JargOnline 2006 - 2007 Jarvis Home | Credits | Contact
VOLUME 22, ISSUE 1

Home

Editorials

News

Full Issue

JCI Eye

Issues

Life Style

Sports


News Headlines
 


Rally For Rawad

Student and staff activism helps Jarvis grad escape deportation. Read More..

Let's party like it's 1807
Jarvis prepares to celebrate its 200th anniversary. Read More...

Deal or no deal?
TDSB budget - the price is right, or is it? Read More...

Another brick in the wall
Jarvis builds a school to celebrate 200 years of education. Read More...

Math just got harder
Ontario ministry changes Grade 12 math courses. Read More...

Anti-americanism
All in good fun? Read More...

Jarvis's latest vice
A look at our new vice principal Read More..

Jarvis Jargon

Editorials

Has the tdsb lost its census?

In its 2006 census the Toronto District School Board has finally taken a new step toward the improvement of education by consulting those most affected by policy decisions: the students. However, this may be a step in the wrong direction. The census’s controversial questions about sexuality, race, and background are an attempt to find the information necessary to tailor programs to groups of students that currently have major issues in school, like high drop-out rates and bullying. It is time that schools finally started addressing some of the deep-seated issues that our diverse board faces...

image

The Gold Report

1. a Jarvis student facing deportation to a “home” country where he has no ties;

2. the female washrooms at Jarvis Collegiate Institute;

3. a former Jarvis student fighting to stay in Canada to continue his education;

4. students who will one day attend a newly-built school in Sierra Leone.

To the person walking along Jarvis Street, this riddle is probably incomprehensible. Even for a number of students who make up the current Jarvis C.I. community there might be a moment of asking, “What the heck is he talking about?” For those of us who are privileged to attend (or work at) Jarvis C.I. and have chosen to become fully involved in the life of this wonderful school, the answer is hopefully a little clearer.

gold

 

 

DEC 2006

Email: jarvisjargon@gmail.com

 

 

 

 

Read Full Story...

 

house

Read Full Story...