CBC Daybreak interviews St. Charles Elementary principal Lisa Baylis to talk about a literacy blitz designed to help bridge the learning gap caused by the pandemic...

The Suburban

Elementary school staff have been adapting to the ongoing changes in decrees and health measures since March 2020 while many teachers and administrators advocate that in school learning is preferable to online learning when possible...

Local media report on Westwood Senior teacher Catherine Hogan’s “out of the box” ideas designed to bring the school community together during the pandemic while also helping out the larger community.

Global News Montreal

Former teachers and current staff at Beaconsfield High School shared their thoughts with Global News about new Montreal Canadiens General Manager Kent Hughes, who attended and graduated from BHS in 1987.
You can hear their comments by clicking here.

CTV News

Like thousands of students across Quebec, children at Allion Elementary School in Lasalle are finally back in school, but feelings are mixed...

With 36 elementary schools, 12 secondary schools, and a variety of adult learning centres from Verdun to the Ontario border, the Lester B. Pearson School Board (LBPSB) has one unifying vision: to achieve excellence by maximizing the potential of each individual.

Global News

Students from abroad who study in Montreal can find it difficult to be away from family at this time of year. Thanks to the help of staff at the Lester B Pearson School Board's International Youth Program, students are experiencing a little more holiday cheer. Click here for story.

Global News

It was a special day for the K4 students at Sunshine Academy in the West Island, thanks to a few of Santa’s Grade 6 helpers. Click here for story.

Global News

Students at Beurling Academy in Verdun have come up with a unique fundraising idea. They are selling Christmas packages of food wrap made from beeswax. Click here for full story.

Global News

Students at John Rennie High School, Pointe-Claire, Que., are trying to bring some much-needed joy to senior citizens during the holidays — especially as many elderly people will be alone during the holidays. Click here for story.

Global News

Grade three students at Dorval Elementary School spoke about Christmas, holiday customs and their family traditions — sharing them with their classmates. Click here for story...

Global News

Global News aired a report highlighting the amazing efforts of students and staff at St. Thomas High School who collected food and socks to help families in need and homeless individuals. To see the report, please click here.

Global News

Students at the LBPSB’s Riverview Elementary took to the streets today dressed up in holiday hats and festive headbands for their annual walk-a-thon for families in need. Global News Montreal was on location and aired a news report that can be seen by clicking here.

Global News

Global News Montreal aired a report featuring some of the projects that were on display today as part of St. Thomas' IB Program. So many original ideas. Congratulations to everyone who participated.

Montreal Gazette

An article in the Montreal Gazette details some of the LBPSB's plans to vaccinate students between the ages of 5 and 11and highlights the school board's efforts to improve air quality in its schools and centres as another means to reduce the spread of COVID-19.

To read the article please click here.

CTV News

CTV News Montreal report highlighting a wonderful initiative by students at Children’s World Academy who collected hundreds of books that will be delivered to the Montreal Children’s Hospital to boost the spirits of sick children. To see the story please click here...

CBC News

Andrew Henry, LBPSB administrator in the Continuing Education department, has created an initiative in partnership with Sun Youth and the Ministry of Education to get kids off the streets and into physical activity. To learn more, please click here for a CBC news report...

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À l’école primaire Forest Hill de Saint-Lazare, des coquelicots géants, symbole par excellence de cette journée importante sont bien visibles sur la pelouse de l’établissement.

Global News

Students from Christmas Park Elementary, John Rennie High School and Beaconsfield High School participated and put forward their talents to honour the lives lost in the quest for freedom...

Montreal Gazette

On the heels of getting government approval this summer to build a new elementary school on its off-island territory, the Lester B. Pearson School Board (LBPSB) is asking the province for another new elementary school in the Vaudreuil-Soulanges Regional County Municipality to accommodate a total of 1,000 children because the student population is growing quicker than the school board expected...

Montreal Gazette

Macdonald High School in Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue is collecting new or gently used shoes on behalf of Souls4Souls Canada , a non-profit organization that helps people in need.
Edgewater Elementary, Pierre Elliot Trudeau Elementary and Soulanges Elementary will collect new pairs of warm socks to be donated to the L’Aiguillage homeless shelter located in Vaudreuil-Dorion...

CTV News Montreal

For most people, it's daunting to try to model your kitchen or living room after the latest trends. Knowing which colours match and where to put each piece of furniture can be a never-ending puzzle...

CBC Daybreak

Mirella Fuga, the John Rennie High School Guidance Counselor, was interviewed for CBC's Daybreak show this morning to discuss how students and staff are coping with the return to classes.

To hear her interview please click here.

Montreal Gazette

The Lester B. Pearson School Board has approved the transfer of the Allancroft school building in Beaconsfield to the Centre de services Marguerite-Bourgeoys...

CTV National News

A lesson in adaptability: While many school bands across the country were silent, Steve Dubinsky remained determined to keep live rehearsals going at Westwood High...

CTV News

Students at Evergreen Elementary School in Saint Lazare cheered on their gym teacher Friday morning as he fulfilled his promise to them: shaving his head and beard...

