Our school has been experiencing issues with our boilers. One boiler has been inoperable, leaving only one functioning. Fortunately, we had heat yesterday and continue to have heat this morning.

All classrooms have been checked and school is open and operating as usual today, January 22.

Staff are working to resolve the issues. Should our operating boiler also go down, and the interior temperature becomes an issue, our plan would be to have staff and students relocate to an alternate site, Western Technical Commercial School.

Please visit TDSB website or check back here, or call the school at 416-393-9055 for updates.

Our school has been experiencing issues with our boilers. One boiler has been inoperable, leaving only one functioning. Fortunately, we have had heat all day and evening on January 21 and are hopeful that continues. Staff are working to resolve the issues but that may take some time. Should our operating boiler also go down, our plan would be to have staff and students relocate to an alternate site, Western Technical Commercial School.

Please visit this page or call the school at 416-393-9055 regarding the status of the school for tomorrow.

NEW LOCATION: The next meeting of the school council will be on Tuesday, January 21, starting promptly at 7 p.m. in the CAFETERIA. Child care will be available.

Miss the last one? See the minutes of the November 28 meeting.

 The very first Runnymede FLL Robotics teams, Hurricanes (Gr.4-6) and Lions (Gr. 6-8), competed last weekend in the TDSB Regional FLL Tournament with 25 other teams. The tournament focuses on four activities: Robot Missions, Robot Design, Written Project, and Core Values. They had a great day! Here are the highlights:

1) Robot Missions – The Lions finished 6th (214 points) and the Hurricanes 10th (151 points) out of 25 teams.

2) Callbacks – Runnymede teams performed so well that they were called back to perform in front of a second set of judges. The Lions were called back for “Robot Design” and the Hurricanes for “Core Values” (demonstrating “Gracious Professionalism”).

3) Awards – There are a few awards that are given to teams apart from their final scores. The Hurricanes were awarded the “Inspiration” award given to a team that inspires Core Values, FLL’s most important code. All of the team members were participating in their first tournament which makes receiving this award in their first year simply amazing. Jerry Tiessen, the parent coach of our FLL Robotics Teams, was voted by team members and judges as the “Coach of the Year”.

The STEM committee would like to thank the students of Runnymede Collegiate Institute and Western Tech for their help with the FLL program. We would also like to thank the teachers Kathryn Daye, Shannon Nyers, Jon Johrendt, and Stan Hallman-Chong and vice-principal Sean Hume for their contributions. Their time was essential to the success of these teams.

 

The next meeting of the school council will be on Thursday, November 28, starting promptly at 7 p.m. in the school library. Child care will be available in room 122.

There will be two guest speakers at the meeting, discussing 1) artificial turf for the field and 2) programs at Western Tech. See attached for the full agenda.

Miss the last one? Please see the minutes of the October 30 meeting.