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EDITORIAL: Back to school already
August 21, 2013 · 0 Comments
“It’s the hap-hapiest-time, of the year!!!”
It may be a Staples commercial jingle (borrowed from a Christmas carol), but it’s certainly true – for parents, anyway. School’s back in session for some students, including my Grade 4, Grade 7 and Grade 8 boys, and the rest will join them shortly.
Students from Ernest Cumberland Elementary School in Alliston returned to school on Monday – two weeks earlier than their peers in Simcoe County.
Ernest Cumberland follows a modified school year calendar, the only school in the Simcoe County District School Board to do so, where students get their summer holiday cut short in exchange for two weeks off later in the year – one week in October and another in May. But don’t feel bad for them, they also get also get the regular holidays, including two weeks off at Christmas and a week for March break.
In time for the, “I’m bored”, and “We have nothing to do’s” to arrive, my kiddies are back in the classroom and I’m loving it!
By Wendy Soloduik
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