MARKHAM, Ont. - Brother Andr茅 High School in Markham has officially added 鈥淪t.鈥� to its name. It鱿鱼视频app the first school in the archdiocese of Toronto to officially change its name by adding the 鈥淪t.鈥� designation since the Quebec-born saint鱿鱼视频app Oct. 17 canonization.
The school is working with the board to change its name on the school building as well as developing a new school logo, said interim principal Peter Bahen.
Alway to recommend returning powers to Toronto Catholic trustees
By Sheila Dabu Nonato, The Catholic Register
TORONTO - On the heels of a $2-million budget surplus, the should soon be out of supervision, provincially appointed supervisor Richard Alway announced at the board's inaugural meeting Dec. 8.Alway said having a balanced budget is one of the steps that will kick-start the return of decision-making powers to the elected members of the board, which has been under provincial supervision since 2009. He added that he would soon be submitting a report to Ontario's education minister to recommend that local powers to be restored to the board. This could happen as early as January, he said.
TORONTO - A new teachers鈥� group for openly gay teachers has been created to provide a 鈥渟afe environment鈥� to discuss homophobia, said the group鱿鱼视频app founder. kindergarten teacher Lauren Chapple started Proud Rainbow Voices last May. The 155-member group of openly gay teachers includes five Catholic school teachers, she said.
Catholic board鱿鱼视频app denominational rights will trump province鱿鱼视频app equity strategy
By Sheila Dabu Nonato, The Catholic Register
TORONTO - Ontario鱿鱼视频app Catholic schools won鈥檛 be forced to hire non-Catholic or gay teachers as part of the government鱿鱼视频app new equity strategy, said an education ministry spokesperson.Next year is the final phase of government鱿鱼视频app equity strategy which asks boards to update or establish equitable hiring and promotion practices. Gary Wheeler told The Register that the government鱿鱼视频app strategy 鈥渋s to be implemented within the context of denominational rights.鈥�
Toronto Catholic board supervision likely to end in new year
By Sheila Dabu Nonato, The Catholic RegisterTORONTO - Provincial supervision of the is likely to end in January, according to supervisor Richard Alway.The board and its trustees are turning over a new leaf with a mix of incumbent and new trustees elected in this past October's election, said Alway. He said the new group is 鈥渧ery anxious to work together and build a positive relationship amongst themselves, between the board of trustees and staff leadership.鈥�
Governor General recognizes teacher for bringing history to life
By Sheila Dabu Nonato, The Catholic Register
TORONTO - Diane Vautour likes to bring history to life. And for doing so on a daily basis at Toronto鱿鱼视频app Loretto College High School, she was awarded a Governor General鱿鱼视频app Award for Excellence in Teaching Canadian History at a ceremony at Rideau Hall on Nov. 19. 鈥淭eaching at an all-girls鈥� school, I want to emphasize women鱿鱼视频app history, from a women鱿鱼视频app point of view,鈥� Vautour, 32, told The Register.
鈥淚t鱿鱼视频app not just an add-on or an extra page in a textbook.鈥�
TORONTO - Catholic schools will be 鈥渃elebrating the Spirit鈥� when the annual celebration of Catholic Education Week arrives in May. The theme for this year鱿鱼视频app week, May 1-6, borrows from St. Paul鱿鱼视频app letter to the Romans: 鈥淎ll who are led by the Spirit of God are children of God.鈥�
TORONTO - Critics are predicting a provincial bill on student achievement and school board governance will change the face of Ontario鱿鱼视频app school boards when newly elected trustees take office in December. Rather than leave it to school boards to always act in the best interest of students, as has been the case historically, Bill 177 legislates boards to 鈥減romote student achievement and well-being鈥� and 鈥渆nsure the effectiveness of the board鱿鱼视频app resources.鈥� Trustees are also legally bound to 鈥渆ntrust the day-to-day management of the board to its staff through the board鱿鱼视频app director of education.鈥�
There are no set plans to incorporate Brother Andr茅鱿鱼视频app sainthood at schools named in his honour at the present time, though one school board has already vowed to name its next school after Canada鱿鱼视频app newest saint. 鈥淚t鱿鱼视频app the community鱿鱼视频app prerogative,鈥� said Jim Nicoletti, principal at Brother Andr茅 Catholic High School in Markham, Ont.
鈥淭he superintendent was waiting for direction from the trustees to come out and meet with our parent council to get the ball rolling,鈥� said Nicoletti, adding that because it鱿鱼视频app an election year, 鈥渋t鱿鱼视频app not happening too quickly.鈥�
MISSISSAUGA, Ont. - A 鈥渃ourageous conversation鈥� needs to happen at Ontario鱿鱼视频app Catholic schools to combat homophobia as boards implement the provincial government鱿鱼视频app new equity policy, says a prominent educator. Kevin Welbes Godin told a symposium that 鈥渟ilence is no longer acceptable鈥� when it comes to the absence of anti-homophobia policies in some Ontario Catholic boards.
But other comments during the workshop upset some teachers who said Welbes Godin and co-presenter David Szollosy were misinterpreting the position of the Ontario bishops and that their views on gay support groups were not in keeping with Church teaching.
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TORONTO - Close to 40 per cent of the 230 seats for Catholic school trustee across Ontario have been filled by acclamation.But the says this represents a drop in acclamations 鈥� down from 45 per cent in 2006 to 37 per cent this year 鈥� and is a potential silver lining to what鱿鱼视频app happened at the Toronto Catholic District School Board.
Nancy Kirby, the association鱿鱼视频app president, told The Catholic Register that the drop in acclamations is encouraging and may have been sparked by the events at the Toronto Catholic board.
On Oct. 25, Catholic ratepayers will be electing trustees for the .
On Oct. 25, Catholic ratepayers will be electing trustees for the .Toronto trustees stand on their records, react to 'unfair' smear from parents' group
By Sheila Dabu Nonato, The Catholic RegisterTORONTO - It's 鈥渦nfair鈥� and 鈥渋rresponsible鈥� for a Toronto Catholic parent group to ask electors to vote for anyone but the incumbents in the Oct. 25 election for Catholic school trustees, say some of Toronto's sitting trustees running for re-election. made the call Oct. 12 for voters to oust the trustees who sat on the board for the last four years. The board has been under provincial supervision for more than two years after their refusal to balance the board budget as provincial legislation demands and trustee spending scandals came to light.
TORONTO - Two Catholic education organizations are voicing criticism of election candidate meetings for school trustees that, they claim, are tightly controlled sessions that offer little opportunity for debate or direct questioning of candidates.Penny Boyce-Chester of the attended the Oct. 6 meeting for Ward 8 at Cardinal Leger High School in Scarborough.
鈥淭his is a very censored meeting,鈥� she charged. 鈥淭he moderator decided which two questions he was going to ask from the box and his interpretation of how he was going to word these questions. That really bothered me.