Trick or Treat: $5,000 for African Village Well

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Share Most kids embark on Halloween intent on getting as much loot – candy – as possible, with high hopes and lofty dreams for sugar highs and the largest piles of candy. For Logan and Mary Jones, trick or treating began in early October, knocking on doors as part of Trick or Treat for UNICEF, [...]

Our Kids Media Hires Social Media Guru

Travis Allison, Our Kids Media's Social Media Manager

Share Our Kids Media, publisher of two of Canada’s most popular websites on kids’ camps and private schools, camps.ca and ourkids.net, recently announced the hiring of Travis Allison in the position of Social Media marketer. Previous to embarking into the dynamic, exponentially-growing world of Social Media, Allison was Executive Director at CAIRN Presbyterian Camping & [...]

Record Attendance at the Toronto and Oakville Private School Expos

Toronto School Expo 2009

Share Both days were sunny and slightly cool. And both venues were packed full of families. To be exact, there was a 30 per cent increase in families attending the Toronto Private School Expo at Roy Thomson Hall and Oakville Convention Centre for the Oakville Private School Expo. At both expos I had the opportunity [...]

The Week on Twitter: 2009-10-26

Share HIgh School -Neuchatel Junior College in Switzerland- Montreal Info Session tomorrow 7:30. http://bit.ly/1Wg5sF # Meet the leading K-12 Toronto Area Private & Boarding Schools this Saturday. http://www.ourkids.net/expo. Free info sessions, 80 different schools! # How have you helped your kids learn to read – and learn to love to read? Share your experiences http://tinyurl.com/ygbdslu [...]

Parenting without the helicopter

Share I realized it’s been quite awhile since of written. It was quite a fall, so far! Between back-to-school at a “new” school, plus a trip to Germany, my son’s 10th birthday, and a recent puppy, we have had a full plate! This fall I also heard a new “buzz word” come up frequently – [...]

Over 2,000 Expected to Attend Toronto Private School Expo

Share Canada’s largest Private School Expo takes place this weekend at Roy Thomson Hall, with more than 2,000 people expected to attend. Over 70 schools will be represented at the Expo, which has been held annually since 2002. Many schools are located in Toronto and area, but schools from places as diverse as Nova Scotia, [...]

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