Posted in Community, Meetings and Events, News Releases, Program and Accommodation, WOFOS, Ward 4, West Oakville on 13 October 2009 | Leave a Comment »
News Release – October 13, 2009
Halton District School Board
2050 Guelph Line, Burlington, ON L7R 3Z2
(905) 335-3663 (905) 878-8451 (905) 842-3014
Fax: (905) 335-9802 www.hdsb.ca
Official groundbreaking ceremonies for two new elementary schools in OakvilleGroundbreakings scheduled on Tuesday, October 20 at the school sites
The Halton District School Board has scheduled official groundbreaking ceremonies for its two new elementary [...]
Posted in Community, HDSB, Meetings and Events, News Releases, Program and Accommodation, WOFOS, Ward 4, Wards 1&2, West Oakville on 6 October 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Decision needed regarding Lakeshore Woods elementary site.
Staff Report 09145: Long Term Accommodation Plan – 2009 and the Plan were posted this week on the Board’s Planning website at http://www.hdsb.ca/AboutUs/Planning/Pages/LongTermAccommodationPlan.aspx and will be introduced at tomorrow night’s (Wed 7 Oct 09) Board Meeting.
Other documents of interest on the HDSB Planning Department’s 2009 LTAP webpage:
Tutorial [...]
Posted in Community, Meetings and Events, Wards 1&2, West Oakville on 26 September 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Excerpt from the Brookdale 50th Anniversary Webpage
Brookdale 50th Anniversary
Saturday October 3rd 1PM-4PM
1:00 PM Start of event
BBQ located at front of school: nominal fee
Enter school: Welcome, sign in, name tags, option of colouring school logo for any children, purchase raffle tickets
Explore Decade rooms and reminisce with past students
2:00 PM Presentation in Gymnasium
Mayor, Principle, Ward 2 school [...]
Posted in Community, Meetings and Events, News Releases, WOFOS, Wards 1&2, West Oakville on 25 September 2009 | Leave a Comment »
News Release – September 25, 2009
Halton District School Board
2050 Guelph Line, Burlington, ON L7R 3Z2
(905) 335-3663 (905) 878-8451 (905) 842-3014
Fax: (905) 335-9802 www.hdsb.ca
Two Oakville elementary schools celebrate 50-year anniversaries:
• Brookdale Public School will mark occasion on October 3rd
• New Central Public School will celebrate on October 23rd and 24th
Two Oakville elementary schools will celebrate their [...]
Posted in Community, Grants, Ideas, Ministry of Education (MoE), Ontario, Parent Involvement on 24 September 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Excerpted from http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/parents/schools.html
Parents Reaching Out Grants
Parents Reaching Out Grants for Schools
School councils may apply for grants to support school-based initiatives focused on engaging parents who may experience challenges in becoming involved in the school due to language barriers, recent immigration, poverty, newness to Ontario’s school system, or other factors.
The application period is now [...]
Posted in Community, FSL, HDSB, Meetings and Events, News Releases, Program and Accommodation, WOFOS, Ward 4, West Oakville on 26 March 2009 | Leave a Comment »
At the board meeting last night, following three hours of debate, Halton DSB trustees voted unanimously to resolve Ward 4 accommodation challenges of overcrowding at Ecole Forest Trail and underenrolment south of Upper Middle Road with a plan that includes building a dual track French immersion centre in Palermo. To summarize the resolution (see [...]
Posted in Community, Health & Safety, Meetings and Events, News Releases, Parenting, WOFOS on 10 March 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Parents come out to talk about…
Drugs in our community
An opportunity to share what you are seeing and hearing
Presented by Constable Eric Schwab and
Public Health Nurses Liz Laidlaw and Nicholle Russell
When: 7 pm Thursday March 26th, 2009
Where: Abbey Park High School Library
Brought to you by the School Councils of Abbey Park High School and St. Ignatius [...]
Posted in Community, Diversity, HDSB, Health & Safety, Meetings and Events, News Releases on 21 February 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Wear Pink on Wednesday, Febrary 25, 2009 and support bullying awareness and prevention!
(Written by: Jesse Booth, gr. 6 at St. Mark School and Tommy Reader – gr. 5 student at Bruce T. Lindley)
We are writing to you to ask for your support in standing up against Bullying. Both our schools have a Zero Tolerance [...]
Posted in Community, Meetings and Events, News Releases, WOFOS, Wards 1&2 on 15 February 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This Friday, Febraury 20th from 5-7 PM is the Big Brothers Big Sisters of Halton “Bowl for Kids Sake” Challenge at Hopedale Bowl. This is a great team-oriented event with bowling fun, great eats, goody bags for participants, fabulous prizes, and the satisfaction of knowing you will help a child who needs a friend [...]
Posted in Community, FSL, HDSB, Meetings and Events, Program and Accommodation, Ward 4 on 17 January 2009 | 2 Comments »
After receiving Report 09007 – Oakville Ward 4 Recommendations for information Thursday evening, trustees agreed that any decision would be deferred from this coming Wednesday, January 21 until Wednesday, February 4, and that trustees would have the opportunity to ask questions of the Director and staff at a committee meeting scheduled for Wednesday, January 28 [...]
