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Hockey teams - info needed, can you help?
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Michelle, thanks for your reply! I'll pass this on to the person that asked about this. Tony
Hi, our school Annunciation Catholic in North York has a hockey team, I know I can tell you (as CSAC chair) that we voted last night to pay for 1/2 of the Invitational fee (1/2 being $350), last year the hockey players paid the other 1/2 at approx...
Ross, thanks for your reply. It does seem to be quite an effort...tho' an attractive concept. I'm hoping (naively) most of the admin work can be done by clients themselves online. We'll see. Thanks again. T
We have run a similar program for three years now with fundscript . They seem quite similar.
We have seen two issues:
1) you must actively manage the program - cards have to be ordered and delivered weekly (or your choice) - it is labour intensi...
What experience have people had with the Shop and Support fundraising program?
We signed up a couple years ago but didn't really get it off the ground.
I understand, though, that there have been some customer service issues recently...but that t...
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- At 2:43pm on October 16, 2009,
Gay Stephenson said…
- Hi Tony, I just featured your discussion question about hockey. I added a couple more words to the title to give people a better idea of what you are asking. Hope this is okay with you. Otherwise please feel free to go back and change it as you like - I won't be the least bit offended :) I just thought you might get more responses if people knew a wee bit more.
- At 4:21pm on January 16, 2009,
Jacqui Strachan said… - Hi Tony, and welcome to the community. Thanks so much for your kind comment about yesterday's report. You made our day! I'm glad you've joined the online group, as it seems this is becoming my new favourite way of communicating. :-)
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What a fabulous report. I remember when JR Saul spoke two years ago about schools being centres for communities I thought it was right on... I'm glad you guys are highlighting this idea of using schools more...of opening doors for many purposes. Excellent!
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What a fabulous report. I remember when JR Saul spoke two years ago about schools being centres for communities I thought it was right on... I'm glad you guys are highlighting this idea of using schools more...of opening doors for many purposes. Excellent!
Tony
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There are many things happening on the education front - some better publicized than others.
The province wants to hear from parents and community members about the elementary curriculum (they just forgot to publicize the consultation); Bill 177 is going to undergo two days of public hearings in Toronto; and the Ministry hired a market research company to survey parents about the School Information Finder on the Ministry of Education website.
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The province wants to hear from parents and community members about the elementary curriculum (they just forgot to publicize the consultation); Bill 177 is going to undergo two days of public hearings in Toronto; and the Ministry hired a market research company to survey parents about the School Information Finder on the Ministry of Education website.
There have also been some fairly cranky meetings with the Provincial Education Partnership Table about the Information Finder, and all four provincial parent groups wrote a letter to the Minister of Education clarifying their concern about the Finder being described as a tool for "parent engagement."
Next week - more consultations on the Information Finder, maybe there will be news about the province's plans for all day early learning and child care and we'll be putting the finishing touches on the agenda for our November 7th provincial conference.
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Debate flourishes in Toronto over idea of new all boys school. Read the news:
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Thanks for posting, Deborah! Yes, it relates well to some of the topics/questions we heard at the conference!
I think it is critical to frame discussions of success around some of the themes that Annie suggested in an earlier post - students, parents, teachers, etc. I also think that it is important to find places where this can be wedded to existing oppo...
A bunch of us from the online community are planning to "meet-up" at the conference at York University on Saturday Nov. 7th.
We can chat at lunch!
So let us know if you are coming... we'd like to meet you!
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Hello everyone,
It's Sunday morning after the conference. I had a great sleep last night and woke up so excited about our group. I loved meeting you all, and I look forward to staying in touch as you explore some of these communication tools! And ...
This morning I was working on a blog entry for the Toronto Development Community Institute. I got on Youtube to search for a piece on Paolo Freire on literacy and oppression. I ended up watching this piece. I think it continues on beautifully with...
Good points Mike. I have also noticed that many of the parent groups and organizations around the province are made of of mostly parents who are over 40 years old.
Where are the younger parents who will take over for the more "seasoned" parents(n...
Everyone is welcome: this group begins at our conference on Saturday. It's a support group for people who want to learn more about using technology to communicate. How to do stuff here, or to start an e-news listserv, or group & more!
I concur.
What a good idea to engage the media.
In our area, Special Education planning committees (SEAC) are supposed to "engage" and consult via "invitation to respond" to "all parents receiving special ed services" but none of the special ed pa...
After living over 11 years in this province with school councils and governments of all stripes propping up their speeches with the usual parent platitudes, it's a real shame that parents need to chase down and impress upon a minister the importan...
Call me cynical, but is it possible that the email coming out from the Ministry and the extension of the deadline could have something to do with the opinions expressed in this discussion?
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