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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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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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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Are Summer Holidays Passe?
Watching some of the bored children around town the last week or two makes me wonder if perhaps taking a two month break from school in the summertime is a good idea. Now before anyone starts burning calculators and backpacks on my lawn, I am quite certain a case could be made for keeping the ...
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On The Doorstep To The Future
It isn't very often you can say that your SECOND oldest finished college the same year your youngest graduated Kindergarten! Today my wife and I had the pleasure of watching the Junior General taking that all important first step from Senior Kindergarten to Grade One and the ceremony at Hillcrest brought into perspective a few ...
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Hillcrest Hub June 2010
New to Bluewater? Changing schools within Bluewater? Please contact your nearest school as soon as possible to register your children. Our schools are currently working on their school organization of classes for the upcoming school year. Your early registration will greatly assist schools with this process. Staffing and classroom organization discussions for next school year ...
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