Perfection is satisfaction for Bishop Allen Academy scholar
By Sheila Dabu Nonato, The Catholic Register
{mosimage}TORONTO - It was a perfect year for Jana Cmorejova. The 17-year-old Bishop Allen Academy High School student scored the best marks in the Toronto Catholic District School Board, earning a perfect 100 per cent in all six of her Grade 12 subjects,
Cmorejova credits hard work and a passion for education as the keys to her success.
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Cmorejova credits hard work and a passion for education as the keys to her success.
鈥淚 want to make a difference somehow in life, to make the best of what I can do and be the best I can be,鈥� she said. 鈥淚 believe that鱿鱼视频app going to happen to me through education and university.鈥�
Schools need to open up to community
By Sheila Dabu Nonato, The Catholic Register
{mosimage}TORONTO - When 11-year-old Madison Wood first started kindergarten at Toronto鱿鱼视频app Our Lady of Wisdom Elementary School, her mother enrolled her at the school for a specific reason: an after-hours enrichment program featuring dance, drama and arts.
Pam Wray, 40, said Madison gained confidence after meeting students from different ages and participating in Irish dance, judo and the homework club.
Pam Wray, 40, said Madison gained confidence after meeting students from different ages and participating in Irish dance, judo and the homework club.
Schools prepared for swine flu
By Sheila Dabu Nonato, The Catholic Register
{mosimage}Ontario Catholic schools will be monitoring the swine flu and reinforcing the message of good hygiene when school starts on Sept. 8.
staff will be meeting with the local health department to discuss plans of effectively communicating information about the swine flu, also known as the HIN1 virus.
staff will be meeting with the local health department to discuss plans of effectively communicating information about the swine flu, also known as the HIN1 virus.
More police in Toronto schools this year
By Sheila Dabu Nonato, The Catholic Register
{mosimage}TORONTO - After a successful first year of school-based policing, 20 more officers will be patrolling hallways this 鈥圫eptember to bring the total number of officers in schools to 50, says Toronto Police.
鈥淭hese officers approached these assignments with insatiable energy and dedication. As a result, we have created new relationships with young people all over Toronto. They, in turn have come to respect police officers on an entirely different level,鈥� said Toronto Police Chief Bill Blair in a statement.
鈥淭hese officers approached these assignments with insatiable energy and dedication. As a result, we have created new relationships with young people all over Toronto. They, in turn have come to respect police officers on an entirely different level,鈥� said Toronto Police Chief Bill Blair in a statement.
Richard Alway to supervise Toronto Catholic board
By Sheila Dabu Nonato, The Catholic Register
{mosimage}TORONTO - It's going to be a tough new assignment, but the Toronto Catholic District School Board's new supervisor says he's up to the challenge.
Richard Alway assumes his new role Aug. 27, taking over from the provincially appointed supervision team of Norbert Hartmann and Norm Forma. The team resigned on Aug. 21. The Ontario government has been running the embattled board since last year when trustees became mired in a spending scandal and failed to balance the board's budget.
Richard Alway assumes his new role Aug. 27, taking over from the provincially appointed supervision team of Norbert Hartmann and Norm Forma. The team resigned on Aug. 21. The Ontario government has been running the embattled board since last year when trustees became mired in a spending scandal and failed to balance the board's budget.
Toronto Arrowsmith program saved
By Sheila Dabu Nonato, The Catholic Register
{mosimage}TORONTO - The newly appointed provincial supervisor of the Toronto Catholic District School Board is overturning a controversial decision to axe the Arrowsmith program, effectively ending a lawsuit against the board and Ontario鱿鱼视频app education minister.
Richard Alway said in a letter to parents that after a 鈥渃areful review,鈥� and in consultation with the board鱿鱼视频app director of education, he has decided to continue the program for students currently enrolled until 2012.
Richard Alway said in a letter to parents that after a 鈥渃areful review,鈥� and in consultation with the board鱿鱼视频app director of education, he has decided to continue the program for students currently enrolled until 2012.
Brampton school named after Cardinal Ambrozic
By Sheila Dabu Nonato, The Catholic Register
{mosimage}BRAMPTON, Ont. - More than 300 students celebrated the opening of the first Canadian high school named after former Toronto archbishop Cardinal Aloysius Ambrozic on Sept. 8.
Principal Tim Lariviere said the Brampton school is honouring Ambrozic in a number of ways. Its coat of arms includes many of Ambrozic鱿鱼视频app own coat of arms, complete with the cardinal鱿鱼视频app hat, cross and the picture of the lion representing the Gospel of Mark, the topic of Ambrozic鱿鱼视频app doctoral thesis.
Principal Tim Lariviere said the Brampton school is honouring Ambrozic in a number of ways. Its coat of arms includes many of Ambrozic鱿鱼视频app own coat of arms, complete with the cardinal鱿鱼视频app hat, cross and the picture of the lion representing the Gospel of Mark, the topic of Ambrozic鱿鱼视频app doctoral thesis.
Bill could limit Catholic school trustees' powers
By Sheila Dabu Nonato, The Catholic Register
{mosimage}TORONTO - The Ontario government鱿鱼视频app proposed bill on student accountability would diminish the powers of democratically elected school trustees, says the president of the .
Paula Peroni told The Catholic Register that if passed in the Ontario legislature, Bill 177 would increase the provincial government鱿鱼视频app control over school boards.
Paula Peroni told The Catholic Register that if passed in the Ontario legislature, Bill 177 would increase the provincial government鱿鱼视频app control over school boards.
Catholic teacher hiring policy taken to rights tribunal
By Sheila Dabu Nonato, The Catholic Register
{mosimage}Hiring only Catholic teachers at publicly funded Catholic schools is 鈥渦nfair鈥� and discriminatory, says a Guelph-area teacher who has recently taken the to the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal.
鈥淚t鱿鱼视频app unfair for a large organization to accept large taxpayer dollars, including my own, and then not being interested in hiring everybody from whom those tax dollars come from,鈥� Jesse Lloyd told The Catholic Register in an interview from Guelph.
鈥淚t鱿鱼视频app unfair for a large organization to accept large taxpayer dollars, including my own, and then not being interested in hiring everybody from whom those tax dollars come from,鈥� Jesse Lloyd told The Catholic Register in an interview from Guelph.
Halton board celebrates 40 years
By Sheila Dabu Nonato, The Catholic Register
{mosimage}BURLINGTON, Ont - Alice Anne LeMay recalls playing the role of 鈥渉ot dog lady鈥� at a basketball game for special needs students in the .
LeMay, whose son has a hearing disability, said it鱿鱼视频app activities like these which highlight the Catholic and 鈥渋nclusive鈥� spirit of the Halton board over the past four decades.
LeMay, whose son has a hearing disability, said it鱿鱼视频app activities like these which highlight the Catholic and 鈥渋nclusive鈥� spirit of the Halton board over the past four decades.
St. Joseph's Morrow Park gets three-year reprieve
By Sheila Dabu Nonato, The Catholic Register
{mosimage}TORONTO - St. Joseph鱿鱼视频app Morrow Park High School students can breathe a sigh of relief 鈥� at least for the next three years.
The Toronto Catholic District School Board is finalizing a deal with Tyndale College, which has been leasing the property to the board since 2006, that would allow students to remain at the school temporarily. Tyndale bought the 20-hectare property from the Sisters of St. Joseph three years ago.
The Toronto Catholic District School Board is finalizing a deal with Tyndale College, which has been leasing the property to the board since 2006, that would allow students to remain at the school temporarily. Tyndale bought the 20-hectare property from the Sisters of St. Joseph three years ago.