Hello Everybody! As you know, this has been a strange an unusual year. Thankfully, we have a lot to be grateful for at ABC, and have been able to continue to operate almost all of our programs, and offer our team continued work opportunities. Under normal circumstances we would be approaching a time when we'd be considering increases in fees [...]
Hello Everybody! Parents and students often tell us about the neighbours they’ve gotten to know through our school and classes. We love facilitating these introductions to the people and organizations in our community, but it’s harder to do when we don’t get to see you in person; we thought we’d give it a try virtually. With no further ado…. Meet [...]
Hello Everybody! We'll jump right in and let you know that we will not be holding in-person classes this fall. While we are technically allowed to have gatherings of up to 50 people, we would have also needed to have impermeable barriers between people which is logistically not possible. We regret that this is the case. We are proceeding with [...]
Hello Everybody! In case you missed our last email, we asked you to help us with our decision-making process about how we will handle in-person and digital classes this fall with a 5 question survey. If you did the survey, thank you! If you haven't done the survey, please take 2 minutes and do it now. Your input will help [...]
Hello Everybody! Following the publication of our Restart Plan, we have been patiently watching the Stage 3 effects and waiting for the results of the broader school boards' back-to-school plans, which have been delayed, as you likely know. We have also been in touch with our location partners where possible and have been getting a sense of where we might [...]
Hello Students of Kasia, Kasia has had a sudden, unavoidable, and substantial personal matter that required her attention and we have taken the precaution of booking Katie in to substitute for her. As you know, we do not like to have any disruptions to the start of the school year, but we are not able to avoid this one. Kasia [...]
Hello Everybody! We may have had a strange year so far, but that hasn't stopped the summer season from being typically short! Here are some important notes that you should, well, take note of! Lessons Begin Tuesday, September 8th Your lessons start right after Labour Day, on your regular day and time. Not sure what that is? Log in to [...]
Hello Everybody, We have spoken to our team at length to find out which of them will be willing to begin teaching this fall, as per our re-start plan. We will not be resuming in-person lessons at this time, with the next target start date to resume being Monday, January 4th, 2021. There will be some changes to how meetings [...]
Hello Everybody! Thank you so much for your patience since mid-March. By now you are likely keen to know the what and how of our back-to-school plans. We have had it drafted for many weeks, but have held back on sharing it as we we've waited to see what the results of the broader social re-starts. So far we have [...]
Hello everyone! Jay will be away this week on a personal matter, and Trevor will be substituting for him. Trevor is a part of our regular teaching team, and Jay will be filling him in on everything that you are all working on. This will assure maximum continuity. If you have any questions, please call the office directly at 416-651-7529. [...]