Original sentence: It was founded as the first high school for the arts in Canada on September 8, 1981.Though the school does not offer as many academic courses as other schools in the TDSB, it offers many artistic courses
Edited sentence: It was founded as the first high school for the arts in Canada on September 8, 1981 and is recognized the most prestigious and difficult to get into in the country.Though the school does not offer as many academic courses as other schools in the TDSB, the artistic courses that it offers are many and exceed the normal quality