General Information
Our Mission
We educate our students to excel in learning, to succeed in life and to enrich our communities.
Our Motto
Educating for Success!
Our Vision
We are a dynamic and responsive educational community that inspires joy in learning, excellence in teaching, and the development of character. We respect the diversity and uniqueness of all learners, employees and community members. We create pathways for success in life.
Where is the Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board?
The Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board takes in the regions of the previous Peterborough County Board of Education and the Northumberland-Clarington Board of Education and covers almost 7,000 square kilometres. We serve the communities located in the Kawarthas to the north, and south to Lake Ontario. Hastings County is our eastern border and our western border extends to the City of Kawartha Lakes and to the edge of the City of Oshawa.
The Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board has 82 elementary schools, 16 secondary schools and four adult learning centres to serve its urban and rural communities.
- Most northerly school: Apsley Central Public School, Apsley
- Most easterly school: Stockdale Public School, Stockdale
- Most westerly school: S.T. Worden Public School, Courtice
How Many Students Attend Our Schools?
For the 2007/08 school year, we are expecting approximately:
- 35 491 students (22 166 elementary, 13 325 secondary)
- 4 385 of these students receive special education services (2 043 elementary, 2 342 secondary)
- approximately 23 000 students are bused to school every day on 500 different bus routes
How Many People Does The Board Employ?
The Board employs approximately 3,400 employees, including:
- 1,297 elementary teachers
- 784 secondary teachers
- close to 1,400 union and non-union support and administrative staff, including secretaries, custodial and maintenance staff, educational assistants, professional and paraprofessional staff, technicians, principals, vice-principals, supervisors and senior staff
We are also fortunate to receive the assistance of approximately 4,000 volunteers in our school.
The Board is governed by the following:
- 12 trustees, including a First Nations and student trustee.
To assist in our students learning, the Board makes use of:
- 1 million library books and learning materials
- over 8,000 computers
- a wide area network and Internet access at each school
- over 78,000 items in our central Learning Resources Centres collections
- a library resource centre in every school
- French Immersion programs in eight elementary schools; students start the Immersion program in Kindergarten
- Extended French programs in five elementary schools; students start the Extended French program in Grade 5
- a range of special services provided to assist schools and teachers in meeting the needs of our students; these include special education, behavioral, psychological, social work and attendance and counselling services
- instruction in the Ojibwa language in five schools as an optional program available to Native and non-Native students
- school councils in every school; these councils are comprised of parents, staff, students and community members
