#Woodhill Junior High

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Back To School

pull up a chair I have no good memories of school, no sense of nostalgia or even of learning. It was something I had to do period. I was inattentive, fearful & had no memory – I couldn’t memorize dates, equations, spellings – the stuff that got good marks. I tried sports but wasn’t coordinated enough, fast enough or interested in getting trophies. I didn’t excel at anything. I was never a…

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Ashby/Woodill Days

Ashby School only went up to Grade 7. Next stop was 8 and 9 was Woodill Jr. High, which was near the bottom of Royal Avenue. I already knew where it was from my time at Colby School, which was at the very bottom of Royal Ave. Royal Ave was flat until it got to Terrace Street where it started to slope then dip steeply down to Woodill on Hillview Street. The school was named after a Supervisor of…

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School’s Out 1

My house in Toronto’s east end is surrounded by schools. There are at least 5 within 5 minutes walking distance, plus another 5 within 15 minutes. A couple of the buildings remind me of the schools I went to in Sydney. 1920’s functional with a bit of actual design work around entrances & windows.

The end of the school year always being back memories of anticipating summer. Sitting in class rooms…