Category: Our Principal’s Notes

Each year in December, The Globe and Mail puts out a giant holiday crossword, and I got to thinking about it today as I started the regular weekly crossword puzzle.

On Thursday evening, I took part in a Conference of Independent Schools (CIS Ontario) Women’s Network event. This network was set up to unite and connect women from CIS Ontario schools,

It is customary for me to use Sundays as a day to get some work done, in anticipation of the week ahead. So, when a longer weekend comes around, my usual routine is shaken up for the better.

The past few months have been challenging, to put it mildly, and there is a certain monotony to conversations and situations. I sometimes wonder whether it is possible to write a blog that doesn’t,

Author Hana Shafi wrote, “Real kindness lives in my nana’s famous expression- loosely translated, it means ‘Do good and then throw it in the well.’ It means you should do a good thing and then forget about it,

On Wednesday of this past week, St. Clement’s was blessed to have Dr. Israel Unger, grandfather to three of our students and Holocaust survivor, at our e-ssembly. Dr. Unger came to share his experiences and stories about growing up in Tarnow,

On Wednesday, after our weekly e-ssembly, I received an email from a parent who was taken with how we end our virtual gatherings.

She wrote, “[Our daughter] had assembly on in the kitchen and she made us all listen to the very end when everyone signs off.

This past weekend, I found myself considering three small words – “Ifs, Ands, and Buts” – that take on a big role in the context of conversation and learning. My recollection of hearing “No Ifs,

As we come back together after a holiday break, I find myself reflecting on what the start of a new year means. Admittedly, I have never been one for New Years’ resolutions or the notion that we can reset things and all will be well.