A teacher from CH Best Middle School is one of three recipients of a grant from Curriculum Services Canada (CSC) to develop a resource that can be used in classrooms across Canada. Helen Courssaris' resource is called Global Quality of Life. Through it, she provides strategies for teachers to ... More
292.A hairy time at Summit Heights PS
Summit Heights PS is a little hairier than usual this November. The elementary school near the 401 and Bathurst has one of the larger male staff contingents and they are teaming together this month in the name of men's health. All seven teachers at the school are growing moustaches for the ... More
293.John Polanyi CI to provide exciting opportunities for Lawrence Heights students
The school community in the Lawrence Heights neighbourhood is one that embraces new ideas that benefit students. And recent changes at Sir Sandford Fleming Academy that do just that are creating a buzz among parents and students. After community consultation and a school-wide vote, the TDSB ... More
294.Trustees Revise Student Activity and Course Cost Fees Procedure and Look Ahead to 2011 Budget
Toronto District School Board (TDSB) Trustees voted tonight 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. Student Activity and Course Costs Fees Trustees voted to ... More
295.Bendale Jr. Student is a Published Author
Grade 6 Bendale Jr. PS student Renee Xu recently won first prize the 2010 Canadian National Short Story competition for Young Writers Ages 7-11 in the Ontario Region. It is quite a prestigious award for such a young student. Our talented young author’s story titled Faerie Tale will be ... More
296.Students lead march for peace
Students and staff from several TDSB schools in Regent Park are standing up for peace in their community. Shouting out their powerful message, more than 1500 students were joined by staff, parents, and community on Friday, October 15 in a peace march along Parliament Street. Students ... More
297.The secret river buried under the school
"Ghost River" mosaics celebrate community's lost river A river under our school?! That was the reaction from curious students at Annette Street PS and High Park Alternative School (HPAS) when they first discovered that one of Toronto’s lost rivers runs right under their playground ... More
298.Silverthorn CI student wins bronze, impresses at Commonwealth Games
Silverthorn CI student Tariq Dowers returned home from India Monday night packing a little more than what he left Canada with the week before last. The 16 year old student in the Athletic High Performer program led the Canadian men's gymnastics team to a bronze medal last week at the ... More
299.Emergency Community Appeal:
TDSB Students and their Families Need Your Help
Toronto, ON, September 27, 2010 – The six-alarm fire in the St. Jamestown high rise, at 200 Wellesley St. E., has forced Toronto District School Board students and their families to leave their homes with no idea when they will be able to return. Hundreds of students, from 40 different ... More
300.Georges Vanier Students Claim Bronze
On July 26, 2010, South Africa hosted another World Cup but this one had nothing to with the beautiful game. Over 250 students on 21 teams from 14 countries gathered in the city of Cape Town to take part in the Students for the Advancement of Global Entrepreneurship (SAGE) World Cup. The ... More