Community
Board Bringing Support to New Dawn Reception House
Monday, February 08, 2010
By ROB FAULKNER, HWDSB Staff
Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board is among the many community partners stepping up to support Settlement and Integration Services Organization after a recent attack on the newly-opened New Dawn Reception House.
Intended to support newly-arrived refugees, the reception house is a supportive, educational facility, with living quarters and rooms for prayer, health care, art therapy, language and employment training and more. Still, it was targeted last week by an anonymous flyer warning tha... Full Story
Athletics
European Sport Building Student-Athlete Skills On, and Off, the Ice
Friday, February 05, 2010
By ROB FAULKNER, HWDSB Staff
Billy Green students Taylor Mullen and Michael Ciavarella admit the game is fast, the ball-handling tricky and the learning curve steep in the little-known sport of floorball.
“It’s a lot like hockey,” Ciavarella said inside Saltfleet secondary’s gym yesterday, where Highview won the HWDSB elementary championship in a sport that bills itself as “the world’s most popular indoor hockey.”
Yesterday, Saltfleet’s gym was transformed, with packed bleachers and knee-level sideboards, for th... Full Story
Students
Book Review Contest of Evocative Novel Opens Black History Month
Wednesday, February 03, 2010
By ROB FAULKNER, HWDSB Staff
HWDSB’s Black History Committee has launched a book review contest for secondary school students to coincide with the celebration of stories, history and achievements for Black History Month 2010.
With February adding its focus on black history, students are invited to read Lawrence Hill’s novel The Book of Negroes and submit a review of the acclaimed work in a medium of their choice. Secondary school libraries have received copies of the novel.
It represents a departure for Black Hi... Full Story
Staff
Safe Schools Changes Take Effect Today
Monday, February 01, 2010
By ROB FAULKNER, HWDSB Staff
Today brings significant changes to the way that all staff who work directly with students respond to incidents of negative student behaviour, such as bullying.
Bill 157 (the Keeping Our Kids Safe At School Act) brings a province-wide change to Safe Schools policies and makes Ontario the first province to require all school staff and bus drivers to report serious student incidents ... Full Story
Programs
Handbooks, iGuide Help Students Chart their Future
Friday, January 29, 2010
By ROB FAULKNER, HWDSB Staff
It’s all about choice.
HWDSB students have new tools to help them design their education with the recent publication of guides on Programs of Choice, Specialist High Skills Majors, secondary courses and the popular online iGuide.
It is an important time of year for students, especially those in Grade 8 who will enter an HWDSB secondary school in fall 2010. Open house events are being held at secondary schools for s... Full Story
Schools
Prince of Wales Elementary Wins City Urban Design Award
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
By ROB FAULKNER, HWDSB Staff
The design of one of HWDSB’s newest elementary schools in the heart of urban Hamilton is being praised for its “out-of-the-box thinking and efficient site planning.”
Prince of Wales elementary, in the shadow of famed Ivor Wynne Stadium, won an Award of Merit in the City of Hamilton’s 2009 Urban Design and Architecture Awards, a juried contest held to recognize projects built in the last two years.
“The jury commends Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board for reinvesting in the urba... Full Story
