Catholic Education Week at St. Hillary’s
RED ROCK, ON – Catholic Education Week is a special week where the Catholic community of Ontario engages in a week-long celebration of the unique identity and distinctive contributions of Catholic education. This year’s theme is Catholic Education: Serving in the Love of Christ. The overall scriptural theme is taken from Jesus’ words in the Gospel of Luke (Luke 22:27e), “I am among you as one who serves.” As we are one body in Christ, so are we united in our mission of Catholic education. The students and staff at St. Hilary participated in a variety of activities during this special week. Each class celebrated with a prayer service in their classrooms on Monday.
Tuesday we gathered as a school community in the gymnasium for our annual in school speech competition. Thank you to all of the students who wrote and presented speeches this year! The following students placed in our school competition:
Primary Division:
- Julia Sands 1st place,
- Marliese Nyman 2nd
Junior Division:
- Madelyn Sheriff 1st
Intermediate Division:
- Jennifer Nichols 1st.
St. Hillary School Studens who participated in the Grandparents Tea. Photo StH
Wednesday afternoon we hosted our annual Senior’s and Grandparent’s Tea! Thank you to all of the families who helped support this event and to Susan Bulmer, Chantal Olson, Sara Park-Jean, Darquise Robinson and Shirley Dunville for all of their help! Thank you to the fabulous students and teachers in grades JK to 6 for their entertainment! Thank you to the grade 7 and 8 class for serving the seniors and grandparents! What a wonderful way to celebrate this year’s Catholic Education theme: Serving in the place, Noah Sands 2ndplace & Calley Olson 2nd place & Charlotte Raycevich 3rd place & Alison Rose 3rd place.
Thursday the students attended mass at 10:00 am. We enjoyed gathering as a school community with our parishioners and our Faith Leaders – Father Donne and Deacon Leo. Thank you to Father Donne for his meaningful homily about Catholic Education and the importance of teaching as a vocation!
The grades 3 to 8 students also participated in the Children’s Third Annual Mental Health Awareness Day at the Nipigon Arena! Thank you to the Nipigon District Family Health Team for organizing this special event! The students enjoyed all of the fun, engaging activities and they look forward to attending next year! Thank you to the Superior North Catholic School Board for purchasing the books to support this year’s theme. All of the classes used these resources in the classroom as they learned about the five sub-themes for Catholic education: Serving in the Love of Christ: Serve with Faithfulness, Serve with Humility, Serve with Compassion, Serve with Justice and Serve with Joy.
