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An exemplary student, his principal wrote in a summer-job reference for Steven Cook after one year at Vermont school for the learning-disabled Steven jumped three grades in some subjects.
An exemplary student, his principal wrote in a summer-job reference for Steven Cook after one year at Vermont school for the learning-disabled Steven jumped three grades in some subjects.

An exemplary student, his principal wrote in a summer-job reference for Steven Cook after one year at Vermont school for the learning-disabled Steven jumped three grades in some subjects.

Date8/8/1978
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0126121F
Swansea Public School, Windermere Avenue, east side, south of Waller Avenue, class portrait of Junior and Senior fourth grades with principal Mr. Clipperton
Swansea Public School, Windermere Avenue, east side, south of Waller Avenue, class portrait of Junior and Senior fourth grades with principal Mr. Clipperton
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Language dilemma: The most important reference book that a child can possess is the dictionary, says principal Charles Cook, here holding his own dictionary for bridging the language gap in British student exchange program.
Language dilemma: The most important reference book that a child can possess is the dictionary, says principal Charles Cook, here holding his own dictionary for bridging the language gap in British student exchange program.
5/12/1981
Toothy dialogue: Premier Bob Rae discusses the political implications of the Tooth Fairy with students in Grades 1 and 2 during a visit yesterday to Walter Scott Public School in Richmond Hill
Toothy dialogue: Premier Bob Rae discusses the political implications of the Tooth Fairy with students in Grades 1 and 2 during a visit yesterday to Walter Scott Public School in Richmond Hill
3/7/1991
Top of the Class: Jordan Herst, 19, is Toronto's top student with 100 per cent marks in six Grade 13 subjects.
Top of the Class: Jordan Herst, 19, is Toronto's top student with 100 per cent marks in six Grade 13 subjects.
7/9/1980
Class of '87: Dr. Hilroy Thomas, right, is opening private schools in Scarborough and Etobicoke to help students, labled under-achievers, make the grade. He says individual attention and small classes can raise a student's grade by one year. These students are catching up this summer.
Class of '87: Dr. Hilroy Thomas, right, is opening private schools in Scarborough and Etobicoke to help students, labled under-achievers, make the grade. He says individual attention and small classes can raise a student's grade by one year. These students are catching up this summer.
8/17/1987
Guy's general school question book : in which each question, in a regular series, is followed by its appropriate answer; not only in ancient and modern history, in which the whole is arranged in chronological order, but also in biography, geography, astronomy, heathen mythology, classical phraseology, and a great and interesting variety of miscellaneous subjects: the whole tending to enlarge the boundaries of juvenile knowledge by increasing its stores; and thus, by blending such a course of general information with sound classical or liberal learning, to raise a better superstructure of school education
Guy's general school question book : in which each question, in a regular series, is followed by its appropriate answer; not only in ancient and modern history, in which the whole is arranged in chronological order, but also in biography, geography, astronomy, heathen mythology, classical phraseology, and a great and interesting variety of miscellaneous subjects: the whole tending to enlarge the boundaries of juvenile knowledge by increasing its stores; and thus, by blending such a course of general information with sound classical or liberal learning, to raise a better superstructure of school education
1830
Saddened Parents of Steven Truscott, Mr. and Mrs. Dan Truscott, sit together in silence after learning that the Supreme Court had ruled in an 8-1 deci(...)
Saddened Parents of Steven Truscott, Mr. and Mrs. Dan Truscott, sit together in silence after learning that the Supreme Court had ruled in an 8-1 deci(...)
5/4/1967
Working on the volunteer shift, Steven Sass takes care of the lawn for a Pickering resident as a student volunteer with Summer Youth Services. The Aja(...)
Working on the volunteer shift, Steven Sass takes care of the lawn for a Pickering resident as a student volunteer with Summer Youth Services. The Aja(...)
7/12/1985
Passing Grades: John Tomassoni, a graduate student in Humber College's culinary arts program, won a gold medal in a cooking competition
Passing Grades: John Tomassoni, a graduate student in Humber College's culinary arts program, won a gold medal in a cooking competition
7/4/1991
I'M a salesman, says Rev. Ronald Stevens as he stands with some of his congregation outside the Kennedy Road Tabernacle in Brampton. Stevens used to b(...)
I'M a salesman, says Rev. Ronald Stevens as he stands with some of his congregation outside the Kennedy Road Tabernacle in Brampton. Stevens used to b(...)
3/12/1972
Charging a steep bank of snow on the shore of James Bay, George Bettes shows how his caterpillar-equipped snowmobile can take the grades. This is the (...)
Charging a steep bank of snow on the shore of James Bay, George Bettes shows how his caterpillar-equipped snowmobile can take the grades. This is the (...)
3/9/1946
Boo to you: John Downey hoists a prime pumpkin for inspection by grades 1 and 2 pupils from Macville Public School.
Boo to you: John Downey hoists a prime pumpkin for inspection by grades 1 and 2 pupils from Macville Public School.
10/1/1992