Welcome back! The first day of school is Wednesday, Sept. 7th. It will be a special day schedule designed to help you get to know the school and your classmates.
9:00 – 11:20 am: Welcome assembly in the Student Lounge
11:20 am – 12:20 pm: Lunch Break
12:20 pm – Debbie will distribute timetables
Classes (attendance will be taken)
Per 1 – 12:30 – 1:00 pm
Per 2 – 1:05 – 1:35 pm
Per 3 – 1:40 – 2:10 pm
Per 4 – 2:15 – 2:45 pm
Q&A / Timetable Issues – 2:45 – 3:15 pm
We can’t wait to see you!
School starts next week, and it’s not too late to join our welcoming community! The next registration date is Thursday, Sept. 1!
Start by filling out our application form!
To get your registration appointment, contact Debbie Andrew-Murphy at 416-393-0756 or Debbie.andrew-murphy@tdsb.on.ca.
For a list of courses offered each semester, check out our course selection form!
From all of us at SOLE Alternative, we wish you a restful, healthy, and happy summer break! Congratulations to all of our graduates! For those returning in September, we look forward to seeing you again soon.
Interested in joining us as a new student in September? Start by filling out our online application form for the 2022-3 school year.
The Literacy Course students are pleased to present a series of interviews with SOLE students about their cool projects, experiences, and adventures outside of school.
Click the audio player to hear Michael interview Huxley about his experience in the Dual Credit flight attendant course.
Caitlin’s Grades 11 and 12 Social Science classes hosted a Social Science Fair on June 22. Students from other classes came by to learn about landmark experiments, case studies, and key concepts in the Social Sciences, and did a bit of peer evaluation! Thanks to everyone for your participation. The following awards were handed out at the end of the day:
Cleanest and Most Minimalist Display: Miku, Brown Eyes/ Blue Eyes
Best Researched Display: Charlotte, Cognitive Dissonance
Most Stimulating Display: Echo, The Clark Doll Experiment
Most Creative Display: Calen, The Stanford Prison Experiment
Most Enthusiastic Presenter: Georgia, McDonaldization
Caitlin and Rachel’s classes spent the afternoon exploring the history of the Danforth with a guided ROM tour. We learned about the architecture and the influential families in this vibrant, changing neighbourhood—all while enjoying the beautiful sunshine!
SOLE students and teachers wore their most colourful outfits for Pride Month. This month, and every month, we celebrate and affirm the 2SLGBTQIA+ community.
The Literacy Course students are pleased to present a series of interviews with SOLE students about their cool projects, experiences, and adventures outside of school.
Andrew Jun 7, 2022
After doing some research on Sugar Shelter, a non-profit organization that raises money for homeless shelters, I wanted to learn more. So I went straight to the source. Here’s my interview with SOLE student Georgia who runs Sugar Shelter.
Andrew Russell (AR): Who or what inspired your desire to help people?
Georgia (G): As a little kid, I always wanted to go into social work. I felt a really strong connection with homeless people especially. I just feel they deserve more and a lot of people overlook them, and so I’ve always wanted to help them because I think people need to realize it’s not always their fault or their doing for being homeless. So I wanted to spread awareness towards homeless people and that’s why I started Sugar Shelter.
AR: Who came up with the name “Sugar Shelter” and who designed the logo?
G: The idea behind Sugar Shelter is basically, like I said, I always wanted to be a social worker but I’ve also been baking since I was really young and so I put them together and I started to bake and sell those baked goods to raise money for homeless shelters and people in need. It kinda just came to mind one day, Sugar Shelter, and then my sister helped me design the logo.
AR: Do you have a favourite thing that you bake?
G: I’ve always really liked baking pies but I like to try out new things. I really like making wedding cakes; you get to be super creative.
AR: How often do you get outside help? And from who?
G: So often I’m doing it all alone, it takes a few days to do the baking and planning, but if anyone it would be my parents. They help me plan or they give me space to bake, they share my (online) posts so their friends can see so yeah.
AR: You also work with Sandwich Sisters, what’s that like?
G: Oh, Sandwich Sisters is the best. It’s this little organization run by some old ladies who are really cool. Basically they get students or volunteers to make sandwiches and then they have these pods around the city. You drop the sandwiches off and they all go to shelters. I started to make sandwiches with them last summer and it’s just a really good opportunity because you can do it on your own time, and you can be creative. In my experience I’ve never dropped them off at the pods. I’ve always gone to the shelter. Just meeting everyone at the shelter and getting to know people is really cool.
AR: What are some of your long term goals you have for Sugar Shelter?
G: I definitely want to grow Sugar Shelter. In the past I really wanted to be a social worker and still it’s in the back of my head but to be more realistic I think Sugar Shelter will be more of a side project and I’ll do something else in the future.
AR: Is there anything else you’d like to say or add?
G: Yeah, just keep an open mind. I know people understand but there are people that come in contact with that just don’t understand how it is to be homeless. I’m not homeless but there’s just so much more to it then people see, and I guess just keep an open mind.
The climate crisis can feel overwhelming, but we can make a difference. This afternoon, SOLE students participated in a workshop on climate action and the City of Toronto’s plan to reduce carbon emissions with Crystal from TransformTO. Students brainstormed ways that they could personally reduce their carbon footprint while working towards broader social change.
We followed that up with a trash cleanup in Monarch Park. It’s a gross job, but there was payoff: homemade SOLE cookies by Georgia!
Student Council held a slime workshop during tutorial period. Slime experts Georgia and Echo taught everyone how to create your own slime from common household products. The results were completely gross and completely fun!