PRO Grant Deadline – 16 Oct 09

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 [...]

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Update your calendars …

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 [...]

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HDSB students continue to score above provincial average

News Release – September 17, 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
Halton District School Board students continue to score above the provincial average in Reading, Writing and Math
Board remains focused on sustaining and building on the strategies and supports that improve student [...]

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Assessment and Evaluation

In the Halton District School Board we have aligned our assessment, evaluation and reporting practices with the provincial policy established in 1998. Like other Ontario school boards, we continue to work with principals and teachers to ensure this policy is implemented and that our classroom practice provides fair and equitable evaluation.
Students are evaluated on two [...]

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2008 PRO Grants in Halton

These are the Parents Reaching Out (PRO) grants approved by the Ministry for proposals made by school councils in Halton (HDSB). Congratulations!

School ID
School Name
Title of Project
Approved Amount ($)

66249

Brookdale Public School

A Year in the Life of Brookdale

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PRO Grants Announced

Yesterday, the Government of Ontario announced that across the province it would be supporting over 1,300 projects involving parents in their children’s education through Parent Reaching Out grants. You can read the text of this announcement at:

http://ogov.newswire.ca/ontario/GPOE/2008/01/31/c5705.html?lmatch=〈=_e.html

Principals in schools where PRO applications were successful received details of their communities’ grants earlier in the week. [...]

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Family Day – Shortened School Year

In a memo dated Friday, November 16, the Ministry of Education states:
On October 11, 2007, the Government of Ontario announced the creation of a province-wide statutory holiday known as Family Day. This day will occur on the third Monday in February of each year, beginning February 18, 2008, for the purpose of emphasizing and celebrating [...]

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Nominate An Outstanding Educator

Ministry of Education
Nominate An Outstanding Educator
Premier’s Awards For Teaching Excellence Honour Exceptional Principals, Teachers and Support Staff
QUEEN’S PARK, Nov. 15 /CNW/ – Starting today, students, parents, educators and members of the community can nominate an outstanding educator for a Premier’s Award for Teaching Excellence.
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Parents Reaching Out Grants (PRO), 2007-2008

Please Note: The deadline to submit an application for a Parents Reaching Out grant has been extended to October 26, 2007.
Ref: http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/parents/reaching.html
Parents Reaching Out Grants (PRO) for School Councils, 2007-2008
How to Apply for Funding
Step 1: Apply Online
You can apply online. The deadline for submitting the proposal and budget is October 26, 2007.
Please [...]

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Provincial Parent Board

News from OPEN – Ontario Provincial Education Network
December 15, 2006
One year ago, the Ontario government introduced a new Parent Involvement Policy to create a more welcoming environment for parents in the education system.
Parent input was tremendously valuable in the development of the policy, and continues to be as we work with parents to implement programs [...]

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Parents Reaching Out Grants Approved!

These are the PRO grants approved by the Ministry for proposals made by parent groups in Halton (HDSB). Congratulations folks!

Halton DSB

School
No.
School Name
Name of Project
Final Approval ($)

414646
Oakwood PS
Welcome to Oakwood
3,000

442011
Pilgrim Wood PS
Seminars/Workshops for Parents
3,000

579742
WH Morden PS
Morden Matters
1,705

216267
Gladys Speers PS
Guest Speakers Series (Healthy Eating; Boys and Girls; Internet Safety; Homework [...]

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PIC Commentary 1 of 2

The Halton DSB is holding it’s third Parent Involment Committee Meeting this Thursday, November 30, 2006 at 7:00 PM in the Banquet Hall at the Milton Sports Centre on Derry Road.
The agenda has been set as follows:

Review of Key Features of the Parent Involvement in Education Policy
Facilitated Discussion:

Who should be a member of the Regional PIC?
How should these individuals [...]

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PIC Commentary 2 of 2

Susan Roberston, past President of the Ontario Federation of Home & School Associations, lends the following insights into Parent Engagement and Parent Involvement Committees:
Keep fighting the good fight. The PIC is supposed to be a Parent Involvement Committee, not a school council involvement committee. Any identifiable group should be able to attend and be a [...]

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Parent Involment Committee Meeting, Nov 30th

Attached is the agenda for the Parent Involvement Committee Meeting on Thursday, November 30 at7:00 PM in the Banquet Room at the Milton Sports Complex on Derry Road.  I think Jacki Oxley, School & Community Liaison for the Halton District School Board, is hoping for at least one representative from every school community.
For your interest, [...]

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MoE announces $20M annually to reduce user fees

Please pardon the partisan nature of this excerpt from OPEN. It’s good news, nevertheless.  We’ll find out shortly how and when this will affect Halton. 

News from OPEN – Ontario Provincial Education Network
McGuinty Government Affirms Commitment to Keep School Doors Open to Community Groups
Youth And Community Groups Continue to Benefit From Reduced Fees
November 25, 2006
OTTAWA – [...]

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