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Building the Next Generation of Entrepreneurs at A.E. Cross School

. Running a successful retail operation is not easy, but once staff and students took their retail project on, additional career building opportunities resulted for several A.E. Cross Junior High School students. The Opportunities in Business program was launched at the school in 2015. The aim was to provide students in the Business 9 Continue Reading »

Written on October 11, 2016 at 9:09 am, by EducationMatters

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The iGEM Project Team at Ted Harrison School

The students and staff at Ted Harrison School have developed a new program based on the International Genetically Engineered Machines (iGEM) competition at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. iGEM is an annual synthetic biology competition that integrates science with other disciplines and involves teams from around the world. This program gives students the opportunity to Continue Reading »

Written on May 27, 2016 at 1:56 pm, by EducationMatters

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Louise Dean School: Baby Tales

Baby Tales is a unique program specifically tailored to students at Louise Dean School; the main focus is emergent literacy, with the target audience being high-risk adolescent mothers (pregnant or parenting). We recognize that children raised with literacy face fewer challenges as they enter a formal school system. Baby Tales is a weekly, themed-based Continue Reading »

Written on January 31, 2014 at 2:30 pm, by EducationMatters

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Connaught School: Connaught Discovery Centre

Connaught School develops academic success and English language proficiency by providing personalized learning. The school serves children from 51 countries who speak 41 languages; 82 per cent of whom are English language learners. The Connaught Discovery Centre (CDC) provides extra help to those students who have experienced trauma , and who have difficulties Continue Reading »

Written on January 30, 2014 at 11:40 am, by EducationMatters

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