Paton Publishing is in its third year of developing an in-school program for The Toronto Blue Jays Baseball Club. Jays@School is an educational resource for Ontario teachers. The baseball-themed lesson plans explore various strands of the curriculum while students get to know their Toronto Blue Jays players. Curriculum-based activities are available for mathematics, language and physical education strands. The program also includes activities to help implement the Ontario Ministry of Education’s mandate of 20 minutes of daily activity.

• currently, over 631 schools are registered for the program, reaching 5,285 educators and 137,420 students across the GTA.