Posted in FSL, HDSB, Meetings and Events, News Releases, Students and Programs, WOFOS, Ward 4, Wards 1&2, West Oakville on 25 November 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Students entering French Immersion programs, do so in Grade 1 or Grade 7 only.
The Halton District School Board takes pride in offering Immersion and Extended French programs for students beginning in Grade 1 (Early) and Grade 7 (Extended). In these bilingual programs, students attend a Halton District School Board elementary school designated as a French [...]
Posted in Community, HDSB, Meetings and Events, News Releases, Program and Accommodation, WOFOS, Ward 4, Wards 1&2, West Oakville on 6 October 2009 | 1 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 Health & Safety, Meetings and Events, News Releases, Parenting, WOFOS, Wards 1&2 on 8 March 2009 | Leave a Comment »
With Dick O’Brien
“How do we help children to learn what ever they have to learn – so that they can deal with whatever life sends them?”
Ècole Pine Grove
Wednesday, March 30, 2009 – 7:00 PM
Dick O’Brien is a professional speaker and a consultant in human relations. He has been a therapist and a trainer for [...]
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 HDSB, News Releases, Program and Accommodation, Wards 1&2, West Oakville on 6 February 2009 | Leave a Comment »
At this week’s Board meeting, the decision to release the Lakeshore Woods elementary school site was deferred until June. Trustee discussion of the options described in Report 09004: LTAP – Lakeshore Woods will take place at Program and Accommodation committee meetings prior to then (to be scheduled).
If you are interested in the disposition of [...]
Posted in News Releases, Program and Accommodation, WOFOS, Wards 1&2, West Oakville on 16 January 2009 | 5 Comments »
We have another packed agenda (available in its entirety on the HDSB website) this coming Wednesday evening, even with the deferral of the Ward 4 boundary decision to February 4. One of the information items being brought forward will be of particular interest to the Oakville Wards 1&2 community. Report 09004: LTAP – [...]
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, HDSB, Meetings and Events, News Releases, Parent Involvement, WOFOS, Ward 4, Wards 1&2, West Oakville on 16 September 2008 | 1 Comment »
Parents & Community members are invited to attend a public meeting to review and provide feeback on the Halton District School Board’s Long Term Accommodation Plan. This plan addresses the accommodation needs of students in Elementary and Secondary Schools.
Meetings will be held in each Municipality to seek public input and comments. Please attend [...]
Posted in Community, HDSB, Meetings and Events, Program and Accommodation, WOFOS, Ward 4, Wards 1&2, West Oakville on 20 May 2008 | 4 Comments »
Trustees received Report 08068: “Long Term Accommodation Plan 2008 – 2013″ this weekend as part of our Wednesday, May 21 Board Meeting agenda package. This proposed update to the Capital Plan includes many significant changes to the previous plan. Once we’ve had a chance to review the report, these will be outlined here. [...]
Posted in FSL, Program and Accommodation, WOFOS, Ward 4, Wards 1&2, West Oakville on 9 March 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Concurrent with the development of the HDSB 2008-2013 Capital Plan, we have our own West Oakville program and accommodation challenges to tackle. French Immersion program enrolments in Ward 4 will exceed staff projections and Forest Trail’s capacity to accommodate them by this fall.
Upcoming meetings:
March 17, 2008 – Halton District School Board staff will meet [...]
Posted in Community, Health & Safety, Meetings and Events, Parenting, WOFOS, Wards 1&2 on 5 March 2008 | Leave a Comment »
T. A. Blakelock Parent Advisory Council invites you to attend an information session:
Our Children on the Internet…
Guest Speaker: Charlotte Whelan, Halton Regional Police Service
Presentation topics will include cyberbullying, networking sites such as
Facebook, MySpace, the dangers of the internet, and the law and the internet
Date: March 19, 2008
Time: 7 p.m.
Location: [...]
Posted in Community, HDSB, Program and Accommodation, Questions and Comments, Wards 1&2 on 14 February 2008 | 12 Comments »
Thanks to everyone who has contacted me or the Halton District School Board (HDSB) about Metrus’ proposal to rezone both the Catholic and public elementary school sites on Nautical Drive in Lakeshore Woods. The first public information meeting was scheduled for Wednesday, February 13 at 7:00 PM (go to http://www.oakville.ca/pn-08feb01.htm to see the notice) [...]
Posted in Community, HDSB, Students and Programs, Ward 4, Wards 1&2, West Oakville on 13 February 2008 | Leave a Comment »
In January 2008, the Halton District School Board changed placements available to gifted secondary students by reducing the number of centres where congregated settings would be offered to incoming students. Grade 10-12 students in congregated settings will not be affected.
In Oakville, the designated centres for congregated placements are:
HOME SCHOOL
DESIGNATED SCHOOL
Abbey Park
Abbey Park
Iroquois Ridge
Iroquois Ridge
Oakville [...]
Posted in Best Practices, Community, Grants, Ministry of Education (MoE), News Releases, Parent Involvement, WOFOS, Ward 4, Wards 1&2, West Oakville on 7 February 2008 | Leave a Comment »
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
[...]
Posted in Community, Meetings and Events, Parent Involvement, WOFOS, Ward 4, Wards 1&2, West Oakville on 28 January 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Hello parent and school community reps!
We would like to schedule a meeting of the West Oakville school councils and parent groups on a Thursday evening in February. There’s a lot we should be discussing from both a local and regional perspective:
Accommodation Pressures in Ward 4
French Second Language Education Review
Transportation Policy Review
New Staff [...]
Posted in Best Practices, Community, Parent Involvement, WOFOS, Ward 4, Wards 1&2, West Oakville on 20 December 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Hey school council and home & school folks, I’d like to offer to collect “best practices” online here at WOFOS.ca for the benefit of our community. Things like school council bylaws and constitutions, easy fundraisers, forms that work, school practices around safety, bullying or school improvement. All that good stuff parents and community members are [...]
Posted in Community, Diversity, Parent Involvement, WOFOS, Ward 4, Wards 1&2, West Oakville on 20 December 2007 | Leave a Comment »
What the heck is community engagement? Is it serving pizza? Is it volunteering in the classroom or photocopying homework pages? Is it attending school council meetings or parent “PD” sessions? Supervising a field trip? Donating to the food drive? Commenting on the school effectiveness plan? Partnering with a local contractor to create a butterfly garden?
Community engagement can be a lot [...]
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NW Oakville Accommodation Comment Forms Due Apr 3
Posted in Community, FSL, Program and Accommodation, Questions and Comments, WOFOS, Ward 4, Wards 1&2, West Oakville on 31 March 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The École Forest Trail Accommodation Study Comment Request Form and additional Oakville Ward 4 information are now posted on the HDSB website. Members of the Abbey Lane, Captain R. Wilson, École Forest Trail, Heritage Glen, Pilgrim Wood, West Oak and Other communities are invited to review the options and express their preferences.
Forms [...]
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