Tag: school
New Daycare opens Tuesday August 4, 2020
Dignitaries including provincial Ministers Laurie Scott and Stephen Lecce and Mayor McFadden joined the owners and staff of Helping Hands Day Care to offer a glimpse of the grounds and interior of the new…
Tribute Signs created by Students
Tribute signs created by Millbrook South Cavan students surround the Centennial Place sign in anticipation of the appreciation event hosted by the Lions a few weeks ago. Young people in our community are taking…
New Day Care Centre Coming Together
Helping Hands Daycare Centres Chief Executive Officer Ryan Eickmeier is pleased with how the new daycare centre is coming together, saying “Construction is going remarkably well, and the centre is really starting to look…
Where Do We Go from Here?
Please make your voice heard, we know that historically, provincial government ears are turned much more by the voices of the families impacted. Over three months have passed since the mandatory closure orders were…
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…
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…
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…
How are the Students Coping?
Maia McLean is missing her friends. Of course she communicates with them through social media, but the Grade 7 student has not had an actual conversation with any of them for weeks, and it’s…
Making Time to Spend Outside Means Making Lifelong Memories
When I think about most of my vivid childhood memories, they have one thing in common: those memories took place outside. I remember running through the sprinkler in our backyard, going to pick strawberries…