Week 1 of LEAP Into Literacy at Derrydown Public School

Written by: Esther Kim Esther Kim taught English in Korea for 3 years and for 8 years after that owned a private after-school education centre in Thornhill, Ontario teaching high school English, K-8 Language Arts, and ESL. She is an Ontario certified teacher, currently working as a supply teacher for TDSB. She has been part […]

One Step Closer to my Future Career by Harishna Hariharan

Harishna Hariharan was a volunteer at Woburn’s P.S.’s Leap Camp 2014, funded by the Leacock Foundation. Harishna is a former student at Woburn Jr, and attended Leap Camp when she was a student as well. She wanted to give back to the camp so decided to volunteer. In the future, she plans to become an […]

Leadership Lessons from Leap Camp 2014 by Lisaani Thangavadivelu

Lisaani Thangavadivelu is a 3rd year student at York University, majoring in Sociology. She spent the month of July working at Leacock’s Leap Into Literacy Derrydown P.S. summer camp as a teacher’s assistant and camp counselor.   During the month of July, I was given a great opportunity to be able to work at the […]