Education was the topic at an evening forum organized by local school boards on Sept. 19. The following day, the Ontario Public School Boards Association (OPSBA) announced Sept. 20 to be Education Day.
Helen Stavros signed her child up for new computer classes offered at her school and said she expected her child to become the next Bill Gates. Instead the parent and teacher found that the programs failed to live up to their promises.
A Toronto District School Board trustee has challenged politicians to deal with education issues in the current provincial campaign. Trustee Howard Goodman and the TDSB have declared Tuesday, Sept. 20, Education Day. They want the…
Football continues to thrive at West Hill Collegiate.
What was supposed to be around 50 students ended up as hundreds wearing pink to school on the same day. April 13 was the Day of Pink across the Toronto District School Board. The event is meant to raise awareness about bullying and to show a stand against it.
Award-winning author Eric Walters is set to deliver the keynote address at the sixth annual Scarborough Parent Conference, scheduled for April 30.
The Toronto public and Catholic school boards want this year’s Christmas break to start later. The boards are seeking the provincial government’s approval to make Dec. 23 the last day of school for 2011. Students would return Jan. 9 after a two-week period. Currently, the school boards have Dec. 16 and Jan. 2 as the last and first days.
February festivities should not mask the inequality, racism and lack of leadership faced by black people.
Ninety schools in the Toronto District School Board are getting ready to welcome kindergartners for full-day classes this fall. Seventy-one of those schools, including 30 in Scarborough, and another 50 in the Toronto Catholic District School Board offer the program already.
Paul Ambrose’s journey to being named one of Canada’s Outstanding Principals for 2011 began more than three decades ago at Wexford Collegiate Institute. Today, the Sir Wilfrid Laurier Collegiate Institute head is among 32 principals being recognized by The Learning Partnership.