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Paralympics – Thursday, March 18 This morning my dad and I went out to the Paralympic 10km Nordic Classic race. We were hoping to see Brian McKeever win a gold and of course he did not disappoint us! In the meantime, my mom went off to the Alpine skiing. She saw both Lauren Woolstencroft and [...]
Attention Schools: there are only 10 days left to apply to Canada’s Greenest School Contest. If you would like to draw some attention to the efforts of the students and staff at your school on behalf of the environment I can think of no better place than http://www.canadasgreenestschool.ca/. Students: you could win a $3000 scholarship [...]
Author Gordon Hay of Venture Academy for Troubled Teens explores the issue of sexting and teens.
I recently went with my boys’ school on their trip to Kortright Centre for Conservation for the Maple Syrup Festival. I was happy to have the chance to join them on this trip, which I remember as one of my favourites from my own school trip days. What made that trip memorable for me, was [...]
Thinking about hosting a “safe” teen party where booze will be served? Think again. Adults who condone teen drinking or turn a blind eye to it risk being judged by society and by a legal system that comes down hard on adults who facilitate underage drinking. In Vancouver, a woman was recently charged with failing [...]
Elizabeth Green’s feature story, “Building a Better Teacher”, New York Times Sunday Magazine (March 15), certainly drew attention to a long-neglected issue – the promise and perils of attempting to transform teacher culture and to introduce sustainable teacher evaluation/development in any form. It’s an exceedingly complex undertaking and a path littered with a succession of [...]
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