Long-time teacher wins MusiCounts' Teacher of the Year Award Queen Victoria Public School students had added occasion to sing over the holidays. Along with the usual collection of winter holiday classics and current radio hits, students were singing out in celebration for their music ... More
282.Glenview PS shows spirit of the season
Each year, the Glenview Senior Public School community helps Heart to Hand, a charity that works with the Catholic Children’s Aid Society, collect hampers of food and clothing necessities for struggling families. Since 2001, Heart to Hand has been providing weekly groceries to families ... More
283.Downtown schools see skilled trades showcased
In November, approximately 600 grade 8 students from Essex Public School, First Nations School of Toronto, Jesse Ketchum Public School, Lord Dufferin Jr. and Sr. Public School, Market Lane Jr. and Sr. Public School, Queen Alexandra Sr. Public School, and Winchester Jr. and Sr. Public School ... More
284.Curl Up and Read at Vradenburg
Recently, Vradenburg Junior Public School hosted its Curl Up and Read Night. The purpose of the evening was to promote literacy and give families an opportunity to participate in an interactive night with the students and staff. Those in attendance were encouraged to dress up in their ... More
285.Harbord CI staff and students recognized for heroic rescue
Harbord CI students and staff were honoured for their heroism during a very frightening start to the school day on Friday, December 3. That morning, a 14 year-old student was swimming in the pool at Harbord CI during a grade 10 boys’ gym class. Two classmates, Ben Claytor and Ruben ... More
286.Trustee Decisions - December 15 Board Meeting
Toronto District School Board (TDSB) Trustees voted last night on a number of important issues. Below is a summary of these decisions. Additional and background information can be found on the TDSB public website at www.tdsb.on.ca. Pupil Accommodation Review Committees (ARC)Trustees voted ... More
287.Beverly Glen Partners with Babies Best Start
Fourteen girls from Beverly Glen Jr. Public School’s Empowering Girls’ Group wanted to make a difference in their community. So, along with their mentor teachers, they got together with Babies Best Start which is a community action project with Aisling Discoveries - Child and Family Centre, to ... More
288.Passport to Prosperity Award for TDSB Students
November 22 marked the launch of the first ever Experiential Learning Week. At the event, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre was honoured with a 2010 Passport to Prosperity Employer Champion Award. The award recognized the Health Care Co-op Program which is a TDSB/Sunnybrook Partnership. At the ... More
289.Chris Bolton Elected as TDSB Chair
Toronto, ON, December 1, 2010 – Chris Bolton, Trustee for Ward 10, Trinity-Spadina has been elected as the Chair of the Toronto District School Board after a vote by the Board’s 22 Trustees at this evening’s board meeting. Cathy Dandy, Trustee for Ward 15, Toronto-Danforth was elected as Vice ... More
290.Wind Power, Nuclear and Climate
Change Debated at York Mills CI
A North York high school is attempting to tackle the perhaps inconvenient truth that some young teenagers might care more about movies or music than climate change. York Mills Collegiate, where students hail from some of the tonier parts of the city, including The Bridle Path, held its first ... More