e 2

• O

ur su

cces

s coa

ch a

nd sm

all g

roup

s of s

tude

nts h

elpe

d to

rake

leav

es in

the

fall,

shov

el si

dew

alks

in th

e w

inte

r and

will

hel

p w

ith c

uttin

g gr

ass t

his s

prin

g an

d su

mm

er

Stag

e 3

• A

grou

p of

20

stud

ents

par

ticip

ated

in th

e W

E Da

y fie

ldtr

ip.

• St

uden

ts in

Juni

or H

igh

wer

e le

d in

a p

roce

ss o

f ref

lect

ing

on so

cial

just

ice.

Th

is m

ulti-

aged

act

ivity

use

d th

e bo

ok "A

ctiv

ities

fo

r Cat

holic

Soc

ial T

each

ing"

by

Jam

es M

cGin

nis t

o gu

ide

disc

ussio

ns a

nd p

roce

ss w

ork.

Stu

dent

s sta

rted

with

com

ing

to

unde

rsta

nd th

e gi

ft o

f the

ir hu

man

ness

as w

ell a

s the

ir co

nnec

tion

to o

ther

s in

scho

ol a

nd in

the

wor

ld.

Stag

e 4

St

age

5

St. A

ngel

a

Stag

e 1

• Th

anks

givi

ng c

eleb

ratio

n w

e as

ked

the

stud

ents

of t

he w

hole

scho

ol -

440

stud

ents

- to

brin

g ite

ms f

or th

e fo

od b

ank

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Dan

Frie

dt

• Cl

ass p

rese

ntat

ions

abo

ut E

lizab

eth

Deni

s Jus

t Bre

athe

fund

raisi

ng c

ampa

ign

for l

ung

canc

er re

sear

ch (w

hole

cla

ss; 1

6 st

uden

ts) a

nd w

orke

d w

ith th

e ot

her g

rade

6 c

lass

es to

col

lect

urg

ently

nee

ded

item

s for

the

Mus

tard

See

d (6

0 st

uden

ts) 6

A (2

0 st

uden

ts)

• Co

llect

ed to

iletr

ies f

or fa

mili

es a

ffect

ed b

y th

e Fo

rt M

ac fi

res

Stag

e 2

• Gr

ade

4/5A

- Sh

ephe

rd's

Care

- vi

sitin

g se

nior

s onc

e a

mon

th fo

r an

hour

(28

stud

ents

) •

Grad

e 5B

(17

stud

ents

) wen

t to

visi

t sen

iors

onc

e a

mon

th

Stag

e 3

St

age

4

Stag

e 5

St. A

nne

Ly

nn M

cLag

an

Stag

e 1

• Te

rry

Fox

Run

• Fo

od B

ank

- Don

atio

ns w

ent t

o M

othe

r Ter

esa

Scho

ol

• Si

gn o

f Hop

e Ca

mpa

ign

- Our

Adv

ent S

ocia

l Jus

tice

Proj

ect:

Mov

ie a

nd P

opco

rn D

ay, B

reak

the

Rule

s Day

, and

Col

lect

ion

from

ou

r Fam

ily A

dven

t Mas

s •

Shro

ve T

uesd

ay C

arni

val -

Gra

de 5

& 6

stud

ents

org

anize

d th

is ev

ent a

nd th

e m

oney

raise

d w

ent t

o su

ppor

t the

Ron

ald

Mac

Dona

ld H

ouse

her

e in

Edm

onto

n an

d th

e Ar

chdi

oces

an in

itiat

ive

to h

elp

the

Syria

n Re

fuge

es.

• "G

um" C

ampa

ign:

The

Gra

de 5

/6 c

lass

run

a "G

um"

cam

paig

n in

thei

r cla

ssro

om a

nd a

ll do

natio

ns w

ent t

o va

rious

loca

l ch

ariti

es.

With

a d

eepe

r und

erst

andi

ng o

f Soc

ial J

ustic

e, a

nd th

e di

ffere

nce

even

smal

l don

atio

ns c

an m

ake,

stud

ents

mad

e a

conn

ectio

n w

ith th

e lo

cal o

rgan

izatio

ns th

ey ra

ised

mon

ey fo

r. Do

natin

g fo

od to

a lo

cal s

choo

l, he

lpin

g th

e sic

k ch

ildre

n an

d th

eir f

amili

es

here

at t

he U

nive

rsity

Hos

pita

l, an

d ex

tend

ing

thei

r gen

eros

ity to

nee

dy fa

mili

es lo

cally

and

inte

rnat

iona

lly a

ll he

lped

to b

uild

em

path

y an

d co

mpa

ssio

n to

war

ds th

ose

who

are

nee

dy.

St

age

2 •

Kind

erga

rten

vis

ited

McC

onne

ll Pl

ace

and

the

Grad

e 1

clas

s visi

ted

Vent

a du

ring

our L

ente

n se

ason

to sp

end

time

with

the

seni

ors.

• Gr

ades

1, 2

, 4 a

nd 5

stud

ents

vis

ited

the

Dick

insf

ield

Car

e Ce

ntre

seve

ral t

imes

thro

ugho

ut th

e ye

ar.

They

par

ticip

ated

in

craf

t mak

ing,

shar

ing

stor

ies,

read

ing

and

writ

ing

with

the

seni

ors.

Each

yea

r, th

e st

uden

ts fi

nd th

ese

oppo

rtun

ities

to sp

end

time

with

seni

ors t

ruly

rew

ardi

ng.

They

look

forw

ard

to th

ese

mon

thly

vi

sits a

nd th

e bo

nds t

hat h

ave

been

cre

ated

are

inva

luab

le

Stag

e 3

• Ro

nald

McD

onal

d Ho

use:

The

staf

f at S

t. An

ne S

choo

l spe

nt a

n af

tern

oon

at th

e Ro

nald

Mac

Dona

ld H

ouse

bak

ing

som

e go

odie

s for

the

fam

ilies

to e

njoy

and

ass

istin

g w

ith sm

all c

hore

s aro

und

the

hous

e.

o Th

e im

pact

this

soci

al ju

stic

e pr

ojec

t had

on

our s

taff

was

uni

mag

inab

le.

Indi

vidu

als s

hare

d ho

w h

eart

-war

min

g th

is ac

tivity

was

and

that

they

wou

ld w

ant t

o sh

are

this

expe

rienc

e w

ith th

eir o

wn

love

d on

es.

• Fo

od B

ank

– O

ur G

rade

4/5

stud

ents

trav

eled

to th

e Ed

mon

ton

Food

Ban

k an

d as

siste

d in

the

pack

agin

g an

d co

ordi

natio

n of

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food

ham

pers

that

wer

e to

be

dona

ted

to p

eopl

e an

d fa

mili

es in

nee

d. S

tude

nts l

earn

ed a

bout

the

impo

rtan

ce o

f the

food

ba

nk in

our

com

mun

ity a

nd h

ow th

ey c

an h

elp

thos

e in

less

fort

unat

e.

• Ch

alic

e - A

Len

ten

Soci

al Ju

stic

e Pr

ojec

t: "C

hang

e fo

r Cha

nge"

: St

uden

ts d

onat

ed m

oney

that

they

ear

ned

at h

ome

thro

ugh

com

plet

ing

chor

es, d

oing

ext

ra w

ork

and

perf

orm

ing

good

dee

ds.

This

mon

ey w

as, i

n tu

rn, d

onat

ed fo

r the

pur

chas

e of

a

varie

ty o

f ite

ms i

nclu

ding

farm

ani

mal

s, to

iletr

ies,

and

scho

ol to

ols f

or a

third

wor

ld c

ount

ry.

• Fo

rt M

cMur

ray

Evac

uatio

n: S

tude

nts,

staf

f and

par

ents

join

ed to

geth

er to

col

lect

item

s and

mon

etar

y do

natio

ns to

hel

p th

e ev

acue

es o

f thi

s dev

asta

ting

fire.

Thi

s act

of k

indn

ess w

as h

eld

clos

e to

our

hea

rts a

s one

of o

ur st

uden

ts w

as a

n ev

acue

e.

Stag

e 4

St

age

5

St. A

ugus

tine

Ky

le P

orte

r

Stag

e 1

• W

e ha

ve h

ad se

vera

l col

lect

ions

thro

ugho

ut th

e ye

ar in

clud

ing:

Ter

ry F

ox R

un fo

r Can

cer,

Food

Ban

k at

Tha

nksg

ivin

g an

d no

w fo

r the

For

t McM

urra

y Di

sast

er re

lief,

Jum

p Ro

pe fo

r Hea

rt e

vent

for t

he H

eart

and

Str

oke

Asso

ciat

ion,

Bis

sell

Cent

er

colle

ctio

n du

ring

Adve

nt w

ith o

ur M

itten

Tre

e, R

ed C

ross

driv

e fo

r the

For

t McM

urra

y Di

sast

er re

lief,

a qu

ilt ra

ffle

that

the

sew

ing

cub

mad

e fo

r the

Sig

n of

Hop

e ca

mpa

ign,

and

a b

reak

the

rule

s eve

nt c

olle

ctio

n fo

r Ope

ratio

n Fr

iend

ship

Sen

iors

So

ciet

y. E

very

eve

nt w

as st

uden

t led

and

they

info

rmed

the

rest

of t

he c

omm

unity

abo

ut th

e ca

use

thro

ugh

pres

enta

tions

an

d ha

ndm

ade

post

ers.

Stag

e 2

• Ev

ery

clas

s visi

ted

a sit

e an

d sp

ent t

ime

in d

irect

serv

ice

to th

e co

mm

unity

. Th

e sit

es v

isite

d in

clud

e th

e Q

ueen

Ale

xand

ra

Hom

e fo

r the

Eld

erly

, the

Mus

tard

See

d, a

nd O

pera

tion

Frie

ndsh

ip S

enio

rs S

ocie

ty.

Each

site

sent

a re

pres

enta

tive

to th

e sc

hool

prio

r to

the

visit

to in

form

stud

ents

abo

ut w

hat t

hey

do th

ere

and

the

serv

ices

pro

vide

d. S

tude

nts w

ere

able

to

conn

ect a

n ac

tion

that

they

are

cap

able

of d

oing

to a

cau

se th

at se

rves

thei

r com

mun

ity.

Stu

dent

s also

refle

cted

on

thei

r ex

perie

nces

and

shar

ed th

ese

refle

ctio

ns w

ith th

e co

mm

unity

. Al

l stu

dent

s hel

ped

clea

n ou

r sch

ool y

ard

on c

are

for c

reat

ion

day.

The

exp

erie

nce

deep

ened

thei

r und

erst

andi

ng o

f soc

ial j

ustic

e.

Stag

e 3

• Th

ere

have

bee

n se

vera

l gro

up a

ctiv

ities

of s

ervi

ce th

at h

ave

last

ed th

roug

hout

the

year

that

hav

e he

lped

stud

ents

to

unde

rsta

nd th

e ne

ed to

pro

vide

serv

ice

on a

n on

goin

g ba

sis.

Grad

e six

lunc

h m

onito

ring

occu

rs e

very

day

whe

re a

ll of

our

gr

ade

six

stud

ents

take

lead

ersh

ip ro

les i

n th

e G

rade

s 1-5

clas

sroo

ms d

urin

g th

e lu

nch

hour

, and

our

K-6

read

ing

budd

y pr

ogra

m o

ccur

s onc

e pe

r wee

k w

here

the

olde

r chi

ldre

n ar

e pa

ired

up w

ith th

e yo

unge

r stu

dent

s to

guid

e th

em in

the

read

ing

proc

ess.

Stag

e 4

St

age

5 •

Afte

r our

gra

de fo

ur c

lass

visi

ted

the

recy

clin

g pl

ant,

seve

ral s

tude

nts s

tart

ed to

hel

p de

velo

p a

recy

clin

g pr

ogra

m a

t our

sc

hool

.

St. B

asil

& JF

LA

Elan

a Si

min

gton

/ St

ephe

n Si

mm

ons

Stag

e 1

• Fo

rt M

cMur

ray

Fire

Rel

ief:

Stu

dent

s bro

ught

in d

onat

ions

and

raise

d m

oney

to h

elp

evac

uees

. •

Chris

tmas

Ham

pers

: St

uden

ts b

roug

ht in

Chr

istm

as it

ems f

or fa

mili

es fr

om th

e sc

hool

com

mun

ity w

ho w

ere

iden

tifie

d as

be

ing

in n

eed.

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• St

olle

ry H

ospi

tal S

uppo

rt:

Stud

ents

bou

ght p

aper

tedd

y be

ars a

nd p

oste

d th

em o

n th

eir d

oors

. Whi

chev

er c

lass

raise

d th

e m

ost w

ould

win

a p

rize.

•

Stol

lery

Gle

e Co

ncer

t: T

he JF

LA G

lee

Club

par

ticip

ated

in a

con

cert

. The

pro

ceed

s of t

he c

once

rt w

ent t

o th

e St

olle

ry.

• Ch

ildre

n’s C

hrist

mas

and

Eas

ter P

artie

s: T

he JF

LA st

uden

ts p

ut o

n Ch

ristm

as a

nd E

aste

r par

ties a

t loc

al c

hurc

hes f

or c

hild

ren

spon

sore

d by

Cat

holic

Soc

ial S

ervi

ces.

•

Shoe

Box

es:

Stud

ents

fille

d sh

oe b

oxes

with

bas

ic g

oods

for K

inde

rgar

ten

stud

ents

at S

t. Al

phon

sus S

choo

l.

Stag

e 2

• N

orw

ood

Visit

s: S

tude

nts a

tten

ded

Nor

woo

d se

nior

hom

e on

a re

gula

r bas

is th

roug

h th

e sc

hool

yea

r to

volu

ntee

r with

the

resid

ents

. Th

ey sp

ent t

ime

read

ing,

pla

ying

gam

es, a

nd d

oing

act

iviti

es.

• St

. Jus

tin C

arni

val:

JFLA

stud

ents

visi

ted

St. J

ustin

Sch

ool a

nd p

ut o

n ac

tiviti

es fo

r stu

dent

s.

• Ca

thol

ic S

ocia

l Ser

vice

s par

tner

ship

- st

uden

ts fr

om JF

LA g

rade

nin

e cr

eate

and

wor

k at

Cat

holic

Soc

ial S

ervi

ces f

or th

eir

fam

ily C

hrist

mas

and

Eas

ter p

artie

s.

Stag

e 3

• N

o St

one

Left

Alo

ne:

JFLA

stud

ents

par

ticip

ated

in th

e pr

ogra

m w

here

they

att

ende

d a

cere

mon

y at

a lo

cal c

emet

ery.

The

y di

strib

uted

pop

pies

at i

ndiv

idua

l gra

ves a

nd sa

id a

pra

yer f

or e

ach

sold

ier.

•

Grad

e 9

stud

ents

par

ticip

ated

in W

E St

and

Lead

ersh

ip c

onfe

renc

e. T

hey

lear

ned

abou

t wha

t loc

al c

omm

unity

and

glo

bal

lead

ersh

ip m

ight

look

like

for e

ach

pers

on a

nd w

ays t

o af

fect

pos

itive

cha

nge

in th

e w

orld

.

Stag

e 4

St

age

5

St. B

ened

ict

Darr

in D

eFor

ge

Stag

e 1

• Te

rry

Fox

-Too

nies

for T

erry

- Th

e st

uden

ts le

arn

abou

t com

pass

ion

and

inne

r str

engt

h as

they

lear

n of

the

fort

itude

of T

erry

Fo

x st

rivin

g to

reac

h a

pers

onal

goa

l des

pite

phy

sical

men

tal c

halle

nges

. Sep

t 201

5 •

Supp

ortin

g ki

ds' h

ealth

for m

ore

than

30

year

s, H

eart

and

Str

oke

Jum

p Ro

pe fo

r Hea

rt T

M e

ncou

rage

s kid

s to

get a

ctiv

e by

sk

ippi

ng ro

pe w

hile

they

col

lect

ple

dges

for h

eart

dise

ase

and

stro

ke re

sear

ch.

Nov

. 201

6- A

ll st

uden

ts

• Al

l cla

sses

wer

e en

cour

aged

to c

olle

ct fo

od fo

r stu

dent

s and

thei

r fam

ilies

that

hav

e le

ss.

In a

dditi

on, c

lass

es c

olle

cted

a

mon

etar

y do

natio

n ($

2) fo

r our

Tha

nksg

ivin

g ha

mpe

rs (5

fam

ilies

this

year

) and

then

the

mon

ey w

e ha

d le

ft o

ver w

ill b

e us

ed

for f

utur

e ha

mpe

rs o

r foo

d ba

nk it

ems f

or o

ur c

omm

unity

.

•

In re

spon

se to

the

disa

ster

in F

ort M

cMur

ray,

stud

ents

and

staf

f, pa

rent

s col

lect

ed n

eede

d ite

ms a

nd S

AC d

onat

ed 1

/4 o

f the

w

alk-

a-th

on e

arni

ngs

Stag

e 2

• St

. Ben

edic

t hel

ped

kick

off

the

stuf

f a b

us c

ampa

ign

with

Edm

onto

n fo

od b

ank,

ETS

and

save

on

food

s. G

rade

6 st

uden

ts

volu

ntee

red

thei

r tim

e to

hel

p pa

ck fo

od o

n th

e bu

s- 1

5 st

uden

ts- N

ov. 2

6

• Gr

ade

6A c

lass

has

bee

n pa

rtne

red

with

the

seni

ors a

t The

Wat

erfo

rd o

f Sum

mer

lea

(2 y

ears

). O

ur in

volv

emen

t thi

s yea

r in

clud

ed tw

o vi

sits t

o th

eir f

acili

ty a

nd se

vera

l sen

iors

cam

e to

our

scho

ol to

visi

t and

att

end

the

Chris

tmas

con

cert

. W

ritte

n no

tes,

car

ds a

nd fa

ce to

face

visi

ts e

nhan

ced

this

inte

rgen

erat

iona

l rel

atio

nshi

p. B

eing

invo

lved

in th

is pa

rtne

rshi

p w

as a

gift

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and

high

light

to o

ur st

uden

ts.

Heal

thy

bond

s for

med

bet

wee

n th

e yo

uth

and

the

seni

ors w

hich

was

trul

y am

azin

g. W

e ho

pe

our s

tude

nts'

expe

rienc

es w

ith se

nior

s con

tinue

to in

tert

win

e w

ith th

eir d

aily

live

s as t

hey

mov

e fo

rwar

d in

thei

r liv

es.

Stag

e 3

• Co

nstr

uctio

n of

Bud

dy B

ench

- Th

ree

St. B

ened

ict s

tude

nts w

ere

chos

en to

att

end

the

activ

ity to

brin

g ho

me

a sp

ace

whe

re

lone

ly c

hild

ren

coul

d ex

pres

s th

emse

lves

. May

201

6

Stag

e 4

St

age

5

St. B

erna

dett

e Patr

ick S

antin

Stag

e 1

• Gr

ade

1/2

- Col

lect

ed C

anne

d ite

ms t

o do

nate

to th

e Fo

od B

ank

• Gr

ade

4 - P

opco

rn &

Bak

e sa

le to

raise

mon

ey to

pur

chas

e ite

ms t

hrou

gh C

halic

e •

Grad

e 5

- Col

lect

ed T

oys f

or S

anta

’s A

nony

mou

s, h

eld

a Fu

ndra

iser f

or F

t. M

cMur

ray

evac

uees

Scho

ol W

ide

-

• Co

llect

ed sp

onso

rshi

ps a

nd p

artic

ipat

ed in

the

Terr

y Fo

x Ru

n •

Colle

cted

food

item

s at T

hank

sgiv

ing

for t

he F

ood

Bank

•

Colle

ct fo

od it

ems f

or h

ampe

rs to

don

ate

to n

eedy

fam

ilies

in o

ur sc

hool

com

mun

ity

• Co

llect

food

ban

k ite

ms a

t the

Chr

istm

as c

once

rt, i

n lie

u of

cho

cola

tes t

o di

stric

t dep

artm

ents

pur

chas

ed sc

hool

bac

kpac

ks

thro

ugh

Chal

ice

• He

ld a

Pas

ta N

ight

Fun

drai

ser t

o ra

ise fu

nds t

o he

lp p

ay fo

r stu

dent

fiel

d tr

ips

• Co

llect

ed it

ems t

o do

nate

to F

t. M

cMur

ray

evac

uees

Lead

ersh

ip T

eam

-

• St

uden

ts ra

n a

scho

ol c

arni

val t

o ra

ise m

oney

for t

he M

ake

A W

ish

Foun

datio

n

Pare

nt C

ounc

il -

• He

ld a

Yea

r End

BBQ

to ra

ise fu

nds f

or F

t. M

cMur

ray

evac

ueee

s

Stag

e 2

• Ki

nder

gart

en -

Mad

e a

pray

er ro

ck a

nd p

raye

r car

d an

d pr

esen

ted

them

to e

very

one

in th

e sc

hool

•

Grad

e 1

- Inv

ited

the

Gra

de 1

cla

ss fr

om R

J Sco

tt to

wel

com

e th

em, p

lay

in o

ur p

ark,

pre

sent

a g

ift a

nd h

ave

a sn

ack

with

•

Grad

e 1/

2 - C

lean

ed th

e sc

hool

yard

& m

ade

no li

tter

ing

signs

and

pos

ted

them

•

Grad

e 2

- Vis

it to

Ret

irem

ent h

ome

to m

eet,

read

with

and

talk

with

resid

ents

•

Flex

Ses

sion

- o

Stud

ents

in o

ne se

ssio

n, d

urin

g Ra

ndom

Act

s of K

indn

ess

wee

k, w

rote

com

plim

ents

to g

ive

to so

meo

ne in

the

scho

ol.

o

Stud

ents

in o

ne se

ssio

n, d

urin

g Ca

re fo

r Cre

atio

n W

eek,

cle

aned

the

scho

ol y

ard

and

boar

dwal

k ar

ea.

o St

uden

ts in

one

sess

ion

crea

ted

care

pac

kage

s with

snac

ks, w

ater

, a tr

eat a

nd a

not

e of

enc

oura

gem

ent t

o be

de

liver

ed to

the

Mar

ian

Cent

re.

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ay 2

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o Re

cycl

ing

club

col

lect

s and

bag

s ite

ms f

or re

cycl

e

Stag

e 3

St

age

4

Stag

e 5

St. B

onav

entu

re

Nella

Bru

ni/R

usse

ll Be

nnet

t

Stag

e 1

• As

in th

e pa

st st

uden

ts h

ave

colle

cted

man

y of

the

item

s list

ed a

bove

thro

ugho

ut th

e ye

ar a

nd h

ave

reco

rded

thes

e do

natio

ns o

n ou

r Soc

ial J

ustic

e Bo

ard

for a

ll to

see.

The

mos

t wor

thw

hile

don

atio

ns a

re a

lway

s whe

n w

e un

ders

tand

the

need

of t

hose

we

help

. Th

is ye

ar th

roug

h th

e Ch

ampi

on P

roje

ct o

ur fo

cus w

as to

hel

p th

e Br

eakf

ast p

rogr

am a

t St.

Fran

cis o

f As

sisi

Sch

ool.

Mos

t of o

ur m

onet

ary

colle

ctio

n w

ent t

owar

d th

e sc

hool

as w

e co

ntin

ued

to “

Help

our

Frie

nds i

n N

eed.

”

Our

st

uden

ts fe

el a

con

nect

ion

to S

t. Fr

anci

s and

hav

e sa

id:

"I fe

el g

ood

abou

t mys

elf"

“I l

oved

pre

sent

ing

them

with

the

mon

ey”

“Th

is is

so c

ool”

• W

e ha

ve d

onat

ed H

allo

wee

n ca

ndy

for t

he h

omel

ess

• Pr

ovid

ed b

ackp

ack

esse

ntia

ls fo

r the

Mus

tard

See

d •

Gath

ered

item

s for

the

Fort

McM

urra

y vi

ctim

s •

Mon

etar

y do

natio

ns to

Tim

Hor

ton’

s fou

ndat

ion

• Ho

ly C

hild

hood

•

Terr

y Fo

x Fo

unda

tion

Stag

e 2

• Th

e Dr

um C

lub

has t

aken

on

the

lead

ersh

ip to

war

ds o

ur “

Help

ing

A Fr

iend

in N

eed”

them

e fo

r the

yea

r. T

hrou

gh th

e Ch

ampi

on P

rogr

am fr

om E

dmon

ton

Cath

olic

Sch

ools

Fund

we

wer

e ab

le to

hav

e 2

Faith

Day

s at o

ur sc

hool

whi

ch e

ncou

rage

d us

to “

Help

Frie

nds i

n N

eed”

• Th

e Dr

um C

lub

perf

orm

ed fo

r and

del

iver

ed o

ur m

onet

ary

dona

tion

to S

t. Fr

anci

s of A

ssisi

Sch

ool.

The

y fe

lt ve

ry p

roud

re

pres

entin

g ou

r sch

ool.

Stag

e 3

• Ac

ts o

f Ser

vice

at o

ur le

vel o

f sch

ool c

an b

e di

fficu

lt. T

his y

ear w

e w

orke

d as

a te

am ri

ght i

n ou

r ow

n sc

hool

to p

acka

ge

esse

ntia

l ite

ms f

or M

usta

rd S

eed

back

pack

s •

We

wal

ked

with

our

bud

dy c

lass

es d

urin

g th

e Te

rry

Fox

Run

• W

e co

ntin

ued

to d

o pr

ojec

ts th

roug

hout

the

year

with

our

bud

dy c

lass

es so

that

the

olde

r stu

dent

s cou

ld m

ento

r the

yo

unge

r one

s. W

e pr

ay a

s a c

omm

unity

eve

ry d

ay a

nd w

e al

way

s ack

now

ledg

e th

ose

who

go

out o

f the

ir w

ay fo

r oth

ers.

Stag

e 4

St

age

5 •

Whe

n I t

hink

abo

ut th

is st

age

it’s l

ess i

mpo

rtan

t for

us t

o se

e th

e ch

ange

at t

his l

evel

of e

duca

tion

than

it is

to fi

nd o

ut in

the

futu

re w

hat o

ur st

uden

ts h

ave

done

for o

ther

s in

the

wor

ld.

For

tuna

tely

man

y of

our

stud

ents

com

e ba

ck to

visi

t us w

hen

they

are

in ju

nior

hig

h an

d ev

en h

igh

scho

ol.

Thos

e ar

e th

e co

nver

satio

ns w

hen

we

trul

y se

e th

e fr

uits

of o

ur la

bour

. It

will

be

a g

oal f

or th

e ne

xt y

ear t

o as

k ea

ch v

isito

r wha

t the

y ar

e do

ing

in th

eir l

ives

now

to p

rom

ote

a po

sitiv

e ch

ange

in th

e w

orld

. I lo

ok fo

rwar

d to

trac

king

this

info

rmat

ion.

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St. B

onifa

ce Ro

b M

adun

icky

Stag

e 1

• Fa

mili

es fr

om G

rade

1 c

reat

ed b

ackp

acks

fille

d w

ith s

choo

l sup

plie

s for

fam

ilies

•

Stud

ents

and

staf

f ass

embl

ed C

hris

tmas

ham

pers

for s

elec

t fam

ilies

in n

eed

who

wer

e w

ithin

our

scho

ol c

omm

uniti

es. E

ach

grad

e sp

onso

red

a fa

mily

and

pur

chas

ed a

var

iety

of g

ifts f

or e

ach

fam

ily m

embe

r.

