Year: 2016

Before the Christmas holidays, Samantha Lino, Occasional Teacher, visited Jonathan Grant High School in Spanish Town, Jamaica to deliver two scholarship grants to math students there on behalf of Marsha Thompson’s Grade 12 math class at St. Maximilian Kolbe Catholic High School in Aurora. Students in the class helped to raise the scholarship money so that two … Continue reading “Aurora students raise scholarship funds to send girls to school in Jamaica”

“A little bit of mercy makes the world less cold and more just.” – POPE FRANCIS Grades 4 and 5 students in Stephanie Giliberto’s class at St. John XXIII CES in Markham made New Year’s Resolutions for the Year of Mercy, as proclaimed by Pope Francis. The Year of Mercy began December 8, 2015. Students made many … Continue reading “Markham students make New Year’s resolutions for the Year of Mercy”

On January 7th, Grade 12 Photography students from St. Jean de Brebeuf Catholic High School in Woodbridge held a reception for their graduating exhibit called, “1929” at the historic Vellore Hall on Weston Road, which was transformed into an art gallery that night. 1929 was the year that women in Canada were legally acknowledged as “persons” and … Continue reading “1929 photography exhibit raises questions about the treatment of women in media and society”

Artwork by Grade 12 Art students from St. Maximilian Kolbe Catholic High School is on display as part of the 3rd Annual SMK Graduate Art Exhibition taking place at the Aurora Cultural Centre, from January 6-16, 2016. The exhibition features artwork created in the students’ final year of high school, in both their visual arts and photography … Continue reading “Student artwork on display at the Aurora Cultural Centre”