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Sheila Dabu Nonato, The Catholic Register
Sheila was a reporter for The Catholic Register from 2008-2011.
A graduate of the University of Toronto's international relations program (M.A.) and Carleton University's School of Journalism (M.J.), she has worked at The Canadian Press, CBC Ottawa, The Toronto Star, The Jordan Times and IRIN Middle East.
Website URL: http://twitter.com/SheilaNonato
August 12, 2010
Smrke tops Toronto with 100%
![Brianna Smrke graduated with a 100% average Brianna Smrke](/images/stories/education/education10/smrke.jpg)
The 18-year-old Michael Power/St. Joseph High School student graduated as the top student in the Toronto Catholic District School Board with a flawless mark of 100 per cent in all six of her courses.
The secret to her success? Smrke says it’s been a supportive family and a positive school environment that helped her develop as a well-rounded student and person.
“I didn’t know I would be the best,” Smrke said, adding she just kept working hard, a habit she developed early. Her diverse experiences in sports, arts and community work also helped build up her skills, she said.
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Education
August 12, 2010
Ragot leads Dufferin Peel grads
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But it took just two years for Ragot, who was enrolled for a semester in the Brampton school’s English as a Second Language class, to finish with the highest marks at the Dufferin Peel Catholic District School Board. He ended his high school career with a 98.83-per-cent average.
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Education
August 12, 2010
Mom helps Chiang excel in York
![St. Robert Catholic High School student Albert Chiang Albert Chiang](/images/stories/education/education10/albert_chiang.jpg)
During the hospital visit, Chiang spoke to his grandfather’s doctor and was fascinated by the process and the profession. So this summer, Chiang is volunteering at North York General Hospital. He will be studying at McMaster University in the health sciences program in the fall.
Chiang, who’s 99.33 average at the Thornhill, Ont., school was just shy of Charis Lam’s 99.83 average for tops with the York Catholic District School Board, said this experience sparked his motivation to pursue a career as an eye surgeon. (Lam declined interview requests from The Catholic Register).
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Education
August 12, 2010
Gereb is Halton's top student
![Assumption High School student Eszter Gereb Eszter Gereb](/images/stories/education/education10/eszter_gereb.jpg)
Gereb, 17, graduated as Halton Catholic District School Board’s top student with an average of 97.2 per cent.
The Burlington, Ont., student hopes to add physicist to her list of accomplishments. Gereb said she found physics to be her most difficult subject, but adds it also turned out to be her favourite.
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Education
August 12, 2010
Community of great importance to Durham scholar
![Timothy Ko graduated with a 97.7 per cent average from St. Mary Catholic High School in Pickering, Ont. (Photo courtesy of Timothy Ko) Timothy Ko](/images/stories/education/education10/timothy_ko.jpg)
“Being part of a community is really important,” said the Pickering, Ont., student. “All my friends kept me in a good mood while at school... If I see someone else doing well, I want to do well.”
Ko had the highest marks in the Durham Catholic board, ending his high school career with a 97.7-per-cent average.
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Education
July 28, 2010
School doors shut on immigrant children, report says
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The July 14 report by Social Planning Toronto said the Toronto Catholic District School Board was not implementing or enforcing policies that ensure non-status children can go to school.
“Results of this study demonstrate that TCDSB school staff are largely unaware of the rights of non-status students to public education under the Ontario Education Act,” said “Policy Without Practice,” a report by Social Planning Toronto, an advocacy and research group of 150 community organizations including Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Toronto.
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Education
June 30, 2010
TCDSB passes 'sustainable' budget
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Provincially appointed board supervisor Richard Alway told The Catholic Register that the budget is financially and educationally “sustainable.”
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Education
May 31, 2010
De La Salle (Oaklands) Cadet Corps forms character
![Grade 6 student Aiden McCarthy goes over the edge, rappelling down De La Salle College’s two-story library. McCarthy’s mother said he was nervous, but that she wanted him to take risks. (Photo by Sheila Dabu) Grade 6 student Aiden McCarthy goes over the edge, rappelling down De La Salle College’s two-story library. McCarthy’s mother said he was nervous, but that she wanted him to take risks. (Photo by Sheila Dabu)](/images/stories/education/education10/mccarthynonato.jpg)
He is one of 12 students — 11 boys and one girl — who are part of the De La Salle (Oaklands) Cadet Corps program. Now in its 100th year, the program is one of the few remaining — if not the only — Catholic cadet corps in Canada. It is part of a century-old tradition of training leaders at the private Catholic school for Grade 5-to-12 students run by the De La Salle Brothers.
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Education
May 31, 2010
The peace of St. Francis comes to high school
![Art teacher Patrizia Montefiore is joined by students who helped build a mosaic of their school’s patron saint, St. Francis of Assisi, at James Cardinal McGuigan High School. Other students and staff also contributed to the project by bringing in tiles or cutting them in the shape of doves, flowers, a wolf and St. Francis. (Photo by Sheila Dabu) Art teacher Patrizia Montefiore is joined by students who helped build a mosaic of their school’s patron saint, St. Francis of Assisi, at James Cardinal McGuigan High School. Other students and staff also contributed to the project by bringing in tiles or cutting them in the shape of doves, flowers, a wolf and St. Francis.](/images/stories/education/education10/montefiore.jpg)
The St. Francis mosaic has become an instrument to spread the saint’s message of peace, charity and environmental stewardship at the school.
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Education
April 9, 2010
Toronto students help commemorate Holland's liberation
{mosimage}TORONTO - Students from Toronto’s Don Bosco High School are helping to commemorate the historical bond between Canadians and the Dutch people in a new monument celebrating the 65th anniversary of Holland’s liberation from the Nazis.
Don Bosco Catholic High School teacher Tim Stewart wrote the English and Dutch text accompanying a 1.2-metre tall, 900-kg black granite memorial that will be unveiled April 13 at Queen Wilhelmina Park in Meppel, Holland. The text speaks of the Toronto Scottish Regiment’s contribution to the liberation of Holland as the Second World War ground to an end.
Don Bosco Catholic High School teacher Tim Stewart wrote the English and Dutch text accompanying a 1.2-metre tall, 900-kg black granite memorial that will be unveiled April 13 at Queen Wilhelmina Park in Meppel, Holland. The text speaks of the Toronto Scottish Regiment’s contribution to the liberation of Holland as the Second World War ground to an end.
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