RT @CampLeadership: Camp Offers Kids a Chance to Play with Fire – http://bit.ly/9WIzMU who is offering a "tinkering" #summercamp # RT @Educhatter: Textbooks Go Dynamic – Macmillan to offer college wiki-texts See NYTimes story at http://nyti.ms/aQkCpP # RT @CampLeadership: #Summercamp on the road: http://bit.ly/c5LbSE article: @celestesez ~ Civil rights camp is an AMAZING idea & [...]
My Olympic View #4 – Alessia
26/02/2010 By 1 Comment
On Saturday afternoon, my dad called me to tell me he had 2 tickets for my mom and me to go to the Canada – USA men’s hockey game. I couldn’t believe it! My mom and I were jumping up and down – it felt like we had just won a gold medal! Here’s a [...]
The passing of Canada's Last Veteran of the First World War
26/02/2010 By Leave a Comment
The recent passing of Canada’s last WWI veteran, John Babcock at age 109, brought Christopher Shannon, Headmaster at Lower Canada College in Montreal, Quebec to discuss the implications of this loss with his grade 11 students. ” With the passing, our direct human link to the Great War also slipped away, never to be reclaimed” [...]
Families Gear Up for March Break Camps
26/02/2010 By 2 Comments
As the close of winter draws nearer, kids anticipate the beginning of spring. And with that, spring break! But as space at Toronto’s best March Break camps fills before you can say “School’s out!” parents must act fast. Luckily, Our Kids Go to Camp is here to help. The highly anticipated time of spring break [...]
My Olympic View #3 – Jack
25/02/2010 By Leave a Comment
On Friday morning I woke up at 10am and we talked to and played with the Turners for a while. Shaun made a Lego crane with gears in it and he did it without any instructions. He just did it from his mind. Then we went to BC Place to see Czech Republic and Latvia [...]
My Olympic View #2 – Jack
25/02/2010 By 1 Comment
On Thursday the Turner family went to Cypress Mountain and watched the women’s half pipe. Sarah Conrad made it to the semi finals. I watched her on TV and it was cool. The Turners told us that it was fun to see people from all over the world. Everyone was cheering and there were noisy [...]
