Category: Resource Library
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School Enrolment, Capacity and Utilization: Three Numbers Parents Should Know
Understand enrolment, capacity and utilization with a worked example, then check definitions and dates before interpreting a school planning table.
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Markham School Hot-Lunch Vendors, Prices & Fundraising Calculator
Compare 11 Markham school hot-lunch vendor options, menu prices, contacts and delivery details. Plan School-Day payments and estimate net fundraising.
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Concussion and School: A YCDSB Parent Guide to Returning to Learning and Sport
A practical guide to coordinating the family, school and health-care team after a concussion, without confusing classroom attendance with clearance for contact sport.
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OYAP for YCDSB Families: Exploring an Apprenticeship Before Graduation
How the Ontario Youth Apprenticeship Program connects high school with skilled-trades learning—and why a co-op placement is not automatically a registered apprenticeship.
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School Photo and Media Consent: A Parent’s Guide to Forms and Privacy
School identification photographs, classroom sharing and public social-media posts are not the same use. Here is how to ask what a consent form actually allows.
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When Your Child Is Too Anxious to Go to School: First Steps for Parents
How to move from a difficult school morning to a coordinated conversation about safety, learning, health and the support your child needs.
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English-Language Support at YCDSB: ESL, ELD and Help for Families
What ESL and ELD mean, how secondary language support is organized and which questions help families obtain a clear plan after school registration.
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OSSLT and OSSLC Explained: Ontario’s High-School Literacy Requirement
A calm guide to the secondary literacy graduation requirement: what the test assesses, what a result means and how to discuss the literacy-course pathway.
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Grade 9 Math and EQAO in 2026–27: Marks, Preparation and Support
What the Grade 9 mathematics assessment means for the course mark, how to use official practice and when to ask the teacher for help.
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First Communion and Confirmation: What Catholic-School Families Arrange Through the Parish
Who handles sacramental registration, preparation and documents? A practical guide for Catholic-school families, including questions about timing, sponsors and accessibility.