by Mark Brown | Jun 21, 2021 | News
The New Grade 9 Math Curriculum: An Error in Design or Dismantling Excellence? The Ministry of Education in Ontario recently released a new Grade 9 Mathematics curriculum. The biggest change, by far, was a move to de-stream Grade 9 Math. Math will...
by Mark Brown | Mar 18, 2021 | News
When You Get it Right “Something right is happening at that school”. “They are such a wonderful group.” “Impressive.” We had a field trip today – something that has been...
by Mark Brown | Mar 14, 2021 | News
How Excellence Happens “Schools are for the education of children.” I was sitting in a 17th century church in Britain, just arrived off my overnight flight to start my Masters of Education. Our professor opened with this statement and then stood...
by Mark Brown | Feb 16, 2021 | News
The Everlasting Value of the Skating Rink that Wasn’t “Too often, in our modern society, children and youth (and even young adults) are lead to believe, and in fact seem to live under the assumption, that success inevitably happens if you just try...
by Mark Brown | Feb 11, 2021 | News
The Jays of ’92 I ran into one of our students’ favourite guests, ‘Museum Rob’ (curator at the South Grey Museum) the other day. As many of our locals know Rob is always full of insight. He referred to out school as the Jays of ’92, a...
by Mark Brown | Jan 22, 2021 | News
-“In a world that values divergent thought and innovative problem solving why do we label those who think differently as ‘disabled’? In short, how much talent is hiding in front of us in plain sight?” A former student of mine tracked me...
by Mark Brown | Oct 24, 2020 | News
We had the (absolute) pleasure of having Museum Rob, from the South Grey Museum, join us at school on Friday. We are just finishing a unit on governance (and government) and our students love the opportunity to get Rob’s input on how things were in the past....
by Mark Brown | Oct 1, 2020 | News
TRANSFORMATION One of the joys of having new students joining our community is seeing them transform. For some students this is gaining confidence; for others, it is a respite for bullying. Academically, this can take the form of either a chance to finally extend...
by Mark Brown | Aug 6, 2020 | News
Small Class Sizes Aren’t New… They Were Best for Children Long Before COVID-19 Much ado has been made, recently, about the need to reduce class sizes to 15 children or less in the public school system to keep our children safe from COVID-19. Mere months...
by Mark Brown | Jul 9, 2020 | News
A Glimpse Back at The First Headwaters Advantage to Appear In our first year we didn’t actually have any idea what the ‘Headwaters Advantage’ would truly be… yes, we had small class sizes, a wonderful facility, fantastic parents, and a...