• Fo

od B

ank

dona

tions

wer

e co

llect

ed d

urin

g th

e Ch

ristm

as se

ason

•

Terr

y Fo

x Ru

n an

d Fo

rt M

cMur

ray

Run

wer

e st

uden

t led

fund

-rai

sing

even

ts fo

r cha

rity

orga

niza

tions

•

Grad

e 3

held

a je

lly b

ean

raffl

e re

sulti

ng in

a fo

od c

olle

ctio

n fo

r the

nee

dy

• Gr

ade

4 ca

rrie

d ou

t ind

ivid

ual s

elf-i

nitia

ted

acts

of c

are

and

conc

ern

to c

hose

n co

mm

unity

mem

bers

(e.g

. sno

w-s

hove

ling

for

seni

ors i

n th

eir o

wn

neig

hbor

hood

s, v

isit

to se

nior

s’ c

ente

rs, p

repa

ring

lunc

hes f

or so

up k

itche

ns, e

tc.).

Thi

s was

in

resp

onse

to c

urric

ular

disc

ussio

ns a

roun

d ch

arita

ble

orga

niza

tions

of t

he p

ast w

hich

hav

e sh

aped

Can

adia

n hi

stor

y

Stag

e 2

• Gr

ade

Six

Exhi

bitio

n pr

ojec

ts w

ere

a se

ries o

f stu

dent

led

spec

ific

actio

ns in

clud

ing:

don

atio

ns ta

ken

up fo

r the

Val

ley

Zoo,

in

fo p

amph

lets

sent

out

to sc

hool

com

mun

ity re

gard

ing

extin

ctio

n of

rare

ani

mal

s, c

olle

ctio

n of

nee

ded

item

s for

Syr

ian

refu

gees

who

arr

ived

at S

aint

Tho

mas

Mor

e Pa

rish,

don

atio

n of

item

s for

the

hom

eles

s she

ltere

d at

Nei

ghbo

r Cen

tre

in

Edm

onto

n •

Grad

e 1

stud

ents

pro

vide

d 11

2 ha

nd-m

ade

Chris

tmas

car

ds to

nur

sing

hom

e re

side

nts.

Stag

e 3

St

age

4

Stag

e 5

St. C

athe

rine

Dw

ain

Tym

chys

hyn

Stag

e 1

Colle

cted

fund

s for

: •

Terr

y Fo

x Fo

unda

tion

- Ter

ry F

ox D

ay

• Po

ppy

Fund

- Re

mem

bran

ce D

ay

• Si

gn o

f Hop

e - A

dven

t Pro

ject

•

Deve

lopm

ent a

nd P

eace

- Le

nt P

roje

ct

• Fo

rt M

cMur

ray

Assis

tanc

e - M

ay 2

016

• Co

llect

ed so

cks &

dec

orat

ed p

aper

bag

s for

Hop

e M

issi

on -

Mar

ch 2

016

• Co

llect

ed to

othb

rush

es &

toot

hpas

te fo

r For

t McM

urra

y As

sist

ance

- M

ay 2

016

Stag

e 2

• Tr

ee p

lant

ing

by C

TF L

eade

rshi

p co

urse

for R

oots

for T

rees

in Ju

ne 2

016

Stag

e 3

St

age

4

Stag

e 5

St. C

ecili

a

Rom

an Iw

anyk

Stag

e 1

• W

e ha

ve n

umer

ous n

eedy

fam

ilies

with

in o

ur sc

hool

com

mun

ity a

nd a

s a sc

hool

com

mun

ity w

e co

llect

ed a

nd su

pplie

d th

ese

fam

ilies

with

furn

iture

, foo

d, c

loth

ing

etc.

•

As w

ell n

umer

ous s

tude

nts c

ome

to sc

hool

with

no

lunc

hes a

nd w

e su

pply

lunc

h fo

r the

se st

uden

ts.

• St

uden

ts h

eld

vario

us sa

les a

nd m

ade

char

itabl

e do

natio

ns to

the

Stol

lery

and

the

Mad

den

Delu

ca F

ound

atio

n.

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• St

aff a

nd st

uden

ts p

artic

ipat

ed in

the

Annu

al T

erry

Fox

Run

•

Num

erou

s sta

ff pa

rtic

ipat

ed in

the

Annu

al M

S W

alk/

Run

Stag

e 2

• Th

e st

uden

ts th

roug

h Q

SP sa

les f

und

raise

d fo

r the

Mot

her T

eres

a Di

nner

. The

stud

ents

also

ass

isted

the

staf

f in

prep

arin

g a

Chris

tmas

mea

l for

Mot

her T

eres

a Sc

hool

Com

mun

ity. T

hat e

veni

ng th

e st

aff d

eliv

ered

, ser

ved

and

clea

ned

up a

t Mot

her

Tere

sa.

Stag

e 3

St

age

4

Stag

e 5

St. C

harle

s Sam

anth

a Da

vids

on

Stag

e 1

Our

soci

al ju

stic

e co

mm

ittee

cho

se a

num

ber o

f loc

al p

roje

cts t

o fo

cus o

n fo

r the

yea

r. Th

ese

incl

uded

: •

Food

Ban

k Co

llect

ion:

Oct

ober

201

5

• W

e Sc

are

Hung

er: O

ctob

er 3

1, 2

015

• W

inte

r Clo

thes

Col

lect

ion:

Nov

embe

r 16

– N

ovem

ber 2

7, 2

015

(don

ated

to S

t. Fr

anci

s of A

ssisi

Sch

ool)

• Do

nate

a R

ide

Day:

Frid

ay, J

anua

ry 2

2, 2

016

• Lo

onie

Col

lect

ion

for S

yria

n Re

fuge

es: d

urin

g Le

nt

• Fo

rt M

cMur

ray

Colle

ctio

n: M

ay 9

- 12

, 201

6

We

also

wor

ked

to su

ppor

t tw

o gl

obal

pro

ject

s:

• O

pera

tion

Chris

tmas

Chi

ld: N

ovem

ber 2

015

• Sc

hool

in In

dia

(Fre

e th

e Ch

ildre

n): m

oney

raise

d th

roug

h St

. Cha

rles M

arke

t, Te

ache

r Cha

lleng

e an

d Br

eak

the

Rule

s Day

Stag

e 2

• O

ver t

he c

ours

e of

the

scho

ol y

ear,

all s

tude

nts

visi

ted

Shep

herd

's Ca

re K

ensi

ngto

n Vi

llage

. We

had

mon

thly

visi

ts sc

hedu

led

durin

g w

hich

two

clas

ses a

t a ti

me

wou

ld sp

end

time

with

the

seni

ors.

Act

iviti

es in

clud

ed si

ngin

g, g

ames

, cra

fts a

nd

conv

ersa

tion.

•

On

April

29,

201

6, a

teac

her a

nd a

stud

ent r

epre

sent

ativ

e w

ent t

o Ci

ty H

all t

o ta

ke p

art i

n th

e Do

nate

A R

ide

wra

p up

eve

nt

with

the

City

of E

dmon

ton.

Our

scho

ol w

as re

cogn

ized

for o

ur si

gnifi

cant

don

atio

n. T

he st

uden

t was

abl

e to

see

first

-han

d th

e im

pact

of t

his o

rgan

izatio

n on

our

com

mun

ity m

embe

rs.

• Al

l of o

ur g

rade

six

stud

ents

had

the

oppo

rtun

ity to

par

ticip

ate

in W

e Da

y in

Cal

gary

. Th

is pr

ovid

ed th

e st

uden

ts w

ith a

n op

port

unity

to se

e ho

w o

rgan

izatio

ns li

ke F

ree

the

Child

ren

mak

e a

diffe

renc

e in

the

wor

ld a

nd e

mpo

wer

s the

stud

ents

to

mak

e a

diffe

renc

e ev

en a

t the

ir yo

ung

age.

Stag

e 3

• At

St.

Char

les S

choo

l, ea

ch c

lass

room

has

a S

ocia

l Jus

tice

repr

esen

tativ

e w

ho a

tten

ds re

gula

r mee

tings

to c

oord

inat

e th

e so

cial

just

ice

effo

rts w

ithin

our

scho

ol.

Stud

ents

on

this

com

mitt

ee h

ave

the

oppo

rtun

ity to

brin

g fo

rwar

d th

e id

eas o

f the

ir pe

ers a

nd m

ake

deci

sions

for o

ur sc

hool

com

mun

ity.

Stud

ent a

war

enes

s and

em

pow

erm

ent a

re a

prim

ary

goal

of o

ur

com

mitt

ee so

that

all

of o

ur st

uden

ts b

ecom

e en

gage

d in

the

wor

ld a

roun

d th

em.

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ay 2

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• O

ur c

omm

itmen

t to

the

build

ing

of th

e sc

hool

in In

dia

thro

ugh

Free

the

Child

ren

has b

een

a th

ree

year

jour

ney.

Our

st

uden

ts h

ave

been

edu

cate

d ab

out t

he c

ount

ry o

f Ind

ia a

nd th

e ne

eds o

f the

com

mun

ity th

ey a

re h

elpi

ng to

supp

ort.

Thi

s on

goin

g pr

ojec

t has

resu

lted

in o

ur st

uden

ts h

avin

g to

wor

k fo

r som

ethi

ng th

at is

not

acc

ompl

ished

in a

one

-tim

e ev

ent b

ut

rath

er th

roug

h su

stai

ned,

per

siste

nt e

ffort

s. S

tude

nts w

ho a

re n

o lo

nger

at S

t. Ch

arle

s Sch

ool (

now

in ju

nior

hig

h) c

ontin

ue

to c

heck

on

the

prog

ress

of t

his g

loba

l ini

tiativ

e.

Stag

e 4

St

age

5 •

Each

yea

r for

the

last

six

year

s, o

ne o

f our

cur

rent

gra

de si

x st

uden

ts h

as sp

earh

eade

d a

lem

onad

e st

and

to su

ppor

t the

St

olle

ry C

hild

ren'

s Hos

pita

l. T

he id

ea b

egan

in K

inde

rgar

ten

whe

n a

clas

smat

e di

ed su

dden

ly o

f can

cer.

Thi

s eve

nt ta

kes

plac

e ov

er th

e su

mm

er a

nd in

volv

es m

any

of o

ur st

uden

ts.

This

has n

ever

bee

n so

met

hing

org

anize

d by

the

scho

ol b

ut

inst

ead

by a

gro

up o

f stu

dent

s who

car

e.

• In

Feb

ruar

y, 4

of o

ur st

uden

ts to

ok th

e in

itiat

ive

to p

artic

ipat

e in

the

Hair

Mas

sacu

re a

nd 3

stud

ents

par

ticip

ated

in W

igs f

or

Kids

.

St. C

lem

ent

Rosa

nne

Bout

in/H

arrie

t Ne

ynen

s

Stag

e 1

• Gr

ade

5 PY

P Ex

hibi

tion:

col

lect

ions

of p

op ta

bs, u

sed

eye

glas

ses,

den

tal s

uppl

ies

• Ch

urch

con

nect

ions

: Foo

d co

llect

ion

driv

e •

Wee

hel

p: c

olle

ctio

n of

toys

and

boo

ks fo

r Sto

llery

•

Jum

p Ro

pe fo

r Hea

rt m

oney

col

lect

ion

• Gr

ade

3 - C

hild

Act

ivis

ts to

hel

p th

e an

imal

s dis

plac

ed fr

om th

e Ft

. McM

urra

y fir

es

Stag

e 2

• Gr

ades

6 –

9 st

uden

ts p

artic

ipat

ed in

7 fi

eld

trip

s inv

olvi

ng s

ervi

ce a

t the

Edm

onto

n Fo

od B

ank,

Bis

sell

Cent

er a

nd M

usta

rd

Seed

Chu

rch.

Al

l stu

dent

s wer

e in

volv

ed in

bot

h th

e Ro

ot fo

r Rile

y Ca

mpa

ign

as w

ell a

s the

Wal

l of L

ove

(brin

ging

in

pam

pers

for t

he F

ort M

cMur

ray

disp

lace

d fa

mili

es)

• Gr

ade

3 cl

asse

s hav

e be

en in

itiat

ing

rece

ss c

lubs

to a

ssis

t oth

er st

uden

ts w

ho n

eed

com

pani

onsh

ip a

nd p

ositi

ve so

cial

in

tera

ctio

ns.

Som

e of

the

club

s are

: rec

ess p

layg

roun

d cl

ub, h

omew

ork

club

, env

ironm

enta

l clu

b, re

adin

g cl

ub e

tc.

Stag

e 3

• Gr

ade

5 st

uden

ts c

reat

ed a

n aw

aren

ess o

f hum

an ri

ghts

invo

lvin

g va

rious

act

ions

that

took

pla

ce b

efor

e an

d on

Exh

ibiti

on

even

ing.

The

y ed

ucat

ed th

e co

mm

unity

thro

ugh

the

use

of so

ng, v

ideo

, and

inte

ract

ive

disc

ussio

n po

ints

abo

ut th

e im

port

ance

of t

he ri

ght t

o he

alth

car

e, ri

ght t

o pl

ay, r

ight

to b

e sa

fe, r

ight

to fr

eedo

ms o

f exp

ress

ion,

righ

t to

pare

ntal

car

e an

d th

e rig

ht to

edu

catio

n.

Each

cla

ss in

the

PYP

take

s act

ion

at th

e en

d of

eac

h un

it of

inqu

iry (6

tim

es a

yea

r).

• Al

l stu

dent

s in

K - 9

had

the

oppo

rtun

ity to

writ

e pr

ayer

s and

refle

ctio

ns a

nd to

read

them

on

mor

ning

ann

ounc

emen

ts.

•

The

stud

ents

in G

rade

s 6 -9

par

ticip

ated

in tw

o re

trea

ts w

hich

focu

sed

on th

e im

port

ance

of p

raye

r and

refle

ctio

n an

d its

co

nnec

tion

to se

rvic

e. T

he st

uden

ts in

Gra

de 6

- 9

part

icip

ate

in a

serv

ice

proj

ect o

ver t

he c

ours

e of

the

year

in re

ligio

n.

Grad

e 9

prep

are

for a

per

sona

l pro

ject

to b

e co

mpl

eted

in G

rade

10

at H

oly

Trin

ity.

Stag

e 4

86

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al Ju

stic

e 20

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016

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atio

nal P

lann

ing

M

ay 2

016

39

Stag

e 5

• St

uden

t-le

d re

trea

ts in

Gra

des 6

-9.

All

stud

ents

are

eng

aged

in le

arni

ng in

stud

ent l

ed a

ctio

ns a

s a re

sult

of th

eir u

nits

of

inqu

iry w

ithin

the

Inte

rnat

iona

l Bac

cala

urea

te p

rogr

am.

Stud

ents

take

man

y pe

rson

al a

ctio

ns to

hel

p th

eir s

choo

l com

mun

ity

or fa

mili

es a

nd th

is is

reco

rded

on

the

teac

her’s

pla

nner

and

act

ion

mat

rices

bul

letin

boa

rds.

Stu

dent

cou

ncil

are

high

ly

invo

lved

in le

adin

g st

uden

t-le

d in

itiat

ives

ove

r the

cou

rse

of th

e sc

hool

yea

r.

St. D

omin

ic

Laur

en H

awes

Stag

e 1

•

Colle

ctin

g so

cks f

or S

ockt

ober

to d

eliv

er to

Hop

e M

issi

on

• Co

llect

ing

toile

trie

s and

cre

atin

g "B

ags o

f Lov

e" to

del

iver

to H

ope

Mis

sion

• Se

lling

Fre

ezie

s, ra

fflin

g a

mov

ie n

ight

bas

ket a

nd h

oldi

ng a

Tre

asur

e Sa

le to

raise

mon

ey to

fund

girl

s to

atte

nd sc

hool

in

Mex

ico

via

the

Path

way

s org

aniza

tion

• Ga

ther

ing

pop

tabs

for w

heel

chai

rs

• Ex

tens

ive

fund

raisi

ng a

nd d

onat

ions

for F

ort M

cMur

ray

Stag

e 2

• Gr

ade

2 an

d 5

stud

ents

visi

ting

seni

or fa

cilit

y •

Invi

ting

loca

l sen

iors

to a

tten

d ou

r Chr

istm

as C

abar

et

Stag

e 3

St

age

4

Stag

e 5

St. E

dmun

d

Ther

esa

Volk

Stag

e 1

This

year

, stu

dent

s wer

e ac

tivel

y en

cour

aged

to p

artic

ipat

e in

soci

al ju

stic

e co

llect

ion

proj

ects

thro

ugh

scho

ol-w

ide

actio

ns

initi

ated

by

staf

f, gr

ade

grou

ping

s, c

lass

es, v

ario

us g

roup

s of s

tude

nts,

indi

vidu

al st

uden

ts a

nd le

ader

ship

team

mem

bers

. Ac

tiviti

es w

ere

mai

nly

com

mun

ity-b

ased

and

des

igne

d to

add

ress

loca

l nee

ds w

hile

bei

ng in

tern

atio

nally

-min

ded.

So

me

exam

ples

incl

ude

the

colle

ctio

n of

item

s and

don

atio

ns fo

r:

• W

e Sc

are

Hung

er fo

od b

ank

driv

e •

Sign

of H

ope

& E

CSD

Foun

datio

ns fu

ndra

isers

such

as M

ovie

Day

, pho

to b

ooth

, •

Mov

embe

r •

With

the

Fort

McM

urra

y w

ildfir

es, t

he sc

hool

col

lect

ed d

onat

ions

for t

he e

vacu

ees a

s wel

l as t

he st

uden

ts h

ave

orga

nize

d a

"cak

e w

alk"

fund

raise

r •

Empt

ies f

or A

ngel

s bot

tle d

rive

("Ha

nnah

's Ho

pe F

und"

) •

Flex

day

Soc

ial J

ustic

e vo

lunt

eerin

g op

port

uniti

es a

t the

Bis

sell

Cent

re a

nd th

e Fo

od B

ank

at le

ast o

nce

a m

onth

•

Elem

enta

ry a

nd Ju

nior

Hig

h st

uden

ts a

re p

artic

ipat

ing

in th

e Ru

n4Ch

ange

Stag

e 2

At S

t. Ed

mun

d Ca

thol

ic S

choo

l, st

uden

ts a

re c

ontin

ually

vol

unte

erin

g th

eir t

ime

and

effo

rt to

par

ticip

ate

in v

ario

us so

cial

just

ice

acts

that

mee

t man

y so

cio-

econ

omic

nee

ds. D

iffer

ent v

entu

res t

hat h

ave

occu

rred

in th

e 20

15-2

016

scho

ol y

ear i

nclu

ded

the

Inte

rnat

iona

l Bac

cala

urea

te (I

B) M

iddl

e Ye

ars P

rogr

amm

e (M

YP) C

omm

unity

and

Ser

vice

act

ions

whi

ch st

uden

ts in

gra

des s

even

to

nin

e pa

rtic

ipat

ed in

as w

ell a

s act

ion

proj

ects

initi

ated

thro

ugh

the

grad

e fiv

e IB

Prim

ary

Year

s Pro

gram

me

(PYP

) Exh

ibiti

on.

Exam

ples

incl

ude:

•

Budd

y Re

adin

g

87

Soci

al Ju

stic

e 20

15-2

016

Educ

atio

nal P

lann

ing

M

ay 2

016

40

• Ju

nior

Hig

h st

uden

ts se

rved

as b

uddi

es to

stud

ents

the

prim

ary

clas

ses,

esc

ortin

g th

em a

nd si

ttin

g w

ith th

em w

hen

they

sc

hool

wal

ked

to th

e lo

cal p

arish

•

Flex

blo

cks c

reat

ed b

uddy

opp

ortu

nitie

s bet

wee

n th

e el

emen

tary

and

juni

or h

igh

clas

ses

• Gr

ade

5 an

d 6

stud

ents

serv

e as

lunc

h m

onito

rs a

nd A

MA

patr

olle

rs

• W

Eder

ship

team

wen

t dow

ntow

n in

the

win

ter a

nd h

ande

d ou

t hot

cho

cola

te to

the

less

fort

unat

e •

stud

ent i

nitia

ted

war

m c

loth

ing

driv

e

Stag

e 3

St. E

dmun

d st

uden

ts re

cogn

ize

a ne

ed to

dev

elop

serv

ice-

orie

nted

act

iviti

es.

Our

gra

de fo

ur st

uden

ts lo

ok a

fter

recy

clin

g in

the

scho

ol a

s wel

l as t

his y

ear,

our e

lem

enta

ry st

uden

ts a

ll pa

rtic

ipat

ed in

the

scho

ol w

ide

clea

n up

. W

ith fl

ex b

lock

opp

ortu

nitie

s,

juni

or h

igh

stud

ents

are

abl

e to

regi

ster

for v

olun

teer

ing

in th

e pr

imar

y cl

asse

s to

help

stud

ents

. St

age

4

Stag

e 5

Stud

ent i

nitia

ted

actio

n at

St.

Edm

und

this

year

incl

uded

goi

ng o

ut in

to th

e do

wnt

own

dist

rict a

nd h

andi

ng o

ut h

ot c

hoco

late

to

the

less

fort

unat

e, re

gist

erin

g fo

r Fle

x So

cial

Just

ice

oppo

rtun

ities

such

as v

olun

teer

ing

at th

e Bi

ssel

l Cen

tre

and

the

Food

Ban

k.

Stud

ents

ann

ounc

emen

ts re

gard

ing

the

impa

cts o

f tec

hnol

ogy

on so

ciet

y an

d in

itiat

ing

the

colle

ctio

n of

old

tech

nolo

gy to

be

recy

cled

pro

perly

wer

e m

ade

arou

nd th

e tim

e of

gra

de 5

exh

ibiti

on. G

rade

5 st

uden

ts w

ere

also

col

lect

ing

pict

ure

book

s for

the

Mad

den

DeLu

ca fo

unda

tion.

As a

scho

ol, w

e re

cogn

ize a

nee

d to

con

tinue

to p

rom

ote

stud

ent-

initi

ated

stag

e fiv

e ac

tion

in th

e fu

ture

.

St. E

lizab

eth

Er

ica S

teph

enso

n,

Chap

lain

/Am

ber N

ichol

son

Stag

e 1

• Th

e sc

hool

pro

vide

s bre

akfa

st a

nd lu

nch

for 5

0 of

its s

tude

nts

ever

y da

y th

roug

h th

e m

eal p

rogr

am

• Al

l fie

ld tr

ips a

re su

bsid

ized

for t

he w

hole

scho

ol; f

or th

ose

child

ren

on th

e m

eal p

rogr

am, a

ll fe

es a

re w

aive

d •

The

Libr

ary

Club

and

the

scho

ol ra

ised

mon

ey a

t our

Win

ter F

amily

Fun

Nig

ht to

mak

e a

larg

e do

natio

n fo

r the

Sig

n of

Hop

e Ca

mpa

ign

Stag

e 2

• W

e in

stal

led

a la

rge

com

mun

ity “

Budd

y Be

nch”

mar

ked

with

cru

cifix

es fo

r our

out

door

are

a.

Stud

ents

ear

ned

toke

ns fo

r Ac

ts o

f Len

t and

this

wen

t tow

ards

the

paym

ent o

f the

ben

ch.

We

chos

e th

is pr

ojec

t bec

ause

it a

ddre

sses

the

need

s of o

ur

ELL

popu

latio

ns a

nd w

ill h

elp

to p

rom

ote

our “

Buck

et F

illin

g” th

eme

of fo

llow

ing

Jesu

s’ e

xam

ple

at o

ur sc

hool

. It

is al

so a

w

elco

min

g pl

ace

for a

nyon

e fr

om th

e co

mm

unity

to si

t. •

We

exec

uted

a C

hris

tmas

Ham

per p

rogr

am th

at d

onat

es la

rge

ham

pers

full

of d

onat

ed it

ems t

o fa

mili

es in

nee

d w

ithin

our

co

mm

unity

. W

e pr

oduc

ed 3

0 ha

mpe

rs fo

r the

se fa

mili

es a

nd th

ese

wer

e de

liver

ed to

hom

es b

y st

aff v

olun

teer

s •

In c

onju

nctio

n w

ith th

e Pa

rent

Sch

ool C

omm

ittee

, we

put o

n “S

anta

’s P

anca

ke B

reak

fast

” fo

r the

ent

ire sc

hool

com

mun

ity

and

over

40

univ

ersit

y at

hlet

es v

olun

teer

ed to

hel

p se

rve

panc

akes

and

men

tor s

tude

nts.

Stag

e 3

We

have

a G

rade

6 so

cial

just

ice

com

mitt

ee th

at fo

cuse

s mai

nly

on p

rovi

ding

info

rmat

ion

and

crea

ting

awar

enes

s cam

paig

ns d

ue

to th

e ec

onom

ic st

atus

of o

ur c

omm

unity

. Th

ey h

ave

invo

lved

the

entir

e sc

hool

in th

e fo

llow

ing

even

ts:

• Ha

llow

een

Haun

ted

Hous

e as

ked

for f

ood

bank

don

atio

ns a

nd m

oney

as e

ntry

; thi

s was

don

ated

to o

ur m

eal p

rogr

am

• 12

stud

ents

wro

te a

refle

ctio

n on

a so

cial

just

ice

activ

ity th

at th

ey h

ad to

per

form

out

side

of sc

hool

and

qua

lifie

d to

pa

rtic

ipat

e in

We

Day

in O

ctob

er 2

015;

•

For B

ully

Pre

vent

ion

Wee

k th

ey c

reat

ed p

oste

rs a

nd sp

oke

on th

e an

noun

cem

ents

abo

ut b

ully

pre

vent

ion.

The

y w

ill b

e pr

omot

ing

wea

r pin

k da

y on

Feb

24t

h to

spea

k ou

t aga

inst

bul

lyin

g; S

affr

on S

ocie

ty w

ill a

lso p

rese

nt o

n Bu

llyin

g;

88

Soci

al Ju

stic

e 20

15-2

016

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atio

nal P

lann

ing

M

ay 2

016

41

• Co

llect

ed d

onat

ions

for t

he T

erry

Fox

Run

•

Colle

cted

don

atio

ns fo

r the

food

ban

k fo

r St.

Ther

esa’

s Foo

d Ba

nk th

roug

h th

e “B

reak

a R

ule

Day”

•

We

cele

brat

ed M

ind,

Bod

y, a

nd S

pirit

Day

to c

reat

e aw

aren

ess a

bout

self-

care

Stag

e 4

St

age

5

St. E

lizab

eth

Seto

n Jeff

Filli

on

Stag

e 1

• Gr

ade

4 re

sear

ched

nee

ds in

Edm

onto

n an

d ch

ose

to a

ssist

the

Zebr

a Ch

ild P

rote

ctio

n Ce

nter

with

ice

crea

m sa

les.

The

y le

arne

d th

e va

lue

of c

hild

ren

help

ing

othe

rs.

•

Grad

e 6'

s res

pond

ed to

the

need

s of t

he c

itize

ns o

f For

t McM

urra

y by

raisi

ng m

oney

with

a b

ake

sale

. The

y le

arne

d th

e va

lue

of re

spon

ding

to th

e "d

uty

of th

e m

omen

t".

