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  • Challenging Stereotypes and Embracing Uniqueness DDSB students are recognized for their art and essays at the Durham Region Creative Minds Youth Contest Awards Ceremony This year’s theme for the Creative Minds Youth Contest is Challenging Stereotypes: Embracing Uniqueness in Today’s World. The contest is organized by the Intercultural Dialogue Institute (IDI) and local school boards within the Greater Toronto Area (GTA).
    May 29, 2019
  • Celebrating our Students’ Love of Reading Durham District School Board (DDSB) celebrates literacy, Canadian authors and kids reading at the 19th Annual Durham Forest of Reading Celebration On May 13, approximately 1000 students from the DDSB and Catholic District School Board (DCDSB) attended the Ontario Library Association (OLA) Forest of Reading Celebration at Ontario Tech University (formerly UOIT). The event capped off a year’s worth of reading, as students from Kindergarten to Grade 8 pledged to read 10 books and then vote for their favourites.
    May 29, 2019
  • Love Builds Brains By Marissa Campbell Durham District School Board (DDSB) examines the role of connecting versus correcting as a key indicator of student success On May 14, Dr. Jean Clinton, Clinical Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences at McMaster University visited the Education Centre to discuss the crucial role relationship and connection play in student success.
    May 28, 2019
  • Asking the Right Questions By Marissa Campbell Durham District School Board (DDSB) challenges students to improve the living conditions of everyone today without compromising our shared future On May 10, DDSB students attended the 2019 Secondary STEM Challenge and spent a full day exploring themes in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) to solve a variety of problems related to the UN Sustainable Development Goals of 2030. Keynote speaker Henry Fung, a Master's graduate from Ontario Tech University, (formerly UOIT) spoke about the relationship between sustainability and engineering.
    May 28, 2019
  • Creating a Sense of Inclusion and Diversity at School Applecroft Public School hosts its first ever Diversity Day “The most important thing we want is for our students to feel safe and included at school,” says Janet Robinson, Vice-Principal of Applecroft Public School in Ajax. Robinson led the charge in organizing the school’s first ever Diversity Day with the help of Principal Ryan Pittman, staff, and students.
    May 23, 2019
  • Dunbarton High School Hosts DDSB’s Annual Poetry SLAM Students battle it out at the 5th Annual Poetry SLAM On May 2nd students from across Durham gathered for the Durham District School Board’s (DDSB) 5th Annual Poetry SLAM.   Ajax HS, Dunbarton HS, GL Roberts CVI, O’Neill CVI, and Pickering High School all brought teams and fans to compete for the coveted Poetry SLAM trophy.
    May 22, 2019
  • Women Supporting Women Anderson CVI hosts 2nd Annual Girls Night In event on May 2nd “It’s incredible seeing female students, staff, and community partners come together to lift each other up,” says Dawn White, Vice-Principal of Anderson Collegiate Vocational Institute (CVI). This is the second year that White and the Anderson CVI Senior Student Ambassadors have organized a Girls Night In event.
    May 22, 2019
  • Making the Uncomfortable Comfortable By Marissa Campbell Durham District School Board (DDSB) hosts the first ever Caring for our Mental Health: Secondary Student's Mental Health Symposium On May 8, the Student Senate and Well-Being Working Group, in collaboration with the Safe Schools, Mental Health and Well-Being department, held the first ever Secondary Student's Mental Health Symposium. The event invited teacher supervisors and teams of high school students from across the region to help make the uncomfortable comfortable by creating awareness and reducing stigma around mental health.
    May 14, 2019
  • Students Tackle Real-World Issues DDSB elementary students participate in the Sustainable STEM Olympics This past April Durham District School Board (DDSB) elementary students in Grades 4-8 participated in an innovative event called the Sustainable Science Technology Engineering and Math (STEM) Olympics. The Grade 4-6 students competed amongst each other first, with the Grade 7 and 8 students competing later in the month.
    May 14, 2019
  • Finding Connection Between the Past and the Present DDSB students dive into Canadian history at the Durham Region Heritage Fair “The ability to share their learning and engage their voice about a topic or person of interest is so important,” says Lauri Geuzebroek, Social Studies Facilitator at the Durham District School Board (DDSB) and one of the organizers of the Durham Region Heritage Fair. The Adjudication Process The Durham Region Heritage Fair is an annual event that allows DDSB and Durham Catholic District School Board (DCDSB) students to research and uncover information about a person, place, or event in Canadian history.
    May 09, 2019

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