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Grades 7 & 8 students being moved into the High School to Help in Declining Enrollment.
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Cathy Oct 21.
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Kawartha Pine Ridge has had 7-12 years for quite a few years. It can and does work qutie well.
I don't presume to speak to your board's particular needs but I do know that the 7-12 model works. Steps are taken at the school to allow for the 7/8's...
Having participated in the review, it was a bit of a railroad process with a preconcieved outcome on the part of the UCSDB.
The process (ARC) was exhaustive but the majority of the recommendations were discarded. The process was quite long and dr...
We are presently going thru the Accommodation review, we have felt from the very beginning that the School Board wants to solve the declining enrollment In the Elementary and Secondary schools, by taking the grades 7 and 8 out of the elementary sc...
We took a look at Middle Schools in our Annual Report. Here's what it says:
Though grades 7 and 8 are formally a part of the elementary school curriculum, and their teachers are in elementary sections of teachers’ federations, these grades are con...
Meanwhile in other parts of the province I hear that Senior Public schools are closing and their 7 & 8 kids are going to the elementary not secondary school.
Just goes to show that different regions are doing different things, and hopefully whate...
In our area, one of the contributing factors to the move to 7 to 12 grade structuring was the fact that the local Catholic board used it almost exclusively in all their secondary schools. They did have the advantage of more new schools and as each...
Christine - one way to determine just how willing your board is re: considering the suggestions/recommendations of the ARC and community re: school consolidation or changes is to look for the boards 10 year Capital Plan(which is something the gov'...
Thanks for your reply, I was able to read some of the news articles that the teachers put out with regard to Boundry 2020, I can relate to what was said.
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- At 2:19pm on January 12, 2009,
Jacqui Strachan said… - Hi Christine, and welcome to our online community. I am the parent inclusion coordinator here at People for Education, and also a school council chair at my son's high school. I know how demanding, but also how rewarding it can be, and I keep telling myself that my recalcitrant teenager is worth it! :-) He seems to have accepted the fact that I am going to be involved, and even smiled at me when he saw me in the school the other day, so things are looking up, tee hee. I look forward to having you in the online neighbourhood. What part of Ontario is Belgrave in? It is great to see so many different areas represented within the community.
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Garret Titus, our student this year, who also happens to be a musician – he was our go-to guy for help with recording the speeches, and bravely took on moderating a workshop too.
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At the end of a long day, after the dinner was over, there was still some food left. It made my day to be able to offer it up to the incredibly grateful ‘starving students’ who were hanging out in Stong College. They were utterly charming, and thrilled with all the food, especially the cookies. They even backed me up and vouched for my lack of craziness when some more students wandered in and I made them the same offer. There are seven very well-fed students wandering campus now!
It was a great day all round, and there are probably a million more stories to be told. Thanks to everyone who came, and I hope to see all of you out again next year.
Take One Parent, One Student, and One Teacher, and what do you get?
A trio of awesome volunteers! Anahit Harutyunyan (parent), Shamair Garib (student) and Jonathan Lau (teacher) worked tirelessly from the crack of dawn through to the very end of the conference, and met every challenge we gave them. Jonathan became the true hero of the day when he managed to hunt down someone to re-stock the toilet paper.
Knit One, Purl Two, Register a Participant.
I loved watching our conference registrar, Jan Sugerman, and Kathy Bradden, the Chair of People for Education’s board, madly knitting at the registration table while listening to speeches and answering questions. It was a perfect P4E moment. I better get a really nice pair of wool socks, though.
More Incredible Volunteers
Cathy Boote, Arlene Morell and Verna Ferencik, registration queens. Your warm welcome and jolly spirit made the registration process fun and easy.
Monique St. Aude, our student from last year, who came back again to help this year. It paid off big-time – her conversation with Dennis Shirley led him to encourage her to apply to do her Ph.D. with him. Go for it, Monique!
Greg Laws, who tirelessly moved tables and chairs, alphabetized name tags, then moved some more furniture.
Garret Titus, our student this year, who also happens to be a musician – he was our go-to guy for help with recording the speeches, and bravely took on moderating a workshop too.
All of our amazing speakers and moderators, who volunteered their time, expertise, and talent to make the day a huge success!
More Student Stories
At the end of a long day, after the dinner was over, there was still some food left. It made my day to be able to offer it up to the incredibly grateful ‘starving students’ who were hanging out in Stong College. They were utterly charming, and thrilled with all the food, especially the cookies. They even backed me up and vouched for my lack of craziness when some more students wandered in and I made them the same offer. There are seven very well-fed students wandering campus now!
It was a great day all round, and there are probably a million more stories to be told. Thanks to everyone who came, and I hope to see all of you out again next year.
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