• Th

e W

e Ac

t gro

up c

ontr

ibut

ed to

the

sam

e ca

use

with

Fre

ezie

sale

s.

• Gr

ade

7 re

sear

ched

the

issue

s fac

ed b

y th

e Sy

rian

civi

l war

refu

gees

and

cho

se to

resp

ond

with

a b

ake

sale

for C

anad

ian

Refu

gee

Serv

ices

. The

y le

arne

d th

at C

anad

a as

a c

ount

ry o

f im

mig

rant

s has

a sp

ecia

l rol

e in

ass

istin

g ot

hers

less

adv

anta

ged

than

our

selv

es.

• Gr

ade

8's c

over

ed a

var

iety

of S

ocia

l Jus

tice

topi

cs in

Rel

igio

n an

d ch

ose

to h

elp

the

loca

l Edm

onto

n co

mm

unity

by

runn

ing

a cl

othi

ng d

rive

for t

he B

isse

ll Ce

ntre

. •

The

entir

e sc

hool

par

ticip

ated

in th

e Te

rry

Fox

Run

and

raise

d m

oney

for c

ance

r res

earc

h.

• Th

e W

e Ac

t gro

up ra

ised

mon

ey fo

r Fre

e th

e Ch

ildre

n an

d le

arne

d th

e va

lue

of e

duca

tion.

Stag

e 2

• Pr

ovid

ed C

hris

tmas

food

ham

pers

for f

amili

es a

t Set

on th

at n

eede

d a

help

ing

hand

at C

hrist

mas

tim

e. S

tude

nts l

earn

ed

abou

t the

impa

ct o

f hel

ping

out

the

less

fort

unat

e in

the

Seto

n co

mm

unity

. •

Jr. h

igh

stud

ents

hel

ped

elem

enta

ry st

uden

ts c

reat

e Ch

ristm

as c

ards

for s

enio

rs a

t the

Kirk

ness

Cen

ter.

The

y le

arne

d th

at li

fe

is sa

cred

at a

ll ag

es a

nd h

uman

dig

nity

requ

ires s

uppo

rt.

• Le

ader

ship

8 st

uden

ts h

ave

done

the

recy

clin

g fo

r the

juni

or h

igh

lunc

hes a

ll ye

ar lo

ng. T

hey

have

act

ed o

n an

d w

ith th

e kn

owle

dge

of "

Care

of/

for C

reat

ion"

. •

Vario

us g

rade

7 a

nd 8

stud

ents

use

d Fl

ex d

ay c

lass

es to

rese

arch

the

area

s in

the

Phili

ppin

es in

nee

d of

hel

p af

ter t

he

typh

on.

They

cho

se a

scho

ol to

ass

ist a

nd ra

ised

mon

ey to

buy

and

ship

scho

ol su

pplie

s to

that

are

a. T

hey

lear

ned

the

valu

e of

edu

catio

n an

d th

e ne

ed to

supp

ort e

duca

tiona

l effo

rts i

n de

velo

ping

cou

ntrie

s.

• Le

ader

ship

8 c

arrie

d ou

t a fu

nd-r

aise

r for

the

"Mak

e a

Wis

h" fo

unda

tion

and

agai

n le

arne

d ab

out h

uman

dig

nity

at a

ll st

ages

of

life

.

Stag

e 3

• W

e Ac

t stu

dent

s car

ried

out s

ever

al p

roje

cts t

hat h

ave

hope

fully

lead

to la

stin

g ch

ange

in se

vera

l thi

rd w

orld

cou

ntrie

s.

Firs

tly, t

hey

orga

nize

d an

d ca

rrie

d ou

t bak

e sa

les g

eare

d to

war

ds ra

ising

fund

s for

"Fr

ee th

e Ch

ildre

n" a

s par

t of t

he W

e Sc

hool

s pro

gram

. Th

e fu

nds w

ill g

o to

supp

ort e

duca

tion

in d

evel

opin

g co

untr

ies b

y bu

ildin

g an

d su

pply

ing

scho

ols w

here

th

ere

are

none

and

whe

re c

hild

ren

are

bein

g ex

ploi

ted

as a

n un

derp

aid

wor

k fo

rce.

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• Se

cond

ly, t

hey

orga

nize

d a

driv

e to

col

lect

poc

ket c

hang

e as

par

t of t

he "

We

Crea

te C

hang

e" c

ampa

ign.

Thi

s pro

ject

pro

vide

s cl

ean

drin

king

wat

er fo

r life

to fa

mili

es in

dev

elop

ing

coun

trie

s. T

he st

uden

ts le

arne

d ab

out t

heir

resp

onsib

ility

tow

ards

ot

hers

not

onl

y at

hom

e, b

ut a

cros

s the

glo

be.

Stag

e 4

St

age

5

St. F

ranc

is of

Ass

isi

Mar

k Sy

lves

tre

Stag

e 1

• Co

ntin

ued

with

food

ban

k co

llect

ions

, hot

cho

cola

te sa

les t

o su

ppor

t Edm

onto

n Hu

man

e So

ciet

y

Stag

e 2

• W

e w

ere

able

to m

ake

conn

ectio

ns w

ith se

vera

l loc

al o

rgan

izatio

ns a

nd sc

hool

s to

shar

e ou

r sto

ry.

Stu

dent

s visi

ted

from

St.

Kate

ri, S

t. M

artin

and

Arc

hbish

op Jo

seph

McN

eil.

In o

ur lo

cal c

omm

unity

we

dist

ribut

ed V

alen

tine’

s to

our n

eigh

bour

s. A

lso

we

mad

e a

conn

ectio

n w

ith S

t. Bo

nave

ntur

e w

here

stud

ents

cam

e an

d sh

ared

thei

r dru

mm

ing

skill

s with

us a

nd w

e w

ill b

e re

turn

ing

the

favo

r by

visit

ing

thei

r sch

ool n

ext y

ear t

o sh

are

Abor

igin

al d

ance

and

dru

mm

ing.

Stag

e 3

• O

ur st

uden

ts a

re p

art o

f the

Lea

der i

n M

e pr

ogra

m a

nd w

e ho

sted

a m

orni

ng a

nd a

fter

noon

eve

nt w

here

the

stud

ents

pr

esen

ted

to 5

0 gu

ests

as w

ell a

s our

ent

ire st

uden

t bod

y on

the

lead

ersh

ip ro

les w

e ha

ve o

ffere

d at

our

scho

ol.

Stag

e 4

St

age

5 •

We

are

enco

urag

ing

our s

tude

nts t

o be

com

e le

ader

s not

onl

y in

scho

ol b

ut a

t hom

e an

d in

the

com

mun

ity.

We

are

look

ing

at

host

ing

anot

her d

ay sh

owca

sing

our l

eade

rshi

p sk

ills.

St. F

ranc

is Xa

vier

Eu

geni

a Ch

isott

i

Stag

e 1

This

year

our

stud

ents

wer

e in

volv

ed in

man

y st

uden

t led

eve

nts.

Pos

ters

, adv

ertis

emen

ts, F

X ap

p, T

witt

er, F

aceb

ook

and

othe

r m

eans

was

use

d to

dra

w a

tten

tion

to th

e iss

ues t

hey

wan

ted

to su

ppor

t.

• O

ver 3

00 st

uden

ts w

ere

invo

lved

in a

24

Bike

-a-th

on w

hich

raise

d ov

er $

72,0

00 fo

r the

Sig

n of

Hop

e an

d th

e Ed

mon

ton

Cath

olic

Sch

ools

Foun

datio

n

Stag

e 2

As a

scho

ol w

e:

• ru

n/w

alk

the

Run

for t

he C

ure

race

•

wen

t to

the

soup

kitc

hen

to se

rve

mea

ls

• w

ent t

o th

e M

iser

icor

dia

Hosp

ital t

o pe

rfor

m a

Chr

istm

as c

once

rt

• su

ppor

ted

WE

orga

nize

d a

colle

ctio

n of

win

ter c

oats

mitt

s etc

.

• go

ove

r to

Annu

ncia

tion

Scho

ol a

nd re

ad w

ith th

e ki

ds, t

hey

com

e to

our

scho

ol fo

r cel

ebra

tions

•

The

Socc

er A

cade

my

and

foot

ball

team

s go

to th

e sc

hool

and

pla

y ga

mes

with

the

kids

•

The

Acad

emy

stud

ents

wen

t ove

r to

St. E

lizab

eth

Scho

ol to

hel

p or

gani

ze a

nd se

rve

a pa

ncak

e br

eakf

ast

• Th

e So

ccer

Aca

dem

y st

uden

ts w

ent o

ver t

o th

e sa

me

scho

ol a

nd h

elpe

d co

ach

and

lead

the

stud

ents

in so

ccer

ass

ocia

ted

gam

es a

nd sk

ills

Stag

e 3

• Fo

r the

pas

t 20

year

s St.

FX fo

otba

ll te

am h

as jo

ined

with

the

Gr. 1

cla

sses

at A

nnun

ciat

ion

Scho

ol a

nd fo

cuse

d on

su

ppor

ting

thes

e st

uden

ts w

ith fo

od, p

layi

ng g

ames

and

clot

hing

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• Ev

er si

nce

ST. F

X da

y ha

s bee

n ce

lebr

ated

our

stud

ents

hav

e do

nate

d To

onie

s to

the

Yout

h Em

erge

ncy

Shel

ter

• Th

e an

nual

Chi

cks w

ith S

ticks

hoc

key

gam

e ha

s sup

port

ed th

e St

olle

ry C

hild

ren’

s M

ultic

ultu

ral D

ay h

as b

een

raisi

ng fu

nds f

or

third

wor

ld sc

hool

s •

The

kids

don

ated

mon

ey to

the

Hear

t and

Str

oke

Foun

datio

n VI

A a

dodg

e ba

ll ga

me

• Th

e gr

ade

12 st

uden

ts a

nd th

eir p

aren

ts h

ad a

col

lect

ion

and

dona

ted

mon

ey to

the

Fort

McM

urra

y re

side

nts

and

rais

ed

mon

ey fo

r the

Syr

ian

refu

gees

St

age

4

Stag

e 5

• As

a re

sult

of st

uden

ts g

oing

to W

E Da

y, so

me

of o

ur fo

rmer

gra

duat

es h

ave

cont

inue

d on

the

ir ow

n w

ith d

iffer

ent e

vent

s W

E da

y of

fers

. •

We

have

supp

orte

d th

e YE

SS fo

r man

y ye

ars a

nd a

re n

ow fo

cusin

g on

get

ting

our s

tude

nts t

o do

nate

jean

s thr

ough

out t

he

year

•

Stud

ents

are

now

vol

unte

erin

g at

the

Yout

h U

N o

rgan

izatio

n •

Som

e of

our

stud

ents

hav

e be

en a

ctiv

e in

the

chur

ch a

s Alte

r Ser

vers

and

we

now

hav

e a

grou

p of

them

that

con

tinue

s ove

r th

e ye

ars.

•

Fun

Play

is a

n or

gani

zatio

n th

at th

e st

uden

ts v

olun

teer

•

Thro

ugh

thei

r con

nect

ion

with

the

Chap

lain

s At L

arge

num

ber o

f our

you

th a

re a

ctiv

ely

invo

lved

with

thei

r par

ishes

St. G

abrie

l Ei

leen

Lou

ghlin

Stag

e 1

This

year

St.

Gabr

iel h

as b

een

very

bus

y at

this

stag

e of

soci

al ju

stic

e. In

con

junc

tion

with

our

rece

nt e

ntry

into

the

cand

idac

y ph

ase

of th

e Pr

imar

y Ye

ars P

rogr

am o

f IB,

brin

ging

relie

f to

the

imm

edia

te n

eeds

of o

ther

s has

allo

wed

the

stud

ents

to b

ecom

e m

ore

empa

thet

ic a

nd u

nder

stan

ding

of t

he b

asic

nee

ds o

f oth

ers i

n ou

r com

mun

ity, p

rovi

nce

and

wor

ld.

•

Cere

al d

rive

by th

e 10

0 Vo

ices

stud

ent f

or S

t. Th

eres

a Sc

hool

•

Bake

sale

s by

the

grad

e six

stud

ents

to p

urch

ase

mos

quito

net

s in

Keny

a •

Brin

g re

lief t

o th

e fa

mili

es o

f For

t McM

urra

y an

d a

wid

e va

riety

of o

ther

col

lect

ions

by

clas

ses i

n be

twee

n, g

ener

osity

is a

n im

med

iate

reac

tion

by o

ur st

uden

ts.

Stag

e 2

• O

ur g

rade

four

stud

ents

dev

elop

ed a

rela

tions

hip

thro

ugh

thei

r tea

cher

with

PAW

s, a

dog

resc

ue o

rgan

izatio

n. A

fter

lear

ning

ab

out h

ow o

ther

mem

bers

of o

ur c

omm

unity

offe

r the

ir tim

e an

d gi

fts t

o re

-hom

e un

wan

ted

dogs

, the

stud

ents

dec

ided

th

at, e

ven

thou

gh th

ey c

ould

not

vol

unte

er d

irect

ly w

ith P

AWS,

they

cou

ld p

rovi

de se

rvic

e in

the

role

as a

rtist

s. W

ith P

AWS

volu

ntee

rs, t

he st

uden

ts e

ach

crea

ted

pain

tings

usin

g ac

tual

dog

gie

foot

prin

ts.

Thes

e pi

eces

of a

rt w

ere

late

r sol

d at

a si

lent

au

ctio

n an

d th

e m

oney

raise

d w

as d

onat

ed. T

his a

ctio

n w

as m

ore

than

just

a c

olle

ctio

n. T

hese

stud

ents

pro

vide

d se

rvic

e to

th

e or

gani

zatio

n by

cre

ativ

ely

re-im

agin

ing

wha

t ser

vice

cou

ld b

e, a

nd d

id n

ot a

llow

thei

r lim

itatio

ns o

f age

to st

op th

eir

effo

rts.

Stag

e 3

• Du

ring

this

Year

of M

ercy

, the

staf

f and

stud

ents

of S

t. Ga

brie

l hav

e be

en fo

cuse

d up

on P

ope

Fran

cis'

mes

sage

of c

are

for

othe

rs a

nd c

reat

ion.

Kno

wle

dge

of th

e Co

rpor

al a

nd S

pirit

ual W

orks

of M

ercy

hav

e op

ened

the

stud

ents

eye

s and

hea

rts t

o m

ove

into

act

ion,

with

kin

dnes

s and

the

awar

enes

s of w

ays t

o al

levi

ate

the

suffe

ring

of o

ther

s with

in th

e co

mm

unity

as t

he

last

ing

chan

ge a

s the

goa

l. Th

roug

h th

is ev

olvi

ng se

lf-aw

aren

ess o

f the

suffe

ring,

bot

h vi

sible

and

invi

sible

, of o

ther

s in

our

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mid

st, t

he st

uden

ts b

ecam

e m

ore

verb

al a

nd e

mpo

wer

ed to

cou

rage

ously

ent

er in

to si

tuat

ions

of h

urt o

r sad

ness

. Th

eir

resp

onse

s ran

ged

from

off

erin

g fo

rgiv

enes

s, in

vita

tions

to jo

in p

eers

in g

ames

and

car

ds d

eliv

ered

to th

eir n

eigb

ourh

ood

and

hosp

ital.

Car

e of

Cre

atio

n w

as a

dopt

ed sc

hool

wid

e vi

a pr

esen

tatio

ns a

bout

the

ocea

n, c

ompo

stin

g, re

cycl

ing,

scho

ol

yard

cle

an u

p, b

uild

ing

of b

ird fe

eder

s and

the

scho

ol v

eget

able

gar

den.

Stag

e 4

St

age

5 •

As w

e en

ter i

nto

the

IB-P

YP, w

e lo

ok fo

rwar

d to

stud

ent s

elec

ted

proj

ects

that

will

ena

ble

them

to a

dvoc

ate

for s

truc

tura

l ch

ange

. We

will

also

beg

in in

corp

orat

ing

Scho

las

Occ

urre

ntes

, Pop

e Fr

anci

s' ca

ll fo

r all

to p

artic

ipat

e in

a c

ultu

re o

f enc

ount

er

via

tech

nolo

gy a

nd th

e Ar

ts a

nd S

port

s. T

his i

nitia

tive

also

em

brac

es th

e IB

lear

ner a

ttrib

ute

of In

tern

atio

nal M

inde

dnes

s.

St. G

erar

d

Alex

But

tigie

g

Stag

e 1

• St

uden

ts fr

om o

ur g

rade

4 c

lass

star

ted

a re

cycl

ing

prog

ram

at S

t Ger

ard.

Eve

ry p

enny

raise

d go

es d

irect

ly to

the

Edm

onto

n Fo

od B

ank.

We

acce

ss th

e Fo

od B

ank

to su

bsid

ize o

ur S

choo

l Sna

ck P

rogr

am a

nd th

e st

uden

t bod

y fe

lt th

is w

ould

be

the

best

w

ay to

giv

e ba

ck to

thos

e w

ho a

re h

elpi

ng u

s.

Stag

e 2

• O

ur g

rade

4 st

uden

ts e

xam

ined

vol

unte

erism

and

how

they

can

pla

y an

act

ive

role

in th

eir c

omm

unity

. Th

e fo

cus o

f the

stud

y w

as to

raise

aw

aren

ess o

f the

nee

ds w

ithin

our

com

mun

ity a

nd h

ow th

ey, a

s mem

ber o

f soc

iety

can

hel

p.

• O

ur g

rade

5 a

nd 6

stud

ents

exa

min

ed N

GO's

of th

eir c

hoic

e. T

he fo

cus a

gain

bei

ng to

rais

e aw

aren

ess o

f the

nee

ds in

our

w

orld

and

how

mem

bers

of s

ocie

ty c

an h

elp

supp

ort t

hose

nee

ds.

Stag

e 3

• In

Feb

ruar

y of

this

year

St G

erar

d El

emen

tary

sign

ed u

p to

be

a W

e Sc

hool

. Th

e cr

iteria

to m

aint

ain

this

stat

us is

to in

volv

e yo

urse

lf in

two

Soci

al Ju

stic

e ac

tiviti

es; o

ne lo

cal a

nd th

e ot

her g

loba

l. A

lthou

gh w

e go

t off

to a

late

star

t we

wer

e ab

le to

do

both

of t

hese

. O

ur h

ope

for n

ext y

ear i

s tha

t thi

s will

cre

ate

the

need

ed m

omen

tum

for n

ext y

ear.

Mor

e th

an a

nyth

ing,

the

reso

urce

s and

supp

ort w

e re

ceiv

ed fr

om th

e W

e Sc

hool

org

aniza

tion

is al

low

ing

us to

inst

ill a

"Soc

ial J

ustic

e" m

inds

et in

all

of

our s

taff

and

stud

ents

. O

ur p

lan

is to

att

end

We

Day

next

yea

r and

kic

k st

art t

he y

ear i

n a

pro-

activ

e m

anne

r.

Stag

e 4

St

age

5 •

This

is th

e se

cond

yea

r tha

t St G

erar

d El

emen

tary

has

had

a S

tude

nt L

eade

rshi

p Te

am (G

rade

3 to

6 st

uden

ts).

The

focu

s for

la

st y

ear a

nd th

e fir

st p

art o

f thi

s has

bee

n st

uden

t mor

ale

and

scho

ol sp

irit.

In la

tter

par

t of t

his y

ear t

he fo

cus s

hift

ed to

en

gagi

ng th

e Le

ader

ship

mem

bers

in d

ialo

gue

surr

ound

ing

Soci

al Ju

stic

e. W

e ha

d a

repr

esen

tativ

e fr

om E

arth

Gro

up c

ome

in a

nd sp

eak

to th

e st

uden

t bod

y. F

ollo

win

g th

is, th

ey a

gree

d th

at o

ur g

oal f

or n

ext y

ear w

ould

be

to fo

cus o

n ra

ising

aw

aren

ess s

urro

undi

ng S

ocia

l Jus

tice.

Som

e of

the

ques

tions

the

team

dec

ided

they

wou

ld p

rese

nt to

the

stud

ent b

ody

are:

W

hat a

re th

e ne

eds i

n ou

r wor

ld (E

dmon

ton,

Can

ada,

ear

th)?

How

can

we

mak

e a

diffe

renc

e?

St. H

ilda

Jean

ette

McM

illan

Stag

e 1

• Cl

othe

s col

lect

ed fo

r Syr

ian

Refu

gee

fam

ily

• Fu

nd ra

ising

for S

yria

n Re

fuge

e fa

mily

•

Fund

raisi

ng fo

r Ft M

cMur

ray

Fire

•

Fund

s rai

sed

for T

erry

Fox

Run

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• Fu

nds r

aise

d fo

r Ret

t Syn

drom

e So

ciet

y of

Alb

erta

•

Fund

s rai

sed

for R

ed C

ross

Stag

e 2

• Fo

od c

olle

cted

for F

ood

Bank

Stag

e 3

• Pu

rple

hai

r dye

ing

for R

ett S

yndr

ome

awar

enes

s •

Mov

embe

r •

Acts

of K

indn

ess

• Ki

ndne

ss B

ake

sale

•

Stud

ents

pra

ctic

ed a

war

enes

s and

self-

regu

latio

n

Stag

e 4

St

age

5

St. J

ames

Lo

ri Lu

ndee

n

Stag

e 1

• 10

0 Vo

ices

, Gra

de 2

and

4 st

uden

ts sh

owed

car

ing

for t

he e

nviro

nmen

t by

clea

ning

the

scho

ol y

ard

and

bein

g di

ligen

t by

turn

ing

off l

ight

s and

thro

win

g ga

rbag

e in

to g

arba

ge o

r rec

yclin

g co

ntai

ners

•

Grad

e 1

and

Kind

erga

rten

col

lect

ed h

ats,

scar

fs, m

itten

s and

sock

s for

the

Yout

h Em

erge

ncy

Shel

ter

• Gr

ade

2 an

d 3

stud

ents

cre

ated

Thi

nkin

g of

You

car

ds th

at w

ere

deliv

ered

to th

e Ev

acue

es o

f For

t McM

urra

y at

the

Edm

onto

n Ex

po C

ente

r

• Gr

ade

3 st

uden

ts w

orke

d to

spre

ad m

essa

ges o

f “Pe

ace

and

Kind

ness

” th

roug

hout

our

scho

ol.

• Gr

ade

5 st

uden

ts c

olle

cted

food

item

s for

a fa

mily

of n

eed.

Thi

s fam

ily c

onsis

ted

of fo

rmer

stud

ents

of o

ur sc

hool

. •

Grad

e 6

stud

ents

sold

free

zies

dur

ing

rece

ss a

nd d

onat

ed th

e pr

ocee

ds to

the

Red

Cros

s •

Who

le sc

hool

col

lect

ed it

ems f

or F

ort M

cMur

ray,

food

item

s for

Tha

nksg

ivin

g an

d Ch

ristm

as, a

nd w

inte

r acc

esso

ries f

or o

ur

Mitt

en T

ree

whi

ch w

as d

onat

ed to

You

th E

mer

genc

y Sh

elte

r

Stag

e 2

• Gr

ade

3 st

uden

ts c

reat

ed C

hris

tmas

Car

ds a

nd d

eliv

ered

them

to h

ouse

s in

the

St. J

ames

com

mun

ity

Stag

e 3

• Gr

ade

3, 4

, 5, 6

stud

ents

trav

elle

d to

B’s

Din

er e

ach

mon

th, c

reat

ed 1

00 b

agge

d lu

nche

s an

d he

lped

del

iver

them

to s

choo

ls

in n

eed.

Thi

s ser

vice

has

bee

n on

goin

g fo

r the

pas

t fou

r yea

rs.

• Fo

r the

pas

t tw

o ye

ars,

the

Grad

e 5

teac

her a

nd G

rade

6 st

uden

t ser

ved

supp

er a

t hom

eles

s she

lters

thro

ugho

ut th

e ye

ar.

They

also

cre

ated

hom

emad

e Ch

ristm

as a

nd E

aste

r car

ds to

dis

trib

ute

at th

is tim

e.

Stag

e 4

St

age

5

St. J

erom

e

Jack

ie F

lynn

Stag

e 1

• Te

rry

Fox

Run:

an

annu

al so

cial

just

ice

even

t whe

re c

hild

ren

lear

ned

mor

e ab

out t

he c

omm

itmen

t and

stor

y of

a C

anad

ian

hero

and

the

soci

ety

that

has

wor

ked

for d

ecad

es to

raise

aw

aren

ess a

nd m

oney

for c

ance

r res

earc

h. T

he c

hild

ren

bene

fit

from

lear

ning

mor

e ab

out a

Can

adia

n Ic

on a

nd h

ero

as w

ell a

s get

ting

soci

ally

invo

lved

as a

gro

up b

y pa

rtic

ipat

ing

in a

ph

ysic

al a

ctiv

ity to

geth

er.

The

Cana

dian

Can

cer s

ocie

ty w

as th

e m

oney

ben

efic

iary

.

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• Ca

ndy

Cane

gra

ms a

nd p

opco

rn sa

les:

Stu

dent

s und

erst

ood

that

the

mon

ey w

as g

oing

to S

ign

of H

ope.

Thi

s tie

d in

wel

l with

ou

r Hea

lth, S

ocia

l Stu

dies

and

Rel

igio

n cu

rric

ulum

whe

re w

e le

arn

abou

t vol

unte

erin

g, h

elpi

ng o

ther

s and

the

conc

ept o

f ch

arity

wor

k. T

his a

llow

ed th

em to

mak

e re

al w

orld

con

nect

ions

. •

Popp

y sa

les f

or R

emem

bran

ce D

ay

• Co

llect

ed fo

od fo

r the

Edm

onto

n Fo

od B

ank:

With

in th

e sc

hool

com

mun

ity, t

here

are

fam

ilies

who

acc

ess t

he E

dmon

ton

Food

Ban

k an

d w

ould

hav

e be

en in

dire

ctly

ass

isted

by

our c

ontr

ibut

ions

, if n

ot d

irect

ly.

Stag

e 2

• Ra

ndom

Act

s of K

indn

ess:

We

disc

usse

d th

e qu

ote:

“Ha

ppin

ess i

s lik

e a

butt

erfly

; the

mor

e yo

u ch

ase

it, th

e m

ore

it w

ill

elud

e yo

u. B

ut if

you

turn

you

r att

entio

n to

oth

er th

ings

, it w

ill c

ome

and

sit so

ftly

on

your

shou

lder

” - H

enry

Dav

id T

hore

au.

We

mad

e th

e co

nnec

tion

that

if y

ou st

op w

orry

ing

abou

t you

r ow

n ha

ppin

ess a

nd tu

rn y

our a

tten

tion

to o

ther

s and

mak

ing

othe

r peo

ple

feel

goo

d th

en y

our h

appi

ness

will

com

e. W

ith th

at, w

e ca

me

to th

e de

cisio

n to

cre

ate

orig

ami b

utte

rflie

s with

ta

gs a

ttac

hed

to th

em –

one

sid

e of

the

note

had

a n

ice

com

men

t and

the

othe

r sid

e ha

d a

sugg

estio

n fo

r a ra

ndom

act

of

kind

ness

. Th

ey w

ere

give

n to

eve

ry st

uden

t in

the

scho

ol a

nd th

ey w

ere

then

enc

oura

ged

to re

ad th

eir c

ompl

imen

t and

pas

s on

a ra

ndom

act

of k

indn

ess.

