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St. Brigid��Ƶapp students’ environmental commitment ‘a spiritual imperative’

mikes@catholicregister.org (Michael Swan, The Catholic Register) — Fri, 25 May 2007 01:50:42 -0400

{mosimage}TORONTO - As Mass ended under bright sunshine outdoors and teacher-librarian Kathryn Zaleski-Cox announced St. Brigid��Ƶapp Elementary School had made the grade as an Ontario EcoSchool, a cheer went up. For the 580 students of east-end Toronto��Ƶapp St. Brigid��Ƶapp Elementary, their teachers and two dozen parents participating in the May 17 Mass, they weren’t just cheering for something students had accomplished with a year��Ƶapp worth of litterless lunches, reduced energy consumption and heightened ecological awareness. The cheer also recognized prayers answered.

Highlighting the pluses of French education

mikes@catholicregister.org (Michael Swan, The Catholic Register) — Tue, 22 May 2007 04:36:56 -0400

If C1+ reminds you of a mediocre grade you got in high school chemistry, that��Ƶapp because you weren’t paying attention in French class either.

Catholics must be prepared for an attack on education rights

Fri, 11 May 2007 04:17:17 -0400

Editor��Ƶapp note: The following is a position paper produced by the Catholic Civil Rights League on “The question of Catholic school funding.”

As Ontario prepares for an election in October, several groups are trying to raise the question of continued funding for the province��Ƶapp Catholic elementary and secondary schools. Some claim that all publicly funded schools would be operated more efficiently if there was one, non-sectarian system, with school boards drawn geographically and, in most localities, in French or English streams. Several public school boards have already passed resolutions to this effect.

School board pulls controversial book

mikes@catholicregister.org (Michael Swan, The Catholic Register) — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 03:37:26 -0500

{mosimage}TORONTO - An Ontario Catholic school board has pulled The Golden Compass and other His Dark Materials novels by outspoken atheist Philip Pullman from school library shelves in response to a U.S.-inspired campaign against both the books and the movie version of The Golden Compass, which opens across Canada Dec. 7.

Catholic Schools in Canada

crstaff@catholicregister.org (Catholic Register Staff) — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 17:00:00 -0400

A timeline of changes to Catholic education throughout Canada's history.

Salt+Light, Dufferin-Peel school board team up

Fri, 23 Nov 2007 04:45:18 -0500

TORONTO - A new DVD series aims to teach students in the Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board about virtues.

Dufferin-Peel looks to future

crstaff@catholicregister.org (Catholic Register Staff) — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 04:08:45 -0500

{mosimage}MISSISSAUGA, Ont. - A bruising battle over funding with the provincial government behind it, the Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board is now embarking on a thorough re-examination of its Catholic mission for the first time in 15 years.

Laity role essential in Catholic schools

Thu, 22 Nov 2007 02:11:29 -0500

{mosimage}VATICAN CITY - A transformation has occurred in Catholic schools over the last 50 years, and the Vatican took its measure at a recent press conference.

Toronto board to launch year-round schooling pilot program

saral@catholicregister.org (Sara Loftson, The Catholic Register) — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 01:44:32 -0500

{mosimage}TORONTO - The Toronto Catholic District School Board has tentatively approved year-round schooling at two elementary and two secondary schools for the 2009-2010 school year.

Dufferin-Peel educators united in faith

saral@catholicregister.org (Sara Loftson, The Catholic Register) — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 03:01:43 -0500

{mosimage}MISSISSAUGA, Ont. - “Today we tell the world that Catholic education is indispensible,” said Ralph Borrelli in his welcoming address to more than 7,800 teachers and staff on Nov. 7 in the first board-wide faith formation day in 20 years.