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Local school tied for highest number COVID-19 cases in province
McKellar Park Central Public School has reported 12 positive COVID-19 cases among students in the last two weeks.
Feb 18, 2021 12:58 PM By: TbNewsWatch.com Staff
McKellar Park Central School. (Leith Dunick, tbnewswatch.com)
THUNDER BAY - Several schools in the Thunder Bay district are reporting multiple cases of COVID-19 among students and staff, with one school tied for the highest number of positive cases in the province recorded in the last two weeks.
According to the provincial government COVID-19 data tracking, McKellar Park Central Public School has reported 12 students testing positive for COVID-19, tying it with an Ottawa area school for the most infections in a school setting in the last two weeks.
Posted: Feb 05, 2021 3:00 PM ET | Last Updated: February 5
Pitia Modi worked with members of the the Thunder Bay Catholic District School Board to create the Black Excellence Award, a new $500 dollar award for students of visible Afro-Caribbean descent. He said when he graduated high school in 2017, there were many awards and bursaries dedicated to other ethnicities, but not many for Black youth.(St. Ignatius High School Thunder Bay/Facebook)
Two community organizers are hopeful a new award for graduating high school students in Thunder Bay Ont., will help to recognize Black youth for their achievements, while inspiring others to do the same.
Thunder Bay school boards shift kindergarten registration process online
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is changing how school boards and families are preparing young children to start school next year.
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Posted: Feb 04, 2021 7:30 AM ET | Last Updated: February 4
The Lakehead District School Board held a virtual kindergarten registration event earlier this week.(Matt Vis/CBC)
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is changing how school boards and families are preparing young children to start school next year.
Usually at this time of year, local school boards hold kindergarten registration drives, which includes holding events to prepare families for the upcoming school year in the fall.