I th

ink

the

big

take

aw

ay fo

r my

stud

ents

was

how

to w

ork

toge

ther

and

ach

ieve

a c

omm

on

goal

. Som

e of

us a

re b

ette

r at s

ome

thin

gs (e

x. fo

ldin

g th

e bu

tter

flies

) whe

re o

ther

s wer

e m

ore

succ

essf

ul a

t oth

er a

reas

of

the

proc

ess.

Stag

e 3

St

age

4

Stag

e 5

St. J

ohn

Bosc

o

Nico

lett

a Pa

pani

cola

s/

Ange

la D

ewin

g

Stag

e 1

• Fo

od B

ank

for M

othe

r Ter

esa

Scho

ol

• Te

rry

Fox

Run

Canc

er D

onat

ions

•

WE

Day

- Bat

tery

Col

lect

ion/

Free

the

Child

ren

- glo

bal s

ocia

l jus

tice

for I

ndia

•

WE

Day

- Cal

gary

Foo

d Ba

nk

• M

usic

Pro

gram

at S

t. M

icha

el's

Ext

ende

d Ca

re C

entr

e

• Ch

ristm

as C

ards

to S

t. M

icha

el's

Exte

nded

Car

e Ce

ntre

•

Ging

erbr

ead

Hous

e Ra

ffle

- Wis

h Ki

ds F

ound

atio

n, S

ign

of H

ope

and

Drea

ms f

or K

ids

•

Mus

tard

See

d - l

unch

and

car

ds w

ere

mad

e by

stud

ents

•

Supp

ortin

g A

Refu

gee

Fam

ily In

Our

Sch

ool

• Ch

ristm

as F

ood

Driv

e - E

dmon

ton

Food

Ban

k •

Y.E.

S.S.

- ite

ms c

olle

cted

for r

esid

ents

dur

ing

St. J

ohn

Bosc

o Fe

ast D

ay

• Fr

ee th

e Ch

ildre

n - G

.R.A

.C.E

. Clu

b fu

ndra

ised

for c

lean

wat

er/s

anita

tion

in In

dia

• Ea

ux C

laire

s Ext

ende

d Ca

re V

isit

•

Rive

r Rid

ge S

enio

r Lod

ge -

card

s •

Nee

d So

me

Love

, Tak

e So

me

Love

- GR

ACE

Club

- Po

st It

Not

e Bu

lletin

Boa

rd

• Ki

ds H

elpi

ng K

ids -

Gra

nola

bar

s for

St.

Fran

cisis

of A

sisi

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• Ya

rd C

lean

Up

- Ear

th D

ay a

war

enes

s thr

ough

bro

adca

st

• Fo

rt M

cMur

ray

Dona

tions

- ite

ms +

$ fo

r Red

Cro

ss

Stag

e 2

• M

usic

Pro

gram

at S

t. M

icha

el's

Exte

nded

Car

e Ce

ntre

- st

uden

ts p

erfo

rmed

a sh

ort p

rogr

am a

nd p

rese

nted

hom

emad

e Ch

ristm

as c

ards

with

resid

ents

•

Mus

tard

See

d - m

onie

s rai

sed

wer

e us

ed to

buy

supp

lies t

o m

ake

sand

wic

hes a

nd sw

eet t

reat

s for

thos

e w

ho re

ly o

n th

is fa

cilit

y •

Visi

t to

Eaux

Cla

ires E

xten

ded

Care

- st

uden

ts d

id a

shor

t pro

gram

and

shar

ed c

ards

and

gift

s with

resid

ents

•

Yard

Cle

an U

p - E

arth

Day

aw

aren

ess y

ear r

ound

- st

uden

ts c

lean

ed th

e sc

hool

yar

d at

var

ious

tim

es th

roug

hout

the

scho

ol

year

and

G.R

.A.C

.E. C

lub

gave

env

ironm

enta

l tip

s on

broa

dcas

t

Stag

e 3

• Fr

ee th

e Ch

ildre

n - G

.R.A

.C.E

. Clu

b - a

glo

bal s

ocia

l jus

tice

proj

ect t

hat p

rovi

ded

clea

n w

ater

and

sani

tatio

n in

com

mun

ities

in

Indi

a. F

undr

aise

rs fo

r our

glo

bal p

roje

ct c

onsis

ted

of p

opco

rn sa

les,

can

dy ja

r gue

ss a

nd a

can

dy b

ag sa

le d

urin

g on

e of

our

de

mon

stra

tion

of le

arni

ng e

veni

ngs

• N

eed

Som

e Lo

ve, T

ake

Som

e Lo

ve -

G.R.

A.C.

E. C

lub

- thi

s act

ivity

coi

ncid

ed w

ith R

ando

m A

cts o

f Kin

dnes

s in

Febr

uary

. St

uden

ts fi

lled

post

-it n

otes

with

wor

ds o

f enc

oura

gem

ent,

este

em a

nd lo

ve a

nd st

uden

ts fr

om th

e sc

hool

wer

e in

vite

d to

w

alk

by a

nd ta

ke w

hat t

hey

need

ed fo

r the

dur

atio

n of

the

entir

e w

eek

• So

cial

Just

ice

Awar

enes

s/Sc

hool

Env

ironm

ent o

n Br

oadc

ast -

G.R

.A.C

.E. C

lub

- pos

ters

, bul

letin

boa

rds,

and

an

noun

cem

ents

/PPT

's/M

ovie

s/Vi

deo

Stag

e 4

•

Stag

e 5

• G.

R.A.

C.E.

Clu

b - G

raci

ousl

y Re

achi

ng O

ut a

nd C

arin

g fo

r Eve

rybo

dy' -

a m

ulti-

age

grou

p of

stud

ents

in g

rade

s 3-6

that

mak

e a

year

ly c

omm

itmen

t to

supp

ort a

nd in

vest

igat

e lo

cal s

ocia

l jus

tice

oppo

rtun

ities

that

touc

h ou

r com

mun

ity/c

ity a

nd o

rgan

ize

vario

us in

itiat

ives

for o

ur sc

hool

com

mun

ity to

par

ticip

ate

in. S

tude

nts'

pass

ion

for r

each

ing

out t

o he

lp o

ther

s is r

egul

arly

sh

ared

thro

ugh

post

ers,

bul

letin

boa

rds,

mor

ning

bro

adca

st u

pdat

es a

nd m

essa

ges a

nd sc

hool

ass

embl

ies.

The

them

e th

is ye

ar, "

Imag

inee

r’s",

cha

lleng

ed th

e st

uden

ts to

thin

k of

inno

vativ

e so

lutio

ns to

hel

p th

ose

in n

eed

thro

ugh

vario

us

fund

raise

rs a

nd e

vent

s.

• Fr

ee th

e Ch

ildre

n - G

.R.A

.C.E

. Clu

b - I

nnov

ativ

e pl

ans f

or th

e sc

hool

yea

r for

fund

raisi

ng a

ctiv

ities

pro

vide

opp

ortu

nity

for t

he

them

e of

soci

al ju

stic

e to

be

enth

usia

stic

ally

revi

sited

as t

he c

omm

unity

is e

ncou

rage

d to

ass

ist in

the

mon

etar

y co

ntrib

utio

n to

war

ds o

ur c

omm

itmen

t to

assis

t in

prov

idin

g cl

ean

wat

er a

nd sa

nita

tion

for c

omm

uniti

es in

Indi

a.

St. J

osep

h Ca

rla C

uglie

tta

Stag

e 1

• “S

ock

it to

Taz

” - S

ocks

for t

he H

omel

ess C

olle

ctio

n. 5

00 p

airs

of s

ocks

col

lect

ed a

nd d

onat

ed to

the

Mar

ian

Cent

er.

• Fo

od B

ank

Colle

ctio

n –

WE

Scar

e Hu

nger

stud

ents

wen

t doo

r to

door

to c

olle

ct fo

od fo

r the

food

ban

k in

stea

d of

can

dy o

n Ha

llow

een.

Thi

s was

a g

reat

way

for s

tude

nts t

o ha

ve a

pos

itive

impa

ct o

n th

eir o

wn

com

mun

ity b

y m

eetin

g ne

ighb

ours

and

sh

owin

g th

em th

at y

oung

peo

ple

care

abo

ut th

e po

or in

our

city

. Fo

od b

ank

colle

ctio

ns a

lso h

appe

n th

roug

hout

the

entir

e

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year

thro

ugh

our T

A m

asse

s, JF

LA p

rogr

am a

s wel

l as o

ur d

ram

a de

part

men

t and

wer

e m

onth

ly d

eliv

ered

to th

e Fo

od b

ank

as

wel

l as d

istrib

uted

am

ong

our s

choo

l com

mun

ity.

• Ch

ristm

as T

oy D

rive

JFLA

pro

gram

col

lect

ed to

ys S

anta

’s A

nony

mou

s thr

ough

out t

he m

onth

of D

ecem

ber

• Fo

rt M

cMur

ray

Colle

ctio

ns –

stud

ents

invi

ted

a fir

efig

hter

from

For

t McM

urra

y in

to th

e sc

hool

and

as a

resu

lt, st

uden

ts

colle

cted

gift

car

ds a

nd n

ew to

ys to

be

give

n to

the

affe

cted

fam

ilies

. •

Chris

tmas

Din

ner o

n Ch

ristm

as D

ay –

On

Chris

tmas

Eve

and

Chr

istm

as D

ay, o

ur st

uden

ts se

t up

and

help

ed to

serv

e Ch

ristm

as

Dinn

er a

t Sac

red

Hear

t Par

ish.

Our

scho

ol c

olle

cted

the

nam

es o

f nee

dy fa

mili

es a

nd h

ad d

inne

rs d

eliv

ered

to th

em a

s man

y of

them

do

not h

ave

func

tioni

ng o

vens

to c

ook

the

ham

pers

that

wer

e de

liver

ed in

the

past

. •

Book

Buz

zer S

tude

nts c

olle

cted

boo

ks to

hel

p ne

w C

anad

ians

lear

n to

read

(mai

nly

for S

yria

n re

fuge

es).

Stu

dent

s also

mad

e Ca

nadi

an b

ookm

arks

with

enc

oura

ging

not

es fo

r peo

ple

to k

eep

in th

eir b

ooks

. •

Mad

den

Delu

ca F

ound

atio

n - O

ur fa

shio

n st

uden

ts w

orke

d on

bla

nket

s tha

t wer

e do

nate

d to

the

Mad

den

Delu

ca F

ound

atio

n

• Ja

mai

ca C

onta

iner

Col

lect

ion

St. J

osep

h Hi

gh S

choo

l col

lect

ed d

onat

ions

of e

duca

tiona

l sup

plie

s tow

ards

scho

ol lo

cate

d in

ru

ral a

nd p

oore

r reg

ions

of J

amai

ca.

Initi

ated

by

Scie

nce

depa

rtm

ent a

nd w

arm

ly su

ppor

ted

by a

ll sc

hool

s' st

aff t

he

follo

win

g ite

ms w

ere

colle

cted

: Eng

lish,

mat

h, p

hysic

s, ch

emist

ry, b

iolo

gy, E

LL te

xtbo

oks a

nd p

ract

ice

book

s, c

alcu

lato

rs,

mic

rosc

opes

, mic

rosc

ope

slide

s, sc

ales

, alc

ohol

bur

ners

, sci

ence

lab

basic

smal

l equ

ipm

ent,

read

ing

book

s, b

inde

rs, p

aper

, pe

ns, c

rayo

ns, c

raft

supp

lies,

har

d sn

acks

, gen

tly u

sed

toys

and

clo

thin

g.

• Sp

onso

red

8 Fo

ster

Chi

ldre

n - T

hrou

gh “

Chal

ice”

, St.

Joe’

s has

bee

n co

mm

itted

to th

e co

llect

ion

of fu

nds f

or th

e on

goin

g su

ppor

t of 8

fost

er c

hild

ren

from

var

ious

cou

ntrie

s. Th

is ha

s bee

n an

ong

oing

pro

ject

for a

num

ber o

f yea

rs.

The

fost

er

child

ren

are

fund

ed b

y ou

r “Ta

ste

of S

t. Jo

e’s”

Eve

nt

• Zy

prov

the

entr

ance

fee

for t

his e

vent

($10

) was

giv

en to

Chr

istia

n Zy

p fo

r his

cost

s to

buy

pros

thet

ics f

ollo

win

g th

e am

puta

tion

of h

is le

gs fr

om M

enin

gitis

. St

aff a

nd st

uden

ts fr

om o

ur sc

hool

as w

ell a

s thr

ough

out t

he d

istric

t hel

ped

to p

ut o

n th

is ev

ent h

oste

d by

St.

Joe’

s.

• Ec

uado

r – o

ur JF

LA p

rogr

am so

ld sc

arve

s tha

t wer

e ha

ndm

ade

(by

our s

tude

nts)

to ra

ise m

oney

for p

eopl

e in

Ecu

ador

who

re

ceiv

ed su

rger

y fr

om v

olun

teer

doc

tors

. The

mon

ey w

ent s

peci

fical

ly to

bla

nket

s for

the

patie

nts.

•

Casa

Gua

tem

ala

– m

onet

ary

colle

ctio

ns fo

r Gua

tem

ala’

s vul

nera

ble

child

ren

livin

g in

orp

hana

ges.

•

Batt

ery

Colle

ctio

n st

uden

ts c

olle

cted

bat

terie

s and

don

ated

the

zinc

to g

o to

chi

ldre

n in

dev

elop

ing

coun

trie

s who

requ

ire

zinc

tabl

ets t

o st

ay a

live.

Stag

e 2

Stud

ents

wer

e en

cour

aged

to u

se th

eir g

ifts a

nd ta

lent

in th

e co

mm

unity

. The

follo

win

g w

ere

proj

ects

in th

e co

mm

unity

that

st

uden

ts se

lect

ed o

ut o

f int

eres

t. •

Big

Brot

hers

Big

Sis

ters

- St

uden

ts p

aire

d up

for a

men

tors

hip

prog

ram

with

you

nger

stud

ents

at S

t. Ca

ther

ine’

s Sch

ool.

•

Safe

Drin

king

Wat

er in

our

CEL

L (s

cien

ce re

sear

ch p

rogr

am) u

sed

thei

r tal

ents

to re

sear

ch a

nd in

vent

a sy

stem

that

wou

ld

assis

t 'Sa

fe D

rinki

ng W

ater

Fou

ndat

ion'

s' pr

ogra

m.

Our

team

won

firs

t priz

e in

Can

ada

for t

heir

wor

k!

• Bu

ddy

Benc

hes –

Stu

dent

s fro

m th

e co

nstr

uctio

n pr

ogra

m w

orke

d w

ith e

lem

enta

ry st

uden

ts d

o bu

ild b

uddy

ben

ches

to h

ave

stud

ents

who

don

’t ha

ve so

meo

ne to

pla

y w

ith si

t and

find

a fr

iend

. Th

ey w

orke

d to

geth

er to

con

stru

ct th

ese

toge

ther

with

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the

youn

ger k

ids a

nd th

e el

emen

tary

scho

ols w

ere

able

to ta

ke th

em a

t the

end

of t

he d

ay.

In to

tal w

e co

nstr

ucte

d 79

be

nche

s!

• So

up K

itche

n Se

rvic

e - V

olun

teer

ing

with

the

HOPE

Mis

sion

once

a m

onth

. W

e he

lped

to p

repa

re a

nd se

rve

over

270

0 m

eals

thro

ugho

ut th

e ye

ar.

In a

dditi

on, s

tude

nts m

ake

1000

+ sa

ndw

iche

s for

peo

ple

who

are

livi

ng in

shel

ters

(inc

ludi

ng th

e YE

SS)

Stud

ents

gen

eral

ly c

ome

back

from

thes

e tr

ips w

ith a

diff

eren

t out

look

on

the

stru

ggle

s of o

ur in

ner-

city

Edm

onto

nian

s.

• Ro

nald

McD

onal

d Ho

use

- Stu

dent

s don

ate

fund

s and

tim

e to

pre

pare

a m

eal f

or th

e fa

mili

es li

ving

at t

he R

onal

d M

cDon

ald

Hous

e in

Edm

onto

n. S

ever

al st

uden

ts a

re d

eepl

y af

fect

ed b

y th

is pa

rtic

ular

act

ivity

as t

hey

mak

e co

nnec

tions

with

stud

ents

th

at a

re u

nder

goin

g ca

ncer

trea

tmen

ts a

nd su

rger

ies.

The

y pr

epar

e m

eals,

eat

with

the

fam

ilies

and

pla

y w

ith th

e ch

ildre

n.

Stud

ents

and

staf

f bro

ught

in fu

nds a

nd fo

od to

supp

ly th

e m

eal.

•

Habi

tat f

or H

uman

ity -

Stud

ents

vol

unte

ered

to fr

ame

hous

es in

the

war

ehou

se.

This

incl

udes

man

y of

the

stud

ents

who

are

st

udyi

ng c

arpe

ntry

at o

ur sc

hool

. •

St. V

ince

nt d

e Pa

ul -W

eekl

y vo

lunt

eerin

g to

sort

and

hel

p re

dist

ribut

e do

natio

ns a

t the

col

lect

ion

cent

er.

•

Gene

ral H

ospi

tal -

Stu

dent

s vol

unte

ered

to w

ork

with

seni

ors a

t the

ir co

mm

unity

eve

nts.

Thi

s inc

lude

d co

llect

ing

the

resid

ence

s fro

m th

eir r

oom

s and

spen

ding

the

mor

ning

with

them

at v

ario

us a

ctiv

ities

set u

p th

e fa

cilit

y.

• Ro

yal A

lexa

ndra

Hos

pita

l - M

usic

pro

gram

pla

ying

mus

ic o

ver t

he lu

nch

brea

k fo

r the

pat

ient

s at t

he h

ospi

tal.

Stu

dent

s lea

rn

the

impo

rtan

ce o

f sha

ring

thei

r tal

ents

to b

right

en p

eopl

e’s d

ay.

• Bl

ood

Dono

r Clin

ic -

Stud

ents

vol

unte

ered

thro

ugho

ut th

e ye

ar to

don

ate

bloo

d to

Can

adia

n Bl

ood

Serv

ices

. St

uden

ts

jum

ped

on th

e “b

lood

bus

” to

don

ate.

We

also

hos

ted

a bl

ood

bank

her

e at

the

scho

ol.

•

Fest

ival

of T

rees

- O

ur c

osm

etol

ogy

and

fash

ion

stud

ents

vol

unte

er to

get

the

mod

els r

eady

at t

he F

estiv

al o

f Tre

es e

ach

year

•

Show

Rem

oval

for S

enio

rs -

Stud

ents

vol

unte

ered

to re

mov

e sn

ow fo

r the

hom

e in

the

area

s whe

n ho

meo

wne

rs w

ere

unab

le to

rem

ove

it th

emse

lves

. •

Paire

d Re

adin

g w

ith S

t. Ca

ther

ine’

s Sch

ool-

High

Sch

ool s

tude

nts r

eadi

ng w

ith n

ew C

anad

ians

onc

e a

wee

k •

Phys

ical

Edu

catio

n Bu

ddie

s - st

uden

ts a

re p

aire

d up

with

stud

ents

from

diff

eren

t pro

gram

who

may

nee

d m

ore

supp

ort i

n ph

ysic

al e

duca

tion

clas

s with

the

activ

ities

or t

he la

ngua

ge tr

ansla

tion.

Stag

e 3

Thes

e pr

ojec

ts h

ave

a lo

ng te

rm c

omm

itmen

t to

chan

ge. T

hese

wer

e th

ough

tful

ly se

lect

ed b

y th

e st

uden

ts a

s im

port

ant a

reas

to

focu

s on

for t

he y

ear.

EDU

CATI

ON

•

WE

Stan

d. W

E Le

ad 2

016

– YE

G Yo

uth

Lead

ersh

ip C

onfe

renc

e - T

he S

aint

Joe’

s stu

dent

s wer

e he

avily

invo

lved

in th

e pl

anni

ng a

nd o

pera

tions

of t

he fi

rst a

nd la

rges

t Edm

onto

n Yo

uth

Lead

ersh

ip S

umm

it. T

he su

mm

it at

trac

ted

just

ove

r 160

0 st

uden

ts w

ho c

ame

toge

ther

to d

iscus

s, re

flect

on

and

lear

n ab

out t

heir

own

pers

onal

lead

ersh

ip c

apab

ilitie

s. T

he v

ision

of

the

even

t was

to b

ring

teen

s tog

ethe

r in

the

capi

tal r

egio

n to

em

pow

er th

em to

dev

elop

thei

r per

sona

l lea

ders

hip

skill

s and

fin

d ou

t how

to u

se th

eir l

ives

for t

he c

olle

ctiv

e go

od.

• Ro

ot C

ause

s of P

over

ty -

Keyn

ote

spea

ker,

Firs

t Lad

y Sa

rah

Chan

cam

e in

to ta

lk to

the

stud

ents

abo

ut th

e ro

ot c

ause

s of

pove

rty.

As a

resu

lt, st

uden

ts w

ante

d to

follo

w u

p by

tack

ling

2 of

the

root

cau

ses a

nd p

ut o

n ca

mpa

igns

to c

omba

t the

m.

They

col

lect

ed b

ooks

(illi

tera

cy) a

nd h

ad sp

eake

rs c

ome

in to

talk

abo

ut d

rug

use.

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• Fa

ith S

essi

ons -

Stu

dent

s on

our y

outh

min

istry

team

trav

eled

to d

iffer

ent j

unio

r hig

hs to

lead

sess

ions

and

act

iviti

es to

st

reng

then

the

faith

and

und

erst

andi

ng o

f you

ng p

eopl

e in

our

dist

rict.

• JU

ST C

hris

tmas

- St

uden

ts/S

taff

had

the

oppo

rtun

ity to

pur

chas

e al

tern

ativ

e gi

fts (

Fair

Trad

e) fo

r the

ir fa

mily

and

frie

nds t

hat

wou

ld e

nsur

e pe

ople

who

mad

e th

em a

nd p

rodu

ced

them

wer

e tr

eate

d ju

stly

. •

Rose

Cam

paig

n - i

n as

soci

atio

n w

ith th

e YW

CA, o

ur JF

LA p

rogr

am w

ere

pres

ent t

o su

ppor

t our

com

mun

ity in

hea

ring

thei

r st

orie

s of v

iole

nce

agai

nst w

omen

. St

uden

ts le

arne

d ab

out t

he im

port

ance

of e

mpo

wer

ing

wom

en in

our

loca

l and

in o

ur

glob

al c

omm

unity

.

• M

ento

ring

with

100

Voi

ces P

resc

hool

- JF

LA p

rogr

am p

aire

d up

with

100

Voi

ces P

resc

hool

to e

nsur

e th

at th

e yo

ung

child

ren

has a

pos

itive

role

mod

el in

thei

r life

for t

he y

ear.

The

y

• Ca

rds o

f Sup

port

to F

irst N

atio

ns se

nt c

ards

of s

uppo

rt a

nd re

sour

ces t

o a

scho

ol in

Att

awap

iskat

in su

ppor

t of t

he

com

mun

ity st

rugg

ling

with

the

suic

ide

crisi

s on

the

Firs

t Nat

ion

rese

rves

.

FIN

ANCE

•

KIVA

Cam

paig

n So

cial

Just

ice

Team

col

lect

ed m

oney

to sp

onso

r an

agric

ultu

ral l

oan

for a

lady

nam

ed R

a in

Cam

bodi

a th

is ye

ar.

SELF

-EST

EEM

•

Empo

wer

men

t of W

omen

- YW

CA R

ose

Cam

paig

n. E

ncou

ragi

ng b

oth

wom

en a

nd m

en to

supp

ort a

nd re

spec

t wom

en to

be

the

best

they

can

be.

Tre

at th

em w

ith d

igni

ty a

nd re

spec

t and

to d

iscou

rage

vio

lenc

e ag

ains

t wom

en in

all

of it

s for

ms.

•

JFLA

- Em

pow

erm

ent o

f Wom

en W

orks

hops

for J

unio

r Hig

h - S

tude

nts f

rom

the

JFLA

pro

gram

tour

ed ju

nior

hig

h sc

hool

s to

talk

to d

eliv

er se

lf-es

teem

wor

ksho

ps to

hun

dred

s of g

irls a

cros

s the

city

. •

A Ta

ste

of S

t. Jo

e’s!

Eac

h ye

ar w

e ta

ke th

e tim

e to

cel

ebra

te e

ach

othe

r’s c

ultu

res.

Thi

s bui

lds a

gre

at re

spec

t, un

ders

tand

ing

for o

ne a

noth

er a

s wel

l as c

ontr

ibut

ing

to th

e w

arm

and

acc

eptin

g cu

lture

that

we

have

her

e at

St.

Joe’

s. T

hey

shar

e th

eir

cultu

res f

ood,

dan

ce, c

loth

ing

and

trad

ition

s. D

urin

g th

is tim

e, w

e ra

ise fu

nds f

or o

ur fo

ster

chi

ldre

n an

d an

y re

cent

nat

ural

di

sast

ers t

hat m

ay h

ave

take

n pl

ace.

Thi

s eve

nt re

ally

con

trib

utes

to th

e se

nse

of p

ride

for s

tude

nts c

omin

g fr

om d

iffer

ent

back

grou

nds a

s wel

l as f

inan

cial

ly c

ontr

ibut

es to

man

y of

our

pro

ject

s. T

his y

ear,

it sp

onso

red

our f

oste

r chi

ldre

n as

wel

l as a

la

rge

dona

tion

to th

e Ch

ristia

n Zy

p fu

ndra

iser a

nd th

e Fo

rt M

cMur

ray

fund

raise

r.

• M

enta

l Hea

lth A

war

enes

s - T

hrou

ghou

t the

yea

r, st

uden

ts se

t up

a gr

oup

(Sai

nts P

ride)

in th

e co

urty

ard

to p

ut o

n a

num

ber

of a

ctiv

ates

to b

ring

awar

enes

s and

supp

ort a

bout

men

tal i

llnes

s. T

hese

incl

uded

; rec

ordi

ng d

iffer

ent t

hing

s tha

t wer

e on

st

uden

t’s m

inds

and

cau

sing

them

stre

ss, “

hat’s

on

for m

enta

l hea

lth”

to b

ring

supp

ort a

nd li

ght t

o th

e st

igm

a of

men

tal

heal

th, d

aily

ann

ounc

emen

ts to

deb

unk

myt

hs, s

tude

nts p

rodu

ced

and

wat

ched

a v

ideo

abo

ut m

enta

l hea

lth, e

tc…

St

age

4

Stag

e 5

• JF

LA L

eade

rshi

p Ac

adem

y ho

sts v

ario

us p

roje

cts t

hrou

ghou

t the

yea

r to

both

pra

ctic

e an

d en

cour

age

wom

en in

lead

ersh

ip

role

s as w

ell a

s brin

g at

tent

ion

and

voic

e to

vio

lenc

e ag

ains

t wom

en.

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• Sa

ints

Soc

ial J

ustic

e Te

am h

oste

d a

num

ber o

f eve

nts,

talk

s and

act

iviti

es to

aw

aren

ess a

nd st

ruct

ural

cha

nge

to so

me

of

the

issue

s in

our i

mm

edia

te a

nd o

ur g

loba

l com

mun

ities

. •

SAIN

TS P

ride

- The

Sai

nts P

ride

grou

p la

unch

ed th

is ye

ar.

