Yesterday was Music Monday, a day when we celebrate music education. Music education takes place in many ways, in the Music Room, in the Dance and Drama class and in regular classrooms. This year, as you may have heard by now, Canadian Space Agency Astronaut and musician Chris Hadfield and Barenaked Ladies’ Ed Robertson have co-written […]
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Revised Dress Code
It is that time of year again, and we have all been enjoying the beautiful weather. Students will be getting a reminder of the dress code for school.I have including the updated Glenview Dress code. We are basing our guidelines on those that are enforced there, as that is where the majority of students will […]
The Stage Door Academy Joins Shop and Support
Looking for a fresh idea for summer camp for your little actor/actress? Check out The Stage Door Academy, a Performing Arts School and Camp located conveniently for Allenby families at St. Clements and Duplex. They offer after-school and weekend classes for all ages and levels in Acting, Musical Theatre, Singing and Dance as well as Summer […]
Getting Involved
Hope everyone was able to enjoy the beautiful weather this past week. As you will see below, not only is the weather beautiful but Allenby is also enjoying a sense of renewal as we received the “approval in principle” to build at Allenby. The effort that went into that approval from parents, TDSB staff, MPP […]
Technology at Allenby
with reports from Jafar Hussain and Andrea Payne Exciting things are happening at Allenby in terms of technology! Within the last five years, Allenby, with the strong support of the APA, has made an unprecedented leap in its acquisition, mastery, and usage of technology in its classrooms. In 2006, SMARTboards, laptops, document cameras, iPads, etc., […]
Allenby Math Olympians Victorious!
Allenby’s delegation to the WR3 Math Olympics went to a first session last week and moved on to the finals Wednesday May 1st. The Math Olympics involved some individual work but the big emphasis was on cooperative solving of challenging problems. There was stiff competition from John Ross Robertson, Summit Heights and Dublin Heights but […]
Lunchtime T-Ball
For the lunchtime T-ball schedule, click here.
PART Committee Recommendations
The members of the PART met this week in preparation for the Final Public meeting which will be held at Lawrence Park Collegiate on May 15th. At this meeting the PART recommendations will be shared and the community will, once again, be able to offer input. The recommendations concerning Allenby that will be shared on […]
Lunch Program Reminders
We’ve heard great feedback about the trial Kid’s Kitchen lunch program! Just some reminders in order to make our trial successful, eco-friendly, and to possibly add more days next year! 1) orders to be made ONLINE ONLY by 10am PREVIOUS business day 2) cancellations to be made ONLINE by 10am the PREVIOUS business day with […]
A Sad Day in the Lost and Found
Friday, April 26th marked a sad day for Allenby’s Lost and Found. There were so many coats that our coat rack collapsed and broke. The tables are already packed with shorts, shirts, swim clothes, lunch boxes, and shoes. The bins under the tables are stuffed with hats and mittens. Every hook is holding something. There […]