Brick walls cracked and crumbled on Wednesday as crews started to demolish the former Sisters of Notre Dame convent near Kingston Road and Glen Manor Drive. Closed by the Sisters in August 2013, the property at 750 Kingston Rd. was later purchased by the Toronto Catholic District School Board. Built in 1952, for decades the convent […]
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Catholic trustee candidates tackle school closures, accountability
In a race that rarely wins headlines, local candidates for Catholic school trustee tackled two things that do – closing schools and restoring trust in trustees. Just 20 people heard the four candidates speak at a debate last Tuesday night, leaving mostly empty seats in St. Brigid’s Parish Hall. A previous debate was called off […]
Election 2014: Candidates for TCDSB trustee
Welcome to the first of three issues of Toronto municipal election coverage in Beach Metro Community News. In this issue, we are featuring local school trustee candidates for the Catholic and public school boards. Ward 11, the local ward of the Toronto Catholic District School Board, includes a dozen elementary and four secondary schools in […]
St. Pat’s student represents at board
Hannah McGroarty has many people to think about and it shows, mainly on her arms. When the St. Pat’s senior rolls up her sleeves alongside Toronto’s 13 other Catholic school trustees this year, she won’t be the only one in high school — her colleague Christopher MacDonald is also in Grade 12. But McGroarty is […]
Mixed start for all-day kindergarten
Construction delays could leave staff at three local schools juggling for class space when they start full-day kindergarten in September. All the kindergarten students will start at their schools on time. But at Adam Beck, those students may have to use an alternative class in first few weeks, said local TDSB trustee Sheila Cary-Meagher. Kindergarteners […]
Former Neil McNeil teacher honoured for 50 years of service
When in Rome, do not get caught between nuns and the Pope. When you teach, listen. Father Pat Fitzpatrick learned many lessons as a Spiritan priest and long-time teacher at Neil McNeil High School. But one stands above all. One day after class, a Grade 12 student hung back to tell Fitzpatrick he was leaving Neil […]
Block Ness teaches Neil McNeil robotics team
Three days before a city-wide robotics contest, a freak radio problem had the Neil McNeil team re-thinking fast. The club robot, a.k.a. Block Ness Monster, was mostly behaving – it could carry a hockey puck, slide it on a giant crokinole board, and shoot it with an air-powered piston. (For the uninitiated, crokinole is a […]
