Trained on grassy slopes by the R.C. Harris Water Treatment Plant and “hill repeats” up Glen Stewart Ravine, cross-country runners from Neil McNeil High School have no end of learning curves. But after winning their eighth straight city final in October, Neil runners say there’s more to their success than elevation gains. “You push each […]
It was late February when the excitement truly set in for my European adventure. Of course I had known about this trip since early September when my school, Neil McNeil High School, held the first information meeting about this year’s trip to France. The anticipation was mounting and I could often be seen with a […]
Whichever way the wind blows, a new wind turbine is spinning fresh ideas at Neil McNeil High School. Painted with a red-winged ‘N,’ the small turbine charges a mobile battery unit inside the school’s technology class. Students can track the turbine’s output, use the battery for back-up power, even charge their phones. “I was hoping […]
Students in Neil McNeil’s Grade 12 architecture class recently got an inside tip from the people designing a new YMCA on Kingston Road. Think flexible. Across the city in the century-old West End Y is a former bowling alley that turned into a weight room, said Virginia Dimoglou, assistant manager of the Kingston Road Y. […]
Residents in about 4,500 homes are without power this afternoon due to a gas leak at Kingston Road and Victoria Park. Traffic and TTC buses are being rerouted around the area. The 502 streetcar is also turning back west at Queen Street and Kingston Road. Crews from Enbridge Gas capped the leak just before 5 p.m., about […]
Sprinting over puddles and bright autumn leaves, hundreds of high school students ran a 4 x 3,000-metre relay along the boardwalk. Hosted last Friday by Neil McNeil High School, the relay brings runners from across Toronto – more than 50 schools and 1,000 students joined last year. For Sarah Gigi, a Grade 9 student at […]
Cross-country runners at Neil McNeil High School won a spot in the history books last week by winning their sixth league championship. Since 1958, when the all-boys school opened, only the soccer team has scored nearly as many back-to-back victories, with five in a row. On Saturday, the team won at a whole other level, […]
Thinking about what my next historical article would be, I realized this is the month everyone goes back to school, so I should do an article on the schools, but a little differently. One of the oldest school in the area, if not the oldest, is Norway Public School, near Kingston Road and Woodbine Avenue. […]
When Enrique Olivo saw how slowly school board meetings go, he told a political studies teacher at Neil McNeil High School he was ready to drop democracy. “Well,” the teacher said, “You can try communism or anarchy.” When schools reopen Sept. 3, Olivo will start Grade 12 as one of two student trustees on the […]
