School trustee Kennedy favours student voting rights
Currently, the age requirement is 18, which gives few high schoolers a say in who’ll sit on the school board.
Education
Bad hair day for school
Being called to the principal’s office usually means a student has done something wrong. One Amesbury Middle School student did not think she had done anything wrong, but says she was spoken to by the principal a number of times. She claims the principal was punishing her and making comments about the way she styled her hair.
New student voices at TDSB meeting
Shams Mehdi goes to Leaside High School in East York, and is also the vice-chairperson of “Student SuperCouncil,” a council that represents Toronto students from grades 8-12. He said the monthly board meeting is important to all students.
Reading week or relaxation week?
As soon as classes begin in September, the countdown to reading week begins.
While the name suggests that students should be spending the week with their noses stuck in the books, this may not be 100 per cent accurate.
Thorncliffe protesters demonstrate against new Ontario health curriculum
An organizer of the Oct. 1 protest, pulling students out of classes at Thorncliffe Park Public School, says his group wants to send a strong message to the Ontario government regarding its new health curriculum. About 200 parents and children gathered outside the school in East York on Oct. 1. Protestors formed human chains and marched with their picket signs on Thorncliffe Park Drive. They were protesting the new sex component of the health curriculum in Ontario’s public schools. The parents pulled more than half of the students, about 740 children, from the school for the day.
NHL scores with east-end school
Future Goals successfully combines sport with students STEM skills (science, technology, engineering and math). The NHL believes the integration of hockey into the education system will provide a fun and resourceful teaching method for kids across North America.
Jackman Avenue Public School hits the sweet spot
Pancake Day was extra sweet this year at Jackman Avenue Public School, thanks to the homemade maple syrup from the school’s own sugar maple trees.
Striking teaching assistants cause traffic delays
Teaching assistants are causing chaos for commuters as they continue their strike at the University of Toronto’s Scarborough campus.
TDSB includes 250 job losses in 2015-’16 budget
Speaking about how the cuts would affect East York, Ward 16/Beaches-East York trustee Sheila Cary-Meagher told the Observer that it is “far too early” to predict how the austerity will trickle down to neighbourhood schools.
Canadian students call for an end to sexual violence on campus
Just two weeks after Ontario’s government announced a three-year strategy to combat sexual violence, post-secondary students and activists are gathering in Ottawa for a national forum Thursday and Friday.