When students returned to Michelangelo International Elementary School (6108 8th Avenue) in Rivière des Prairies after their summer vacation, they were stunned to see the façade of their school had been transformed.

The English Montreal School Board is marking Black History Month with programming across the network. On Thursday, February 6 the EMSB held its formal kickoff at Parkdale Elementary School in St. Laurent in dedication to the late Dr. Horace I. Goddard, a former school teacher, principal and head office administrator and a leader in the Black community.