This

is a

grou

p st

arte

d an

d ru

n by

stud

ents

to e

nsur

e th

at st

uden

ts

are

all f

eelin

g sa

fe, i

nclu

ded

and

an im

port

ant m

embe

r of o

ur c

omm

unity

. Th

is fo

cuse

s on

all a

bilit

ies,

race

s, g

ende

rs,

orie

ntat

ions

….e

very

one

is w

elco

me

in th

is gr

oup.

St. J

ustin

Ke

vin

Mys

kiw

Stag

e 1

• Al

l of o

ur st

uden

ts p

artic

ipat

ed in

a b

ook

raffl

e th

roug

h ou

r boo

k fa

ir to

don

ate

mon

ey a

nd in

crea

se a

war

enes

s of E

CS

Foun

datio

n's D

ream

For

Kid

s •

All o

f our

stud

ents

par

ticip

ated

in a

milk

and

coo

kie

liter

acy

day

to ra

ise m

oney

and

incr

ease

aw

aren

ess f

or S

t. Vi

ncen

t de

Paul

. •

Our

stud

ents

wer

e al

so re

cipi

ents

of s

ever

al c

harit

able

eve

nts s

uch

as S

t. Ba

sil S

choo

l inv

iting

our

gra

de 1

stud

ents

to

part

icip

ate

in a

n Ad

vent

cel

ebra

tion,

The

Jean

For

est L

adie

s Aca

dem

y pr

ovid

ed C

hrist

mas

gift

s for

all

of o

ur K

inde

rgar

ten

stud

ents

, and

The

Jean

For

est L

adie

s Aca

dem

y ra

n a

min

i-car

niva

l for

our

prim

ary

stud

ents

. •

Our

gra

de 6

stud

ents

par

ticip

ated

in a

gre

at re

sear

ch a

ctiv

ity to

lear

n ab

out s

ever

al lo

cal c

harit

ies,

and

then

visi

ted

one.

•

Our

FN

MI c

ircle

clu

b cr

eate

d Jin

gle

cone

s and

sold

them

to ra

ise

mon

ey fo

r som

e of

our

FN

MI f

amili

es.

• O

ur sc

hool

col

lect

ed m

any

non-

peris

habl

e fo

od a

nd n

ew to

iletr

ies i

tem

s to

give

to th

e Fo

rt M

cMur

ray

fam

ilies

that

wer

e af

fect

ed b

y th

e w

ild fi

res.

Stag

e 2

• N

o St

one

Left

Alo

ne -

part

icip

ated

in N

atio

nal e

vent

; gra

de 3

cla

ss w

as a

ssig

ned

a ce

met

ery

to h

onor

falle

n so

ldie

rs fo

r Re

mem

bran

ce D

ay.

They

then

wro

te st

orie

s and

lett

ers a

bout

the

expe

rienc

e an

d se

nt th

em to

the

foun

datio

n to

be

used

for

disp

lay

and

shar

ed w

ith th

e so

ldie

rs fa

mili

es.

• Ch

ristm

as H

ampe

rs -

Our

scho

ol o

rgan

ized

and

set u

p ha

mpe

rs fo

r 40

of o

ur fa

mili

es.

Stag

e 3

• Th

e Gr

ade

3 st

uden

ts a

ssist

ed w

ith th

e tr

aini

ng o

f a V

ictim

Ser

vice

s Dog

as p

art o

f a jo

int e

ffort

with

the

non-

prof

it or

gani

zatio

n “D

ogs w

ith W

ings

”. T

his w

as th

e th

ird y

ear t

hat t

he G

rade

3 c

lass

room

has

wor

ked

with

this

orga

niza

tion.

•

Seve

ral o

f our

cla

sses

wer

e in

volv

ed in

inte

r-ge

nera

tiona

l act

iviti

es w

ith th

e Le

wis

Est

ates

Sen

iors

Hom

e an

d W

est-

end

Seni

or C

entr

e in

whi

ch o

ur st

uden

ts in

tera

ct, l

earn

, and

shar

e w

ith th

e se

nior

s.

• Al

l our

stud

ents

got

to p

artic

ipat

e in

a c

ompr

ehen

sive

scho

ol h

ealth

pro

gram

that

invo

lves

mak

ing

heal

thie

r eat

ing

choi

ces.

Ea

ch st

uden

t will

get

a c

hanc

e to

sam

ple

uniq

ue fr

uits

in th

e fir

st w

eek

of Ju

ne to

hop

eful

ly e

nhan

ce th

eir e

atin

g lif

esty

le.

• Al

l stu

dent

s par

ticip

ated

in th

e 'H

ats o

n fo

r Men

tal H

ealth

' day

to in

crea

se a

war

enes

s of m

enta

l hea

lth.

Stag

e 4

St

age

5

St. K

ater

i Ida

Poul

in/D

arle

ne

Payn

e

Stag

e 1

• Gr

ade

1 - 1

00 D

ays o

f Sch

ool -

100

item

s for

the

Edm

onto

n Fo

od B

ank

• W

hole

Sch

ool -

o

Than

ksgi

ving

Bea

n Dr

ive

for t

he E

dmon

ton

Food

Ban

k

99

Soci

al Ju

stic

e 20

15-2

016

Educ

atio

nal P

lann

ing

M

ay 2

016

52

o Le

gacy

Wat

er F

ound

atio

n Fu

ndra

iser

- ar

t raf

fle, f

ruitg

ram

s, B

end

the

Rulz

Day,

raffl

e of

Chr

istm

as C

once

rt fr

ont

row

seat

s o

Fort

McM

urra

y/Em

ptie

s for

Jord

an -

Duct

Tap

e Fu

ndra

iser -

stud

ents

bou

ght p

iece

s of d

uct t

ape

to ta

pe te

ache

rs to

th

e w

all

o Ch

ristm

as H

ampe

rs (f

ood,

clo

thin

g, C

hrist

mas

gift

s) fo

r St.

Ther

esa

Paris

h an

d St

. Kat

eri f

amili

es in

nee

d o

Empt

ies f

or Jo

rdan

- bo

ttle

driv

e fo

r a st

uden

t at B

isho

p Sa

vary

n Sc

hool

•

Stud

ents

in o

ur S

tude

nt L

eade

rshi

p Gr

oup

(gra

de 1

-6) d

iscus

sed

idea

s abo

ut w

ho th

ey w

ante

d to

raise

mon

ey a

nd it

ems f

or.

Idea

s wer

e pr

esen

ted

and

the

stud

ents

vot

ed o

n w

here

and

how

they

wan

ted

to h

elp.

The

y de

cide

d to

hel

p bu

ild a

wat

er

wel

l for

chi

ldre

n in

Gha

na, A

fric

a (L

egac

y W

ater

Fou

ndat

ion)

. Th

ey a

lso w

ante

d to

ass

ist c

hild

ren

loca

lly.

Stag

e 2

• 10

0 Vo

ices

- se

nt C

hris

tmas

car

ds to

a li

ttle

8 y

ear o

ld g

irl n

amed

Sa'

fyre

Ter

ry fr

om S

chen

ecta

dy, N

Y, w

ho lo

st h

er w

hole

fa

mily

in a

fire

and

has

end

ured

man

y su

rger

ies f

or b

urns

ove

r 75

perc

ent o

f her

bod

y.

• Gr

ade

1 - d

iscov

ered

a n

eed

for h

elpi

ng a

nim

als -

cre

ated

pag

es fo

r a c

olor

ing

book

to se

ll an

d ga

ve c

olle

ctio

n to

WW

F •

Grad

e 1

and

6 - c

reat

ed c

raft

kits

for p

atie

nts a

t the

Sto

llery

so th

at k

ids c

ould

enj

oy c

raft

ing

• Gr

ade

3 - c

reat

ed C

hrist

mas

car

ds fo

r Mea

ls o

n W

heel

s to

shar

e w

ith p

eopl

e w

ho m

ay n

ot re

ceiv

e on

e at

Chr

istm

as

• Gr

ade

5 - w

ent t

o Se

nior

Cen

tre

and

sang

song

s and

did

cra

fts w

ith th

em to

shar

e Ch

ristm

as jo

y •

Grad

e 6

- wro

te le

tter

s to

seni

or c

itize

ns a

nd c

reat

ed v

alen

tines

for V

eter

ans

than

king

them

for t

heir

serv

ice

The

stud

ents

hav

e de

velo

ped

an u

nder

stan

ding

and

sens

e of

em

path

y fo

r oth

ers i

n ne

ed.

Man

y of

thes

e ac

tions

hav

e be

en

occu

rrin

g at

St.

Kate

ri fo

r a fe

w y

ears

, and

will

con

tinue

to d

o. S

tude

nts a

re sh

arin

g th

eir t

ime

and

gift

s to

help

oth

ers i

n ne

ed.

Stag

e 3

St

age

4

Stag

e 5

St. K

evin

Se

vi R

ossi

Stag

e 1

• Ca

ke w

alk

- fun

ds w

ere

dona

ted

to su

ppor

t kid

s to

atte

nd C

amp

Enco

unte

r •

Food

Ban

k •

War

m c

loth

ing

item

s wer

e co

llect

ed a

nd d

onat

ed to

YES

S

Stag

e 2

• Pl

antin

g flo

wer

s in

the

sprin

g an

d ra

king

leav

es in

the

fall

in F

ores

t Hei

ghts

, our

scho

ol n

eigh

borh

ood

•

Yard

cle

an u

p, b

oth

our s

choo

l yar

d an

d ar

ound

the

com

mun

ity (s

choo

l yar

d is

used

in th

e ev

enin

g by

our

com

mun

ity fo

r so

ccer

eve

nts)

•

Chris

tmas

car

ds w

ere

mad

e, w

ritte

n an

d se

nt to

STA

RS e

mpl

oyee

s w

ho w

orke

d du

ring

the

Chris

tmas

seas

on

• Fo

od h

ampe

rs w

ere

crea

ted

in c

onju

nctio

n w

ith A

ustin

O'B

rien

HS a

nd o

ur p

arish

for o

ur sc

hool

fam

ilies

Stag

e 3

• Te

rry

Fox

Run

• Po

p ta

b co

llect

ion

for K

C w

heel

cha

irs

• Sc

hool

retr

eat c

onne

ctin

g to

our

spec

ific

cultu

ral f

aith

trad

ition

s (Ea

ster

n Ri

te a

nd R

oman

Rite

)

100

Soci

al Ju

stic

e 20

15-2

016

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atio

nal P

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ing

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ay 2

016

53

Stag

e 4

St

age

5 •

All m

ater

ial g

oods

and

mon

ies c

olle

cted

for t

he F

ort M

cMur

ray

evac

uees

(stu

dent

driv

en c

olle

ctio

ns)

• CS

I Tea

m (C

hris

t's S

erva

nts I

nspi

red)

- yo

uth

min

istry

whe

re st

uden

ts a

re in

vite

d to

par

ticip

ate

or a

ctiv

ely

choo

se to

join

on

thei

r ow

n

St. L

eo

Nico

le P

ichet

te

Stag

e 1

• Le

nten

Pro

ject

of M

ercy

: co

llect

ion

of m

oney

to d

onat

e to

Syr

ian

Refu

gees

com

ing

to E

dmon

ton.

Thi

s pro

ject

ass

isted

in

incr

easin

g kn

owle

dge

and

enco

urag

ing

com

pass

ion

for s

trug

glin

g fa

mili

es.

• Fo

rt M

cMur

ray

Dona

tions

of N

eede

d Ite

ms:

enc

oura

ging

com

pass

ion

and

a se

nse

of c

omm

unity

to st

rugg

ling

fam

ilies

. •

Jum

p Ro

pe fo

r Hea

rt a

nd T

erry

Fox

Run

: St

uden

ts le

arne

d th

e im

port

ance

of t

akin

g ca

re o

f the

ir bo

dies

and

giv

ing

back

to

the

com

mun

ity b

y co

llect

ing

pled

ges f

or th

e He

art a

nd S

trok

e Fo

unda

tion

and

the

Terr

y Fo

x Fo

unda

tion.

•

Food

Ban

k Do

natio

ns:

exem

plify

ing

the

need

for a

cts o

f cha

rity

to e

ase

suffe

ring

in th

e w

orld

. •

Ope

ratio

n Ch

ristm

as C

hild

: op

port

unity

for s

tude

nts t

o be

invo

lved

in a

sim

ple,

han

ds-o

n pr

ojec

t tha

t foc

uses

on

the

true

m

eani

ng o

f Chr

istm

as.

• Si

gn o

f Hop

e: st

uden

ts d

onat

ed m

oney

to b

e gi

ven

to th

e Si

gn o

f Hop

e ca

mpa

ign

exem

plify

ing

the

need

for a

cts o

f cha

rity

to

ease

suffe

ring

in th

e w

orld

.

Stag

e 2

• W

e Ca

re M

arke

tpla

ce -

annu

al a

ctiv

ity w

here

stud

ents

pre

pare

and

del

iver

bag

ged

lunc

hes t

o th

e ho

mel

ess l

earn

ing

the

impo

rtan

ce o

f giv

ing

dire

ctly

of t

hem

selv

es to

thos

e in

nee

d.

• Ch

oir V

isit

to C

ontin

uing

Car

e Pa

tient

s - a

nnua

l act

ivity

whe

re c

hoir

stud

ents

giv

e th

e gi

ft o

f son

g to

pat

ient

s in

cont

inui

ng

care

. •

Chris

tmas

Car

d De

liver

y - a

nnua

l act

ivity

whe

re st

uden

ts c

reat

e an

d de

liver

han

dmad

e Ch

ristm

as c

ards

to re

siden

ts o

f the

ne

ighb

orho

od le

arni

ng th

e im

port

ance

of s

ervi

ce to

the

com

mun

ity.

• Ch

urch

ill S

enio

rs H

ome

- stu

dent

s giv

e th

e gi

ft o

f tim

e to

shar

e st

orie

s and

idea

s with

seni

or c

itize

ns li

ving

in c

ontin

uing

car

e.

This

is a

rela

tions

hip

that

con

tinue

s to

build

and

that

we

are

plan

ning

to fo

ster

in th

e fu

ture

.

Stag

e 3

• Ca

re fo

r Cre

atio

n - s

tude

nts p

artic

ipat

e in

cle

an-u

p an

d pl

antin

g ac

tiviti

es to

dem

onst

rate

car

e fo

r our

pla

net.

This

is an

an

nual

trad

ition

at S

t. Le

o Sc

hool

whe

re st

uden

ts w

itnes

s the

effe

cts o

f the

ir ef

fort

s thr

ough

the

beau

tific

atio

n of

our

scho

ol

envi

ronm

ent.

• Pl

antin

g Tr

ees

- Gra

de 6

stud

ents

par

ticip

ated

in th

e Ro

ots f

or T

rees

pro

gram

whe

re th

ey g

ave

back

to th

e ci

ty o

f Edm

onto

n by

pla

ntin

g ov

er 2

50 tr

ees i

n a

city

par

k. S

tude

nts w

orke

d to

war

ds c

reat

ing

posit

ive,

per

man

ent c

hang

e th

roug

h th

e gi

ft o

f se

rvic

e to

our

com

mun

ity.

Stag

e 4

St

age

5 •

Afte

r att

endi

ng th

e W

e Da

y Ce

lebr

atio

n in

Cal

gary

, our

gra

de 6

stud

ents

wer

e in

spire

d to

mak

e a

diffe

renc

e in

thei

r loc

al a

nd

glob

al c

omm

uniti

es. W

E Sc

hool

s is t

he y

ear-

long

pro

gram

that

nur

ture

s com

pass

ion

in y

oung

peo

ple

and

give

s the

m th

e to

ols

to c

reat

e tr

ansf

orm

ativ

e so

cial

cha

nge.

Thr

ee g

roup

s of s

tude

nts f

orm

ed a

s a re

sult

of th

eir e

xper

ienc

e an

d cr

eate

d st

uden

t-

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al Ju

stic

e 20

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atio

nal P

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ing

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ay 2

016

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dire

cted

initi

ativ

es to

supp

ort t

he c

ause

s of t

he S

tolle

ry C

hild

ren'

s Hos

pita

l, Ac

cess

to H

ealth

care

and

mos

t rec

ently

, su

ppor

ting

the

vict

ims o

f the

For

t McM

urra

y fir

e. T

he in

itiat

ives

incl

uded

pro

mot

ing

the

caus

es th

roug

h m

orni

ng b

road

cast

s,

brac

elet

and

boo

k sa

les,

and

the

crea

tion

of a

min

i-gol

f cou

rse

to c

olle

ct fu

nds.

St. L

ucy

Heid

i Maa

s

Stag

e 1

• Te

rry

Fox

Run

• Th

anks

givi

ng –

cla

sses

col

lect

ed fo

od it

ems t

o pu

t tog

ethe

r fiv

e ha

mpe

rs fo

r fam

ilies

in n

eed

in o

ur sc

hool

com

mun

ity.

• Ch

ristm

as –

we

coor

dina

ted

two

ham

pers

for f

amili

es in

nee

d in

our

scho

ol c

omm

unity

incl

udin

g gi

ft c

ards

. •

We

have

pro

vide

d in

term

itten

t sup

port

for t

hree

fam

ilies

in n

eed

of fo

od in

our

scho

ol c

omm

unity

. •

Clot

hing

driv

e –

stud

ents

and

staf

f don

ated

war

m c

loth

ing

to th

e M

aria

n Ce

ntre

. •

Staf

f par

ticip

ated

in th

e AT

A cl

othi

ng d

rive.

•

Grad

e 5

stud

ents

don

ated

a g

ift c

ard

that

they

won

to th

e Fo

od B

ank.

•

Staf

f pro

vide

d ho

useh

old

item

s and

furn

iture

to a

fam

ily in

nee

d. S

choo

l pro

vide

d tr

ansp

orta

tion

to sc

hool

to th

e ch

ildre

n in

this

fam

ily.

• St

aff m

embe

r pai

d th

e sc

hool

fees

for t

wo

stud

ents

. •

Rand

om A

ct o

f Kin

dnes

s -s

taff

purc

hase

d gr

ocer

y st

ore

gift

car

ds.

• Si

gn o

f Hop

e Ca

mpa

ign.

•

Canc

er F

undr

aise

r - o

rgan

ized

by g

rade

4 c

lass

in su

ppor

t of a

par

ent w

ho p

asse

d aw

ay th

is ye

ar.

• To

iletr

ies w

ere

dona

ted

to th

e Fo

rt M

cMur

ray

evac

uees

.

Stag

e 2

• O

ur W

E Da

y W

arrio

rs a

re ra

ising

fund

s to

build

a w

ell.

The

stud

ents

hav

e re

sear

ched

the

impo

rtan

ce o

f cle

an w

ater

and

pr

esen

ted

on th

e im

pact

that

a w

ell w

ill h

ave

on a

com

mun

ity.

The

fund

s hav

e be

en ra

ised

thro

ugh

a st

uden

t pla

nned

boo

k sa

le a

s wel

l as a

num

ber o

f ful

l sch

ool b

ottle

driv

es.

•

The

grad

e 3

stud

ents

wer

e as

ked

how

we

can

open

the

Holy

Doo

r for

oth

ers t

hrou

gh sm

all a

cts o

f kin

dnes

s. T

he fi

nal p

art o

f th

is pr

ojec

t inv

olve

d th

e st

uden

ts o

rgan

izing

a sa

le o

f cot

ton

cand

y an

d do

natin

g th

e fu

nds r

aise

d to

the

Red

Cros

s in

supp

ort

of th

e Fo

rt M

cMur

ray

evac

uees

. •

The

grad

e 6

stud

ents

com

plet

ed a

n in

quiry

pro

ject

on

issu

es o

f inj

ustic

e in

thei

r loc

al c

omm

uniti

es li

ke b

ully

ing,

en

viro

nmen

tal i

ssue

s or p

over

ty.

Stud

ents

sele

cted

are

as o

f per

sona

l int

eres

t and

pas

sion

and

dete

rmin

ed w

ays i

n w

hich

th

ey c

ould

raise

aw

aren

ess a

nd su

ppor

t to

crea

te p

ositi

ve lo

ng-t

erm

cha

nge.

Stag

e 3

St

age

4

Stag

e 5

St. M

aria

Gor

etti

Lo

ri M

cDon

ough

Stag

e 1

• Te

rry

Fox

Run

• Bu

rund

i Spo

nsor

ed st

uden

t Fun

d Ra

ising

•

Raffl

e Fo

r Sig

n of

Hop

e •

Than

ksgi

ving

Foo

d To

wer

Col

lect

ion

- St.

John

Bos

co P

aris

h Fo

od B

ank

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al Ju

stic

e 20

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atio

nal P

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ing

M

ay 2

016

55

• Po

ppy

Dona

tions

•

Brin

g an

d Bu

y Sa

le -

S.M

.G. F

amili

es H

elpi

ng F

amili

es F

und

• Ch

ristm

as H

ampe

rs fo

r 19

fam

ilies

in th

e co

mm

unity

•

East

er H

ampe

rs -

for 1

1 fa

mili

es in

the

com

mun

ity

• Ar

t Auc

tion-

S.M

.G. F

amili

es H

elpi

ng F

amili

es F

und

• Ju

mp

Rope

For

Hea

rt- H

eart

and

Str

oke

Foun

datio

n

We

Day

Scho

ol In

itiat

ives

: •

We

Day

rela

ted

activ

ities

wer

e pl

anne

d an

d ca

rrie

d ou

t com

plet

ely

by th

e st

uden

t lea

ders

hip

grou

p w

ith in

spira

tion

from

th

eir p

artic

ipat

ion

in W

e Da

y Al

bert

a. T

hey

bega

n by

cho

osin

g a

caus

e th

at w

as c

lose

to th

eir h

eart

s (Th

e S.

M.G

. Fam

ilies

He

lpin

g Fa

mili

es).

They

dec

ided

on

how

they

wou

ld c

reat

e aw

aren

ess i

n th

e sc

hool

com

mun

ity a

nd th

en th

ey m

ade

a pr

esen

tatio

n to

the

scho

ol th

roug

h m

ulti

med

ia. (

Broa

dcas

t sm

all g

roup

pre

sent

atio

n, la

rge

grou

p pr

esen

tatio

n th

roug

h po

wer

poi

nts o

r Pre

si.)

Muc

h le

arni

ng to

ok p

lace

thro

ugh

proj

ect b

ased

, inq

uiry

app

roac

h, u

se o

f mul

timed

ia a

nd

colla

bora

tion.

Stu

dent

s tha

t par

ticip

ated

bec

ame

awar

e th

at a

lthou

gh th

ey a

re y

oung

, the

y ca

n m

ake

a sig

nific

ant d

iffer

ence

in

the

wor

ld.

Stag

e 2

Durin

g ou

r Chr

istm

as K

ids’

Con

vent

ion

stud

ents

exa

min

ed tw

o ce

ntra

l que

stio

ns:

• W

hat i

s the

bes

t gift

we

can

give

Jesu

s for

Chr

istm

as?

• Ho

w c

an w

e gi

ve m

ore

of o

urse

lves

at C

hrist

mas

to re

cogn

ize a

genc

ies t

hat s

uppo

rt o

ur im

med

iate

com

mun

ity?

Stud

ents

mad

e gi

fts th

at w

ere

then

offe

red

to th

e fo

llow

ing

agen

cies

and

supp

ort g

roup

s on

beha

lf of

stud

ents

at S

t. M

aria

Go

retti

Sch

ool.

Stu

dent

s enj

oyed

mak

ing

cand

les,

orn

amen

ts, c

ards

and

gift

bag

s.

• Gr

. 1A,

B &

C -

Happ

ynes

s Cat

erin

g •

Gr. 5

A - F

riend

ly F

rog

Dayc

are

and

Brig

ht P

ath

Dayc

are

• Gr

. 2B

- Par

ent A

dvis

ory

Coun

cil

• Gr

. 3A

& 2

/3 -

N.E

. Com

mun

ity P

olic

e Di

visi

on

• Gr

. 1A,

B &

C -

St. J

ohn

Bosc

o Ch

urch

•

Gr. 2

B, 4

A &

5/6

- Fa

ther

Rom

ano

& p

aris

h st

aff

• Gr

. 2A

- N.E

. Hea

lth C

entr

e •

Gr. 2

B &

2/3

- Cl

arev

iew

Fire

Sta

tion

#18

•

Gr. 5

/6 &

6A

- Fam

ilies

in th

e N

eigh

bour

hood

The

wee

k af

ter T

he N

orth

east

Pol

ice

Divi

sion

had

rece

ived

the

gift

s, se

vera

l pol

ice

surp

rised

our

stud

ents

with

a v

isit t

o ou

r sc

hool

. Th

e m

embe

rs d

id a

shor

t pre

sent

atio

n an

d ex

pres

sed

how

mov

ed th

ey w

ere

by th

e ge

stur

e of

our

stud

ents

. In

retu

rn,

the

mem

bers

pre

sent

s gift

s to

Grad

e 2

& 3

stud

ents

. The

stud

ents

lear

ned

that

rand

om a

cts o

f kin

dnes

s can

hav

e sig

nific

ant

impa

ct.

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al Ju

stic

e 20

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016

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atio

nal P

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ing

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ay 2

016

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Stud

ents

wer

e so

mov

ed b

y ho

w g

ratif

ied

they

felt

that

the

stud

ent l

eade

rshi

p te

am h

as d

eter

min

ed th

ese

serv

ices

pro

ject

s will

be

com

e an

ann

ual i

nitia

tive.

Tea

cher

s hav

e de

velo

ped

plan

s on

how

to u

se th

is in

itiat

e to

ext

end

lear

ning

into

Sta

ge T

hree

. St

age

3

Stag

e 4

St

age

5

St. M

ark

Ka

ndise

Sal

erno

Stag

e 1

• Si

gn o

f Hop

e Do

natio

n (B

ake

Sale

, Bre

ak-A

-Rul

e Da

y, T

A $2

don

atio

n pe

r sta

ff/st

uden

t, st

uden

t don

atio

n as

ent

ranc

e tic

ket t

o Ha

llow

een

Danc

e, C

otto

n Ca

ndy

Sale

) •

Food

Ban

k Do

natio

n (T

A fo

od c

olle

ctio

n dr

ive

and

$2 d

onat

ion

per s

taff/

stud

ent)

•

Chris

tmas

Foo

d Ba

sket

Col

lect

ion

for S

choo

l Com

mun

ity/S

tude

nts/

Fam

ilies

at n

eed

(TA/

Lead

ersh

ip fo

od c

olle

ctio

n dr

ive

and

dona

tions

col

lect

ed fo

r gift

car

ds/f

resh

food

) •

Chris

tmas

Bak

e Sa

le/T

oy C

olle

ctio

n (E

CSD

Elem

enta

ry S

choo

l at n

eed)

•

Uni

ted

Nat

ions

Glo

bal G

oals

Fun

drai

sing

(TA

Spar

e Ch

ange

Col

lect

ion/

Bill

Sabo

tage

, Bak

e Sa

le, P

ride-

Wea

r Des

ign/

Sale

) •

Juve

nile

Dia

bete

s Res

earc

h Fo

unda

tion

Dona

tion

(Bak

e Sa

le)

• Le

nten

Mer

cy P

roje

ct/S

yria

n Fa

mily

Col

lect

ion

($1

dona

tion

per s

taff/

stud

ent)

•

Dona

tions

for S

t. M

ark

stud

ent/

fam

ily w

ith c

ance

r dia

gnos

is (C

olle

ctio

n ta

ken

at B

each

Par

ty L

uau,

Pay

to P

lay

Day)

.

