Tag: school
Students Win Gold in National Skills Competition, Advance to Nationals
The Ontario Skills Competition was held May 1 – 4 in Kitchener Waterloo and the Limestone District School Board Team finished very well, with two gold medalist advancing to the Nationals, to be held May 31 in Québec City. The focus of the competition is to provide a showcase event that draws attention to the [...]
Communities In Bloom Season Launches
Local school children, representing 20 local schools will participate in a plant-off to kick-off Communities in Bloom season in Springer Market Square at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, May 18. The public is invited to come cheer on participants who will be competing to plant the most beautiful planter. The planting competition is a mini-version of [...]
Ernestown Secondary School Band Welcomes NFLD Students
Ernestown Secondary School Concert Band will welcome students of the Carbonear Collegiate Choir, from Carbonear, Newfoundland, May 8 to 13, for 5 days of cultural exchange, music and fun. The 24 Newfoundland students and their three teacher/chaperones arrive at Ernestown Secondary School on May 8 at approximately 5:30 pm. ESS will welcome their musical guests [...]
KCVI & Polson Park P.S. Announce Musical Productions
From Wednesday May 4 to Saturday May 7, KCVI will be presenting their production of Grease in the newly renovated auditorium. Nick Trode as Danny Zuko and Megan Ready-Walters as Sandy Dumbrowski lead an amazingly talented KC cast as this smash hit musical. Here is Rydell High’s senior class of 1959: the duck-tailed, hot-rodding “Burger [...]
First Avenue P.S. Taking Part in Anti-Bullying Event
Staff and students at First Avenue Public School announced they will be taking part in the national and international Pink T-shirt “Stand Up” day that represent a school’s determination to fight bullying in all its forms. The occasion originated several years ago in Central Kings High School, in Cambridge, Nova Scotia, when a school boy [...]
LDSB to Award $45,000 to Innovation Projects
The Limestone Learning Foundation (LLF) will award close to $45,000 in grants to learning projects promoting healthy living, solar energy, character education, publishing, and artistic performance, to name a few at the Spring Grant Presentations today, April 12th, at 4:30pm in Cataraqui Woods Elementary School [map]. The Limestone Learning Foundation makes learning come alive. LLF [...]
Kingston Students Test Skills in Annual Competition
Photography, Culinary Arts, Esthetics, Desktop Publishing and Cabinetmaking are just a few of the more than 30 Skills, Technology and Innovative events that students will compete in during the 9th annual Limestone Skills Competition. Once again this year’s event will take place at St. Lawrence College’s Kingston campus, and selected Limestone District School Board (LDSB) [...]
School Board Approves Accommodation Recommendations
Trustees of the Limestone District School Board (LDSB) gave their final approval to recommendations that retain the two dual track French Immersion sites in Kingston West and Loyalist Township, that is J.R. Henderson P.S. and Amherstview P.S., and change the boundaries in order to better balance enrolments at both schools, at a Special Meeting of [...]
Global Fusion 2.0 to Celebrate Cultural Diversity in Kingston
After the great success of 2009′s Global Fusion event, Loyalist Collegiate and Vocational Institute (LCVI) students will be hosting Global Fusion 2.0 this April. The multi-media performance will be open to students, staff and community members on Thursday, April 14 from 6:00 pm to 8:30 p.m. in LCVI at 153 Van Order Drive in Kingston [...]
Students to Celebrate Science Fair 40th Anniversary
Students will have an opportunity to show off their technical wizardry and scientific know-how early next month when the 2011 Frontenac, Lennox and Addington Science Fair (FLASF) celebrates its 40th anniversary, April 7 and 8. FLASF is a non-profit organization that aims to promote creativity, ingenuity and an inquiry-based approach to learning among local youth. [...]
