Dear Parents/Guardians, I wanted to provide you with an update with regards to ongoing job action by the Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation (OSSTF), which is currently in negotiations with the Government of Ontario and the Ontario Public School Boards’ Association (OPSBA) to achieve a new collective agreement. Since November 2019, OSSTF members have been
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NOTE: As a result of the selected withdrawal of services by members of ETFO scheduled to begin on Monday, January 13, all elementary school open houses will be cancelled. https://www.tdsb.on.ca/OpenHouses To help you make an informed decision when choosing a school, TDSB schools host open houses and information nights for parents and students each year
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By Louise Brown – November 2019 Once a week Finn Clancy does playground duty at Ogden Public School. He listens for arguments, watches for tears and scans for children left out of the fun. A card around his neck lets kids know he’s there to help. It has a list of tips for Finn to use
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By Louise Brown — March 2019 Grade 4 students are gathered on the carpet, some lying on their backs, a couple munching on apples from the class fruit bowl. One boy pops over to help himself from a basket of “fidgies” – squeezeable tennis ball stress-busters – while another starts to stroll around the room.
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By Louise Brown — June 2019 You can get suspended from school in Ontario for a lot of things: Swearing at a teacher. Having illegal drugs. Being drunk. Vandalism. Bullying. Fighting. Stealing. Smoking on school property – or these days, vaping. So it’s probably no surprise that a big-city school with 1,100 students like
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An innovative new interdisciplinary course has been a smash hit at Yorkdale SS. Two teachers–one music, one wood-working– joined together to develop and offer a “Guitar-Making” course to a class of students enrolled in the school’s EdVance program last quadmester. Students had an opportunity to handcraft their own guitars from a kit, adding their own
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Dear Parents and Guardians, We are writing to update you on recently announced job actions by the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO). As you know, ETFO is currently in contract negotiations with the Government of Ontario and the Ontario Public School Boards’ Association, and the union has been taking part in a selected withdrawal
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Starting this school year, the TDSB has expanded its IMI enrichment program to include 17 new schools. As a result of this expansion, more than 1,200 new students will have access to the program through 1,600 new IMI hours. The expansion of the program is the result of a review of the distribution of IMI
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This year, there will be two virtual (online webchat) information sessions for parents/guardians interested in the Junior Extended French (Gr. 4 entry) application process. For more information on dates/times for each virtual online webchat session, please visit www.tdsb.on.ca/French website or click on Information Sessions.
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Clarity M. Smoke, a Grade 9 Anishnaabe student from Monarch Park Collegiate Institute, has taken her seat as the first ever Toronto District School Board Indigenous Student Trustee. This position will provide Indigenous students, families and communities with additional representation at the highest level of the TDSB; help improve the Board’s decision-making process; and increase understanding
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