Stag

e on

e ac

tions

wer

e id

entif

ied

by le

ader

ship

stud

ents

in c

onsu

ltatio

n w

ith o

ur le

arni

ng c

omm

unity

(onl

ine

polls

, vot

ing,

pr

esen

tatio

ns).

St

age

2 •

Read

ing

Budd

ies (

Edm

onto

n Pu

blic

Lib

rary

) •

Juve

nile

Dia

bete

s Wal

k to

Cur

e Di

abet

es

• Bi

ssel

l Cen

tre

(Lea

ders

hip

colle

ctio

n/le

ader

ship

vol

unte

er d

eliv

ery/

serv

ing

• Le

ader

ship

& R

ec. A

cade

my/

Com

mun

ity S

idew

alk/

Driv

eway

Win

ter S

now

Rem

oval

•

Mat

heso

n Ho

use

(Lea

ders

hip/

Visi

ting/

Serv

ice

Task

s).

Actio

ns w

ere

iden

tifie

d by

stud

ents

/stu

dent

-led/

stud

ent d

riven

. Bi

ssel

l Cen

tre

volu

ntee

ring

bega

n af

ter s

tude

nts w

ere

insp

ired

by 2

015

Soci

al Ju

stic

e Co

nfer

ence

(iHu

man

/Spe

aker

- Edm

onto

n's 1

0 Ye

ar P

lan

to E

nd h

omel

essn

ess)

and

co-

ordi

nate

d th

is ye

ar b

y a

St. M

ark

stud

ent w

ho c

reat

ed a

ctio

n pr

ojec

ts in

supp

ort o

f Biss

ell C

entr

e. R

elat

ions

hip/

serv

ice

with

Mat

heso

n Ho

use

ongo

ing

and

a tr

aditi

on w

ith le

ader

ship

stud

ents

. St

uden

ts h

ave

disc

over

ed th

at w

hen

they

giv

e of

thei

r tim

e an

d ta

lent

s in

the

serv

ice

of

mee

ting

a ch

alle

nge,

ove

rcom

ing

an is

sue

of c

once

rn/in

an

area

of j

ustic

e th

ey a

re p

assio

nate

abo

ut, t

heir

serv

ice

is no

t onl

y su

stai

nabl

e, b

ut se

lf-di

rect

ed a

nd jo

yful

.

Stag

e 3

• FN

MI/

Resi

dent

ial s

choo

l con

fere

nce

in c

onju

nctio

n w

ith F

resh

Sta

rt.

•

St. M

ark

Voic

es 4

Cha

nge:

Stu

dent

-led

soci

al ju

stic

e gr

oup,

web

site,

reso

urce

cre

atio

n, so

cial

med

ia e

ngag

emen

t, bl

og a

nd

annu

al so

cial

just

ice

conf

eren

ce in

par

tner

ship

with

NGO

s and

com

mun

ity o

rgan

izatio

ns (t

his y

ear o

ur in

quiry

and

pa

rtne

rshi

p bu

ildin

g w

as g

uide

d by

the

UN

's 17

Sus

tain

able

Glo

bal G

oals)

.

• St

uden

ts id

entif

ied

the

Glob

al G

oal t

hey

mos

t sup

port

ed a

nd w

orke

d to

war

d cr

eatin

g pe

rman

ent,

posi

tive

chan

ge th

roug

h ar

t, pu

blic

spea

king

, edu

catio

n, a

war

enes

s, a

nd a

ctio

n pr

ojec

ts.

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al Ju

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e 20

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nal P

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ing

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ay 2

016

57

• St

uden

t col

labo

ratio

n w

ith S

t. Ro

se Ju

nior

Hig

h Sc

hool

con

tinue

d an

d re

latio

nshi

p bu

ildin

g w

ith E

CSD

scho

ols i

ncre

ased

(A

rchb

ishop

Mac

Dona

ld H

igh

Scho

ol st

uden

t inv

itatio

n/pa

rtic

ipat

ion/

empo

wer

men

t).

• Co

ntin

ued

our r

elat

ions

hip/

part

icip

atio

n w

ith F

ree

the

Child

ren/

We

Day

and

TEDx

Yout

h. S

tude

nts s

uppo

rted

in d

evel

opin

g ag

ency

, con

fiden

ce a

nd c

omm

itmen

t to

wor

king

tow

ard

build

ing

the

wor

ld th

e w

ant t

o liv

e in

.

Stag

e 4

St

age

5 •

Part

ners

hip

with

Uni

ted

Way

/Ant

i-Pov

erty

Pro

ject

- Ad

voca

cy fo

r Str

uctu

ral C

hang

e th

roug

h "P

op-U

p Po

vert

y" b

ooth

at S

t. M

ark,

ECS

D sc

hool

s and

com

mun

ity lo

catio

ns/r

esou

rce

crea

tion/

educ

atio

n/aw

aren

ess p

roje

ct, p

artic

ipat

ion

in p

over

ty

simul

atio

n/le

tter

writ

ing

(pov

erty

and

Abo

rigin

al e

duca

tiona

l fun

ding

to m

atch

pro

vinc

ial a

mou

nts

• "W

e Ar

e Dr

eam

ers"

pro

ject

/Adv

ocac

y fo

r Str

uctu

ral C

hang

e - s

tude

nt c

reat

ed a

nd p

ublis

hed

book

(dig

ital a

nd p

rint)

whi

ch

tells

the

stor

ies o

f you

th in

our

com

mun

ity a

nd th

eir h

opes

for t

he fu

ture

of o

ur w

orld

in th

e ne

xt 1

5 ye

ars;

how

they

are

go

ing

to b

e pa

rt o

f wor

king

tow

ard

crea

ting

last

ing

and

posit

ive

chan

ge (s

tude

nts i

dent

ified

gen

der e

qual

ity, r

acism

, ant

i-po

vert

y, e

ndin

g ho

mel

essn

ess,

env

ironm

enta

l jus

tice,

equ

ity o

f acc

ess (

educ

atio

n in

clud

ing

mus

ic a

nd a

rt, h

ealth

care

, te

chno

logy

, cle

an w

ater

), pe

ace

and

just

ice,

bui

ldin

g po

sitiv

e re

latio

nshi

ps b

etw

een

gene

ratio

ns, a

nd su

stai

nabl

e pr

oduc

tion

and

cons

umpt

ion

as a

reas

of f

ocus

). St

uden

t-cr

eate

d/le

d fle

x.

St. M

arth

a

Jody

Her

tlein

Stag

e 1

• Co

llect

ion

of fo

od fo

r Mot

her T

eres

a Sc

hool

at T

hank

sgiv

ing

• Ch

ristm

as F

ood

Ham

per i

tem

s for

Goo

d Sh

ephe

rd P

aris

h Fo

od H

ampe

r Pro

gram

•

Colle

ctio

n of

item

s for

Goo

d Sh

ephe

rd's

Vinc

ent d

e Pa

ul c

omm

ittee

•

Lent

en Jo

urne

y So

cial

Just

ice

proj

ects

incl

uded

the

colle

ctio

n of

food

for t

he E

dmon

ton

Food

Ban

k •

A do

natio

n of

bot

h m

oney

and

item

s wer

e co

llect

ed b

y st

uden

ts to

supp

ort t

he v

ictim

s of t

he F

ort M

cMur

ray

fire

thro

ugh

the

Edm

onto

n Re

lief a

nd R

ed C

ross

.

Stag

e 2

• Th

ank

you

Card

s for

Vet

eran

s: S

tude

nts c

reat

ed th

ank

you

card

s whi

ch w

ere

dist

ribut

ed b

y se

vera

l of o

ur v

isitin

g ve

tera

ns

to o

ther

vet

eran

s and

/or m

embe

rs o

f the

mili

tary

on

Rem

embr

ance

Day

•

Durin

g th

e co

urse

of C

ity H

all S

choo

l, ou

r gra

de 6

stud

ents

mad

e sa

ndw

iche

s and

faci

litat

ed th

eir d

istrib

utio

n th

roug

h th

e M

usta

rd S

eed

• Le

nten

Jour

ney

Soci

al Ju

stic

e pr

ojec

t inc

lude

d th

e po

stin

g an

d/or

giv

ing

"not

es o

f joy

" to

peo

ple

in a

nd a

roun

d th

e sc

hool

Stag

e 3

St

age

4

Stag

e 5

St. M

artin

Wal

ter K

owal

chyk

Stag

e 1

• Ch

ristm

as C

ards

for S

oldi

ers

in U

krai

ne –

5 c

lass

es p

artic

ipat

ed in

cre

atin

g Ch

ristm

as c

ards

for t

he so

ldie

rs in

Ukr

aine

. St

uden

ts w

rote

upl

iftin

g m

essa

ges o

f gra

titud

e to

thes

e pe

ople

who

are

risk

ing

thei

r liv

es fo

r the

ir co

untr

y.

• U

krai

nian

Bili

ngua

l Ope

ning

Litu

rgy

– al

l stu

dent

s don

ated

to th

e Br

idge

of H

ope

and

Kids

hel

ping

Kid

s. B

oth

orga

niza

tions

w

ork

with

chi

ldre

n an

d yo

uth

in U

krai

ne.

Our

scho

ol ra

ised

$100

0 fo

r the

se c

harit

ies.

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• Le

ader

ship

Bak

e sa

le/T

oque

and

Mitt

en C

olle

ctio

n - $

478.

75 w

as ra

ised

thro

ugh

our C

hrist

mas

bak

e sa

le a

nd 5

gia

nt g

arba

ge

bags

full

of o

utdo

or c

loth

ing

was

col

lect

ed.

Our

lead

ersh

ip g

roup

spea

rhea

ded

and

orga

nize

d th

ese

even

ts.

97%

of t

he

stud

ent p

opul

atio

n pa

rtic

ipat

ed in

eith

er a

ctiv

ity o

r bot

h. T

his

mon

ey w

as c

olle

cted

for t

he lu

nch

prog

ram

at S

t. Fr

anci

s As

sisi

. We

have

par

tner

ed w

ith th

is sc

hool

for a

num

ber o

f yea

rs.

This

year

, it w

as d

ecid

ed th

at th

e st

uden

ts w

ould

also

mee

t th

e st

uden

ts a

nd sh

are

cultu

ral a

ctiv

ities

bet

wee

n th

e st

uden

ts.

Stag

e 2

St

age

3

Stag

e 4

St

age

5

St. M

ary

Sh

anno

n Fr

ost

Stag

e 1

• Gr

4's

wer

e th

e dr

ivin

g fo

rce

behi

nd a

food

ban

k co

llect

ion

for T

hank

sgiv

ing.

Key

to th

e le

arni

ng:

a sh

ift in

und

erst

andi

ng o

f th

e Fo

od B

ank

as a

reso

urce

in th

e co

mm

unity

to a

real

izatio

n th

at th

ere

is a

food

ban

k re

sour

ce o

utle

t hou

sed

in o

ur o

wn

paris

h ch

urch

. Th

is sh

ed n

ew li

ght i

n th

at o

ur st

ereo

-typ

e of

"nee

dy" c

hang

ed &

bec

ame

mor

e lo

caliz

ed!

As w

e m

ove

forw

ard

with

this

trad

ition

of f

ood

colle

ctio

n in

our

scho

ol c

omm

unity

, we

will

end

eavo

r to

targ

et sp

ecifi

c ite

ms &

wor

k to

su

ppor

t our

par

ish st

ore

hous

e in

an

effo

rt to

con

tinue

the

scho

ol/p

arish

con

nect

ion.

•

In S

tg 1

Act

ion

we

ende

avor

to in

clud

e m

embe

rs fr

om th

e or

gani

zatio

ns to

com

e m

eet &

cha

t with

the

stud

ents

. Fo

r 5 y

ears

Ed

mon

ton

Do-L

ikew

ise e

xecu

tive

have

join

ed u

s at C

hrist

mas

to re

ceiv

e ou

r col

lect

ions

of T

ooni

es fo

r Toe

s & th

e hu

ndre

ds o

f pa

irs o

f soc

ks w

e co

llect

; Len

ten

‘Jar o

f Hop

e’ c

olle

ctio

ns to

D &

P a

re in

than

ksgi

ving

of o

ur o

wn

bles

sings

; tea

med

with

pa

rish

to fu

rnis

hed

a re

fuge

es' a

part

men

t; pa

rish

Xmas

food

ham

pers

.

Stag

e 2

• As

teac

hers

we

wor

k sp

ecifi

cally

to c

reat

e co

nnec

tions

for t

he c

hild

ren

in th

e so

cial

just

ice

actio

ns n

ot o

nly

to th

e pe

ople

they

se

rve

but i

n th

e pr

oces

s its

elf.

The

gra

de 6

's to

ok g

reat

initi

ativ

e th

is ye

ar in

that

they

gat

here

d to

geth

er re

sour

ces t

o cr

eate

"M

ugs o

f Joy

" for

the

patr

ons o

f the

Mus

tard

See

d. D

urin

g Ad

vent

, the

stud

ents

wer

e en

cour

aged

to fi

nd c

reat

ive

mea

ns o

f se

rvic

e to

fam

ily &

nei

ghbo

rs o

r to

redi

rect

thei

r Chr

istm

as g

ifts t

o ra

ise fu

nds t

o pu

rcha

se it

ems f

or th

e pr

ojec

t. T

his a

ctiv

ity

serv

ed a

s a se

gue

into

thei

r res

earc

h ab

out t

he M

usta

rd S

eed,

the

patr

ons i

t ser

ves t

o th

e en

d w

here

the

6's c

ontin

ued

to

build

thei

r rel

atio

nshi

p w

ith th

e or

gani

zatio

n tr

avel

ing

dow

ntow

n to

sort

don

atio

ns &

mak

e sa

ndw

iche

s for

the

com

mun

ity.

• Gr

5’s

mad

e bo

okm

arks

for i

nmat

es e

xten

ding

thei

r pra

yers

to th

em a

nd p

artic

ipat

ed in

a lo

cal R

oot f

or tr

ees p

lant

ing

even

t.

Stag

e 3

• Fo

r 5 y

rs, o

ur c

omm

unity

of l

earn

ers c

ontin

ue to

bui

ld a

trad

ition

app

roac

hing

the

Lent

en se

ason

focu

sing

on p

raye

r, al

msg

ivin

g &

fast

ing

conn

ecte

d to

cre

atin

g a

self-

awar

enes

s of o

ur c

all t

o di

scip

lesh

ip &

stew

ards

hip.

In

this

Year

of M

ercy

&

the

Pope

’s e

ncyc

lical

(Lau

dato

Si)

a fo

cus o

f CAR

E FO

R CR

EATI

ON

incl

uded

but

was

not

lim

ited

to th

e en

viro

nmen

t but

em

brac

ed A

LL c

reat

ion:

e.g

. our

fam

ily m

embe

rs, c

lass

mat

es, g

loba

l bro

ther

s & si

ster

s, p

layg

roun

d sp

ace

& th

e cu

lture

of o

ur

hallw

ays!

Th

e se

ason

's cu

lmin

atio

n in

volv

ed a

scho

ol w

ide

Pray

er F

east

whe

re w

e sh

are

a m

eage

r mea

l (br

ead,

wat

er &

ch

eese

). F

requ

ent c

omm

unal

pra

yer,

visu

al jo

urna

l ref

lect

ion

& b

road

cast

teac

hing

of c

har o

f Cat

h Ed

serv

e to

laun

ch &

su

ppor

t our

mem

bers

in S

tage

3 A

ctio

n: C

REAT

E A

CLIM

ATE

OF

CHAN

GE.

The

lang

uage

is e

mbe

dded

in th

e te

achi

ng &

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perm

eate

s sub

sequ

ent c

onve

rsat

ions

. Th

is in

volv

es a

stro

ng c

omm

unity

par

tner

ship

with

the

paris

h, D

evel

opm

ent &

Pea

ce

& lo

cal b

usin

esse

s who

gra

ciou

sly sp

onso

r the

eve

nt.

Stag

e 4

St

age

5 •

Via

SMTV

'Cau

ght i

n th

e Sp

irit'

pray

er &

refle

ctio

n se

ssio

ns w

e cr

eate

d a

cont

ext w

ithin

whi

ch st

uden

ts w

ere

prom

pted

to

expl

ore

thei

r mem

bers

hip

to c

omm

unity

: sca

ffold

ing

an u

nder

stan

ding

of o

urse

lves

as m

embe

rs o

f our

1st

com

mun

ity

(fam

ily) &

gre

w o

ut to

par

ish (s

acra

men

ts),

scho

ol, l

ocal

& b

uilt

to re

cogn

izing

our

selv

es a

s par

t of a

glo

bal c

omm

unity

. Aw

aren

ess t

hat o

ne h

as a

voi

ce, o

pini

on &

cho

ice

to re

spon

d to

a c

all t

o di

scip

lesh

ip is

of h

uge

cons

eque

nce

plan

ting

seed

s fo

r gro

wth

in S

tg 4

. Th

e in

vest

men

t of ‘

self’

refle

cted

in a

ctiv

ities

, res

pons

es &

infe

renc

es o

f our

com

mun

ity e

xplo

ring

stew

ards

hip

& 'c

are

for A

LL c

reat

ion'

(Lau

dato

Si)

was

refle

ctiv

e of

Stg

4 a

ctio

n! T

he p

ositi

ve a

ttitu

de re

cogn

izing

our

bl

essin

gs &

resp

onsi

bilit

y to

com

mun

ity se

rved

as a

tang

ible

repr

esen

tatio

n of

Stg

4 a

ctio

n th

an a

ny sp

ecifi

c in

itiat

ed e

vent

. Be

ing

‘Cau

ght i

n th

e Sp

irit’

allo

wed

aut

onom

y to

resp

ond

as th

e Sp

irit c

alle

d &

inde

ed sa

w e

vide

nce

of st

rong

per

sona

l co

nnec

tions

to C

REAT

ING

A CL

IMAT

E O

F CH

ANGE

St. M

atth

ew

Geor

ge A

nton

akis

Stag

e 1

• Co

llect

ed n

on-p

erish

able

food

item

s for

Chr

istm

as fo

od h

ampe

rs fo

r our

scho

ol c

omm

uniti

es (i

n co

njun

ctio

n w

ith

Arch

bish

op O

’Lea

ry H

igh

Scho

ol)/

Fort

McM

urra

y fa

mili

es

• Co

llect

ion

of so

cks,

toile

trie

s for

For

t McM

urra

y Fa

mili

es

• Co

llect

ion

of m

onie

s/fu

nds f

or S

ign

of H

ope

cam

paig

n (B

reak

a R

ule

Day)

•

Brea

kfas

t/lu

nch/

snac

ks, a

s wel

l as,

art

icle

s of c

loth

ing

prov

ided

to n

eedy

stud

ents

in o

ur sc

hool

com

mun

ity

• Le

nten

pro

ject

– C

olle

ctio

n of

fund

s for

Syr

ian

fam

ilies

•

Thro

ugh

our p

artic

ular

pro

ject

s we

(sta

ff an

d st

uden

ts) w

ere

rem

inde

d of

our

man

y bl

essin

gs (a

cces

s to

food

, goo

d he

alth

, liv

ing

in a

city

shel

tere

d fr

om th

e de

vast

atio

n).

We

lear

ned

that

life

cou

ld c

hang

e in

an

inst

ant.

We

lear

ned

that

all

acts

of

kind

ness

/con

trib

utio

ns, r

egar

dles

s of s

ize a

re v

alue

d an

d im

port

ant.

Las

tly, w

e le

arne

d th

at w

hat w

e di

d co

uld

help

a

peer

/frie

nd si

ttin

g ne

xt to

us i

n a

clas

sroo

m, a

s wel

l as,

reac

h ac

ross

the

wor

ld to

som

eone

we

had

neve

r met

(pos

sibly

onl

y se

en in

pic

ture

s or o

n th

e ne

ws)

. •

Alth

ough

the

orga

niza

tions

/cau

ses t

hat o

ur sc

hool

com

mun

ity c

hoos

es to

supp

ort v

ary

from

yea

r to

year

, the

one

con

stan

t th

at h

as a

nd w

ill c

ontin

ue to

be

a pr

ojec

t in

our s

choo

l is t

he c

olle

ctio

n of

food

item

s and

org

aniza

tion/

deliv

erin

g of

Ch

ristm

as H

ampe

rs to

har

dshi

p fa

mili

es in

our

scho

ol c

omm

unity

dur

ing

the

Chris

tmas

Sea

son.

Stag

e 2

St

age

3

Stag

e 4

St

age

5

St. M

onic

a Kr

isty

Desm

aris

Stag

e 1

• Th

anks

givi

ng F

ood

Driv

e - E

dmon

ton

Food

Ban

k - k

eepi

ng in

min

d ou

r stu

dent

s are

age

s 3-7

stud

ents

wer

e as

ked

to b

ring

in

one

item

to sh

are

with

peo

ple

who

don

't ha

ve fo

od.

Teac

hers

disc

usse

d he

lpin

g ot

hers

by

than

king

God

for t

he th

ings

we

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have

and

shar

ing

with

thos

e w

ho d

on't.

At o

ur T

hank

sgiv

ing

Cele

brat

ion

each

cla

ss b

roug

ht fo

od to

our

relig

ion

tabl

e an

d th

e fo

od w

as b

less

ed.

• Ch

ristm

as C

heer

Ham

pers

- Lo

cal f

amili

es w

ithin

our

com

mun

ity -

food

and

gift

s wer

e co

llect

ed fo

r 10

fam

ilies

with

in o

ur

own

com

mun

ity.

Stud

ents

bro

ught

in fo

od a

nd se

lect

ed a

gift

for a

fam

ily m

embe

r with

thei

r par

ents

. Th

e cl

ass w

rapp

ed th

e gi

fts a

nd m

ade

card

s tog

ethe

r. Th

is ha

s bee

n a

trad

ition

at S

t. M

onic

a fo

r man

y he

ars.

Stag

e 2

• Re

fuge

e Sp

onso

rshi

p - C

hild

ren

Help

ing

Child

ren

- the

gra

de 1

stud

ents

took

lead

in le

arni

ng a

bout

wha

t a re

fuge

e is

and

how

th

ey c

ould

hel

p th

e ch

ildre

n in

the

fam

ilies

com

ing

to C

anad

a. T

hey

mad

e po

ster

s and

invi

ted

ever

yone

to b

ring

in b

ooks

and

to

ys d

urin

g Le

nt.

They

wer

e th

en d

onat

ed to

St.

Thom

as M

ore

Paris

h fo

r ref

ugee

s. W

e w

ill c

ontin

ue o

ur re

latio

nshi

p w

ith

St. T

hom

as M

ore

paris

h to

hel

p w

ith fu

ture

Soc

ial J

ustic

e pr

ojec

ts.

• Va

lent

ine

Deliv

ery

- a n

umbe

r of c

lass

es c

reat

e sp

ecia

l Val

entin

e's a

nd w

ishes

of l

ove

and

kind

ness

dur

ing

the

wee

k of

Va

lent

ine'

s Day

and

go

thro

ugho

ut th

e co

mm

unity

del

iver

y th

em.

Som

e vi

sit th

e Pu

blic

Jr. H

igh

next

doo

r, ot

hers

the

loca

l Sa

few

ay a

nd o

ther

bus

ines

ses.

Thi

s has

bee

n a

trad

ition

for S

t. M

onic

a fo

r the

pas

t 4 y

ears

.

Stag

e 3

St

age

4

Stag

e 5

St. N

icho

las

Brad

Kos

hka/

Nico

le

Duig

ou-Jo

nes

Stag

e 1

• Cl

othi

ng/h

ouse

hold

item

s driv

e fo

r don

atio

ns to

the

Edm

onto

n Em

erge

ncy

Shel

ter

• Fo

od d

rive

to d

onat

e 18

Chr

istm

as h

ampe

rs to

fam

ilies

in o

ur sc

hool

com

mun

ity

• M

itts/

toqu

es/s

ocks

driv

e to

don

ate

to th

e St

. Vin

cent

de

Paul

Soc

iety

•

Dona

ted

cand

y ba

gs/w

ell w

ishes

to th

e Bu

ildin

g Ho

pe &

Com

pass

ion

Asso

ciat

ion

Hom

eles

s She

lter

• W

e ha

ve st

arte

d a

Serv

ice

Hour

s (10

hou

rs) i

nitia

tive

for a

ll st

uden

ts in

the

scho

ol in

thei

r Rel

igio

n cl

asse

s. T

each

ers h

ave

trac

ked

the

hour

s don

e by

stud

ents

, and

a fi

nal r

efle

ctio

n w

ill b

e do

ne b

y th

e st

uden

t to

revi

ew w

hat t

hey

have

lear

ned

from

th

e ex

perie

nce.

We

will

eva

luat

e th

e in

itiat

ive

at th

e en

d of

the

scho

ol y

ear t

o de

term

ine

if it

was

succ

essf

ul o

r not

. •

We

had

gues

ts fr

om A

borig

inal

Lea

rnin

g Se

rvic

es c

ome

to a

staf

f mee

ting

to d

o th

e Bl

anke

t Exe

rcis

e to

brin

g ab

out a

bet

ter

unde

rsta

ndin

g of

the

Resid

entia

l Sch

ools

and

thei

r effe

ct o

n th

e ge

nera

tions

that

follo

wed

. •

We

cele

brat

ed O

rang

e Sh

irt D

ay o

n Se

pt 3

0 - "

ever

y ch

ild m

atte

rs"

Stag

e 2

• O

ur P

AC p

urch

ased

two

wat

er b

ottle

stat

ions

/fou

ntai

ns to

hel

p in

crea

se a

war

enes

s of w

ater

scar

city

in th

e w

orld

. •

We

has m

embe

rs o

f Dev

elop

men

t & P

eace

com

e ou

t to

pres

ent t

o al

l stu

dent

s abo

ut th

e la

ck o

f cle

an d

rinki

ng w

ater

in th

e w

orld

, the

scar

city

of w

ater

, the

cos

ts a

ssoc

iate

d, e

tc.

•

Stud

ents

did

pre

sent

atio

ns in

cla

ss a

bout

the

abov

e iss

ues a

nd c

reat

ed p

oste

rs/p

ower

poi

nts a

bout

the

issue

s and

we

have

te

rmed

it W

ater

for A

ll •

Stud

ents

mad

e po

ster

for t

he h

alls

and

have

con

tinue

d to

talk

abo

ut w

ater

issu

es a

s a fu

ndam

enta

l rig

ht in

bot

h So

cial

St

udie

s cla

sses

and

Rel

igio

n cl

asse

s

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al Ju

stic

e 20

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atio

nal P

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ing

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ay 2

016

61

• W

e ha

ve p

lans

in p

lace

at e

ach

the

Grad

es 7

, 8 a

nd 9

leve

ls to

con

tinue

to d

iscu

ss th

is is

sue

and

to c

hann

el o

ur S

ocia

l Jus

tice

effo

rts f

or n

ext y

ear i

n th

is w

ay.

