The Unofficial End of Summer
Summer 2010 has roared by in a flash – it seems like only a few days ago we packed the last school lunch and the Blue Jays were the pennant hunt. Now here we are with the Labour Day Weekend ahead of us – the unofficial last weekend of summer – and in four days ...
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Back To School Approaches!
The First of September has arrived and soon children will be back in school for another year. If you lost your school supplies list for Hillcrest Central School remember you can always download and print it again from our downloads section: Grade 1 – 3 School Supply List 2010 – 2011 Grade 4 ...
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Spruce Up for The Fall!
Here it is a sweltering hot August day but already the Teeswater Kinettes are thinking ahead to the Fall with their very popular Fall Decorating Kits! Each $15 kit consists of ONE each of the following: Bundle of Cornstalks, Pumpkin, Potted Hardy Mum, miniature Straw Bale and a Bow. Or you can purchase two kits ...
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Are We Creating A Tiered Education system?
Let's face it, times are not all that rosey for provincial governments trying to prioritize spending in all departments. But after primary healthcare, education needs to be a priority if Ontario is going to dig its way out of the financial mess caused by too much emphasis on too few industries! An article in today's ...
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Teeswater Church Information
Sometimes in the 600 plus articles here on Teeswater.Ca it gets a wee bit hard to find information on a specific subject. This morning Miss Marlene asked me how to find the service times for our local churches, so rather than having to hunt down the individual articles here is a repost of the local ...
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Accountability or Creativity?
This one almost slipped in under the radar, it being August and all (kind of like dropping the long census form 'almost' slipped under the radar). It seems the Ontario Elementary Teachers Federation (ETFO) wants the government to put a 3 year moratorium on the annual Education Quality and Accountability Office (EQAO) tests for grades ...
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