On Friday our MPP (and education minister) Kathleen Wynne sent a note home with all the kids at Thorncliffe school announcing that the school would be receiving 12 million dollars!
The letter reads: "The Toronto District School Board will receive 12 million to address accommodation issues at Thorncliffe Park Public School. This money will help get students out of portables and into a permanent building"
Exciting stuff. Having 20 portables in the field this year was not ideal. Still, I'm wondering what space there is left on the property and what other cool stuff 12 mil can buy! That's a serious chunk of change considering Thorncliffes community center (Jenner Jean-Marie) is being completely renovated and doubled in size for 4 million. Hopefully Kathleen has more details soon!
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Monday, June 22, 2009
Thorncliffe school gets 12 million!
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Parenting 101 v18 - Freezer light
When I am confronted with a difficult parenting situation, I'll put the issue out there to plumb the depths of the vast parenting knowledge of my beloved readers....Here is our seventeenth edition of Parenting 101.
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Today Sylas was looking for a snack in the fridge when he asked:
"Dad, why doesn't the freezer have a light like the fridge does?"
Well son...um...uh...anyone know the reason?
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Today Sylas was looking for a snack in the fridge when he asked:
"Dad, why doesn't the freezer have a light like the fridge does?"
Well son...um...uh...anyone know the reason?
Sunday, June 14, 2009
Lego Bible Armageddon!!!!
The most amazing Lego Bible segment yet!! Revelation! What does the end of the world look like in Lego? Find out here
http://www.thebricktestament.com/revelation/index.html
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Leafs came to Thorncliffe after all!
Monday, June 08, 2009
Dead Sea Scrolls coming to Toronto!!
When I was in Israel back in 2005, I had the privelege of swimming in the Dead Sea, visiting Quamran and viewing the Dead Sea Scrolls.
3 weeks from now the Scrolls are going to be right here in Toronto at the ROM - click here!! I would strongly encourage anyone who has doubts about the authenticity of the Bible to visit this exhibit. Often I hear people saying "The Bible has been copied so many times we can't trust it", but the Dead Sea Scrolls disprove that as they are the earliest manuscripts we have, and show that the Bible we have today is the same as this ancient text.
From the ROM website:
The exhibit starts just 3 weeks from now on June 27th so get on down and check them out!
3 weeks from now the Scrolls are going to be right here in Toronto at the ROM - click here!! I would strongly encourage anyone who has doubts about the authenticity of the Bible to visit this exhibit. Often I hear people saying "The Bible has been copied so many times we can't trust it", but the Dead Sea Scrolls disprove that as they are the earliest manuscripts we have, and show that the Bible we have today is the same as this ancient text.
From the ROM website:
Dating from around 250 BC to 68 Common Era (CE), the Scrolls include some 207 biblical manuscripts representing nearly all of the books in the Hebrew Bible (Christian Old Testament). Approximately 900 Scrolls were discovered; some almost entirely preserved and others in fragments. Together, they comprise one of the most important collections of writings ever discovered. The Scrolls are a collection of biblical writings, apocryphal manuscripts, prayers, biblical commentary and religious laws. Prior to the discovery of the Scrolls, the oldest known copies of biblical texts were written 1,000 years later.
The exhibit starts just 3 weeks from now on June 27th so get on down and check them out!
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