Rainbow Schools Annual Report 2019-2020
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2019-2020 Annual Report 3 Trustees School closures 3 Executive Council and reopenings 4 Message from the Chair 5 Message from the Director September 8, 2020 Schools reopen for the 2020-2021 school year 6 Small Schools. Big Hearts. with enhanced health and safety protocols. Spreading kindness during a global pandemic. September 1, 2020 8 Reaching minds. Three days of professional learning begin, 8 Provide authentic and including a full day on health and safety protocols. engaging learning opportunities 10 Set high expectations and August 20, 2020 create excitement for learning Staggered starts are announced to ease the transition for staff, students and families. 12 Support students to reach their potential August 12, 2020 14 Foster 21st century skills Parents/guardians invited to confirm whether and competencies their children will attend school in person or online. 16 Deepen literacy and numeracy skills August 11, 2020 18 Touching hearts. Rainbow District School Board unveils its Reopening Guide for Rainbow Schools. 18 Nurture physical, mental, social and emotional well-being July 30, 2020 20 Forge strong relationships The Ministry of Education releases its and build resiliency Guide to Reopening Ontario’s Schools. 22 Honour diversity and enhance cultural understanding June 22, 2020 24 Value student, staff, parent/ Rainbow District School Board invites students and guardian and partner voice families to complete an online survey on distance 26 Celebrate student, staff, learning, school reopening and mental health. school and system success Vision May 20, 2020 28 Budget 2020-2021 We are leaders in learning, Schools in Ontario remain closed 32 The dawn of a new era in the inspiring success for the rest of the school year. revitalization of Rainbow Schools for all students by reaching minds 34 NOSSA Winners | OFSSA Winners and touching hearts. April 27, 2020 Schools in Ontario remain closed 35 Scholarship Winners until May 31, 2020, and possibly longer. 38 Ontario Scholars April 6, 2020 39 Directory Rainbow District School Board launches Mission teacher-led distance learning. We bring learning to life, April 1, 2020 enabling students Schools in Ontario remain closed to fulfill their aspirations. until May 4, 2020, and possibly longer. March 26, 2020 Students in Rainbow Schools continue to learn at home, on their own, with teacher guidance and with family support. March 20, 2020 Strategic Directions is available online Values The Ministry of Education cancels all EQAO at rainbowschools.ca. Click on About Us. Honesty | Respect | Empathy assessments for the 2019–2020 school year. Responsibility | Integrity Courtesy | Resilience School boards in Ontario are required to produce an Acceptance | Courage March 13, 2020 Annual Report in accordance with The Education Act. Co-operation The Ministry of Education orders schools in Ontario to close from March 14, 2020 to April 5, 2020 This Annual Report provides highlights of in order to contain the spread of the coronavirus. Rainbow District School Board’s key activities during the 2019-2020 school year. It also offers an overview of the 2020-2021 budget. Due to school closures, there were no EQAO assessments in the 2019-2020 school year. Trustees – Your Voice at the Board Executive Council Doreen Dewar Dena Morrison Norm Blaseg Dennis Bazinet Board Chair Board Vice-Chair Director of Education Superintendent of Business 705.682.9449 705.560.8294 Sudbury, Area 5 Sudbury, Area 4 Alexander Public School Barrydowne College Algonquin Road Public School C.R. Judd Public School MacLeod Public School Churchill Public School R.L. Beattie Public School Cyril Varney Public School Cecil Facer Secondary School Markstay Public School Lockerby Composite School Monetville Public School Lo-Ellen Park Secondary School Northeastern Elementary School Bruce Bourget Judy Noble Westmount Avenue Public School Superintendent of Schools Superintendent of Schools Lasalle Secondary School Kathy Wachnuk Bob Clement Linda Debassige Anita Gibson Judy Hunda Superintendent of Schools 705.869.2235 705.210.9985 705.929.7842 705.507.4332 • Trustee Doreen Dewar was acclaimed Espanola, Area 8 First Nations Sudbury, Area 2 Sudbury, Area 6 Chair of the Board in December 2019. A.B. Ellis Public School Atikameksheng Anishnawbek Lansdowne Public School Adamsdale Public School S. Geiger Public School Aundeck Omni Kaning First Nation Larchwood Public School Carl A. Nesbitt Public School • Trustee Dena Morrison was acclaimed Espanola High School Dokis First Nation Levack Public School Ernie Checkeris Public School M’Chigeeng First Nation Chelmsford Valley District Queen Elizabeth II Public School Vice-Chair of the Board in December 2019. Sagamok Anishnawbek Composite School