Tag: Education
Former OSDSS student studying forestry named Kirk Award winner
An Owen Sound student heading to Lakehead University to study forestry is the winner of this year’s Malcolm Kirk Environmental Award from the Grey Sauble Conservation Foundation. Hayden Wardell, a former Owen Sound District Secondary School student, will start a bachelor of science degree program in forestry at Lakehead University this fall. Each year the […]
Unions push for full cost of school board retreat at Blue Jays stadium hotel
The union representing early childhood educators says taxpayers have the right to know how much was spent on a retreat for school board executives
Owen Sound Fall Fair to overcome grandstand fire with some creativity
The Owen Sound Fall Fair returns Sept. 6 and 7 with truck and tractor pulls, a horse show and demolition derby — all on the Victoria Park track in front of the grandstand — which was partly damaged by fire in May and won’t be repaired in time for the fair. But the 172nd Owen Sound Fall […]
Opinion | Is M-STEP a college killer? | Bridge Michigan
Changes to M-STEP would streamline the assessment process, add to the relevance of the remaining testing tools, and remove impediments Michigan students have to higher education….
Michigan failed to curb ‘seclusion and restraint.’ One school tries again | Bridge Michigan
Michigan schools are still secluding and restraining students, mostly those with disabilities, at high numbers despite a 2016 law designed to limit the controversial practice. One special education school is beginning to police itself….