Since 2013, the Board has also provided an opportunity for all grade 12 students enrolled in an FSL class to challenge the DELF exam - an assessment of proficiency that is awarded by France Education International.
Sam Demma found meaning after a devastating injury by taking small, consistent steps to enact big change, and he now delivers that message across North America via virtual speeches and workshops.
Along the way, Demma and a friend created a movement that has collected thousands of bags of rubbish with the help of hundreds of other volunteers, mostly in and around Demma’s home city of Pickering, just east of Toronto.
The success of that endeavour, PickWaste, which he started with Dillon Mendes in 2017 and remains active, caught the attention of school staff, initially in and around Toronto.
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