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ST Secondary School Award North American School 2024
![Summit of Kilimanjaro]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1712244465/pickering/v42eikynqaykzanfaz2n/summitv2.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1712244465/pickering/v42eikynqaykzanfaz2n/summitv2.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1712244465/pickering/v42eikynqaykzanfaz2n/summitv2.png","width":739}])
The trip tested the endurance, grit & determination of staff and students
![Students showcasing change the bill artwork]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1712242358/pickering/iigmctsp9gz6hoofpj3l/IMG_8096.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1712242358/pickering/iigmctsp9gz6hoofpj3l/IMG_8096.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1712242358/pickering/iigmctsp9gz6hoofpj3l/IMG_8096.jpg","width":800}])
Grade 8 students redesign $20 bill to feature 19th-century history makers
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Engaging in off-timetable learning as part of the Global Leadership Program
![Grade 9 DECA competitors]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1700685946/pickering/n6soi8rd4lpvcwxofgie/DayaandShrinidhiv2.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1700685946/pickering/n6soi8rd4lpvcwxofgie/DayaandShrinidhiv2.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1700685946/pickering/n6soi8rd4lpvcwxofgie/DayaandShrinidhiv2.jpg","width":800}])
Several students achieve top-ten finish at regional DECA competition
![Victoria Zalewski with Janet Downer, Assistant Head of School]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1698434585/pickering/by17epcrmrfxh4nrq90q/VictoriaZalewskiwithJanetDownerresized.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1698434585/pickering/by17epcrmrfxh4nrq90q/VictoriaZalewskiwithJanetDownerresized.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1698434585/pickering/by17epcrmrfxh4nrq90q/VictoriaZalewskiwithJanetDownerresized.jpg","width":800}])
Victoria Zalewski '23 wins Speaker’s Award for Youth Writers
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 Our 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 Thank You To Our Donors 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 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.
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