The Haiti School Building Project is giving students the opportunity to raise awareness and to give hope to the children of Haiti. Students and Staff at Central Etobicoke High School were inspired to created artwork and messages of hope to give to the students of Haiti. This project gave our ... More
12.Lakeshore CI students premier at LakeShorts International Short Film Festival
Lakeshore Collegiate Institute (LCI) is a proud community partner of Lakeshore Arts. Lakeshore Arts is a Not-for-Profit local arts service organization and registered charity. In 2013, this vibrant association celebrates its 20th anniversary of delivering unique and innovative ... More
13.TDSB Hosts City-wide Parent Conference
Board and Plan Canada to welcome hundreds Hundreds of Toronto parents will come together Saturday at the first city-wide Parent Academy Conference taking place at three locations across the city. Participants will develop important relationships and discuss issues facing parents ... More
14.Hispanic Heritage Month Art Contest Winners
This year, there were a number of TDSB students who submitted exceptional entries for the Hispanic Heritage Month (HHM) Art Contest. The HHM Planning Committee had the pleasure of reviewing a variety of creative and thoughtful submissions that included songs, three-dimensional artwork, posters, ... More
15.Pennies for Patients
For Grade 12 students at the Scarborough Centre for Alternative Studies, raising funds for a charity that supports children comes naturally. Part of the school’s EdVance program, for 18-20-year-olds, many students are parents themselves. When the Grade 12 Peer Leadership class put their minds to ... More
16.Students in Monarch Park's Food Program will tell you that cooking for 150 is no piece of cake!
Two years ago, the Senior Managing Partner of Heenan Blaikie, a leading Canadian law firm, approached folks in the Foods Program at Monarch Park about catering their annual Earth Day gala. Taking up the challenge, a 12-student brigade cooked for 150 guests (politicians, ... More
17.Albert Campbell CI Students Lose
Their Locks for the Cause
Recently, a group of 11 teenaged girls from Albert Campbell CI hopped on a bus with their School Resource Officer, PC Cheryl Tomlinson-Thompson in tow. They were heading to the Yorkdale Shopping Centre. It could be easily surmised that this could be a typical shopping spree expected ... More
18.Grade 6 Career Fair at Rockford P.S.
By Melanie Seigel, Teacher of Rockford P.S A few years ago, I had heard about a student I taught several years ago, while teaching Grade 6. He was then in high school, and had just dropped out. I can't begin to tell you how much I thought about this 'A' student and how he got mixed up ... More
19.TDSB Consulting Community on 2013/2014 Budget
In the coming weeks, Toronto District School Board Trustees will be holding ward forums on the 2013/2014 budget. Each year, Trustees hold ward forums to hear from their communities about the recommendations that are being considered in order for the Board to meet the requirement under the ... More
20.Possible School Bus Strike
The Toronto Catholic District School Board (TCDSB) and Toronto District School Board (TDSB) have been advised by Stock Transportation that two unionized school bus divisions have provided notice to the company of possible strike action beginning as early as Wednesday, May 1, 2013. Stock has ... More