Richland Academy Contributes 195,000 Pennies to 70 Million Pennies Collected for Free the Children
Richland Academy was honoured to be one of three GTA guest schools invited to Free the Children’s "We Create Change” celebration on Monday February 4th. Richland Academy’s student ambassadors represented their school community and presented Craig Kielburger, founder of Free The Children, with 78 bags, each bag filled with 2,500 pennies - which are no longer being minted in Canada as of earlier this month.
The event also marked the start of Penny Drop-Off Week, a special week-long drive where Canadians are invited to bring their loose pennies—in any amount and any container—to any RBC Royal Bank branch across the country. Dave McKay, Group Head, Personal and Commercial Banking at RBC came out to share this exciting news, alongside Olympian Jennifer Botterill. “At RBC, we wanted to do something big,” McKay said, “something we’ve never done before, to show our appreciation for the tremendous effort being made by young Canadians in support of this great cause.”
Richland Academy's Inquiry-Based Approach to Learning Supports Education Advisor's Report
A January 22nd policy paper by Michael Fullan, special advisor to Premier Dalton McGuinty, states, “with strong literacy and math skills established, it’s time to put the focus on higher order skills such as character education, critical thinking/problem-solving, collaboration and creativity to help engage students and better prepare them for the future.”