Sudbury Secondary School Sheguiandah First Nation • Trustee Doreen Dewar served as Sheshegwaning First Nation Chair of the Board until December 2019. Wahnapitae First Nation Whitefish River First Nation • Trustee Dena Morrison served as Zhiibaahaasing First Nation Vice-Chair of the Board until December 2019. Judy Kosmerly Kerrie St. Jean Margaret Stringer Ava Lafrance 705.897.1603 705.525.8684 705.348.0411 Student Trustee Confederation Secondary School Sudbury, Area 3 Sudbury, Area 1 Manitoulin, Area 7 Redwood Acres Public School Copper Cliff Public School Assiginack Public School Valley View Public School Jean Hanson Public School Central Manitoulin Public School Confederation Secondary School Princess Anne Public School Charles C. McLean Public School R.H. Murray Public School Little Current Public School Walden Public School Manitoulin Secondary School Lively District Secondary School Rainbow Schools | Annual Report 2019-2020 3 Vision We are leaders in learning, inspiring success for all students by reaching minds and touching hearts. Learning together, even while safely apart On behalf of Rainbow activities from cancer drives, emotional – much like the traditional District School Board to support for fitness for seniors, classroom setting. Trustees, it is a pleasure to the collection of canned goods As spring gave way to summer, the to present this Annual for families in need. Province announced the reopening of Report to the Premier of Ontario, It changed on March 13, 2020 schools for the 2020-2021 school year. the Minister of Education, our when the Province of Ontario With the Guide to Reopening Ontario’s students, staff, parents/guardians and ordered schools to close in response Schools as a starting point, staff community stakeholders. to COVID-19. While the many worked with Public Health Sudbury & There was school life before culminating activities that occur in Districts to develop health and safety the pandemic. It manifested itself the spring suddenly stopped, school protocols to keep everyone safe. in classrooms across Sudbury, life carried on. When Rainbow Schools reopened Espanola and Manitoulin where the Living rooms and dining rooms amidst the backdrop of a global curriculum combined with character became makeshift classrooms pandemic, school staff joined the development to inspire students to and gymnasiums as students and ranks of frontline workers. Once again, achieve their full potential. staff settled into learning together they demonstrated their commitment It also presented itself in while safely apart. Staff connected to the children and young adults in professional learning, where with students in meaningful ways, their care. administrators, educators and building positive relationships and I am proud of our students, support staff came together to learn providing a strong circle of care. parents/guardians and staff for their about truth and reconciliation, and to In the process, our focus tremendous resilience. Just like there refine school improvement plans as shifted from student achievement was school life before the pandemic, the foundation for student success. and well-being to student well- there will be school life after the The vibrancy and vitality of being and achievement as we pandemic. The interlude in between school life extended beyond the continued to nurture all aspects has been another opportunity to build regular school day, to athletics, clubs, of each student’s overall health life skills that will serve us well now and concerts, plays and fundraising - physical, mental, social and into the future. Doreen Dewar, Chair Rainbow District School Board 4 Rainbow Schools | Annual Report 2019-2020 Mission We bring learning to life, enabling students to fulfill their aspirations. Reading, Writing, Arithmetic and Resilience The 2019-2020 school science, needed to be reimagined maintained continuity in education, year began like any and repurposed. Within two weeks, more importantly, we showed other and ended like Rainbow District School Board students that they were not alone. no other. In the midst shifted from in person learning to The stories in this Annual Report of unprecedented school closures, online learning, ensuring continuity commemorate our collective spirit stories of tremendous resilience of education from Kindergarten to and remind us that resilience is as emerged as students and staff Grade 12. important as reading, writing and adjusted to a new way of living and The 2019-2020 Annual Report, arithmetic. With the safe reopening learning brought on by COVID-19. therefore, is a special edition. of Rainbow Schools, we continue to Administrators, teachers, support It not only marks a significant nurture student success in person staff, students and families, who moment in world history here at and online as the