Stag

e 3

• W

e co

mpl

eted

a B

uild

A S

choo

l pro

ject

with

WE

DAY

repr

esen

tativ

es a

nd re

ceiv

ed o

ur c

ertif

icat

e th

at a

scho

ol w

as b

eing

bu

ilt a

s a re

sult

of o

ur d

onat

ions

. Th

is ha

s bee

n a

5 ye

ar p

roje

ct to

raise

the

fund

s req

uire

d. N

ow th

at th

ey in

itiat

ive

is do

ne,

we

will

cha

nnel

our

effo

rts t

owar

ds th

e W

ater

For

All

initi

ativ

e di

scus

sed

abov

e.

Stag

e 4

St

age

5

St. P

aul

Boya

n Ya

rove

nko

Stag

e 1

• Ch

ristm

as S

hoe

Boxe

s: G

rade

1A,

1/2

A an

d 2A

wor

ked

with

the

Spiri

t of C

hrist

mas

cha

rity

to p

rovi

de sh

oebo

xes f

illed

with

es

sent

ial i

tem

s and

gift

s for

the

child

ren

at D

elto

n Sc

hool

. Th

ank

you

so m

uch

to A

lex

Favr

et fo

r set

ting

this

all u

p fo

r us!

•

Terr

y Fo

x Ru

n - S

t. Pa

ul jo

ined

in 2

005,

so th

is ye

ar w

ill b

e th

e 11

th y

ear.

•

Cana

dian

Red

Cro

ss D

onat

ion

– th

roug

h th

e re

cycl

ing

effo

rts o

f our

cla

ss, 3

B m

ade

a m

onet

ary

dona

tion

to su

ppor

t the

ne

eds o

f tho

se a

ffect

ed b

y th

e w

ildfir

e di

sast

er in

Ft.

McM

urra

y.

• St

. Joh

n th

e Ev

ange

list D

onat

ion

– ag

ain,

thro

ugh

clas

sroo

m re

cycl

ing,

a fi

nanc

ial c

ontr

ibut

ion

was

mad

e to

Fr.

Paul

to g

ive

to

the

Holy

Chi

ldho

od A

ssoc

iatio

n.

• Ce

real

box

driv

e w

hich

invo

lved

hav

ing

the

stud

ents

of S

t. Pa

ul d

onat

ing

cere

al to

Ft.

McM

urra

y fa

mili

es.

• Sa

nta'

s Ano

nym

ous a

t Chr

istm

as- S

ecre

t San

ta b

oth

6A a

nd 6

B.

• W

e al

so c

olle

cted

soap

for W

eac

wom

en's

shel

ter

Stag

e 2

• Th

is ye

ar th

e 4B

cla

ss p

artic

ipat

ed in

Wor

ld W

onde

r Day

on

Nov

embe

r 24,

201

5 an

d ex

plor

ed w

orld

hun

ger.

Thi

s led

us t

o a

disc

ussio

n on

Foo

d Ba

nks.

We

conn

ecte

d w

ith D

an Jo

hnst

one

aka

“Can

Man

Dan

” w

ho sh

ared

som

e of

his

expe

rienc

es.

Our

id

ea th

is ye

ar w

as to

mak

e a

“Can

-Str

uctio

n” C

hrist

mas

tree

.

Stag

e 3

St

age

4

Stag

e 5

St. P

hilip

Ta

ras P

odils

ky

Stag

e 1

• Te

rry

Fox

Run

• O

ur S

PARK

(stu

dent

lead

ersh

ip te

am) R

aise

d m

oney

for S

uppo

rt a

Ken

yan

Villa

ge C

ampa

ign:

Met

goa

l of r

aisin

g $2

500.

Stud

ent o

rgan

ized

fund

raisi

ng a

ctiv

ities

incl

uded

: o

Brea

k a

Rule

day

o

Bott

le D

rive

o Fr

ont R

ow R

affle

for C

hrist

mas

con

cert

o

Mon

ies r

aise

d fr

om C

arne

vale

cel

ebra

tion

• Th

anks

givi

ng h

ampe

rs

• Ch

ristm

as H

ampe

rs fo

r our

scho

ol fa

mili

es in

nee

d

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al Ju

stic

e 20

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atio

nal P

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ay 2

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• Ru

n4Ch

ange

eve

nt

o Co

llect

ion

of m

oney

for s

tude

nts w

ho d

on’t

have

scho

ol su

pplie

s w

ithin

our

dist

rict

• Ru

n Cl

ub tr

aine

d ea

ch w

eek

to p

rom

ote

heal

thy

livin

g, ru

nnin

g 2.

5 Km

eac

h w

eek

• Bu

ilt c

omm

unity

o

Who

le sc

hool

initi

ativ

e

o Ju

mp

Rope

for H

eart

– H

eart

and

Str

oke

Foun

datio

n o

Chris

tmas

con

cert

don

atio

ns a

t doo

r for

Sig

n of

Hop

e o

Bake

sale

for S

yria

n Re

fuge

es (d

urin

g De

mon

stra

tion

of L

earn

ing)

– d

onat

ed to

Hou

se o

f Wel

com

e(af

filia

ted

with

St.

Jose

ph’s

col

lege

) o

Food

and

supp

lies c

olle

ctio

n fo

r For

t McM

urra

y re

side

nts

Stag

e 2

• Sp

ark

team

wen

t to

Seni

ors H

ome

(SAG

E) to

serv

e th

em lu

nch

o Ap

prec

iatio

n fo

r oth

ers a

bilit

ies a

nd ta

lent

s o

Use

d th

eir g

ifts t

o su

ppor

t oth

ers

o W

ante

d to

do

go to

SAG

E ag

ain

beca

use

it m

ade

them

feel

goo

d •

Cere

al d

rive/

Tha

nksg

ivin

g Ha

mpe

rs

o St

uden

ts le

arne

d th

at e

very

litt

le a

ct o

f kin

dnes

s can

mak

e a

huge

diff

eren

ce o

n sc

hool

, com

mun

ity a

nd w

orld

leve

l o

The

stud

ents

felt

that

pro

vidi

ng fo

od fo

r tho

se w

ho h

ave

none

was

a b

eaut

iful a

ct o

f God

o

Pove

rty

and

lack

of f

ood

exist

s all

arou

nd u

s.

o Ha

ving

the

child

ren

real

ize

this

brin

gs a

dee

p aw

aren

ess a

nd fu

rthe

rs th

eir a

ppre

ciat

ion

of w

hat t

hey

have

. o

It al

so h

as th

em to

look

with

in th

emse

lves

to n

ot lo

ok a

t wha

t the

y do

n’t h

ave

but r

athe

r wha

t the

y do

hav

e

• Ru

n4Ch

ange

o

Und

erst

andi

ng th

at th

ere

are

scho

ol m

ates

who

can

not a

fford

item

s tha

t the

y ea

sily

get

o Co

mm

ittin

g to

a d

iffic

ult p

hysic

al ru

n, n

ot fo

r the

mse

lves

, but

to h

elp

othe

rs.

• Te

rry

Fox

Run

o

Stud

ents

lear

n w

ho is

he

and

wha

t he

did

o Ca

nadi

an h

istor

y

Stag

e 3

• Sp

ark

Team

for L

eade

rshi

p an

d bu

ildin

g lif

e sk

ills f

or in

itiat

ing

chan

ge in

our

scho

ol c

omm

unity

as w

ell a

s in

Afric

a

Stag

e 4

St

age

5

St. P

ius X

Krist

a M

acGr

egor

Stag

e 1

• W

e co

llect

ed w

arm

win

ter g

ear f

or th

e pe

ople

at n

eed

in o

ur c

omm

unity

and

at t

he B

isse

ll Ce

nter

. W

e ch

ose

this

as it

hel

ps

thos

e in

nee

d am

ongs

t us a

s wel

l as f

amili

es g

oing

thro

ugh

hard

ship

thro

ugho

ut th

e ci

ty.

• Ch

ristm

as h

ampe

rs fo

r fam

ilies

in n

eed

at o

ur sc

hool

. W

e co

llect

ed it

ems t

o m

ake

19 h

ampe

rs.

We

chos

e th

is so

that

our

st

uden

ts in

nee

d m

ay n

ot g

o w

ithou

t foo

d ov

er th

e ho

liday

s.

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al Ju

stic

e 20

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atio

nal P

lann

ing

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ay 2

016

63

• St

ocki

ngs f

or S

tolle

ry.

We

asse

mbl

ed 1

10 st

ocki

ngs f

or th

e St

olle

ry.

This

is so

met

hing

ver

y de

ar to

our

hea

rts a

s we

have

un

fort

unat

ely

had

man

y st

uden

ts in

the

past

and

as p

rese

nt a

s now

in th

e St

olle

ry fo

r ext

ende

d st

ays.

Thi

s is s

omet

hing

that

m

any

of o

ur st

uden

ts c

an c

onne

ct to

in o

ne c

apac

ity o

r ano

ther

. •

Cand

y G

ram

s. W

e ar

e cu

rren

tly se

lling

can

dy g

ram

s to

raise

fund

s for

a fo

rmer

stud

ent,

Conn

or M

cgra

th w

ho h

as b

een

is fig

htin

g le

ukem

ia si

nce

he w

as a

stud

ent a

t our

scho

ol in

201

4. H

e is

curr

ently

in n

eed

of a

ver

y ex

pens

ive

trea

tmen

t in

orde

r to

save

his

life.

We

know

that

eve

ry d

olla

r cou

nts a

nd w

e w

ant t

o do

our

par

t. T

his i

s a so

cial

just

ice

activ

ity th

at m

ost a

ll st

uden

ts h

ave

a di

rect

con

nect

with

. •

Bake

sale

at o

ur C

hrist

mas

fam

ily d

ance

. We

raise

d m

oney

for t

he S

tolle

ry.

• Po

inse

ttia

fund

raise

r. S

ome

of th

e fu

nds f

rom

this

fund

raise

r will

be

used

by

the

Soci

al Ju

stic

e Te

am w

hen

shop

ping

for a

nd

prep

arin

g ba

ckpa

cks t

hat w

ill b

e gi

ven

out t

o th

e ho

mel

ess p

eopl

e in

dow

ntow

n Ed

mon

ton.

We

chos

e to

do

this

so th

at th

e st

uden

ts a

re a

ctiv

ely

invo

lved

in th

e co

mpl

ete

proc

ess o

f soc

ial j

ustic

e fr

om ra

ising

the

fund

s to

prep

arin

g to

seei

ng th

e di

ffere

nce

they

can

mak

e di

rect

ly.

• Al

l cla

sses

are

invo

lved

in th

e M

orni

ng P

raye

r. T

wo

or th

ree

stud

ents

shar

e pe

rson

al p

raye

r on

the

broa

dcas

t sys

tem

dai

ly.

We

chos

e th

is ac

tivity

as i

t giv

es e

ach

stud

ent a

n op

port

unity

to e

xpre

ss a

nd c

eleb

rate

thei

r fai

th a

s wel

l as l

ead

by e

xam

ple.

•

Stud

ents

in th

e ol

der g

rade

s act

as u

sher

s dur

ing

our c

eleb

ratio

ns.

This

allo

ws t

hem

to ta

ke o

wne

rshi

p of

thei

r fai

th a

nd le

ad

by e

xam

ple

even

whe

n th

eir c

lass

is n

ot re

spon

sible

for t

he M

ass.

•

Com

mun

ity w

alk

was

hel

d. A

ll st

uden

ts v

isite

d ho

uses

in th

e ne

ighb

orho

od to

say

hi a

nd d

rop

off c

heer

ful i

tem

s i.e

. car

ds,

pict

ures

, flo

wer

s etc

. •

A bo

ttle

driv

e is

curr

ently

in e

ffect

to ra

ise m

oney

for n

ew p

ark

equi

pmen

t tha

t will

ben

efit

our c

hild

ren

with

dis

abili

ties.

•

Back

pack

s wer

e m

ade

for c

hild

ren

affe

cted

by

the

Fort

Mac

. Fire

s.

• St

aff a

nd st

uden

ts c

olle

ct it

ems n

eede

d fo

r the

peo

ple

of F

ort.

Mac

Stag

e 2

• Gr

ade

6 sc

hool

traf

fic p

atro

ls

• Gr

ade

5 lu

nch

mon

itors

•

Read

ing

budd

ies –

all

grad

es

• Gr

ade

5 an

d 6

stud

ents

act

ing

as le

ader

s on

act

ivity

day

s suc

h as

“St

. Piu

s Fai

th D

ay”

and

“Gam

es D

ay”

• St

uden

ts in

gra

des 2

– 6

bei

ng a

par

t of o

ur c

hoir;

sin

ging

at a

ll ce

lebr

atio

ns, M

asse

s and

City

Hal

l •

All c

lass

es in

volv

ed in

stud

ent l

ed m

orni

ng p

raye

r •

All c

lass

es in

volv

ed in

scho

ol y

ard

clea

n up

Stag

e 3

Amba

ssad

ors o

f Sha

lom

•

Beca

use

the

stud

ents

foun

d th

at th

ere

was

a n

eed

for e

very

one

to fe

el sa

fe a

nd w

elco

med

in o

ur b

uild

ing

they

took

the

lead

on

bec

omin

g th

ose

Amba

ssad

ors o

f Sha

lom

that

go

out a

t rec

ess t

o he

lp te

ach

kids

how

to p

lay

and

also

to h

elp

them

if th

ey

have

a li

ttle

pro

blem

. Th

ey a

re v

isibl

e an

d ca

tch

stud

ents

bei

ng g

ood

citiz

ens.

We

are

alre

ady

prep

arin

g fo

r nex

t yea

r and

w

hat i

t will

look

like

.

Stag

e 4

St

age

5

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al Ju

stic

e 20

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atio

nal P

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ay 2

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64

St. R

icha

rd Ka

thy

Sosn

owsk

i

Stag

e 1

Proj

ects

eith

er b

egan

with

stud

ent i

nput

or w

ere

trad

ition

s sta

rted

yea

rs b

efor

e. T

hey

are

led

by st

uden

ts; l

earn

val

ue o

f sha

ring

and

help

ing

othe

rs.

•

Food

Ban

k St

. The

resa

•

Sign

of H

ope

Bask

et R

affle

•

Terr

y Fo

x Ru

n

• Yo

uth

Emer

genc

y Sh

elte

r

• Bo

ttle

Driv

e fo

r Jor

dan

• Ft

. McM

urra

y do

natio

ns

Stag

e 2

Thes

e pr

ojec

ts c

ome

from

disc

ussio

n w

ith st

uden

ts w

ho le

arn

that

they

can

brin

g ha

ppin

ess a

nd k

indn

ess t

o ot

hers

thro

ugh

smal

l bu

t sin

cere

wor

ks o

f mer

cy.

• B'

s Din

er -

Mon

thly

sand

wic

h m

akin

g an

d de

liver

y to

scho

ols

- Gra

de 5

-- y

early

and

all

year

long

•

Chris

tmas

Car

d de

liver

y in

Nei

ghbo

rhoo

d --

Vario

us g

rade

s as d

ecid

ed b

y st

uden

ts

• Va

lent

ine'

s Day

Car

d de

liver

y in

Nei

ghbo

rhoo

d --

Vario

us g

rade

s as d

ecid

ed b

y st

uden

ts

• Co

mm

unity

Gar

den

- All

stud

ents

pla

nt, h

arve

st a

nd in

vite

the

com

mun

ity to

feel

free

to p

ick

the

vege

tabl

es fo

r the

ir ho

mes

•

Disp

lay

of A

rt w

ork

at G

ray

Nun

s Hos

pita

l - a

ll gr

ades

take

turn

s to

brin

g jo

y to

the

sick

Stag

e 3

St

age

4

Stag

e 5

St. R

ose

Pa

mel

a Po

rter

Stag

e 1

• Co

llect

ed u

sed

spor

ting

equi

pmen

t to

dona

te to

Spo

rt C

entr

al w

hich

is a

non

-pro

fit o

rgan

izatio

n th

at c

olle

cts,

fixe

s, an

d di

strib

utes

spor

ts e

quip

men

t to

less

fort

unat

e ch

ildre

n w

ho c

anno

t affo

rd to

pla

y sp

orts

. •

Colle

cted

box

es o

f cer

eal f

or S

t. Ju

stin

's br

eakf

ast p

rogr

am.

• Co

llect

ed to

ys a

nd so

cks f

or th

e fa

mili

es o

f Mot

her T

eres

a Sc

hool

dur

ing

the

Adve

nt se

ason

. •

Colle

cted

mon

ey fo

r the

For

t Mac

fire

relie

f fun

d.

• So

ld c

otto

n ca

ndy

and

had

a ba

ke sa

le to

raise

mon

ey fo

r Fre

e th

e Ch

ildre

n.

• Ra

ised

fund

s for

the

Terr

y Fo

x Ru

n •

Raise

d fu

nds f

or th

e Si

gn o

f Hop

e Ca

mpa

ign

Stag

e 2

• St

uden

ts v

olun

teer

ed a

t the

Foo

d Ba

nk so

rtin

g fo

od a

nd le

arni

ng a

bout

how

the

Food

Ban

k op

erat

es.

• St

uden

t visi

ted

Lynn

woo

d Ca

pita

l Car

e ce

nter

. The

y w

orke

d in

smal

l gro

ups w

ith th

e se

nior

s the

re a

nd d

id a

ctiv

ities

like

bo

wlin

g, c

ooki

ng, t

rivia

, wal

k ab

outs

, and

nai

l pai

ntin

g.

• St

uden

ts v

isite

d yo

unge

r stu

dent

s at S

t. Ju

stin

and

St.

Lucy

Ele

men

tary

to re

ad w

ith th

em.

• St

uden

ts h

elpe

d to

clea

n up

the

river

val

ley.

•

Atte

nded

Soc

ial J

ustic

e Co

nfer

ence

at S

t. M

ark

(SLA

M P

oetr

y to

raise

aw

aren

ess o

f the

UN

Sus

tain

able

Goa

ls).

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• St

uden

ts c

arol

ed a

t the

Uni

vers

ity H

ospi

tal t

o sh

are

Chris

tmas

joy

with

oth

ers.

As th

e st

uden

ts sh

are

thei

r tim

e an

d st

reng

ths w

ith o

ther

s in

the

com

mun

ity, w

e ho

pe th

at th

ey d

evel

op a

n aw

aren

ess o

f ou

r co

mm

unity

, and

its p

eopl

e. B

y go

ing

into

thei

r com

mun

ity n

ow, t

hey

will

und

erst

andi

ng h

ow th

ey c

an a

ssist

and

bui

ld

St

age

3

Stag

e 4

St

age

5

St. S

tani

slaus

Je

nnife

r Ste

edsm

an

Stag

e 1

• W

arm

Hea

rts P

roje

ct (w

inte

r clo

thin

g dr

ive

- Adv

ent p

roje

ct) f

or a

noth

er sc

hool

in o

ur d

istric

t •

Anaw

im F

ood

bank

(foo

d dr

ive

- Tha

nksg

ivin

g pr

ojec

t)

• Ch

alic

e (fu

ndra

ising

to b

uy g

oats

for c

omm

uniti

es in

nee

d):

year

long

pro

ject

with

mul

tiple

fund

raise

rs su

ch a

s bak

e sa

les,

te

ache

rs v

s. st

uden

t soc

cer g

ame,

etc

. Ch

alic

e w

as c

hose

n by

the

scho

ol's

We

Day

club

(stu

dent

s who

att

ende

d th

e W

e Da

y so

cial

just

ice

conf

eren

ce in

Cal

gary

) •

Stud

ents

wer

e em

pow

ered

by

havi

ng a

voi

ce in

the

plan

ning

and

impl

emen

tatio

n of

pro

ject

s. T

hey

show

ed le

ader

ship

and

em

path

y, b

oth

in c

arry

ing

out t

he p

roje

ct w

ith th

eir f

ello

w s

tude

nts,

and

in th

eir n

ew u

nder

stan

ding

of h

ow fo

rtun

ate

they

ar

e in

thei

r ow

n liv

es.

Stag

e 2

• Gr

ade

One

cla

sses

sang

for s

iste

rs a

t the

Pro

vide

nce

Rene

wal

Cen

tre

• Th

e gr

ade

ones

had

the

chan

ce to

shar

e th

eir g

ifts a

nd ta

lent

s with

peo

ple

outs

ide

the

scho

ol c

omm

unity

Stag

e 3

• Ki

va -

a gr

ade

4 te

ache

r has

bee

n w

orki

ng w

ith h

is cl

asse

s for

the

last

3 y

ears

on

doin

g m

icro

loan

s thr

ough

the

Kiva

or

gani

zatio

n •

The

grad

e 3s

and

4s l

earn

ed a

bout

how

a sm

all b

it ca

n do

so m

uch,

and

that

it k

eeps

on

givi

ng, a

s it i

s rei

nves

ted

into

co

mm

uniti

es in

nee

d, e

mpo

wer

ing

peop

le o

n th

e ot

her s

ide

of th

e w

orld

Stag

e 4

St

age

5

St. T

eres

a

Lesia

Huk

Stag

e 1

• Fo

od H

ampe

r – c

olle

ctio

n an

d de

liver

y at

Chr

istm

as ti

me.

The

ham

pers

are

then

del

iver

ed to

our

scho

ol fa

mili

es th

at n

eed

supp

ort.

This

colle

ctio

n (s

tage

) is m

ade

furt

her i

mpo

rtan

t by

incl

udin

g th

e ha

mpe

rs a

nd h

avin

g th

em b

less

ed a

s a p

art o

f our

Ad

vent

cel

ebra

tion.

We

will

con

tinue

with

this

proj

ect n

ext y

ear.

Our

stud

ents

and

staf

f are

alw

ays w

illin

g to

supp

ort

fam

ilies

in n

eed.

Whe

n th

ere

is a

caus

e su

ch a

s thi

s the

stud

ents

are

abl

e to

bro

aden

thei

r wor

ld v

iew

, lea

rn a

bout

the

need

s of

chi

ldre

n an

d fa

mili

es.

• Fo

r our

ann

ual s

choo

l soc

ial j

ustic

e pr

ojec

t tha

t is l

inke

d w

ith W

E DA

Y, th

e Gr

ade

6 cl

asse

s hav

e de

cide

d to

supp

ort

Keny

a. T

he c

itize

ns in

Ken

ya d

o no

t hav

e ad

equa

te a

cces

s to

med

ical

supp

lies a

nd c

are.

Due

to th

e fa

ct th

at th

ere

is on

ly

one

doct

or to

10,

000

peop

le, m

any

Keny

ans d

ie e

very

yea

r by

caus

es re

late

d to

mal

aria

, hea

rt d

iseas

e, a

nd c

ance

r. T

heir

prop

osal

was

that

we

all m

ake

a ch

ange

for K

enya

! “Y

ou c

an d

o yo

ur p

art b

y sa

ving

and

cle

anin

g ou

t you

r pop

can

s and

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plas

tic b

ottle

s. S

end

the

clea

n, re

cycl

able

pop

can

s and

bot

tles t

o sc

hool

with

you

r chi

ld.

Sta

rtin

g M

onda

y M

ay 2

nd, t

he

grad

e 6

stud

ents

will

com

e ar

ound

at l

unch

rece

ss to

col

lect

the

recy

clab

le b

ottle

s. “

Stag

e 2

• A

grad

e 6

stud

ent i

nitia

tive

- to

gath

er ru

nnin

g sh

oes f

or c

hild

ren

and

youn

g ad

ults

that

will

att

end

Shilo

h Su

mm

er Y

outh

Ca

mp.

The

y ne

ed th

e fo

otw

ear s

o th

at th

ey c

an p

artic

ipat

e in

the

cam

p ac

tiviti

es.

• A

grad

e 6

stud

ent i

nitia

tive

– to

take

scho

ol su

pplie

s to

Mex

ico

and

dona

te th

em to

a sc

hool

Stag

e 3

• Th

e gr

ade

6 cl

asse

s dec

ided

that

“Yo

u ca

n do

you

r par

t by

savi

ng a

nd c

lean

ing

out y

our p

op c

ans a

nd p

last

ic b

ottle

s“.

The

mon

ies w

ill su

ppor

t the

med

ical

Pill

ar –

of W

E Da

y. T

his p

roje

ct a

lso in

volv

es st

uden

ts le

arni

ng a

bout

oth

er p

arts

of t

he

wor

ld, t

heir

cultu

re, t

heir

envi

ronm

ent,

thei

r nee

ds e

tc.

Stag

e 4

This

stag

e is

ongo

ing

in th

e cl

assr

oom

s with

the

teac

hers

and

the

stud

ents

. In

ord

er th

at th

ey a

re a

ble

to c

hoos

e a

proj

ect,

a ca

use

that

they

will

com

mit

to, r

esea

rch

need

s to

be d

one

on th

e pr

ojec

t, th

e co

untr

y, th

e re

ason

for t

he a

ctio

n ch

osen

, the

ne

eds o

f the

fam

ilies

etc

. So

me

activ

ities

cho

sen

for 2

015-

2016

: •

Grad

e 1/

2 in

itiat

ive

to d

ecor

ate

Chris

tmas

bag

s and

writ

e Ch

ristm

as m

essa

ges t

o pu

t int

o th

e ba

gs th

at w

ere

sent

to a

n or

phan

age

in M

exic

o. T

his p

roje

ct w

as c

ompl

eted

by

low

er e

lem

enta

ry st

uden

ts.

• Si

gn o

f Hop

e Ca

mpa

ign

- Gra

de 5

stud

ents

raise

d m

oney

by

selli

ng st

uden

t mad

e je

wel

ry, a

nd k

ey c

hain

s

• St

uden

t Fai

th D

ay in

itiat

ive

– st

uden

ts p

repa

red

Bles

sing

bags

for d

onat

ion

to th

e N

eigh

bour

Soc

iety

. Th

ey w

ere

fille

d w

ith

toile

trie

s, n

on- p

erish

able

food

item

s and

sock

s.

Fort

McM

urra

y su

ppor

t wel

com

ing

stud

ents

and

thei

r fam

ilies

: •

Colle

ctio

ns –

cas

h do

natio

ns b

y th

e st

aff,

sale

of ‘

free

zes’

by

grad

e 3

stud

ents

. Th

ese

mon

ies w

ill g

o to

war

ds th

e pu

rcha

se o

f gi

ft ca

rds f

or o

ur fa

mili

es th

at h

ave

regi

ster

ed in

our

scho

ol.

• Co

llabo

rativ

e ef

fort

initi

ated

by

the

YMCA

Day

care

on

our s

ite a

nd K

unitz

shoe

s –

colle

ctio

n of

shoe

s for

chi

ldre

n an

d ad

ults

th

at w

ere

dist

ribut

ed to

For

t McM

urra

y ev

acue

es.

The

scho

ol c

olle

cted

418

pai

rs o

f sho

es in

1 n

ight

. Ku

nitz

shoe

s don

ated

30

0 pa

ir of

bra

nd n

ew sh

oes

for t

he e

vacu

ees

Stag

e 5

St. T

hom

as M

ore

Sa

ndra

You

ng

Stag

e 1

• Ba

ked

for t

he h

omel

ess M

usta

rd S

eed

Chur

ch o

nce

a m

onth

•

Colle

cted

cer

eal f

or S

t. Fr

anci

s of A

ssis

i and

St.

Jero

me

• Do

nate

d m

oney

for m

ilk to

St.

