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Dan Thompson selected as a 2023 recipient of the Class ACT award
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CRTC grants community licence to PC's radio station CHOP FM
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Grade 1 asks thoughtful questions related to the West Lake House build.
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Pickering College celebrates community members who take action locally and globally.
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Student exchange experience was part of a collaborative effort to promote intercultural understanding
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Through grit and determination, the U14 Ultimate team fought its way from 6th place to 1st.
Publications
The Pillars
In this issue of The Pillars magazine, you will read about many examples of Pickering people who are living by our guiding values -- compassion, community, integrity, respect and responsibility. You will also read about the outstanding accomplishments of our students, faculty and alumni. Pillars archive
Thank You to Donors
Every year, our generous donors help to grow programs and to care for our facilities, benefiting students today and tomorrow. You will see in the Thank You to the Pickering College Community report stories of current and past parents, recent and long-time alumni, past and current staff who care deeply about supporting Pickering College and its students.
Report Card
As you read the 2021-2022 Report Card, you will see highlights of what was accomplished last year and see that there is much that we have to be proud of as a school and as a community. We are an ambitious school, keen to build on our successes and committed to a values-based, Quaker-founded educational approach that equips our students for the world that awaits.
Creativity & Innovation
In the Creativity & Innovation newsletter, you will find examples of exciting projects students are working on in the classroom, enriching activities happening outside the classroom, professional development teachers are engaged in and other innovative developments in Pickering College education.
Reggio Inquiry
In our Junior Kindergarten to Grade 2 classrooms, we have begun to enrich, in depth and breadth, our Pickering College roots, programs and teaching with a Reggio Inquiry Approach.
Reggio is an innovative and inspiring approach which values the child as capable, competent, creative, confident, resilient, and full of potential.
Joshua Weinzweig Review of Writing
Thanks to the vision and generous support of Daniel Weinzweig, young creative writers at Pickering College have produced a history of success. The nationally-recognized Joshua Weinzweig Creative Writing Program provides young writers with systemic opportunity to develop their craft, resource and program support, and effective mentoring and recognition for their efforts. Each year, student work is published in the PC Review of Writing.
Featured Videos
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