MANITOUWADGE PUBLIC SCHOOL As part of a unit on measurement, Mrs. Meagher’s JK/SK/1 class had fun learning about ‘area’. Even the JK students enjoyed using blocks and playing cards to see whose ‘island’ had the greatest and whose island had the smallest area. [Read more]
Life at Our Lady of Lourdes Future JKs explore OLOL This past week, the soon to be JK’s at Our Lady of Lourdes came for a visit. The children and their parents were invited to spend the afternoon exploring with their new teacher, a new initiative called Welcome to Kindergarten. “The [Read more]
Environmental awareness at l’Orée des Bois Friday, May 7th l’École secondaire l’Orée des Bois students, in partnership with the township of Dubreuilville, participated in a Spring Clean-up of the outskirts of their community. The effort went on throughout Education Week to help [Read more]
LES OURAGANS POUR L’ENVIRONNEMENT GRAND nettoyage par les élèves de l’École secondaire l’Orée des Bois à Dubreuil Vendredi le 7 mai, les élèves de l’École secondaire l’Orée des Bois , en partenariat avec la municipalité, ont participé à un grand nettoyage des environs de la [Read more]
Pictured are Parent Council President Denis Lanteigne (Left) and Principal Brian Johnson as they worked diligently last Friday to keep up with demand from hungry students; cooking hot dogs and hamburgers which were sold as part of ongoing fundraising activies at Manitouwadge High [Read more]
Preschoolers celebrate special women by Karina Hunter Thursday May 6th and Friday May 7th, week-long preparations by students and staff of Manitouwadge Nursery School (MNS) culminated in two Mother’s Day Tea Parties. Festivities were held over two days to ensure that all children who attend [Read more]
Unplanned renovations uncover a gift from the past at St. Basil’s WHIE RIVER, ON – Recently, when a leak prompted the opening of a wall at St. Basil’s Elementary School in White River a very special discovery was made; a TIME CAPSULE which had been sealed in the wall in 1988 was [Read more]
Kindergarten Students from St. Martin School Make a Difference Following the Ice Storm of 2009, the JK/SK students at St. Martin School were very concerned about the trees that were lost in the community of Terrace Bay. The students were learning about the environment and how they should [Read more]
St. Martin Hosts Spring Clothing Swap On Wednesday, April 28th St. Martin Elementary School, Terrace Bay, was host to the bi-annual clothing swap that has generated a considerable amount of interest in our small community. For three weeks parents from the Terrace Bay and Schreiber [Read more]
Cast of more than 100 ready to take the stage by Karina Hunter Two years ago, Our Lady of Lourdes Elementary School in Manitouwadge performed a live musical version of Disney’s The Jungle Book™ to much critical acclaim. The only negative critique they received actually is that there had [Read more]
McGuinty Government’s Parents Reaching Out Grants Now Available Ontario is helping more parents play a vital role in public education and get involved in their children’s education through its Parent Reaching Out (PRO) grants.Applications for the 2010-11 school year are now available [Read more]
McGuinty Government Expands Specialist High Skills Major Program Ontario is helping more high school students get an academic and career edge by expanding its Specialist High Skills Major program to 100 more schools across the province, benefiting 8,000 additional students. Two new majors will also [Read more]
Did your Northshore School celebrate Music Monday? Submit your photos/videos to Editor@OntarioNewsNorth.com to see them featured in our daily headlines and in the ‘Education’ news! McGuinty Government Supports Education Week Education Week in Ontario began on a high note today, with [Read more]
McGuinty Government Promotes More Canadian Content All students and educators in Ontario now have free, online access to award-winning Canadian films from the National Film Board of Canada (NFB). Through an agreement between the government and NFB, Ontario classrooms can now access the Screening [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE PUBLIC SCHOOL Crazy, crazy, crazy!! Quite often our young people will express themselves in what is perceived to adults as bazaar! But at MPS being ‘bazaar’ on some days is totally acceptable. Today the halls and classrooms were pretty ’bazaar’ looking with lots of [Read more]
