The start of the school year is a busy time for teachers, school staff and families. To ensure students' transition to school is as smooth as possible, the Peel District School Board encourages parents who have not yet registered their children for school to beat the back-to-school rush and register before classes begin on Sept. 7.
"The board wants to ensure that students are registered and ready to begin school on Sept. 7," says Scott Moreash, superintendent of staff development and school support services. "Registering children early helps us establish bus routes and eases demands placed on students and school staff during the first week back."
Parents of children attending kindergarten in the fall can register their children for school on Aug. 27, Aug. 30, Aug. 31, Sept. 1 and Sept. 3 at their neighbourhood school. While schools will be open on Sept. 2 for a mandatory professional learning day, registration will not take place on this day. Parents of secondary students who need to register their teens for school, are asked to call the school for registration details or visit the ‘Spotlight' section of the home page at www.peelschools.org.
The Toronto Star is reporting"Peel’s public board warns it won’t open all 45 full-day kindergarten classes in 2011, as announced Tuesday by the education ministry, unless they are fully funded."
Annual event inspires students with special needs through team involvement
The Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board will host the sixth annual Joe Sax Activity Festival for students in the Mississauga South Family of Schools. This festival offers modified physical activities to students with special needs promoting inclusion through play. Students will physically, socially and psychologically develop positive experiences applying sportsmanship and teamwork.
Since its inception in 2004, special guests have included OHL hockey players, a professional soccer player, a Canadian Olympic coach, and a Canadian Olympic gold medal winner.
WHAT: Joe Sax Activity Festival WHEN: Thursday, May 6 (10:00 a.m.- 1:30 p.m.) WHERE: Iona Catholic Secondary School 2170 South Sheridan Way, Mississauga
The Joe Sax Activity Festival was named in tribute to Joe Sax, a former teacher at Iona Catholic Secondary School. Joe was a distance coach for the Mississauga Track Club, a member of the Toronto Olympic Club and the former Canadian record holder for the 3000m Steeplechase.
The Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board is one of the largest and most diverse school districts in Ontario, with approximately 88,000 students in 145 Catholic schools throughout Mississauga, Brampton, Caledon and Orangeville. With over 10,000 employees, the board is also one of the largest employers in the region. Visit the board website at www.dpcdsb.org
Starting next fall, the Ministry of Education will begin phasing in full-day early learning for up to 35,000 four- and five-year old students in Ontario. The Peel District School Board will host 105 early learning classrooms beginning Sept. 2010. At its board meeting on April 13, trustees approved the implementation of full-day early learning programs for phase two in 11 schools, pending final approval by the ministry.
Providing the early learning program in schools with the highest social risk index while balancing equity of opportunity and equity of access across the region remains a high priority for the Peel board.
Janet McDougald Chair, PDSB
The following Peel schools—45 classrooms—are proposed locations for full-day early learning programs beginning Sept. 2011:
Peel District School Board is seeking community input in updating its equity policy.
“In the Peel board, we understand that equity and excellence go hand-in-hand,” says Tony Pontes, director of education. “One of the core goals in our strategic plan is to achieve equity for students and staff—to provide equity of access and opportunity for students and staff to learn, work and develop in an environment that is nurturing, engaging, respectful and inclusive."
The Ontario Ministry of Education has released an equity and inclusive education strategy for Ontario. To guide school boards in implementing this vision, the ministry has issued a policy/program memorandum about developing and implementing equity and inclusive education policies in Ontario schools.
In the Peel board’s action plan to respond to the Ministry strategy and policy memo, as well as the board’s organizational goal, the board is consulting widely with parents and the community to review and revise its equity policy, Policy 54—Antiracism and Ethnocultural Equity. The updated policy will become the guide for all of our implementation activities.
Parents and community members are invited to help the board shape its equity policy and implementation plans by providing input and feedback:
