Education Thu, 23 Jan 2025 04:52:56 -0500 Website design by Concerto Designs concertodesigns.ca en-gb School boards reject gender studies course /features/catholic-education/item/11602-school-boards-reject-gender-studies-course /features/catholic-education/item/11602-school-boards-reject-gender-studies-course {mosimage}TORONTO - Most larger Catholic school boards in Ontario say they’re taking the Ontario bishops’ advice and rejecting a gender studies course being proposed by the Ministry of Education.

The Toronto, Dufferin-Peel, Halton, Ottawa and Windsor Catholic District School Boards will not implement the course which could be introduced as part of the high school curriculum as early as September.

]]> sheilad@catholicregister.org (Sheila Dabu Nonato, The Catholic Register) Education Fri, 12 Feb 2010 06:34:49 -0500 Maple school deals with student deaths /features/catholic-education/item/11847-maple-school-deals-with-student-deaths /features/catholic-education/item/11847-maple-school-deals-with-student-deaths {mosimage}MAPLE, Ont. - A wooden cross now stands at the crash site which took the lives of two St. Joan of Arc Catholic High School students earlier this month.

A busload of students from the Toronto suburb of Maple school gathered two days after the accident, led by principal Antonella Rubino, to pray for their friends, Ryan Sheridan, 17, and Niko Di Iorio, 15. The students were killed in a car crash on Feb. 1.

]]> sheilad@catholicregister.org (Sheila Dabu Nonato, The Catholic Register) Education Fri, 12 Feb 2010 06:26:09 -0500 Catholic school trustees are called to serve /features/catholic-education/item/11849-catholic-school-trustees-are-called-to-serve /features/catholic-education/item/11849-catholic-school-trustees-are-called-to-serve TORONTO - In his 25 years as a Hamilton-Wentworth Catholic school trustee, Patrick J. Daly says heƵapp learned these key lessons: the importance of setting a good example and understanding your role as a trustee.

Daly, chair since 1991, was one of several speakers at a series of workshops for potential Catholic school board trustees which began on Jan. 9 and ends Feb. 13.

]]> sheilad@catholicregister.org (Sheila Dabu Nonato, The Catholic Register) Education Mon, 08 Feb 2010 05:07:04 -0500 Canadian school campaigns lend a hand /features/catholic-education/item/11848-canadian-school-campaigns-lend-a-hand /features/catholic-education/item/11848-canadian-school-campaigns-lend-a-hand {mosimage}TORONTO - Three weeks after HaitiƵapp devastating earthquake, childrenƵapp rights activist Craig Kielburger says remarkable efforts are already underway towards the rebuilding of the country.

Those efforts are being bolstered by the generosity efforts of Catholic students who are raising tens of thousands of dollars in Canada,

]]> sheilad@catholicregister.org (Sheila Dabu Nonato, The Catholic Register) Education Thu, 04 Feb 2010 09:07:36 -0500 Ontario bishops call proposed gender course anti-Catholic /features/catholic-education/item/11607-ontario-bishops-call-proposed-gender-course-anti-catholic /features/catholic-education/item/11607-ontario-bishops-call-proposed-gender-course-anti-catholic {mosimage}TORONTO - The Assembly of Catholic Bishops in Ontario is urging Catholic secondary schools to reject a proposed gender studies course that contravenes church teaching on sexuality.

“A reading of the overall expectations leads us to believe that, though much of the content could be taught within a Catholic context ... the fundamental thrust of this proposed optional course reflects an ideology which is at variance with Catholic anthropology and moral teaching,” the bishops said in a recent letter to Catholic school board chairs and directors of education.

]]> sheilad@catholicregister.org (Sheila Dabu Nonato, The Catholic Register) Education Fri, 29 Jan 2010 05:41:19 -0500 Students feel connection urges them to help Haiti /features/catholic-education/item/11606-students-feel-connection-urges-them-to-help-haiti /features/catholic-education/item/11606-students-feel-connection-urges-them-to-help-haiti {mosimage}TORONTO - Three months ago a troupe of young dancers from Haiti performed at MississaugaƵapp St. Joseph Catholic High School. So when news broke of the devastating earthquake in Haiti, teachers and students from the school rallied  to raise close to $2,000 in less than a week.

St. Joseph joined with several Ontario Catholic students as schools from across the province raised thousands of dollars for the relief effort almost overnight.

]]> sheilad@catholicregister.org (Sheila Dabu Nonato, The Catholic Register) Education Mon, 25 Jan 2010 07:09:44 -0500 New St. Peter's Seminary leader learns from God's mercy /features/catholic-education/item/11787-new-st-peters-seminary-leader-learns-from-gods-mercy /features/catholic-education/item/11787-new-st-peters-seminary-leader-learns-from-gods-mercy {mosimage}LONDON - Fr. Stevan Wlusek, installed this month as the new rector of , is well known for his compassion and strength in the face of suffering, .

A recent example of the 52-year-old priests’ endurance came just weeks before he took over as rector from then-Fr. Bill McGrattan, who was ordained a bishop on Jan. 12 to serve in the archdiocese of Toronto. Days before Christmas, Wlusek was injured when a truck backed into his legs in a parking lot, pinning him against his own vehicle. He escaped without any broken bones and was back on his feet in January, still recovering from the injury, but smiling, energetic and excited to plunge into his new responsibilities.

]]> carolyng@catholicregister.org (Carolyn Girard, The Catholic Register) Education Mon, 25 Jan 2010 06:34:03 -0500 New Ontario education minister, Leona Dombrowsky, knows Catholic schools /features/catholic-education/item/11605-new-ontario-education-minister-leona-dombrowsky-knows-catholic-schools /features/catholic-education/item/11605-new-ontario-education-minister-leona-dombrowsky-knows-catholic-schools {mosimage}TORONTO - Catholic education has received an ally in newly appointed education minister Leona Dombrowsky, says the head of the Ontario English Catholic Teachers’ Association.

James Ryan told The Catholic Register that the OECTA association welcomes DombrowskyƵapp appointment and is confident that there will be a productive working relationship with the new minister.

“In all of our meetings with (Dombrowsky) over the years, she has always been supportive of publicly funded Catholic education and public education,” he said. “Her background in education supports that.”

]]> sheilad@catholicregister.org (Sheila Dabu Nonato, The Catholic Register) Education Mon, 25 Jan 2010 05:59:28 -0500 Community fights to keep Neil McNeil at home /features/catholic-education/item/11608-community-fights-to-keep-neil-mcneil-at-home /features/catholic-education/item/11608-community-fights-to-keep-neil-mcneil-at-home {mosimage}TORONTO - ItƵapp a half-century tradition that Neil McNeil High School supporters say they’d like to keep: having their school at the very site where the Spiritan Fathers founded it 1958.

Neil McNeil, along with four other schools in its cluster group in the Toronto Catholic District School Board, is undergoing a school accommodation review this year. The schools — which are part of four clusters of 17 schools under review — either have too many or too few students and could be consolidated, relocated or closed. In December, the board decided to close two schools and relocate another.

]]> sheilad@catholicregister.org (Sheila Dabu Nonato, The Catholic Register) Education Fri, 15 Jan 2010 03:32:34 -0500 Helping Henry Carr's dreams come true /features/catholic-education/item/11612-helping-henry-carrs-dreams-come-true /features/catholic-education/item/11612-helping-henry-carrs-dreams-come-true {mosimage}TORONTO - got a boost from the Toronto Police Service in its quest to build its state-of-the-art sports stadium.

The police services board kicked in $50,000 to help make the northwest Toronto schoolƵapp dream become a reality.

]]> crstaff@catholicregister.org (Catholic Register Staff) Education Fri, 08 Jan 2010 08:00:00 -0500