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First woman in Metro to head a board of education, North York's Veronica Lacey, here with Grade 7 students at Willowdale Middle School, says: 'I see education as a calling
First woman in Metro to head a board of education, North York's Veronica Lacey, here with Grade 7 students at Willowdale Middle School, says: 'I see education as a calling

First woman in Metro to head a board of education, North York's Veronica Lacey, here with Grade 7 students at Willowdale Middle School, says: 'I see education as a calling

Date4/18/1989
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ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
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His 31 years with the North York Board of Education give teacher Walker Dear (middle) the second-longest service record of high school teachers in the borough. Technical director at Downsview Secondary School since 1962, he retires June 30. With him are two of his former students who now are teachers at the school. Gordon Brown (left) and Stan Tsoki as they recall some of the years.
His 31 years with the North York Board of Education give teacher Walker Dear (middle) the second-longest service record of high school teachers in the borough. Technical director at Downsview Secondary School since 1962, he retires June 30. With him are two of his former students who now are teachers at the school. Gordon Brown (left) and Stan Tsoki as they recall some of the years.
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Top teacher: I was totally surprised when they told me, says Ken Brown, 39, after being named science teacher of the year by the Toronto chapters of a Sigma XI, a scientific research society with chapters all over North America. Brown, head of physics at North York's George S. Henry Secondary School, is the first to receive the honor at the high school level.
11/27/1985
Special delivery, Willowdale MP Jim Pearson promised to act as messenger for 55 Grade 2 students at Associated Hebrew School in North York who wrote l(...)
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Don Rutledge, director of Toronto Board of Education's language centre, reads poetry to Grade 2 students
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5/2/1973
Lionel Remillard believes the Metro School Board's policy is denying some of his students an education in their mother tongue.
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9/20/1973
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Nothing like a bear hug, At North York's 2nd teddy bear convention Sunday, bears donated by Canadian artists will be auctioned, 7.30 p.m., North York Board of Education, 5050 Yonge St
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R. Val Scott, a trustee who is vice-chairman of the North York Board of Education, says our school system is harmful and should be changed
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