On January 27, the students from St. Francis School celebrated Literacy Day. This year a book swap was organized for students in grades kindergarten to grade six. Students were asked to donate gently used books from their home and trade them in for“new”books. The school cafeteria and gathering room had a large variety of book titles on display for students to choose from.

The book swap provided an excellent opportunity for students to exchange books within their school community, encourage reading, recycle books and select books for free.

On January 9 students at St. Francis school participated in their very own Hawaiian day celebration. Students showed great spirit as they dressed up in Hawaiian shirts, straw hats and hula skirts. The sound of Hawaiian music welcomed students out of the cold weather as they arrived to school. The students were awarded the Hawaiian day as a result of reaching their canned food drive goal last December. St. Francis Flames donated over 3 000 cans for the Edgar Burton Food Drive which will help many families in the Sudbury community.