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  • Well-Being: We Are Stronger Together OPG Employee Charity Campaign and Pickering and Ajax Rotary Clubs donate a total of $4,000 to DDSB school snack/breakfast programs “None of us are as strong individually as we are together,” says Charles Eberth, a representative of the Rotary Club of Pickering. The Rotary Club of Pickering, Rotary Club of Ajax, and Ontario Power Generation (OPG) Pickering Nuclear Employee Charity Campaign recently joined forces to donate $2,000 to the snack program at Fairport Beach Public School in Pickering, and another $2,000 to the breakfast program at Bolton C.
    Dec 24, 2019
  • Equity: Eastdale CVI Students Celebrate Cultures Staff and students learn about each other as they host their 5th Annual Diversity Fair On December 13, students from Eastdale Collegiate Vocational Institute (CVI), celebrated different cultures during their 5th Annual Diversity Fair. “The Diversity Fair is a great opportunity for students and staff to get together and show off their cultural traditions and foods.
    Dec 24, 2019
  • Teacher Recognized for 45 Years of Service Coronation PS and DDSB celebrate cherished teacher Mary Hasiuk for 45 years of service. She has enriched the lives of many students and is still the first one at school everyday.
    Dec 24, 2019
  • Grade 7 Students Step into Coding and STEM

    Dunbarton High School hosts first ever Coding Conference for feeder schools On December 10th Grade 7 students from Dunbarton High School’s feeder schools gathered at the secondary school to be immersed in a half-day of coding and Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM). Computer Science Education Week Karen Papadopoulos, Head of Library at Dunbarton HS in Pickering, says the Coding Conference was organized in observance of Computer Science Education Week (December 9th – 15th).
    Dec 19, 2019
  • La raison d’être Franconnexion Conference offers DDSB students plenty of reasons to continue learning French “La raison d'être” translates in English to “the reason or justification for existence.” French as a Second Language (FSL) Coach Shannon Wood says she hopes that's what Durham District School Board (DDSB) students discover from participating in Franconnexion.
    Dec 19, 2019
  • Promoting Pathways to the Film and Television Industry Secondary DDSB and DCDSB students learn about on and off-screen career opportunities On November 27th, approximately 400 secondary students from the Durham District School Board (DDSB) and the Durham Catholic District School Board (DCDSB) gathered at the DDSB Education Centre in Whitby. Students were there to learn about the numerous career pathways that are available to pursue in the film and television industry.
    Dec 18, 2019
  • Anti-black racism training for DDSB Kindergarten teachers Over the coming months, the Durham District School Board is aiming to train its Kindergarten teachers in anti-black racism. It's a new initiative for the Board and one of the recommendations found in the Compendium of Action for Black Student Success released in 2018.
    Dec 17, 2019
  • A Book for Everybody DDSB Educational Assistant published book about inclusivity There are many talented staff at the Durham District School Board (DDSB), including Kerry Moeller. She is an Educational Assistant at Cartwright Central PS and this year she also became a published author.
    Dec 17, 2019
  • Teachers Mentoring Other Teachers How DDSB educators are sharing their skills with educators in the Dominican Republic Durham District School Board (DDSB) teachers are not only teaching students, they are also teaming up with Teacher Mentors Aboard (TMA) to help support teachers in the Dominican Republic. Since 2005, Canadian teachers have been travelling to the country to mentor local educators and to facilitate professional development workshops with TMA.
    Dec 17, 2019
  • Stomping Out Stigma DDSB students participate in the Annual Intermediate TAMI Summit “We’re trying to create a culture of caring where students have an awareness not only for themselves, but also for others around them, to be more supportive,” explains Nicole Rands, Supervised Alternative Learning for Excused Pupils (SALEP) Facilitator at the Durham District School Board (DDSB). Rands represented the DDSB at the annual Talking About Mental Illness (TAMI) Intermediate Summit, as DDSB is one of the organizations involved in the TAMI Coalition of Durham Region.
    Dec 11, 2019

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