We are all Homeschoolers Now
How things have changed! Now instead of limiting screen time, families across the province are juggling to provide screens and internet to their children to allow them access to assignments, learning tools and their teachers so they can get some school work done. Parents have always been their children’s’ first educators, but the sudden…
New Telephone Scam Targeting Local Church Congregations
A new telephone scam has been reported that targets unsuspecting members of local churches in the Peterborough area. The caller says that he is calling on behalf of the person’s church. He explains that the church has incurred damage to its building and that he is raising funds on behalf of the church to…
Council Considers Temporary Pedestrian Only Route for King Street
At the May 19th Council meeting, Mayor McFadden directed staff to investigate the possibility of closing King St in Millbrook from Tupper St. (County Rd. 10) to Allan Lane to traffic during an undetermined period of time this summer. Think of it as an extended edition of “Ladies’ Night”, with a slightly shorter route.…
Remote Curriculum Delivery – The Teacher Experience
Since mid-March, teachers have scrambled to find ways to deliver content in new, remote ways while keeping the content accessible and relevant to their broad and diverse audience. Some of them had to come up to speed with the technology tools they would come to rely on in this new delivery mode, taking online…
School Administrators Shift Gears
North Cavan Public School Principal Martin Twiss joined this school in the fall of 2016 in the final stop in an extensive career in public education. During his time with the Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board (KPRDSB), Twiss has been in the classroom, Board Superintendent and, finally, Elementary School Principal. As the commercial…