Over the March break, 17 Branksome Hallgrade 11 students travelled to Queenstown, South Africa. They taught one-week literacy, science, physical education and leadership programmes to classes at Get Ahead. A great feature of the visit was participating in the “sisters” program. Each Branksome student was matched with a grade 11 Get Ahead “sister”. Together, the […]
On Wednesday, April 3, 2013, we hosted our 14th Annual Leacock Debate at the Arcadian Court. The event raised awareness of the new Robert W. Martin Leadership Centre in honour of the late Bob Martin – described by Peter Oliver as the “quintessential leader”, who served as Leacock’s Chairman since 2007. It was a sold-out […]
This March Break, Leacock held a booster literacy and numeracy program for 19 grade 3 students at Rose Avenue Public School. The purpose of the camp was to help students gain foundational skills in reading, writing and math as they prepare to write the provincial EQAO tests this spring. The program was designed to have […]