High-performance school learns to cope with COVID January 8, 2021
In a year marked by event cancellations, pandemic restrictions hindered competition plans for many high school athletes looking to obtain their diploma while also pursuing athletic ambitions in 2020.
With uncertainty as to when there will be a full return to play extending into this new year, coaching staff and students in the high-performance athlete program at Holy Cross Catholic Academy in Woodbridge, Ont., are staying ready for action.
Offered flexible school timetables, student athletes enrolled in the program are better able to balance academic demands with athletic commitments while also earning high school credits for work put into their training. Coordinators of the program, now in its third year, say that with group training restrictions still in place students have had to find other ways to ensure to progress towards their fitness goals.
Published Thursday, December 17, 2020 10:48AM EST Last Updated Thursday, December 17, 2020 6:13PM EST Ontario’s top public health officials says that he is “leery” about students returning to the classroom in January “in the midst of a maelstrom” when it comes to COVID-19 cases in the community. Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. David Williams made the comment during a briefing on Thursday afternoon, one day after the Ministry of Education sent a memo to all school boards in the province asking them to be prepared to switch to remote learning if it is deemed necessary. “I think we can have schools opening safely, we have done it before. But I would just be leery to have them open up in the midst of a maelstrom of a rapid sweep up of cases in the community. They (schools) do reflect what is happening in the community.”
Report: Asymptomatic testing suggests schools not spreading COVID-19
by Michael Ranger
Last Updated Dec 18, 2020 at 11:38 am EDT
The same week the province put school boards on notice about a possible extended winter break, a new report is suggesting that schools are not to blame for the spread of COVID-19.
The Toronto Star is reporting that asymptomatic testing in schools across the province is highlighting the fact that students are not catching the virus while attending class.
Around 3,600 tests were conducted in Toronto, York, Peel and Ottawa with only 57 bringing positive results. That makes a test positivity rate of less than 2 per cent.
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12 TDSB schools closed for COVID-19 outbreaks
by Michael Ranger
Last Updated Dec 17, 2020 at 7:20 am EDT
A grade six class room is shown at Hunter s Glen Junior Public School which is part of the Toronto District School Board (TDSB) during the COVID-19 pandemic in Scarborough, Ont., on Monday, September 14, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
Another Toronto District School Board (TDSB) building has been closed due to a COVID-19 outbreak as schools ready for the holiday break on Friday.
Toronto Public Health has advised TDSB to shut down Nelson Mandela Park Public School.
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TDSB COVID advisory page lists three infections among students and three infections among staff at the Regent Park school.