Posted in Community, HDSB, Meetings and Events, News Releases, Parent Involvement on 7 January 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Associate Director Ruth Peden is convening the 2009-2010 School Year Calendar Committee and would like to invite the participation of representatives from Halton school communities. The first meeting is Jan. 22nd from 10am to noon and the second meeting is Jan. 29th from 10am to noon. Both meetings will take place at the New Street [...]
Posted in Community, Diversity, HDSB, Meetings and Events, News Releases, Students and Programs, tagged Diversity, Halton District School Board, HDSB, OTHS, student conference on 30 November 2008 | Leave a Comment »
“Making the Change” Student Conference
Thursday December 11th
Celebrating United Nations
Day for Human Rights
Oakville Trafalgar High School
9:00 am – 2:00 pm
Learn how to:
promote inclusion in your school
provide tools for respectful dialogue
enable self-advocacy and support ally work
make positive changes in your school
SPECIAL GUESTS, ENTERTAINMENT & FREE STUFF!
For more information contact your Diversity Contact, Teacher or your Principal!
Posted in Board Policies, Community, FSL, HDSB, Meetings and Events, Students and Programs, WOFOS, Ward 4 on 19 November 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Whew! There’s a lot happening these days. At the Board Meeting on November 5 we received Report 08139 – Ward 4 Consultation Process Update (T. Dyson) and heard from a half dozen delegations on the topic. The text of this report has been distributed widely, but if you don’t have a copy, [...]
Posted in Community, Diversity, Meetings and Events, News Releases, Parent Involvement on 16 November 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Bowl for Kids Sake is a great team-oriented event with so much fun bowling, enjoying food & beverages, goody bags for everyone, lots of fabulous prizes, and the satisfaction of knowing you’ve helped a child who needs a friend and a mentor.
The on-line pledge site will be launched by November 20th
Bowl for Kids Sake 2009 [...]
Posted in Community, Meetings and Events, News Releases, Students and Programs on 14 November 2008 | Leave a Comment »
News Release – November 14, 2008
Halton District School Board
2050 Guelph Line, Burlington, ON L7R 3Z2
(905) 335-3663 (905) 878-8451 (905) 842-3014
Fax: (905) 335-9802 www.hdsb.ca
Oakville students research names on Oakville Trafalgar High School’s World War II Memorial
“Ancestors in the Attic” to air on History Television on November 15, 2008 at 8 p.m.
A group of Grade [...]
Posted in Community, Diversity, Meetings and Events, News Releases, Ontario on 14 November 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Community Conversation
Blueprint for Poverty Reduction:
Legacy for an Inclusive Ontario
Speaker: MARVYN NOVICK
DATE: Thursday, November 27, 2008
TIME: 7 – 9 p.m.
PLACE: 707 Galaxy Banquet Hall
475 North Service Road East, Oakville
Build Public and Political Support for a “Blueprint” for Poverty Reduction
The next objective of the 25 in 5 Network has been to create a “Blueprint” based on the [...]
Posted in Community, Diversity, Ecology and Environment, Ideas, Innovation, Science & Philosophy on 12 November 2008 | Leave a Comment »
“Sir Ken Robinson makes an entertaining and profoundly moving case for creating an education system that nurtures (rather than undermines) creativity. View or download this talk.“
It is very easy to get hooked on TED’s “Inspired talks by the world’s greatest thinkers and doers”, so beware!
Posted in Community, HDSB, Meetings and Events, Ministry of Education (MoE), News Releases, Parent Involvement, WOFOS on 22 September 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Just a quick note on a few dates you might want to pencil into you calendars:
First 2008-09 Halton Council of Home & Schools Meeting: Monday, September 22 @ W.H. Morden PS, 180 Morden Road, Oakville
PRO Grant Application Deadline: Friday, October 24, www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/parents/schools.html
Halton PIC (Parent Involvement Committee) Conference: Saturday, October 25, White Oaks SS
People for Education [...]
Posted in Community, Meetings and Events, News Releases, Wards 1&2 on 18 September 2008 | 1 Comment »
Statutory Public Meeting – Zoning By-law Amendment & Proposed Plan of Subdivision
Monday, September 22, 2008, 7 p.m.
Oakville Town Hall, 1225 Trafalgar Road, Council Chamber
South side of Nautical Boulevard, east of Great Lakes Boulevard
New Province Homes Ltd.
File : Z.1733.11 and 24T-07006/1733
Members of the public are invited to attend and provide input at a public meeting [...]
Posted in Community, Meetings and Events, News Releases, WOFOS, Ward 4 on 18 September 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The following information is important for parents who have children attending Ward 4 Oakville elementary schools:
Abbey Lane;
Captain Wilson;
Emily Carr;
Forest Trail;
Heritage Glen;
Pilgrim Wood; and,
West Oak.
During the first week of school, parents with children attending Ward 4 Oakville elementary schools will received information about dates for the upcoming Consultation Process on Programs and [...]
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