The Fraser Institute School rankings have become the “Go to” source for many parents in the Collingwood, Thornbury (Blue Mountains), Meaford, Stayner (Clearview), and Wasaga Beach areas. While I am not completely confident in the outcomes, they do offer insight. The charts below shows how schools in the Georgian Triangle fared and for full details [...]
A very common question we hear is, “Are there any French immersion school programs in Collingwood?” The Simcoe County Public School Board does offer French immersion classes at Admiral Collingwood School in the south east end of Collingwood. Now, the French Catholic School Board will be opening a French school in Collingwood this September. 75 [...]
The Fraser Institute School rankings have become the “Go to” source for many parents. While I am not completely confident in the outcomes, they do offer insight. The charts below shows how schools in the Georgian Triangle fared and for full details or analysis, you can visit the Institutes webpage. Elementary School Report Secondary School [...]
It has been very chilly this weekend – with the windchill, the temperatures were a balmy -30 degrees! So, as I sit contemplating holidays for this year to somewhere warm and sunny (reference my previous posts regarding my disregard for winter weather), I felt it might be helpful to all of my readers to see [...]
After 26 years of trying and over 10 different temporary locations, it’s exciting to know that construction will soon get under way on Georgian College’s new, permanent Collingwood campus. The $4.3 million facility will be a 20,000 square foot facility housing nine classrooms, an e-lab, two computer labs, a multi-functional health sciences lab, a student [...]
People who are moving to the Georgian Triangle area often ask about school information for the area. There are a wide range of choices in the public, separate and private sectors. The first consideration is which County you will reside in. Homes located in Grey County (including Blue Mountain, Meaford and Grey Highlands) fall under [...]
Nothing fires up debate in Collingwood better than a plan to tear down a heritage building. Every time the issue arises, entrenched camps form with flaring tempers, passionate appeals and political hand wringing. There have often been lines drawn in the sand: tear it down or, fix it and leave it. Neither seems right to [...]
According to the 2001 Census, almost 15% of the Collingwood population identified themselves as being Anglican. Locally, that congregation is served by All Saints’ Anglican Church located on Elgin Street opposite St. Mary’s Catholic Church downtown. This church is said to be one of the most beautiful historic churches in Ontario and, it stands as one [...]
Collingwood has some beautiful churches. According to the 2001 census, about 1 in 4 local people did not identify themselves as having any particular religious affiliation however, that means about 75% of people do. Church life plays a prominent role in society and perhaps more so in small communities. The census reported that close to 16% [...]
The school with the deepest roots in the Collingwood community would surely have to be Admiral Collingwood Elementary School. Most of the “locals” I have met over the last couple of decades attended that very school and everyone has a story to tell. The first school sat at the corner of Hume and Hurontario Street [...]
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