Tag: London District Catholic school board
Queen’s Park OKs $20M Catholic elementary school at western edge of London
London’s Catholic school board – the fastest-growing in Ontario, local officials say – has been given the all-clear by Queen’s Park to build a $20.6-million elementary school just outside the city’s western edge. The new school, one of six officials with the London District Catholic school board lobbied to get, was announced by Education Minister Stephen […]
New mandatory high school tech course coming, but who will teach it?
A new Ontario requirement that high school kids take a mandatory tech course is being hailed as a good step, but worries abound over who will teach it and what the course will entail.
Day One of classes will be a day off, again, as school boards OK PA day
Thames Valley trustees on Tuesday night approved a schedule that will see the first day of the new school year again designated as a professional activity day, adding one more day to kids’ summer vacations.
PHOTOS: London Catholic elementary school board gymnastics meet
More than 2,500 pupils from London District Catholic school board elementary schools and a couple of private schools will perform over the five-day gymnastics meet that continued Monday at the Carling Heights Optimist community centre in London. Officials say the event, first held in 1971, allows children to engage in physical activity, regardless of ability. […]
Mr. Clean (and a nice guy, too): School custodian in running for major award
For five years, Rodger Colmar has been the custodian at St. Anne’s elementary school in St. Thomas.