Articles Tagged with 'Gulfstream Public School'

By Sean Delaney Putting a smile on a child’s face is essential this time of year. Numerous local businesses help contribute to the many community toy and food drives. The goal is to see all children experience the wonder and joy of receiving a gift, while families can celebrate the festive sea...

The felling of trees in a forest By Tim Lambrinos In 1831, Matthew Griffith of Ireland purchased a large plot of land along Weston Road north of Sheppard. Within this land stood a thick forest that would encompass present day Coral Gable Drive. After his purchase, Griffith began clearing h...

By Sean Delaney In May, 30 elementary schools across Canada learned that they would benefit from the Indigo Love of Reading Foundation's annual $1.5 million in Literacy Fund grants, and Emery’s Gulfstream Public School was one. Indigo, Chapters and Coles stores across the country hosted commu...

By Sean Delaney Christian Springett is setting new standards for sprinting in Emery, and neither he, nor his family saw it coming from the soft spoken, hard working student. “He’s an interesting kid because I never knew he could run, that he was fast,” said his father Robert. “We never knew...

By Tim Lambrinos In 1958, a brand-new elementary school opened on Gulfstream Road, in the heart of a newly built subdivision named Woodview. Prior to development, Matthew Griffith and Charlie Grubbe ran large agricultural operations on the land. All new streets around the school were named afte...

This month, Dr. Laurence Hutchman was designated with the title as Poet Laureate of Emery. Hutchman was a student at Gulfstream Public School and Emery Collegiate Institute in the 1960’s. He went on to become a professor who taught English Literature at several Canadian universities. He recei...

BY SAYADA NABI The city of Toronto has a little less garbage on the grounds today because of the Live Green initiative. This program encourages schools and business to take twenty minutes out of their day and make the city a cleaner place. Almost 150,000 students cleaned the ground a...