On Saturday, October 26th, Queen Elizabeth Public School (located at 830 Barnardo Avenue) will be celebrating their 75th Anniversary. To honour this occasion, they'll be hosting an Open House from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. that day. Current and former staff and students are of course invited, as well as the community. Come by and check out the classrooms and memorabilia on display from decades past.

If you have any items you think that would make a great addition to the festivities to showcase that day from your time at Queen Elizabeth Public School, call 705.742.6331.

To learn more about this upcoming event and check out classic student/teacher photos from the past (see a few below), check out their Facebook page.

[Contributed by PtboCanada's Julie Morris]

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Encouraging students—and parents—to move towards more sustainable modes of transportation isn’t easy, but this Wednesday (October 5th) at 8:30 a.m., many will be inspired to change their commuting habits as part of International Walk to School Day.

Students from Queen Elizabeth Public School will arrive at school using sustainable modes of transportation, such as by bus, walking, biking, rollerblading or skateboarding.

They will be greeted by Cool Captain Climate, who will be providing musical entertainment for those in attendance. Later, the students will take part in a celebratory march around the school.

"We hope that International Walk to School Day will inspire students to get to school in more eco-friendly means like biking or walking," says Johanna Hart, of Peterborough Green-Up in a release. "Not only will our environment benefit by having less pollution added to our air, but the students themselves benefit by moving around and being active on their daily commute to school."

[International Walk to School Day; Peterborough Green-Up]

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