Tag: school
Queen’s University Collaborates with Singapore School of the Arts
The Faculty of Education at Queen’s University is pushing ahead with several innovative initiatives that combine both international programming and digital teaching and learning. The most recent project is a partnership with Singapore’s School of the Arts (SOTA). In conjunction with SOTA, Queen’s will offer an online professional development course on International Service-Learning. Service-learning is [...]
New Kingston East School to Get $250K Outdoor Athletic Facility
École Sir John A. Macdonald Public School, the new school under construction in Kingston East, will be the site of a $250,000 outdoor athletic and recreational facility that will benefit students and the greater community for years to come thanks to a generous grant from its community. The Pittsburgh Community Benefit Fund unanimously approved $252,008 [...]
Kingston Flying Club is City’s Newest Career College
On Friday, the Kingston Flying Club announced that they have been certified as the city’s newest career college under the Ontario Colleges Act. To obtain this accreditation, the club has been working with the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities for the past year. “This is a great day for the Kingston Flying Club and [...]
LDSB Teacher Wins Provincial Teaching Award
Brian Robertson, a teacher with the Limestone District School Board, is this year’s elementary recipient of the OTIP Teaching Awards, organized by the Ontario Teachers’ Federation and funded by the Ontario Teachers Insurance Plan. Mr. Robertson has consistently provided outstanding service to students at Land O’ Lakes Public School, well beyond the responsibilities and duties [...]
Sibling Teachers Win Excellence in Teaching Awards
Kathy McVety-Kavanagh, an elementary teacher and Special Education Program Coordinator with the Limestone District School Board, and Randy McVety, Department Head of Social Studies and Music at Sharbot Lake High School have been selected by Trustees as this year’s recipients of the J.C. McLeod Excellence in Teaching Award. This “teacher-of-the-year” award recognizes the outstanding contribution [...]
Kingston Teachers Receive Healthy Active Living Award
The Wess Garrod HEAL Award is an annual award that recognizes employees of the Limestone District School Board who have contributed in a variety of ways to the promotion and improvement of Healthy Living for All. When Supervising Principal Wess Garrod retired in 2006, a HEAL plaque was presented to him as a reminder of [...]
1st Canada Day: Students to a Draw Future Sustainable Kingston
Today, June 15, Kingston students will celebrate the city’s role as the first capital of a United Canada by chalking their visions of a future sustainable Kingston in Springer Market Square. “Looking toward building a desirable and sustainable future for our city on a day that our school-children celebrate its historic role in building Canada [...]
Benefits of Digital Photography Extolled in KCVI Workshop
This semester the Grade 12 photography classes at Kingston Collegiate and Loyalist Collegiate participated in photography workshops with retired teacher and photographer, Karen Dolan. The photographs are extraordinary visual examples of the students’ creative interpretations of their everyday and ordinary surroundings. This body of work communicates a maturity and confidence normally seen in the work [...]
School Board Trustees Celebrate Student Achievers
Thursday night, Trustees of the Limestone District School Board presented The Limestone Student Achievers Awards to ten deserving students. Trustees, senior staff, family and friends gathered to recognize the significant contributions and achievements of this year’s recipients. The Limestone Student Achievers Award recognizes the outstanding achievements of those students whose exceptional accomplishments merit recognition beyond [...]
KCVI Robotics Team Appears on CNN
This week, Kingston Collegiate & Vocational Institute’s “K-Botics team 2809″ appeared in a CNN.com photo slide show promoting a documentary airing this weekend. The slide show features photos from the FIRST robotics competition covered in a segment of “Don’t Fail Me: Education in America” hosted by Soledad O’Brien. The Kingston high school team took part [...]
