Along with all of the money raising efforts going on at our Sudbury Catholic Schools, Grade 5 Eco-Squad leaders at St. James Catholic School in Lively are collecting milk bags which are used to make sleeping mats. The bags are then crocheted by a neighbour Cindy Kavanaugh into comfortable, waterproof mats which will be forwarded to Haiti. The mats can be used for eating or sleeping and also due to their bright colours these mats do not attract bugs. It takes 250 milk bags to make one large mat and 150 bags to make a smaller mat. To date the students have collected over one thousand milk bags. The St. James students will continue their campaign until the end of March.
Singing for Literacy at St. James Catholic Elementary School
Musician Chuck Roberts led a sing-along at St. James Catholic School in celebration of Family Literacy Day. Grade 7 and 8 students proved that literacy can come in many forms, including in song, as was the case as they wrote and performed songs about the importance of literacy in their lives. Joining the “Sing for Literacy” celebration were all St. James students and staff, parents and grandparents as well as Trustee Estelle Scappatura.