Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board

Gifted Centre Raises the Bar on Enrichment Programming

For Daniel, a Grade 5 student at Strathcona Elementary, visiting the Enrichment and Innovation Centre at Holbrook Elementary changes his learning into something more creative and hands-on.

“It’s different from regular classroom learning,” he says, as the room buzzes with activity during a visit by Grade 5 students from schools across HWDSB. The space, on the top floor of Holbrook, is a hive of activity as students log into computers and assemble a Google Doc on world-changing inventions.

Glendale Hosts Student Moves at Dancefest 2015

Glendale recently played host to hundreds of elementary and secondary students at the two-day board-wide dance extravaganza Dancefest 2015.

HWDSB Launches Parent Voice Survey

Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board (HWDSB) has launched its Parent Voice Survey to gather parent opinions on student achievement, school climate, communications and the overall school experience.

Live Coverage of Board Meeting

HWDSB will be live-streaming video of the Board of Trustees meeting on January 19, 2015 starting at 6 p.m.

Hands-on Learning Extravaganza at Janet Lee

When Janet Lee elementary students entered their gym today, they could drive a front-end loader, pick up a welding torch, measure houses and see how all of these connect to their classroom learning.

HWDSB Students, Staff, Partners Collaborate on Together song, video and documentary

HWDSB Students, Staff, Partners Collaborate on Together song, video and documentary Song written for, performed and produced by HWDSB featuring HWDSB students Hamilton, ON – January 14, 2015: Students, staff and community members are thrilled by their collaborative effort launched today with the release of the song and video, Together. Together represents a special project […]

Miscalculating the Impact of Technology

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Dean Shareski historically recaps human miscalculations on the impact of emerging technologies, during this excerpt from his keynote address at HWDSB’s Transforming Learning Everywhere Open House. Dean Shareski is the Community Manager for Discovery Education Canada.

Happy New Year

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HWDSB wishes our students, staff and community a happy, healthy and safe year. This video greeting complete with fireworks set to the traditional song Auld Lang Syne, bids a fond farewell to 2014 as we look forward to a successful 2015.

HWDSB Holiday Jukebox

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Check out the festive HWDSB Holiday Jukebox.  Click a button on the jukebox to hear your favourite song or to navigate to an interesting link.  All songs are performed by the W. H. Ballard Glee Club who appeared at the Sounds of the Season event hosted by CBC Hamilton. Let us know in the YouTube comments what your favourite Holiday song is.

The True Meaning of Giving

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Janet Lee Elementary students held a holiday winter bazaar. While the event allowed students to pick up items for someone special this holiday season, the actual purpose was to raise funds for displaced families in Iraq and Syria. A father of one of the students is currently working in Iraq and his first hand accounts of violence inspired the school’s Social Justice League to plan the event and support the cause.