How does a Grade 4 student get over 600 followers in just two weeks? She does something important! With school closures and social isolation, Lila was trying to figure out a way to connect with others to celebrate Earth Day 2020, knowing she wouldn’t be able to spend that time with school and community celebrations. […]
Social distancing, state of emergency, school closures, everything closures – it all means we are spending a great deal more family time than we are accustomed to. No dance lessons, tennis matches, hockey games and more to run our children off to, at the same time everyone working and schooling from home, it keeps everyone […]
When history looks back on 2020 the stories that have evolved from COVID-19 will be classroom discussions that illustrate how ‘everything changed’. ‘Everything changed’ is an expression I’ve used a lot with my own children when I reflect on 9-11. And now I’m trying to help them realize how that will now be true in […]
Another week of self-isolation has meant many things to different families. As people around the world are learning to adjust to working and learning from home, we have all had many new trials and tribulations. Human connection, even in self-isolation, is an important feature of coping with this time, and we hope that you and […]
Star Academy was proud to receive an acknowledgement for our Quality Daily Physical Education programme for the 2018-19 school year. Children from Pre-Kindergarten through Grade 8 participate in daily classes teaching them the value of healthy living as a lifestyle.
With the April Break coming up, one question circulating around the school is ‘What are you reading?’. It should be no surprise that many teachers are avid readers and enjoy sharing this love with our students. Experts say, that modelling a love of reading is a key component to developing your child’s enjoyment of reading! […]
This past weekend was full of inspiration as Heather and I attended the Microsoft TransformEd Class of 2030 Summit. We were excited to meet so many innovative educators and sponsors, Microsoft, WE Foundation, Hacking Stem and Fair Chance Learning. The day was filled with learning relating to the values and pillars that are important at […]
Canadian poet, Doyali Islam, visited Star Academy last week and shared her passion with our staff and students. We were excited to play poetry games, create our own poetry, and hear Doyali read some of her work. Together we began a ‘poetry chain’ which will be displayed at our upcoming Art Crawl in May. Doyali’s next poetry collection, […]
Star Academy celebrated ‘Family Day’ by inviting families to participate in an evening of food, fun, and inspiration. Tyler Collymore from ‘United Play’ was inspirational talking to us about how to ‘change the world’ one step at a time. ‘Did you recycle something today?… Did you stand up to a bully today?… Did you turn […]
We rang in 2019 at Star with guest speaker Mark Quattrocchi from ME to WE visiting our school. Mark is a motivational speaker, sharing with us ways to create change in the world by turning passions into action. Mark is inspirational and engaging when sharing his adventures. One day he got on his bicycle and […]
