Features Wed, 22 Jan 2025 14:21:00 -0500 Website design by Concerto Designs concertodesigns.ca en-gb Some Ontario Catholic boards already run full-day kindergarten /features/catholic-education/item/11624-some-ontario-catholic-boards-already-run-full-day-kindergarten /features/catholic-education/item/11624-some-ontario-catholic-boards-already-run-full-day-kindergarten {mosimage}TORONTO - Full-day kindergarten is an investment in the future and a “courageous” decision during a time of economic downturn, says the head of the Catholic teachers' union.

But it's also not unfamiliar to Catholic schools, James Ryan told The Catholic Register, given that eight Catholic boards have some form of full-day kindergarten.

]]> sheilad@catholicregister.org (Sheila Dabu Nonato, The Catholic Register) Education Tue, 03 Nov 2009 05:49:41 -0500 Toronto Catholic board won’t expand single-gender schools /features/catholic-education/item/11623-toronto-catholic-board-won%E2%80%99t-expand-single-gender-schools /features/catholic-education/item/11623-toronto-catholic-board-won%E2%80%99t-expand-single-gender-schools {mosimage}TORONTO - In the wake of calls to open all-boys schools by the Toronto public system, the Toronto Catholic District School Board said it has no plans to follow suit.

There are four all-boys schools in the Toronto Catholic school board right now, one — St. MichaelƵapp Choir School — which is open to elementary school-age children.

]]> sheilad@catholicregister.org (Sheila Dabu Nonato, The Catholic Register) Education Thu, 29 Oct 2009 05:59:56 -0400 Toronto Catholic school board shut put surplus back into schools /features/catholic-education/item/11622-toronto-catholic-school-board-shut-put-surplus-back-into-schools /features/catholic-education/item/11622-toronto-catholic-school-board-shut-put-surplus-back-into-schools {mosimage}TORONTO - Fixing up schools, having more special education teachers and fully restoring the controversial Arrowsmith program should be some of the projects funded by the projected budget surplus of the Toronto Catholic District School Board, say education groups.

Murielle Boudreau, chair of the Greater Toronto Catholic Parent Network, says the board is falling behind in its maintenance of schools.

]]> sheilad@catholicregister.org (Sheila Dabu Nonato, The Catholic Register) Education Fri, 23 Oct 2009 02:53:59 -0400 Dufferin-Peel board to set book guidelines /features/catholic-education/item/11621-dufferin-peel-board-to-set-book-guidelines /features/catholic-education/item/11621-dufferin-peel-board-to-set-book-guidelines {mosimage}MISSISSAUGA, Ont. - Trustees at the Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board will review a proposal Nov. 24 that would have all novels pre-approved for use in the classroom by a central committee.

“We conceptualized the need for such a proposal in the last couple of years and have been doing a lot of work for what makes sense for our system and how we develop a proposal thatƵapp going to honour the professionalism and the local decision making that we want our teachers and administrators to continue to do,” said superintendent of program Marianne Mazzorato.

]]> carolyng@catholicregister.org (Carolyn Girard, The Catholic Register) Education Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:53:38 -0500 Henry Carr's field of dreams shy $500,000 /features/catholic-education/item/11620-henry-carrs-field-of-dreams-shy-$500000 /features/catholic-education/item/11620-henry-carrs-field-of-dreams-shy-$500000 {mosimage}TORONTO - Fr. Henry Carr High School supporters hope to build a $1.5 million “field of dreams” for their students and neighbourhood community.

Right now they’re about $500,000 shy of achieving that dream but hope to bridge the gap with the help of famous Carr alumni like former NHL star Pat Flatley, CFL/NFL veteran Kerry Carter and TV personality Enrico Colantoni.

]]> sheilad@catholicregister.org (Sheila Dabu Nonato, The Catholic Register) Education Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:51:01 -0500 Two more Toronto Catholic trustees face conflict-of-interest allegations /features/catholic-education/item/11619-two-more-toronto-catholic-trustees-face-conflict-of-interest-allegations /features/catholic-education/item/11619-two-more-toronto-catholic-trustees-face-conflict-of-interest-allegations {mosimage}TORONTO - It's déjà vu all over again, says the head of a Toronto-based Catholic parents' group, as two Toronto Catholic District School Board trustees are being hit with conflict-of-interest allegations.

“Here we go again. I mean, when is it going to end?” Murielle Boudreau, chair of the Greater Toronto Catholic Parent Network, told The Catholic Register.

]]> sheilad@catholicregister.org (Sheila Dabu Nonato, The Catholic Register) Education Fri, 13 Nov 2009 04:46:09 -0500 Boot camps set up for trustee candidates /features/catholic-education/item/11618-boot-camps-set-up-for-trustee-candidates /features/catholic-education/item/11618-boot-camps-set-up-for-trustee-candidates {mosimage}TORONTO - The countdown for next yearƵapp province-wide Catholic trustee elections begins with two upcoming trustee training workshops in Toronto.

Toronto Catholic District School Board trustee Rob Davis plans to run a free “trustee boot camp” on Nov. 21 at the Catholic Education Centre. St. AugustineƵapp SeminaryƵapp Institute of Theology will conduct trustee workshops starting in January.

]]> sheilad@catholicregister.org (Sheila Dabu Nonato, The Catholic Register) Education Mon, 23 Nov 2009 01:34:38 -0500 Southern Ontario Catholic school boards pick new leaders /features/catholic-education/item/11617-southern-ontario-catholic-school-boards-pick-new-leaders /features/catholic-education/item/11617-southern-ontario-catholic-school-boards-pick-new-leaders {mosimage}TORONTO - In what appears to be a show of support for their embattled chair, a majority of trustees re-elected Angela Kennedy to the position at a Dec. 9 meeting.

Kennedy, who was first chosen as chair in January, is one of two Toronto Catholic trustees facing conflict of interest charges. She will be in Ontario Superior Court of Justice to answer to the charge Feb. 1. She is alleged to have voted on budgetary decisions despite having a son, who would potentially be affected by the decision, employed at the board.

]]> sheilad@catholicregister.org (Sheila Dabu Nonato, The Catholic Register) Education Thu, 10 Dec 2009 05:54:47 -0500 St. Michael's College gets its second lay principal /features/catholic-education/item/11616-st-michaels-college-gets-its-second-lay-principal /features/catholic-education/item/11616-st-michaels-college-gets-its-second-lay-principal {mosimage}TORONTO - Terence Sheridan has been appointed principal of St. MichaelƵapp College School, only the second lay person to hold the position in the schoolƵapp 157-year history.

His appointment as the midtown Toronto schoolƵapp 28th principal takes effect in January.

“As an alumnus Mr. Sheridan has a strong commitment to the traditions of St. MichaelƵapp College School,” said college president Fr. Joseph Redican, C.S.B., in a statement.

]]> sheilad@catholicregister.org (Sheila Dabu Nonato, The Catholic Register) Education Fri, 18 Dec 2009 04:28:21 -0500 Environmentalism part of promoting peace, says Pope /features/catholic-education/item/11615-environmentalism-part-of-promoting-peace-says-pope /features/catholic-education/item/11615-environmentalism-part-of-promoting-peace-says-pope {mosimage}VATICAN CITY - The degradation of the environment is a pressing moral problem that threatens peace and human life itself, Pope Benedict XVI said.

“We cannot remain indifferent to what is happening around us, for the deterioration of any one part of the planet affects us all,” the Pope said in his message for World Peace Day, Jan. 1.

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