The APA received a sincere thank you from both the neighbouring elementary school and the high school where the donations from our winter clothing drive were delivered last week. Your generous donations will be well used and loved throughout the winter by many students in need. With the tremendous donations from our Allenby community, coupled with […]
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French as a Second Language Advisory Committee
The December FSLAC Newsletter is now available for viewing.
APA Winter Clothing Drive Ends December 2
Thank you to those families who have dropped off gently used winter clothing to the boxes located outside of the Allenby office. We have already dropped off two bags of winter wear to a neighbouring elementary school and we received a big thank-you hug from the school principal. Our drive continues until December 2nd (Giving […]
Meet Jennifer Arp, Our Incoming Trustee
Howard Goodman will be holding the last Ward Forum as our Trustee on Monday, November 24 at 7 p.m. in the Staff Room at John Ross Robertson (130 Glengrove Ave. W., 1 block east of Avenue Road at Rosewell). The agenda will be primarily for you to bring to Howard and Trustee-elect Jennifer Arp any […]
Giving Tuesday – APA Clothing Drive
Many people know about Black Friday and Cyber Monday … now GivingTuesday has come to Canada. The 2nd annual GivingTuesday Canada is Tuesday, December 2. In the same way that Black Friday opens the shopping season, GivingTuesday opens the giving season, uniting charities, companies, schools and individuals in the spirit of giving. To kick off […]
Last Ward 8 Trustee Candidates Meeting Tonight
We hope you had the opportunity to attend at least one of the Trustee only events Ward 8 had to offer. See link for details. If you missed these and would like more information on the candidates for Trustee, please click on the following links: http://app.toronto.ca/vote/myVote.do http://elections.ontarioschooltrustees.org/en/elections/2014/toronto-district-school-board.html Get out and VOTE on Monday, October 27!
Parent Involvement Makes a Difference Conference
Registration is live for the 8th Annual Parent Involvement Makes a Difference Conference on Saturday, November 15, 2014 at Earl Haig SS, 100 Princess Avenue from 8:00 a.m. to 3:45 p.m. Keynote speaker J. Richard Gentry, PhD, a former university professor and elementary school teacher and author of Raising Confident Readers: How to Teach Your […]
Trustee All-Candidates Meetings
It was an excellent turnout at the All Candidates Trustee meeting. If you missed the meeting and would like to learn more about the candidates for Ward 8 Trustee, there are three more ‘Trustee-only’ events in the community: John Wanless PS October 16 at 7pm John Polanyi CI on October 21 at 6pm hosted by Flemington […]
FSL Advisory Committee
The French as a Second Language Advisory Committee (FSLAC) circulated a survey to TDSB trustee candidates across the city to find out about their views on French as a Second (Official) Language. The responses can be viewed here. Candidates were advised that their responses would be shared with you and on social media, so feel […]
Trustee All Candidates Meeting
We are excited to announce that Kate Hammer, Education Reporter for the Globe and Mail will be moderating the Trustee All Candidates meeting at Allenby on Tuesday October 14 at 7pm in the Library. Come find out more about each candidate and ask your questions. It will be a very informative evening. Childcare will be […]