The Catholic Register Thu, 23 Jan 2025 00:17:19 -0500 Website design by Concerto Designs concertodesigns.ca en-gb Pride flag to fly at schools /features/catholic-education/item/33087-pride-flag-to-fly-at-schools /features/catholic-education/item/33087-pride-flag-to-fly-at-schools

The Pride flag will be flying over Ontario Catholic schools in a number of jurisdictions, including Toronto, in the month of June.

]]> crstaff@catholicregister.org (Catholic Register Staff) Education Thu, 13 May 2021 11:09:19 -0400 Halton school board 'Sanctity of Life' fundraising policy on hold /item/27358-halton-school-board-sanctity-of-life-fundraising-policy-on-hold /item/27358-halton-school-board-sanctity-of-life-fundraising-policy-on-hold

Tensions continued to run high as the Halton Catholic District School Board suspended implementation of its controversial fundraising policy.

]]> jean.kodin@catholicregister.org (Jean Ko Din, The Catholic Register) Canada Fri, 11 May 2018 08:52:34 -0400 Anti-bullying strategies take different paths /item/26442-anti-bullying-strategies-take-different-paths /item/26442-anti-bullying-strategies-take-different-paths If a child commits a crime, should a parent do the time?

The city of North Tonawanda, N.Y., thinks yes. Located 24 km north of Buffalo, North Tonawanda passed a law in October stating parents could be sentenced to 15 days in jail if their child violates a city law, including bullying, twice in a 90-day period. 
]]> mhoegler@catholicregister.org (Meggie Hoegler, The Catholic Register) Canada Wed, 29 Nov 2017 10:23:01 -0500 Showdown may loom as Catholic schools keep up with changing times /features/catholic-education/item/13738-showdown-may-loom-as-catholic-schools-keep-up-with-changing-times /features/catholic-education/item/13738-showdown-may-loom-as-catholic-schools-keep-up-with-changing-times

TORONTO - The Marshall Medium student newspaper was looking for hot topics for its spring 2011 issue. So when 12th-grader Erica Lenti pitched a story about the gay-straight alliances springing up in Ontario schools, the newspaper staff was sold.

Lenti interviewed staff and students at Marshall McLuhan Catholic Secondary School in Toronto and the article passed through editing. But when Lenti picked up a copy of The Medium, she learned her story had been pulled.

Her facts were incorrect, she was told. Her take: school administrators wanted nothing to do with the topic.

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