Durham College Summer Sports Camp Session 2 this week: Basketball, Soccer & Golf. Spaces for July and August available http://ow.ly/h8wC # College Prep International Summer School in Montreal, QC. Small classes + individual attention = high success! http://ow.ly/h8wU # Shepherd Montessori Private Catholic School in Mississauga. New location accepting applications for kids 2.5 to 8 [...]
What's on: Week of July 20, 2009
Agnes StawickiWelcome to What’s On, The Chalkboard’s weekly roundup of interesting and exciting events on tap for the week. To help make sure we know about all the best events be sure to leave a comment below or send an email to agnes[at]ourkids[dot]net. Now on with the week ahead! Monday July 20 Summer Camp Sessions | [...]
French-Language Schools Enjoy Expanded Admission Guidelines
Joshua TusinThe Ontario government, a month ago, announced that school boards are “modernizing their admission processes to French-language schools to better reflect Ontario’s changing Francophone population.” The move will be in place by January 15, 2010 and does not change who has a right to attend a French-language school as laid out in the Canadian Charter [...]
Learning How to Read A Clock Face
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There are times in our lives that we wish we could go back in history and apologize for our mistakes either as a parent or as a teacher. The Arrowsmith Program, created by Barbara Young, often makes me reflect on the students I have worked with in the past and how much they would have [...]
July e-Newsletter
Agnes Stawicki
The Our Kids July e-Newsletter is here, packed with great articles, news and advice. Here’s a run down of what’s inside. Family Experience at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival Help! My city is on strike! The cure for homesickness 10 Myths about learning disabilities Identifying your child’s personality Do single-sex schools offer an academic advantage? Parent [...]
The Slow Movement
George BriggsI was browsing through the TED talks the other day and came upon a very interesting talk by Carl Honore praising ‘slowness.’ (If you have not visited the TED talk site you should; there are over 400 twenty minute talks by famous and enormously talented people available on the site.) This blog post is my [...]
