University of Victoria pro-life group wins partial victory in battle with student union
By Luc Rinaldi, The Catholic Register
, the student pro-life organization at the University of Victoria, has regained its status as an official school club after being denied funding and recognition for the past two years.The club filed a petition to the British Columbia Supreme Court against the University of Victoria Students鈥� Society (UVSS), which had withheld the club鱿鱼视频app grants, on May 3. In the petition, it requested its club status and funding be reinstated and that the Students鈥� Society declare the previous actions of denying it the same rights as other clubs illegal. The UVSS had been retaining grants to Youth Protecting Youth that all university clubs are entitled to on the grounds that the club violated the school鱿鱼视频app regulations against harassment.
TCDSB passes 'sustainable' budget
By Sheila Dabu Nonato, The Catholic Register
TORONTO - The Toronto Catholic District School Board unveiled its new plan to get the board鱿鱼视频app books in the black for the next three years, and for trustees to regain control of the board from the province.Provincially appointed board supervisor Richard Alway told The Catholic Register that the budget is financially and educationally 鈥渟ustainable.鈥�
Course engages students in charity work
By Catholic Register StaffA Catholic high school leadership and peer support course is being offered this August and will earn participating students a high school credit.The course, which will be taught by Bishop Marrocco/Thomas Merton Secondary School teacher Steve DeQuintal, will take place at St. Sebastian鱿鱼视频app Church, 20 Pauline Ave.
Toronto St. Patrick School embraces art and media
By Catholic Register Staff
Another Toronto Catholic school is now slated to become an arts, media and technological school through new programming to begin in fall of 2011.St. Patrick Catholic Secondary School in Toronto鱿鱼视频app east end was selected for a Grades 9-12 arts, media and technologies centre after a review of five city schools including Cardinal Newman, Jean Vanier, Neil McNeil, Notre Dame and St. Patrick鱿鱼视频app.
Putting a Catholic voice in schools
By Sheila Dabu Nonato, The Catholic Register
TORONTO - When he was in Grade 8, John Kostoff had a choice to make: attend a prestigious high school with a longstanding tradition in academics and sports or an up-and-coming, smaller Toronto school run by the Holy Ghost Fathers.Kostoff had seen a newspaper photo of a child from Nigeria holding a sign reading 鈥淭hank you, Neil McNeil.鈥� That sealed the deal for Kostoff, who chose Neil McNeil High School because of the school鱿鱼视频app active involvement in helping survivors of the 1967-70 Nigerian Civil War.
Prom Night a rite of passage for all teens
By Michael Swan, The Catholic Register
AJAX, Ont. - There was nothing special about Jenny Lawlor鱿鱼视频app prom night. It鱿鱼视频app Lawlor who is special.Lawlor has Down syndrome and is one of about 25 special needs students at Archbishop Denis O鈥機onnor High School in Ajax. Every year a few of the special needs kids attend the prom along with the graduating students.
The special needs students are no less a part of 900-strong student body than any one else, said principal Mary Curran. That鱿鱼视频app simple and obvious.
Court ruling affirms freedom of religion for Quebec Catholic school
By Sheila Dabu Nonato, The Catholic Register
A Quebec parents鈥� group is hailing a court ruling that allows a private Montreal Catholic high school to be exempt from a provincially mandated ethics course as a victory for freedom of religion and parental rights.On June 21, Quebec鱿鱼视频app Superior Court slammed the 鈥渢otalitarian鈥� approach of the Quebec government and ruled that Loyola High School can not be forced to teach the controversial Ethics and Religious Culture course because it infringes upon their charter rights of free expression and religion.
De La Salle (Oaklands) Cadet Corps forms character
By Sheila Dabu Nonato, The Catholic Register
TORONTO - Not many 11 year olds are encouraged to dangle from a rope down the side of their school. But being a member of the De La Salle College Cadets means Aidan McCarthy is not your average school kid.He is one of 12 students 鈥� 11 boys and one girl 鈥� who are part of the De La Salle (Oaklands) Cadet Corps program. Now in its 100th year, the program is one of the few remaining 鈥� if not the only 鈥� Catholic cadet corps in Canada. It is part of a century-old tradition of training leaders at the private Catholic school for Grade 5-to-12 students run by the De La Salle Brothers.
The peace of St. Francis comes to high school
By Sheila Dabu Nonato, The Catholic Register
TORONTO - After two months of cutting tiles for a mosaic honouring the school鱿鱼视频app patron saint, St. Francis of Assisi, James Cardinal McGuigan High School teacher Patrizia Montefiore and three students who contributed to the project stand proudly beside the new mosaic.The St. Francis mosaic has become an instrument to spread the saint鱿鱼视频app message of peace, charity and environmental stewardship at the school.
Students take charge at Toronto pro-life conference
By Carolyn Girard, The Catholic Register
TORONTO - May 11 marked the first Toronto Catholic District School Board collaboration with students to promote leadership on pro-life issues. The TCDSB hosted it鱿鱼视频app annual Respect for Life Week but turned its usual keynote address into a student leadership day which drew more than 70 students to learn about the issues and how to take action.
New OCSTA president seeks equity for Catholic schools
By Sheila Dabu Nonato, The Catholic Register
TORONTO - Nancy Kirby says her first priorities as Ontario Catholic School Trustees鈥� Association president will be ensuring 鈥渆quitable and adequate funding鈥� for Ontario鱿鱼视频app publicly funded Catholic schools and tackling the $68-million gap in special education funding for Catholic schools.Kirby, 57, was elected OCSTA鱿鱼视频app president at its annual conference in Thunder Bay April 30.