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Catholic Education

Some of the thousands of students who were pulled from class by their parents May 4 join a protest outside Queen’s Park against the province’s new sex-ed curriculum.

Student strike has minimal effect on Catholic schools

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TORONTO - As thousands of parents pulled their children from school for a week in protest of Ontario’s sex-ed curriculum, it seems the majority taking part are from the province’s public schools.

Geoff Grant, the Toronto Catholic District School Board’s superintendent of schools.

TCDSB focused on family

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[This article updates and corrects a previous version.]

TORONTO - The province’s largest Catholic school board will place an extra emphasis on the family next September as part of its multi-year strategic plan.

Parents rally outside Queen’s Park following the release of Ontario’s sex-ed curriculum. Some parents plan to take their kids out of school May 4-8 in protest of the curriculum.

Sex-ed opponents call for student strike

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TORONTO - A parent group is calling for children to be pulled out of school during Education Week in Ontario to protest the province’s new sexual-education curriculum.

TCDSB chair Mike Del Grande

Provincial cuts to TCDSB not as drastic as expected

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TORONTO - Toronto’s Catholic school board will still see fewer dollars from the provincial Grants for Student Needs next school year.

The St. Agatha school community won $25,000 for new technology because they implemented environmental initiatives like a recycling program, old-battery collection and hosted four Scarborough Green Fairs.

St. Agatha gets $25K for ‘outstanding’ green program

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TORONTO - For years, students at St. Agatha Catholic School have gotten by with “archaic laptop” computers.   But they’ve received a $25,000 surprise that will soon get them plugged into modern technology. 

Terry Sheridan will takeover as headmaster for Toronto's Northmount School for Boys Sept. 1 this year.

St. Michael’s College principal is moving to Northmount

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TORONTO - St. Michael College School is preparing to say goodbye to principal Terry Sheridan.

Sheridan, who has spent 17 of his 20 years in education at St. Michael’s, officially takes over Sept. 1 as headmaster at Toronto’s Northmount School for Boys.

Paul Crawford

‘Code of silence’ keeps students in harm’s way, panel hears

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TORONTO - Schools could be made safer by eliminating a “code of silence” among students that discourages them from informing on classmates, said the head of a panel on school safety.

St. Sylvester Catholic School students perform their rendition of Three Trees lead by lead actor John Porathur, Grade 7, who played Jesus Christ.

Easter play shows students 'God's love changes everything'

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TORONTO - Toronto Catholic students are bringing the story of Jesus Christ to life for their peers during Holy Week.

TCDSB chair Mike Del Grande, left, and director of education Angela Gauthier.

Toronto Catholic board could see 300 teacher cuts

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TORONTO - Budgeting blunders that left an unexpected deficit, coupled with a potential two-per-cent cut in provincial grants, could leave the Toronto Catholic District School Board with more than 300 fewer frontline educators in September.

Toronto Catholic District School board chair Michael Del Grande says that human error and an inadequate system of checks and balances in the board’s accounting department led to the nearly $17-million deficit.

TCDSB dealing with a $16.9-million shortfall due to accounting error

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TORONTO - An accounting error in the previous budget means that the Toronto Catholic District School Board is expected to end this school year with a $16.9-million deficit.

About 500 people gathered outside Queen’s Park Feb. 24, many with signs in hand, voicing concerns about Ontario’s revised sexual education curriculum which was unveiled slightly more than 24 hours earlier.

Schools to teach sex ed through Catholic lens

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OTTAWA - Ontario Catholic authorities believe Catholic teaching is protected in the province’s new sex education curriculum, though pro-family groups don’t share in that optimism.

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