Global News

They started their efforts in April and on Sept. 29, students at Terry Fox Elementary in Pierrefonds, Que., walked or ran more than 8,000 kilometres — more than the distance across Canada from east to west — in the name of the Canadian legendary marathoner...

Global News report highlights how students at St. Edmund and Lakeside Academy schools marked the beginning of Truth and Reconciliation Week with emotional ceremonies. To see the report click here.

Chef Oli Harding, a Michelin-trained chef instructor at the Pearson School of Culinary Arts, made an appearance on NBC in Boston. Chef Oli’s eye-catching Instagram posts caught the attention of Anna Rossi, host of NBC’s Chef Pantry. In the segment, Chef Oli shows how to make trout rillette.
You can watch the segment here.

POINTE-CLAIRE, September 17, 2021 – The City of Pointe-Claire, in partnership with the Lester B. Pearson School Board, has decided to name the municipal sports field on John Fisher Avenue in honour of the late Judge Lindsay H. Place...

Global News

Two Montreal schools, part of the Lester B. Pearson School Board, are raising awareness about a fundraising campaign to help them replenish their school library book collections...

CBC Daybreak

Mirella Fuga, a guidance counselor at John Rennie High School , was recently a guest on CBC's Daybreak where she talked about some of the different challenges students are facing as they headed back to class this week.

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This weekend, Carol Heffernan, LBPSB Assistant Director General, was a guest on CJAD's Life Unrehearsed program where she answered the hosts' questions on an array of topics related to back-to-school public health protocols.

To hear the interview please click here.

Global News

Final preparations are underway at Terry Fox Elementary School in Pierrefonds as teachers and staff get ready to welcome back students on Tuesday...

Montreal Gazette

Judith Kelley was acclaimed this week as chair of the Lester B. Pearson School Board. She brings with her a wealth of experience, having been a Pearson commissioner for 10 years in total, as well as service on boards at John Abbott College and the West Island Community Resource Centre...

Judith Kelley has been acclaimed to the position of Chairperson of the Lester B. Pearson School Board’s Council of Commissioners. Aspiring candidates for the Chairperson position had until 5:00 p.m. yesterday to file their candidacy as part of the school board elections taking place on September 26th...

Montreal Gazette

Officials and educators at the Lester B. Pearson School Board are prepping to once again to deal with another COVID-19 back-to-school period...

Montreal Gazette

The Lester B. Pearson School Board says it will create an action plan to address recommendations outlined in a task force report on equity, diversity and inclusivity...

The Lester B. Pearson School Board’s Council of Commissioners has mandated the board’s administration to create an action plan to respond to the recommendations outlined in the Task Force on Equity and Inclusivity’s final report as expeditiously as possible...

LBPSB Press Release

At the June 28th, 2021 Council of Commissioners meeting, the Lester B. Pearson School Board adopted a balanced budget of $325,720,811. The school board consults with stakeholders and prioritizes school and centre needs in accordance with the school board’s vision of achieving excellence by maximizing the potential of each individual...

Global News

As the school year comes to a close, Secondary 1 students at Beurling Academy in Montreal’s Verdun borough have a learned a valuable lesson they won’t forget this summer...

West Island News

The grade 6 daycare students at St. John Fisher Senior Elementary School in Pointe-Claire celebrated their upcoming graduation with a Dream Weaver mural which highlighted the students' hopes and aspirations as they head towards high school and the rest of their lives...

Montreal Gazette

“At the end of the day, they are the future. What they do in the future can and will impact the earth," says Kingsdale teacher Lia Ciarallo.

CTV News

A teacher at Mount Pleasant Elementary School in Hudson is using the video game Minecraft to hook his third grade students on social studies...

CTV News

A Hudson teacher is being rewarded for efforts to keep their school's music program humming along during the COVID-19 pandemic...

Montreal Gazette

West Island and Off-Island municipalities lowered flags this week in memory of the 215 Indigenous children whose remains were found in an unmarked gravesite at a former Indian Residential School (IRS) in Kamloops, B.C. Baie-d’Urfé and Pointe-Claire, as have others, noted flags will remain at half-mast for 215 hours...

CTV News

The Tokyo Olympics are fast approaching, but at the Verdun Adult and Career Centre, there was some down and dirtier games going on on Sunday.

That's where competitors were taking part in the Skills Canada Virtual National Competition, a.k.a. the Plumbing Olympics...

CTV News

Video games are a popular activity for most grade nine students, but for one class at Verdun's Beurling Academy, they're a math and science project aimed at helping those with disabilities...

Global News

A species of beetle is decimating ash trees in the West Island of Montreal, leaving many wondering what to do with the rest of it.

Beacon Hill Elementary is the latest to hop on a movement growing in popularity to give an old tree a new life...

Global News

Grade 3 teacher Lia Ciarallo and her class nabbed the prizes after taking part in the Classroom Energy Diet Challenge, an annual contest put on by Canadian Geographic Education, the educational arm of the Royal Canadian Geographic Society. Students from kindergarten to Grade 12 are eligible...

CTV News

The Grade 1 students at Forest Hill Junior School in St-Lazare are unlikely innovators -- they came up with “personalized mask holders” for students to keep track of their mask, and keep it clean.

