An Educator’s Initiative Inspired by a Parent

Linda Alonzi, a high school principal, saw an opportunity to create long-term relationships between some of the students in her school’s experiential program and their local elementary school communities. She was inspired by Kim, a former student who has for many years now been a valued full-time Kindergarten volunteer and has formed many relationships in the school. It was Kim’s mother who found this position for her daughter. Principal Alonzi has drawn together a group of colleagues from her Toronto Catholic District School Board to create the pilot program. Photo l-r: Linda, Kim and Liz, principal of Kim’s school.

(You can learn more about this program in An Innovative Pilot Project in the Educators section of this site: http://www.ibelong.ca/index.php/educators/transition-planning/an-innovative-pilot-project/)