TDSS co-op program a positive for students/employersSue Nielsen Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES — Curtis MacPherson wasn’t sure of his career path until he took part in a co-op placement program with Gravity Health & Chiropractic. He is now considering a career in the health care field and says he
It was a cool, overcast day for the 9th annual Timiskaming District Secondary School Pow Wow held on Friday, June 5. Heating up the action was traditional men’s style dancer Lindsay Sarazin from the Golden Lake First Nation. Traditional dancers tell the story of battles and hunting expeditions with
Twenty-two Grade 12 students at Timiskaming District Secondary School (TDSS) held their annual Physics Showcase on May 22. They used components learned in the course to create seven inventive projects that dealt with mass, angles, velocities and other aspects of physics. Seen here are partners Kate-Lynn Lavallee (far right),
TEMISKAMING SHORES (Staff) – While the results didn’t show any points in the win columns, points were earned in terms of fun and experience for three local high school soccer teams.The Boys and Girls from Ecole secondaire catholique Sainte-Marie (ESCSM) as well as the Boys from Timiskaming District
Robbie Mathers of the Timiskaming District Secondary School soccer Saints (right) and his teammates battled with the Blues from Timmins High and Vocational School on home turf May 28. The Saints won the North Eastern Ontario Athletic Association Double-A title in an exciting shootout 2-1. They head to the
Tessah MacDowall of TDSS took first place in the Senior Girls 100m hurdles at NEOAA with a time of 16.55 seconds. (Staff photo by
It was a bit chilly May 19, but some Timiskaming District Secondary students walked the STATO trail to Haileybury. The walkathon was a fundraiser for a transitional learning community class trip to Science North and Dynamic Earth in Sudbury in June. Among the walkers – who raised more than
Poet Marsha Barber of Toronto (left) returned to the South Temiskaming area again this year to bring poetry to the classroom in area schools. She was at Timiskaming District Secondary School on Thursday, May 21. Pictured here with her are students (from left): Joshua Levéille, Jerod Cecchini and Patrick
TEMISKAMING SHORES (Special/Staff) – Timiskaming District Secondary School’s senior concert musicians turned in a golden performance at a national competition.The senior concert band earned the recognition at the forty-third annual MusicFest Canada, held in Toronto last week.“The students performed beautifully and represented our school and area in a
TEMISKAMING SHORES (Staff) – A monument in memory of a Timiskaming District Secondary School student and advocate for First Nations education may be constructed on the New Liskeard waterfront.Shannen Koostachin, a member of Attawapiskat First Nation, was graduating from elementary school when she began pressing the federal government