Fran

cis o

f Ass

isi

• Sm

all g

roup

of s

tude

nts w

orke

d on

four

diff

eren

t eve

ning

s at t

he F

ood

Bank

•

Colle

cted

supp

lies f

or F

ort M

cMur

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• Ga

ther

ed d

esig

ner c

loth

es a

nd sh

oes a

nd o

rgan

ized

an a

fter

noon

whe

re G

rade

5-6

girl

s cho

se w

hat t

hey

wan

ted

as a

Ch

ristm

as o

utfit

•

Chris

tmas

Chi

ld b

oxes

Stag

e 2

• Gr

oups

of s

tude

nts w

ent t

o re

ad to

100

Voi

ces g

roup

in th

e in

ner c

ity, b

roug

ht g

ifts a

nd d

ecor

ated

coo

kies

with

the

child

ren

• At

tend

ed W

e Da

y an

d ca

me

back

wan

ting

to d

o m

ore

• St

uden

t gro

ups w

ent t

o St

. Fra

ncis

and

read

with

the

child

ren

ther

e an

d fo

rmed

bon

ds w

ith th

ose

youn

ger s

tude

nts

• Fo

od B

ank

fits w

ell i

nto

this

beca

use

it is

a co

mm

itmen

t of t

ime

and

is un

seen

by

othe

rs

• Ta

ste

of S

TM c

ultu

ral e

veni

ng w

ith fu

nds r

aise

d go

ing

to o

ur c

hose

n pr

ojec

ts

Stag

e 3

• O

ur c

omm

itmen

t to

Sign

of H

ope

is a

year

ly e

vent

•

Food

Ban

k ev

enin

gs o

f wor

k ha

ve b

een

a co

mm

itmen

t for

at l

east

five

yea

rs

• W

e ye

arly

don

ate

to F

ree

the

Child

ren

as a

par

t of o

ur p

artic

ipat

ion

in W

e Da

y •

Our

Tas

te o

f STM

is a

yea

rly c

omm

itmen

t for

five

yea

rs a

nd p

rom

otes

cul

tura

l aw

aren

ess

Stag

e 4

St

age

5 •

Ther

e ar

e tw

o pa

rtic

ular

you

ng p

eopl

e he

re w

ho h

ave

orga

nize

d an

d ru

n th

eir o

wn

soci

al ju

stic

e ac

tiviti

es.

In c

onju

nctio

n w

ith th

eir p

aren

ts, t

hey

purc

hase

, sel

l and

dist

ribut

e th

eir p

roce

eds t

o th

e pr

ojec

ts th

ey h

ave

a pa

ssio

n fo

r. O

ne p

roje

ct th

ey

did

was

bac

kpac

ks fo

r nee

dy ch

ildre

n an

d a

bott

le c

olle

ct c

alle

d Le

nt U

s You

r Bot

tles d

one

durin

g Le

nt fo

r chi

ldre

n w

ith c

left

pa

late

s.

St. T

imot

hy

Gina

Alm

quist

Stag

e 1

• Al

l stu

dent

s too

k pa

rt in

the

Terr

y Fo

x Ru

n an

d br

ough

t in

dona

tions

for t

he C

anad

ian

Canc

er S

ocie

ty.

Stud

ents

ran

in h

onou

r of

fam

ily m

embe

rs, f

riend

s and

in m

emor

y of

Ter

ry F

ox.

• Po

ppie

s wer

e di

strib

utes

to h

onou

r vet

eran

s of w

ar a

nd d

onat

ions

wer

e co

llect

ed fo

r the

Can

adia

n Le

gion

. •

Clas

ses w

ere

resp

onsib

le fo

r var

ying

item

s for

Chr

istm

as fo

od h

ampe

rs fo

r fam

ilies

with

in o

ur sc

hool

com

mun

ity.

This

year

, ou

r sch

ool p

artn

ered

with

a lo

cal o

rtho

dont

ic o

ffice

that

also

pro

vide

d gi

fts f

or a

ll of

the

child

ren

in n

eed

as w

ell.

Sta

ff m

embe

rs fr

om th

e sc

hool

(with

thei

r ow

n fa

mili

es) a

nd th

e or

thod

ontis

t offi

ce st

aff v

olun

teer

ed to

del

iver

eac

h of

the

ham

pers

. •

All s

tude

nts p

artic

ipat

ed in

and

col

lect

ed d

onat

ions

for J

ump

Rope

for H

eart

in su

ppor

t of t

he H

eart

and

Str

oke

Foun

datio

n.

• St

aff a

nd S

tude

nts c

ontr

ibut

ed it

ems t

o su

ppor

t fam

ilies

from

For

t McM

urra

y th

at w

ere

disp

lace

d by

the

fires

. •

Dona

tions

wer

e co

llect

ed a

t the

scho

ol A

dven

t cel

ebra

tion

in su

ppor

t of t

he E

CS F

ound

atio

n.

Stag

e 2

• Th

e Gr

een

Team

(gra

de 4

stud

ents

) col

lect

juic

e bo

xes a

nd c

ompo

st a

fter

eac

h lu

nch

hour

. Ju

ice

boxe

s are

recy

cled

and

the

com

post

is u

sed

in o

ur sc

hool

pra

yer g

arde

n.

• Th

e gr

ade

one

clas

ses c

ompl

eted

thei

r goa

l of 1

00 ra

ndom

act

s of k

indn

ess a

nd a

dopt

ed tw

o an

imal

s thr

ough

the

Wor

ld

Wild

life

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Stag

e 3

• St

aff a

nd st

uden

ts h

ave

mad

e do

natio

ns a

nd ra

ised

awar

enes

s for

the

Sign

of H

ope

Cam

paig

n ov

er th

e ye

ars.

Sch

ool r

affle

s an

d co

llect

ions

are

oft

en in

supp

ort o

f thi

s org

aniza

tion.

In

the

past

cou

ple

of y

ears

, we

have

lear

ned

mor

e ab

out t

he w

ork

of

the

Edm

onto

n Ca

thol

ic S

choo

l Fou

ndat

ion

and

have

div

ided

our

supp

ort d

olla

rs b

etw

een

Sign

of H

ope

and

the

Foun

datio

n.

We

wer

e fo

rtun

ate

to b

e re

cipi

ents

of a

gra

nt fr

om th

e EC

S Fo

unda

tion

in su

ppor

t of o

ur F

aith

Frie

nds G

roup

of s

tude

nts h

ere

at th

e sc

hool

. W

ith in

crea

sed

awar

enes

s our

staf

f and

stud

ents

are

gro

win

g in

thei

r com

mitm

ent a

nd su

ppor

t of t

he E

CS

Foun

datio

n.

• A

Gard

en C

omm

ittee

of S

choo

l sta

ff, p

aren

ts a

nd G

rade

4 s

tude

nts h

ave

been

wor

king

on

the

crea

tion

of th

e Fa

ther

Cat

fish

Mem

oria

l Gar

den.

Whi

le a

gra

nt w

as re

ceiv

ed in

supp

ort o

f the

pro

ject

, sup

plie

s and

hou

rs o

f lab

our h

ave

been

don

ated

in

crea

ting

a sp

ace

in m

emor

y of

Fat

her M

ike

Mire

au.

The

gard

en is

a m

ultil

ayer

ed p

roje

ct in

clud

ing

plan

ting,

gro

win

g an

d ga

ther

ing.

Stag

e 4

St

age

5

St. V

ince

nt

Azza

Gha

li

Stag

e 1

• Pa

rtic

ipat

ed in

Ter

ry F

ox S

choo

l Run

& ra

ised

mon

ey

• Le

arne

d ab

out t

he n

eed

for f

ood

bank

s, c

olle

cted

mon

ey &

food

for o

ur lo

cal f

ood

bank

at o

ur p

aris

h •

Colle

cted

mon

ey fo

r Sig

n of

Hop

e Fo

unda

tion.

We

lear

ned

abou

t wha

t the

foun

datio

n do

es &

how

it se

rves

our

city

. W

e de

cora

ted

our c

hape

l with

hel

ping

han

ds -

cal

led

Help

ing

Hand

for S

ign

of H

ope

• Pr

epar

ed h

ampe

rs fo

r nee

dy fa

mili

es in

our

com

mun

ity.

This

was

a jo

int s

choo

l/SAC

pro

ject

that

pro

vide

d fo

od &

gift

s for

38

peo

ple

• Du

ring

Lent

, we

crea

ted

and

follo

wed

a L

ente

n Ca

lend

ar w

hich

, on

cert

ain

days

, had

the

stud

ents

col

lect

ing

coin

s for

an

Alm

s Ja

r, m

oney

col

lect

ed w

as d

onat

ed to

a v

arie

ty o

f loc

al c

harit

ies,

oth

er d

ays s

tude

nts d

id a

n ac

t of s

ervi

ce

• Ba

sket

ball-

a-th

on to

raise

mon

ey fo

r For

t McM

urra

y re

side

nts,

we

also

col

lect

ed c

loth

es &

item

s

Stag

e 2

• Gr

ade

5 st

uden

ts se

rved

as P

eace

Pat

rols

dur

ing

rece

sses

•

As o

ur L

ente

n Pr

ojec

t, w

e le

arne

d ab

out w

ater

- th

e va

lue

and

impo

rtan

ce o

f wat

er, a

cces

s to

wat

er a

nd h

ow th

is is

a so

cial

ju

stic

e iss

ue a

nd h

ow w

e ca

n pl

ay a

role

in w

ater

con

serv

atio

n. O

ur la

unch

was

with

Dev

elop

men

t and

Pea

ch o

n W

orld

W

ater

Day

, Mar

ch 2

2. W

e ha

d ac

tiviti

es o

n Ea

rth

Day,

Apr

il 22

. W

e w

orke

d w

ith F

ine

Arts

con

sulta

nt a

nd c

reat

ed a

scho

ol

wid

e m

ural

abo

ut w

ater

. Ea

ch st

uden

t mak

e a

wat

er c

onse

rvat

ion

prom

ise.

In M

ay, w

e pl

ante

d a

flow

er g

arde

n. W

e al

so

did

a w

ater

wal

k w

here

stud

ents

wal

ked

arou

nd th

e sc

hool

fiel

d ca

rryi

ng ju

gs o

f wat

er.

This

wat

er w

as u

sed

to w

ater

our

ne

wly

pla

nted

flow

ers a

nd a

ll th

e tr

ees.

Stag

e 3

St

age

4

Stag

e 5

St

. Vla

dim

ir

Stag

e 1

Our

act

ions

with

in st

age

one

incl

ude:

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Cynd

y W

osna

ck

• Ki

ds C

are

Proj

ect -

Chr

istm

as C

ooki

es -

the

stud

ents

pur

chas

ed C

hrist

mas

coo

kies

eith

er fo

r the

mse

lves

or t

hey

had

an

oppo

rtun

ity to

pur

chas

e co

okie

s for

scho

olm

ates

and

att

ach

a sm

all n

ote

of g

ratit

ude.

Thi

s was

org

anize

d by

the

grad

e 4

clas

s.

• Fo

od B

ank

- Foo

d do

natio

ns -

This

was

org

anize

d by

the

grad

e 2

& 3

cla

ss d

urin

g Th

anks

givi

ng. W

e us

ed th

e fo

od fo

r man

y ha

mpe

rs fo

r our

ow

n sc

hool

com

mun

ity a

s we

have

man

y fa

mili

es th

at a

re in

nee

d of

food

don

atio

ns a

nd su

ppor

t.

• Ch

ange

for C

hild

ren

- Thi

s was

org

anize

d by

the

grad

e 4

clas

s who

col

lect

bot

tles t

hrou

ghou

t the

yea

r fro

m th

eir h

omes

and

at

the

scho

ol a

s par

t of a

recy

clin

g pr

ogra

m. T

he m

oney

from

this

proj

ect i

s use

d to

bui

ld a

wat

er-w

ell i

n N

icar

agua

.

• Ed

mon

ton

Emer

genc

y - F

ort M

cMur

ray

- Don

atio

ns o

f sup

plie

s to

be d

onat

ed to

supp

ort t

he fa

mili

es o

f For

t McM

urra

y.

Stud

ents

wer

e gi

ven

oppo

rtun

ities

to le

arn

abou

t nat

ural

disa

ster

s and

how

they

impa

ct o

ur li

ves a

nd th

e liv

es o

f oth

ers.

Stag

e 2

• Th

is is

an a

rea

that

we

wou

ld li

ke to

exp

lore

and

impl

emen

t with

our

old

er st

uden

ts.

Stag

e 3

Stag

e 4

St

age

5 •

Due

to th

e di

sast

er in

For

t McM

urra

y a

fam

ily in

our

scho

ol w

ho a

re n

ot w

ell-o

ff st

ill b

elie

ved

that

they

cou

ld d

o so

met

hing

to

raise

mon

ey fo

r the

Red

Cro

ss.

The

child

ren

talk

ed w

ith th

eir m

om a

nd a

s a fa

mily

gro

up th

ey c

olle

cted

bot

tles t

o ra

ise

fund

s tha

t the

y co

uld

dona

te fo

r tho

se in

nee

d. A

s wel

l, th

ey fo

und

a co

mpa

ny th

at w

ould

mat

ch th

eir f

unds

equ

ally

to

dona

te.

Sir J

ohn

Thom

pson

Br

uno

Bina

ssi

Stag

e 1

• At

Tha

nksg

ivin

g ov

er 6

00 it

ems o

f foo

d w

ere

colle

cted

for t

he E

dmon

ton

Food

Ban

k.

• A

Sim

ilar c

olle

ctio

n oc

curr

ed a

t Chr

istm

as ti

me.

•

The

scho

ol c

reat

ed fo

od h

ampe

rs fo

r Sir

John

Tho

mps

on fa

mili

es n

eedi

ng a

ssist

ance

.

• Ex

tra

food

was

giv

en to

the

Food

Ban

k.

• In

the

sprin

g in

resp

onse

to th

e Ft

. McM

urra

y fir

e, th

e sc

hool

col

lect

ed it

ems t

o be

don

ated

. So

man

y ite

ms w

ere

colle

cted

th

at tw

o de

liver

ies w

ere

need

ed.

• Gr

ade

7 Pr

e-AP

stud

ents

wer

e in

volv

ed in

Ope

ratio

n Ch

ristm

as C

hild

for t

he fi

rst t

ime

this

year

. Th

ey c

reat

ed sh

oe b

ox g

ifts

that

wer

e de

liver

ed to

chi

ldre

n in

dev

elop

ing

coun

trie

s.

Stag

e 2

Grad

e 8

and

9 st

uden

ts le

arne

d ab

out h

ope

and

soci

al ju

stic

e as

par

t of t

heir

L.A.

uni

t on

Hope

& S

ocia

l Jus

tice.

•

Grad

e 8

stud

ents

visi

ted

Kens

ingt

on E

xten

ded

Care

Cen

tre

a ne

ighb

orho

od se

nior

citi

zens

hom

e sp

ent a

n af

tern

oon

with

the

seni

ors i

nter

actin

g w

ith th

em.

Stud

ents

then

com

plet

ed a

cul

min

atin

g pr

ojec

t on

the

Hope

Uni

t inc

orpo

ratin

g th

eir v

isit.

•

The

Grad

e 9

Pre-

AP la

ngua

ge a

rts c

lass

cre

ated

"Car

niva

l for

a C

ause

" to

raise

mon

ey fo

r the

St.

Edm

und

Paris

h re

fuge

e fa

mily

. St

uden

ts id

entif

ied

the

caus

e th

ey w

ante

d to

supp

ort a

nd w

ere

invo

lved

with

the

plan

ning

and

logi

stic

s of t

he e

vent

. •

The

Grad

e 8

Pre-

AP L

angu

age

Arts

stud

ents

also

wer

e di

rect

ly in

volv

ed in

the

Sign

of H

ope

cam

paig

n. T

hey

crea

ted

and

orga

nize

d ev

ents

dur

ing

a fle

x da

y to

raise

mon

ey fo

r the

cam

paig

n.

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Stag

e 3

• Si

r Joh

n Th

omps

on h

as b

een

activ

ely

cont

ribut

ing

to th

e Si

gn o

f Hop

e Ki

ds C

are

Chal

leng

e fo

r ove

r tw

o de

cade

s. T

he m

onth

lo

ng p

rogr

am in

volv

es m

any

fund

raise

rs in

the

scho

ol.

Eac

h ye

ar a

repr

esen

tativ

e fr

om C

atho

lic S

ocia

l Ser

vice

s doe

s pr

esen

tatio

n fo

r the

scho

ol a

s an

intr

oduc

tion

whi

ch h

ighl

ight

s the

nee

ds o

f the

man

y pe

ople

that

the

agen

cy a

ssist

s.

• Th

e Le

ader

ship

Tea

m a

tten

ded

WE

Day

in C

alga

ry.

• Th

eir l

ocal

initi

ativ

e w

as to

ass

ist w

ith th

e sc

hool

’s S

ign

of H

ope

Cam

paig

n in

Nov

embe

r; th

ey a

ssist

ed w

ith th

eir

inte

rnat

iona

l pro

ject

was

to im

prov

e th

e qu

ality

of l

ife in

an

Afric

an v

illag

e by

raisi

ng m

oney

to p

rovi

de c

lean

drin

king

wat

er.

• An

othe

r gro

up o

f Lea

ders

hip

Team

mem

bers

att

ende

d th

e W

e St

and

For C

hang

e at

the

Edm

onto

n Ex

po o

n Ap

ril 2

2.

Stag

e 4

St

age

5 •

Very

lim

ited.

The

onl

y ex

ampl

e th

at is

rela

tivel

y cl

ose

is th

e Gr

ade

9 Pr

e-AP

mat

h st

uden

ts v

olun

teer

ing

thei

r tim

e to

ass

ist

othe

r stu

dent

s in

low

er g

rade

s at

lunc

h w

ith th

eir m

ath

hom

ewor

k.

Sist

er A

nnat

a Br

ockm

an

Doris

Leb

oldu

s-Ca

mpb

ell

Stag

e 1

• M

oney

Col

lect

ions

: Te

rry

Fox

Run

• Fo

od C

olle

ctio

ns:

Edm

onto

n's F

ood

Bank

, Mar

ian

Cent

er, B

isse

ll Ce

nter

•

Clot

hing

col

lect

ions

: B

ackp

ack

Driv

e fo

r The

Mus

tard

See

d, h

ats,

mitt

s, sc

arve

s, so

cks

• O

pera

tion

Chris

tmas

Chi

ld:

Gra

de 9

’s p

acke

d nu

mer

ous s

hoe

boxe

s with

gift

s for

kid

s aro

und

the

wor

ld.

• Ba

ke S

ale

Hear

t of G

lee

Fund

raise

r: S

tude

nts r

aise

d fu

nds f

or th

e St

olle

ry th

roug

h a

bake

sale

in o

rder

to p

erfo

rm fo

r Gle

e.

• Fo

rt M

cMur

ray

Wild

fire

Evac

uees

: Su

pplie

s req

uest

ed b

y Em

erge

ncy

Relie

f Ser

vice

s wer

e co

llect

ed

Stud

ents

bec

ame

awar

e of

the

need

s with

in o

ur lo

cal c

omm

unity

and

bey

ond.

The

y fe

lt go

od a

bout

bei

ng a

ble

to b

ring

hope

and

jo

y to

oth

ers.

St

age

2 •

Mus

ic p

erfo

rman

ces a

t a lo

cal n

ursi

ng h

ome:

stu

dent

s per

form

ed a

nd sa

ng.

• He

art o

f Gle

e Pe

rfor

man

ce:

Mus

ical

tale

nts s

hare

d w

ith o

ther

s. S

tude

nts a

lso h

eld

a ba

ke sa

le (S

tage

One

), w

hich

got

the

who

le sc

hool

and

bak

ing

pare

nts i

nvol

ved.

•

Prep

ared

and

del

iver

ed m

eals

to lo

cal E

dmon

ton

Scho

ols

• Vo

lunt

eerin

g at

Edm

onto

n’s F

ood

Bank

. Th

e ov

eral

l exp

erie

nce

was

incr

edib

ly m

ovin

g;

• JH

& E

lem

enta

ry B

uddy

Cla

sses

– S

tude

nts r

ead

to th

eir e

lem

enta

ry p

eers

, hel

ped

the

grad

e 1s

with

pla

ntin

g se

eds,

and

co

ache

d th

em th

roug

h sc

ienc

e to

pics

(i.e

. pol

linat

ion)

.

Thes

e op

port

uniti

es ta

ught

the

kids

that

they

are

gift

ed b

y Go

d an

d th

ose

gift

s are

to b

e sh

ared

with

oth

ers.

Stu

dent

s ask

ed

abou

t con

tinui

ng to

vol

unte

er o

n th

eir o

wn

pers

onal

tim

e, a

nd v

oice

d th

at th

ey w

ould

like

to re

peat

thes

e ex

perie

nce.

St

age

3 •

McC

onne

ll Pl

ace

Conn

ectio

n - s

tude

nts v

isit a

nd p

lay

gam

es w

ith se

nior

s and

cre

ated

an

art w

all f

or th

em.

(3rd

yea

r)

• A

grad

e 9

stud

ent a

ppro

ache

d a

teac

her i

n O

ctob

er a

nd a

sked

abo

ut o

ur sc

hool

hol

ding

a c

ampa

ign

to h

elp

the

hom

eles

s of

our c

ity d

urin

g th

e up

com

ing

cold

, win

ter m

onth

s. T

he te

ache

r the

n br

ough

t in

a re

pres

enta

tive

from

the

Mus

tard

See

d w

ho

educ

ated

the

stud

ents

abo

ut th

e re

ality

of p

over

ty in

the

city

of E

dmon

ton.

Stu

dent

s ref

lect

ed o

n th

is in

form

atio

n an

d de

cide

d to

hol

d a

back

pack

driv

e (s

ee S

tage

One

). S

ome

stud

ents

hav

e co

ntin

ued

to v

olun

teer

at t

he M

usta

rd S

eed

(and

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thei

r par

tner

, the

Foo

d Ba

nk) o

n th

eir o

wn,

per

sona

l tim

e (S

tage

Thr

ee).

Our

juni

or h

ighs

hav

e in

dica

ted

that

we

wou

ld li

ke

to c

omm

it to

the

Mus

tard

See

d an

d Fo

od B

ank

agai

n in

the

futu

re.

Stag

e 4

St

age

5 •

Gene

rosit

y Pr

ojec

t (Gr

. 6) -

Thr

ough

rese

arch

, stu

dent

s det

erm

ined

thei

r are

a of

inte

rest

and

com

mun

ity n

eed.

Wor

king

in

like-

min

ded

grou

ping

s, st

uden

ts c

arrie

d ou

t 12

diffe

rent

pro

ject

s fro

m le

adin

g PE

and

art

clu

bs to

vis

iting

seni

ors.

Thi

s pr

ojec

t dem

onst

rate

d th

e st

uden

t's d

esire

to p

ursu

e th

eir a

rea

of p

assio

n, a

nd w

ith th

e te

ache

r as a

coa

ch (f

illin

g in

fiel

d tr

ip

form

s, h

elpi

ng p

repa

re le

sson

s), t

his b

ecam

e ve

ry m

uch

a st

uden

t dire

cted

act

ion.

Alte

rnat

ive

Educ

atio

n

Sant

o Sa

porit

o

Stag

e 1

• Co

llect

ion

of A

LL re

cycl

able

s to

help

redu

ce w

aste

and

kee

p th

e Ea

rth

clea

n an

d gr

een.

(FSW

M)

• Co

llect

food

from

St.

Mar

y`s A

nglic

an C

hurc

h an

d di

strib

ute

it to

nee

dy fa

mili

es w

ithin

the

scho

ol c

omm

unity

(PFY

) •

Colle

ct re

cycl

able

bev

erag

e co

ntai

ners

for t

he W

inni

fred

Ste

war

t Soc

iety

(FSW

M, F

SMW

, FSC

C, P

FY)

• Co

llect

mon

ey a

nd to

iletr

ies f

or th

e Fo

rt M

cMur

ray

fires

(PFY

) •

Colle

ct fo

od it

ems f

or T

hank

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and

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tmas

for E

dmon

ton

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d Ba

nk (F

SWM

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ent's

pur

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ed so

cks t

o ha

ng o

n th

e Ch

ristm

as T

ree

and

then

don

ated

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Ther

esa'

s Par

ish

(FSM

W)

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ise fu

nds a

nd a

war

enes

s for

the

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dian

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aria

n W

ater

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ndat

ion

to h

elp

brin

g cl

ean

wat

er to

the

near

ly 9

00 m

illio

n in

the

wor

ld w

ho d

o no

t hav

e ac

cess

to c

lean

wat

er.

(Stu

dent

Lea

ders

hip

–all

sites

)

Stag

e 2

• Ca

pita

l City

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an-u

p`s A

dopt

-a-B

lock

– st

uden

ts a

nd st

aff g

o ou

t int

o th

e co

mm

unity

2 ti

mes

in th

e sc

hool

-yea

r to

pick

-up

litte

r and

hel

p to

kee

p ou

r com

mun

ities

cle

an a

nd b

eaut

iful.

(FSW

M)

• St

uden

ts w

rapp

ed C

hris

tmas

gift

s for

St.

Ther

esa

Chur

ch fo

r the

ir Je

sse

Tree

(FSM

W)

• AH

S In

tens

ive

Day

Prog

ram

vol

unte

ers a

t com

mun

ity E

lem

enta

ry S

choo

l(s)

• AH

S Re

siden

tial P

rogr

am st

uden

ts v

olun

teer

thei

r tim

e w

ith c

omm

unity

gar

dens

and

the

Food

Ban

k, a

s wel

l as S

anta

’s

Anon

ymou

s •

Stud

ents

from

FSW

M v

olun

teer

ed w

eekl

y in

the

EE1

prog

ram

at S

t. M

ark

Juni

or H

igh

(FSW

M)

• St

uden

ts w

ent t

o M

eals

on

Whe

els t

o pr

epar

e m

eals.

(FSM

W)

• •

Stud

ents

pre

pare

d an

d so

ld b

aked

goo

ds w

ith a

ll m

onie

s bei

ng d

onat

ed to

the

Sign

of H

ope

(Stu

dent

Lea

ders

hip

- all

sites

)

Stag

e 3

• St

uden

ts to

ured

Edm

onto

n's W

aste

Man

agem

ent f

acili

ty to

bet

ter u

nder

stan

d w

hat w

e, a

s citi

zens

of o

ur c

omm

unity

and

th

e w

orld

, can

do

to p

rote

ct th

e ea

rth

and

mak

e th

e w

orld

a b

ette

r mor

e liv

able

pla

ce fo

r the

mse

lves

and

gen

erat

ions

to

com

e.

• Pa

rtic

ipat

ed in

WE

Stan

d Yo

uth

Conf

eren

ce w

hich

is ``

abou

t ins

tigat

ing

posit

ive

chan

ge w

ithin

thre

e ci

rcle

s, a

ll of

vas

tly

diffe

rent

size

s. T

he c

ircle

of y

ou –

the

circ

le o

f our

cap

ital r

egio

n –

and

the

circ

le o

f our

wor

ld.``

(ww

w.w

esta

nd.c

a)

• At

tend

ed E

3 En

ergy

Con

fere

nce

- to

und

erst

and

ener

gy e

ffici

ency

and

sust

aina

bilit

y fo

r our

loca

l and

glo

bal c

omm

uniti

es

• (S

tude

nt L

eade

rshi

p - a

ll sit

es)