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10 THE NEW TANNER THURSDAY,SEPTEMBER 20, 2012 Acton Catholic students exceed Provincial and Board EQAO results in most categories NOTICE OF A PUBLIC MEETING WARD 1 Concerning Application to Amend the Town of Halton Hills Zoning By-law (2010-0050) For lands legally described as: Part Lot 8 and 9, Block 21, Registered Plan 31, Former Esquesing Township, Town of Halton Hills, Regional Municipality of Halton Town of Halton Hills File: D14ZBA12.006 (32 Eastern Avenue& 160 Church Street East, Acton) General Committee for the Town of Halton Hills will conduct a Public Meeting to examine and discuss a proposed application to amend the Town of Halton Hills Zoning By-law 2010-0050, as amended. The proposed amendment application applies to the lands legally described as Part Lot 8 and 9, Block 21, Registered Plan 31, Former Esquesing Township, Town of Halton Hills, Regional Municipality of Halton. The subject lands are municipally known as 32 Eastern Avenue and 160 Church Street East (Acton). Below is a map showing the location of the subject property. The purpose and effect of the Zoning By-law amendment application is to permit 6 street townhouse units and 2 semi-detached dwelling units (one building) on the subject lands. If you wish to be notified of the decision of the Town of Halton Hills in respect of the Zoning By-law amendment application, you must make a written request to the Town of Halton Hills ­ PLANNING, DEVELOPMENT & SUSTAINABILITY DEPARTMENT at 1 Halton Hills Drive, Halton Hills, Ontario L7G 5G2. NOTES: 1. If a person or public body does not make oral submissions at a public meeting or make written submissions to the Town of Halton Hills before the proposed Official Plan and/or Zoning By-law amendments are adopted/passed, the person or public body is not entitled to appeal the decision of the Town of Halton Hills to the Ontario Municipal Board. 2. If a person or public body does not make oral submissions at a public meeting, or make written submissions to the Town of Halton Hills before the proposed Official Plan and/or Zoning By-law amendments are adopted/passed, the person or public body may not be added as a party to the hearing of an appeal before the Ontario Municipal Board unless, in the opinion of the Board, there are reasonable grounds to do so. 3. Any written comment/objection submitted to the Town of Halton Hills regarding this application(s) which is being processed under the Planning Act 1990, may be made public as part of the application process. Further information is available in the Planning, Development & Sustainability Department, Town of Halton Hills, 1 Halton Hills Drive, Halton Hills, ON, L7G 5G2,or contact the Planner assigned to the file, Charlie Toman at 905-873-2601, ext. 2338. A copy of the related Staff Report will be available on Friday, October 12, 2012, on the Town's website at http://www.haltonhills.ca/calendars. ALL INTERESTED CITIZENS ARE WELCOME. DATE/TIME: LOCATION: FILE NO: Monday, October 15, 2012 at 7:00PM Council Chambers, Civic Centre D14ZBA12.006 (32 Eastern Avenue & 160 Church Street East, Acton) The EQAO ­ Education Quality and Accountability Office ­ results for students at Acton's St. Joseph Catholic School exceeded both the provincial and Board-wide levels of achievement in Grades three writing and math, and in Grade six writing. The results of mandatory testing done last spring showed the Grade three reading results exceeded the provincial average, but not the Board-wide results. The Grade six reading results were lower than the provincial average, but higher than Board-wide results, and the math results exceed achievement levels province-wide, but were lower than the Board-wide numbers. The provincial standard is Level three or above which translates into a "B" grade or above. "We are pleased with these results and are particularly encouraged by the number of students in each area who continue to achieve the provincial standard from one assessment to the next," said Michael Pautler, Director of Education for the Halton Catholic District School Board in a press release. "We will focus our ongoing efforts to identify strategies for improvement that will enhance student learning." Two versions of the EQAO tests were administered to Grade nine students ­ Applied math and Academic math. Each version was based on the Grade nine expectations for the Ontario Curriculum. At Christ the King, the school of choice for many Acton Catholic students, the Academic results that students achieved at Level three or above exceeded the provincial average, but were lower than the Board-wide results. In Applied math, students at Christ the King exceeded achievement levels of both the provincial and Board. Results for both the Academic and Applied math Board-wide show increases over last year, and the Board figures of achievement have exceed the province-wide results for the past five school years. EQAO Assessments of Reading, Writing and Mathematics 2011-12: Halton CDSB Primary Primary Primary Junior Reading Writing Math Reading Province HCDSB St. Joseph (Acton) 66 80 70 76 87 86 68 83 79 75 85 71 Junior Writing 75 84 79 Junior Math 58 72 61 Percentage of All Students Achieving At or Above the Provincial Standard of Level Three of a "B" EQAO Grade 9 Assessment of Mathematics 2011-2012 Grade 9 Applied Math Province HCDSB Christ the King 44 61 72 Grade 9 Academic Math 84 90 88 Percentage of All Students Achieving At or Above the Provincial Standard in Applied and Academic Mathematics P rivate Piano Lessons in YoUr HoMe Experienced Piano Teacher specializing in Beginner to Royal Conservatory of Music Grade 8. Over 15 years of piano teaching experience, successfully completed program requirements for Elementary Piano Pedagogy in accordance with the requirements prescribed by the Royal Conservatory of Music. 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