Catholic Education Week at St. Paul School ended with a tea party for the Mothers and Grandmothers of Mme. Gautheir’s SK FI class. The students entertained their guests,
shared treats together and each presented their Mother with an individually authored storybook and flower. As a special treat, the grade 8 core french class, under the guidance of Mme. Lavalle, made special hats during the week with the little ones and to conclude the tea party all modelled their hats and recited a poem en francaise.

At one pm on, May 2nd, the students and staff of St. Paul the Apostle School celebrated Music Monday by singing with hundreds of Canadian schools across the country. The school choir sang “All Things Bright and Beautiful” and the Catholic Education Week Theme song entitled “Celebrating the Spirit”. It was noted by several of the community entering the school to vote for the federal election “How wonderful to see and hear children singing at school.”

Shrove Tuesday is the last day before Lent. In St. Paul tradition, parent and grandparent volunteers prepared a pancake lunch for all the students and staff. Everyone shared a blessing and then ate together at tables that were set up in the gym.

This past month, St. Paul the Apostle School hosted a junior math night for parents and their children in our junior grades. Krista Sarmatiuk and Connie Ubriaco from Academic Services joined our teachers to lead a very successful Math night. Students demonstrated the ir knowledge in solving math problems and parents got to learn about manipulatives, gallery walks and neat ways to solve multiplication problems. At the end of the evening parents were commenting on how much they enjoyed and appreciated seeing just what a math class now looks like.

This past week, the staff and students of St. Paul the Apostle School in Coniston, welcomed in the New Year at a Celebration of the Eucharist in the gym with Bishop Noel Simard. The theme of the Mass was Responsibility and Bishop Simard spoke eloquently about our duty to “respond” to the teachings of Jesus Christ. The whole school community participated by sharing the readings, the intercessions, presenting the gifts and singing. It was a joyful celebration.

Following the celebration Bishop Simard stayed to visit with 3 junior classes from the school. He shared some stories about is family and his call to the priesthood. The children and their teachers also learned that because of the many times he spent in Rome he has developed a special love of Italian food.

Christmas is a time of joy and giving and the students of St. Paul have learned this lesson well. During this season of Advent students donated canned and dried goods to donate to the Coniston Food Bank. On Friday December 17th local firefighters picked up the 1808 goods.

At St. Paul school the staff always find time to have fun and laugh, and if things aren’t going so well, the Queen of Hearts always has the option to say “Off with their heads!”