New School Naming

HWDSB Needs Community Help to Name New Elementary Schools

Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board (HWDSB) wants to hear from the Hamilton community in selecting  names for the following elementary schools:

• New School on the Glen Campus site
• School on the Collegiate Ave. site

When a new project is a result of a consolidation, planning is required for school closures, possible boundary reviews, naming of new schools, and transition planning. When the project is a result of growth or boundary reviews, naming of schools and transition planning may also be required.

Suggested names should:

• Reflect HWDSB’s vision, mission, commitments and community composition;
• Provide inspiration to students;
• Have community and district acceptance;
• Be appropriate for the whole district;
• Have local community, district, provincial, Canadian or international significance; and
• Where appropriate and possible, address underrepresented groups.

Submissions, including rationale for the name of the school, must be received by 4 p.m. on Thursday, January 14, 2021. Name submissions may be submitted online at hwdsb.info/schoolnaming, or can be sent by mail to: Hamilton‐Wentworth District School Board, ATTN: Research Specialist (Research & Analytics Department), P.O Box 2558 Hamilton, ON, L8N 3L1

Glen Campus – Naming of School – Flyer