The shift from elementary to secondary is an important transition for students and KPDSB staff from both panels worked together to ensure a positive transition to grade 9 for all students. Developmentally, this age is challenging, students are impressionable and supports such as strengthening positive peer relationships, getting to know the caring adults and knowing […]
Lillian Berg Public School was honoured to learn that the Grade 7/8 Class of 2020-21 would be awarded the Spirt Bear Award by the First Nations Child & Family Caring Society of Canada. The awards honoured the work of four groups of youth across Canada who are demonstrating reconciliation in action to ensure First Nations, […]
We are proud to have all KPDSB schools registered as Downie Wenjack Legacy Schools. In fact, Crolancia Public School in Pickle Lake was the first legacy school in Canada! The Legacy Schools program is a national initiative to engage, empower and connect students and educators to further reconciliation through awareness, education and action (#reconciliACTION). Secret […]
In May of 2021, Emma Gardner, Indigenous Student Trustees, worked closely with Board staff and community partners to offer a variety of sessions to students attending Dryden High School and Red Lake District High School on the topic of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls. A total of four different sessions were offered in […]
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KPDSB schools participated in the first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. Below you will find examples of the work done in our schools to recognize this important day. Kenora Area Beaver Brae Secondary School – Students and staff participated in various activities and events for a full week of learning, support and movement towards […]
In February 2021, KPDSB began its rollout of substituting all ENG3U classes with NBE3U. The NBE3U curriculum, English: Understanding Contemporary First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Voices, Grade 11, will support all learners in various ways. While the curriculum remains focused on building essential English skills, it also emphasizes FNMI perspectives, voices, and ways of learning. […]
The KPDSB is a system that is committed to ongoing learning and demonstrating through our actions that Truth and Reconciliation guide the work that we do every day for our students, their families and our communities. In the fall of 2021, KPDSB Trustees passed a motion to induct a new policy and procedure entitled Indigenous […]
We are pleased to announce that Michelle Parrish, Principal of Golden Learning Centre Public School in Balmertown, and Cheri Grandbois, Early Childhood Educator at Valleyview Public School in Kenora, are recipients of 2021 Prime Minister’s Achievement Awards. Parrish is one of 15 educators across Canada to receive a 2021 Prime Minister’s Teaching Excellence in STEM […]
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Students and KPDSB coaches returned to sport in the Fall of 2021 with guidance from public health. Students are now participating in intramurals, clubs and competitive sports in their school and in regional sport leagues. Athletic Directors, community partners, athletic organizations worked together to develop protocols and guidelines to minimize the risks of COVID-19 in […]
The Keewatin-Patricia District School Board (KPDSB) encourages its staff to use restorative practices. Using restorative practices includes informal and formal processes that proactively build positive relationships in the community to prevent conflicts and wrongdoings. In the spring, 574 KP staff – including admin assistants, educational assistants, early childhood educators, teachers, and administrators – participated in […]
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