Schools

Air conditioning in summer and functional high efficiency heating systems in the winter in all schools
Driveways, parking lots well maintained on the schools properties. Parking lots using sollar panels to produce electrical energy and also to be an example for the community

Clean classrooms and hallways, and backyards

Backyards with fruit trees planted by the students that produce fruits free for all students to eat.

Nice flower beds in the school backyards. One day per trimester an action where students are encouraged to bring seeds and perennials to school and plant them.

Art department can create a nice layout for these flowers paths.

I would like to see school entrances with fragrant roses maintained and planted by students.

A vegetable garden in each school would teach students how to grow vegetables.
A little fish pond would add to the beauty of the school backyard. easy to maintain.

Benches in the backyard of schools so these places can act and be like public parks


 where people are attracted to come and see; where students in each grade will have outside concerts on monthly basis (music class)

Vegetable garden in schools would allow  learning and to grow vegetables.

Some innovative solutions for small spaces such as vertical gardens can be also thought in school.

A competition between schools within the board for the best maintained school and best looking backyard during the year with the result made public on Roger Television and YouTube channel of each school.

Excellence

Promoting excellence for students and teachers in the area of their interest.

Excellence is based on a curve on discipline.

The Ancient Greeks had a concept of arete which meant an outstanding fitness for purpose. This occurs in the works of Aristotle and Homer.

Another related concept was eudaimonia which was the happiness which resulted from a life well-lived, being prosperous and fulfilled.

Practice

Studies have shown that the most important way to achieve excellent performance in fields such as sport, music, professions and scholarship is to practice. Achievement of excellence in such fields commonly requires approximately 10 years of dedication, comprising about 10,000 hours of effort

Schools Used to Spread Positive Ideeas.

Schools can be used to to foster the spread of great ideas in the community.

Afternoon the amphitheater or cafeterias, or assembly rooms can be use as conference rooms for community; to provide a platform for thinkers, visionaries and teachers and best students, so that people around the globe can gain a better understanding of the biggest issues faced by the world, and feed a desire to help create a better future.

Once a month Teachers can choose best projects in each area and short conferences of 18 min or less can be presented to other students or teachers. Large public is invited to participate.

YouTube channel of each school would make these conferences available for free on line on Internet to large public.

Each school in the District Board can have one day a month when best projects are presented live to the public and on line to the world.

Core to this goal is a belief that there is no greater force for changing the world than a powerful idea.

Former students of  each school are invited to participate and present positive ideeas and inovations.

A library of talks projects can be kept by the IT department of each school.

School monthly conferences are aimed at  attracting a growing and influential audience from many different disciplines united by their curiosity and open-mindedness. Students teachers and outside speakers are invited at each conference.

These conferences can be live events that at allow voting on line of viewers.
Best speaker of each month would have a diploma at the end of the conference.

Internet comments trough video participation a chat during these conferences
Each school can have these 1-1.5 hour conference in a different day so students can watch other schools presentations.
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Themes can be: History, Geography, Mathematics, Physics, Chemestry, Travel, Robotics, Energy, Inventions, Philosophy.

Schools channels with highest audience would be awarded  diplomas by the District School Board.

School Trips

 Here are some ideas about possible educational trips.

• School trips to car manufacturing units in GTA
• School Trips to Power Plants
• School Trips to motor factories.

 
 Would give students a better understanding about how things are made and the connection between education and real life applications.