For the third time, on Friday, February 14 , Julian Grau-Brown shared his love of sneakers with all the students at James Lyng High School in St. Henri by gifting everyone with a new pair of sneakers.

Big things are happening within STEAM (Science Technology Engineering, Arts and Mathematics) Education at East Hill Elementary School! Having successfully completed the first of a three year pilot project, East Hill has formally adopted the STEAM pedagogical approach. This method favours a collaborative, interdisciplinary, hands-on, process driven, and problem solving oriented approach.

The English Montreal School Board is marking Black History Month with programming across the network. On Thursday, February 6 the EMSB held its formal kickoff at Parkdale Elementary School in St. Laurent in dedication to the late Dr. Horace I. Goddard, a former school teacher, principal and head office administrator and a leader in the Black community.

Eric Girard, Quebec’s Minister Responsible for Anglophone Relations and Mount Royal-Outremont Liberal MNA Michelle Setlakwe, visited Carlyle Elementary School in TMR on January 17.

The English Montreal School Board looks forward to challenging Bill 21, An Act Respecting the Laicity of the State, before the Supreme Court of Canada. On Thursday, the Supreme Court of Canada announced that it will hear a challenge to Quebec’s secularism law.

As part of celebrating music during the month of January, schools across the English Montreal School Board (EMSB) were invited to submit a recorded instrumental or vocal performance of “Ode to Joy” or another song for a video montage to showcase the musical talents of EMSB students.