The idea has already won a Quebec Entrepreneur Prize and now the students are planning even more...

Global News

In front of almost no crowd due to COVID-19 restrictions, Nathan Zsombor-Murray and his partner Vincent Riendeau performed in the men’s 10-metre synchronized final at the FINA Diving World Series in Tokyo, Japan...

Global News

“I realized that not as many people put up rainbows anymore on their windows like they used to when the coronavirus was new,” remarked 11-year-old Prisha Patel, a Grade 5 student at Westpark Elementary School...

LBPSB Press Release

At their regular monthly meeting yesterday, the Council of Commissioners of the Lester B. Pearson School Board unanimously adopted a resolution calling on the Quebec government to allow voting by mail in upcoming school board elections...

Global News

It was all hands on deck on Thursday, preparing for the lunchtime rush at Beaconsfield High School.

Grade 11 students prepared more than 400 pizza lunches to be distributed as part of the Catering for a Cause fundraiser...

Global News

Global News

Terry Fox started his Marathon of Hope on April 12, 1980, raising money for cancer research, and an elementary school which bears his name is marking the anniversary in a special way.

Students, teachers, even family members at Terry Fox Elementary School in Pierrefonds are trying to raise money for cancer research by running a different kind of campaign...

CTV News

At Beaconsfield High School, the show must go on.

Students at the high school in Montreal's West Island will perform the annual school play, only this year, it’s online...

Montreal Gazette

Montreal Gazette

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LBPSB Press Release

CTV News

Citing the impact of racism that can no longer be ignored, commissioners with the Lester B. Pearson School Board passed a resolution Monday evening saying that the racial slur "must never be uttered" within the confines of its schools and centres...

Montreal Gazette

The Lester B. Pearson School Board is asking Quebec to reimburse it for expenses incurred for an election that has already been twice delayed...

CTV News Montreal

CTV News Montreal

CTV News Montreal reports on the expansion of the Electricity program at the Pearson Electrotechnology Centre of the Lester B. Pearson School Board. This involved the collaboration of Carpentry students from the Chateauguay Valley Career Education Centre (CVCEC) of the New Frontiers school board who helped build multi-purpose labs that consist of PLC and instrumentation work stations. These facilities are needed to accommodate the increasing number of students who are attending PEC’s Electricity program...

Global News

Global News Montreal reports on the expansion of the Electricity program at the Pearson Electrotechnology Centre of the Lester B. Pearson School Board. This involved the collaboration of Carpentry students from the Chateauguay Valley Career Education Centre (CVCEC) of the New Frontiers school board who helped build multi-purpose labs that consist of PLC and instrumentation work stations. These facilities are needed to accommodate the increasing number of students who are attending PEC’s Electricity program...

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CTV News Montreal

Emily Hampshire may be famous now, but that doesn’t mean she’s forgotten her old stomping grounds in Pointe-Claire. Lindsay Reid, Hampshire’s old friend, is a teacher at Evergreen Elementary School in St-Lazare. She asked through Instagram if the actress would consider sending a video message to her colleagues for staff appreciation week at Lester B. Pearson schools...

Global News

Considering it’s Black History Month, educators are trying to come up with innovative ways to teach kids about Black culture and reality. Natasha Mentore, Principal at St. John Fisher Junior, started a workshop that she says kids can easily identify with...

Teacher 5 étoiles

In this video, our charming Teacher Isabelle Alarie from St. Thomas High School shares her daily routine and her moments spent at school. With humour and passion she takes you into the dynamic world of French immersion teaching...

Leaders & Learners
Equity and Inclusion for Student Well-Being

By Reut Gruber, McGill University;
Gail Somerville, Douglas Mental Health University Institute; and
Cindy Finn, Lester B. Pearson School Board

Chronic sleep loss affects a large proportion of the student population. Several recent large scale studies found that one-third to one-half of Canadian youth don’t get the amount of sleep recommended for their age, and that 60 per cent of this population reported feeling tired in the morning...

CTV News

On Monday, the Lester B. Pearson School Board in the Montreal area agreed unanimously to adopt a resolution demanding the changes in the vaccine schedule.

“Like many other essential workers,” wrote the board’s director general Cindy Finn in a news release, “our teachers, support staff, caretakers, professionals and administrators have had to adapt their practices so that student learning can continue in the safest environment possible.” ...

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Montreal Gazette

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The Globe and Mail

Montreal’s Lester B. Pearson school board was the first in Quebec to plunge ahead with new air filters. Last summer, Bruno Côté, the board’s engineer in charge of equipment and buildings, started reading a growing body of research suggesting aerosol particles play a role alongside larger droplets in spreading COVID-19...

Global News

The The Terry Fox Elementary School in Pierrefonds has just won an award in a national signing contest.

The school placed third in the 2020 elementary vocal grades four to six category of the Canadian Music Class Challenge, an annual competition sponsored by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation...

Global News

The CAQ Government has drawn inspiration from a West Island teenager in the creation of its anti-racism policies.

Back in June, as she graduated from John Rennie High School, there was some anger simmering inside of her...