2017/2018 WINNIPEG ANNUAL WSD REPORT SCHOOL TO THE DIVISION COMMUNITY ENGAGED, CONFIDENT, INSPIRED AND SUCCESSFUL LEARNERS OUR OUR PURPOSE VISION Winnipeg School Division Is for current and future provides a learning people learning and environment that fosters working within Winnipeg the growth of each School Division to be: student’s potential and Engaged, Confident, provides equitable Inspired, and opportunity to develop Successful Learners. the knowledge, skills, and values necessary for meaningful participation in a global and diverse society. WSD WINNIPEG SCHOOL DIVISION 2 2017/2018 ANNUAL REPORT TO THE COMMUNITY Message from the Chair of the Board The Winnipeg School Division met with founder, Jane Goodall, an divisions to establish initiatives (WSD) Senior Administration and animal-rights activist and scientist. to support Indigenous education, Board of Trustees continues to In February, we celebrated the beginning with a “Native Education work collaboratively to implement opening of the new Ecole Laura Consulting Teacher” in 1979 and new initiatives to strengthen the Secord gymnasium – an accessible adopting an Indigenous Education division’s efforts in numeracy and addition to the school and the Policy in 1996. In the WSD literacy. WSD’s top priority, which is community. Progress is happening, Strategic Priorities, continuously consistent with provincial direction, as well, with the construction of developing indigenous education is to help our students successfully a new school for the division in initiatives is a key strategy. achieve grade-level or above in the northwest corner where we On behalf of the WSD Board literacy and math. Our goal is to do have seen a significant growth in of Trustees, thank you for your this while also ensuring students population. continued support for the initiatives are engaged, confident, inspired On May 30, WSD hosted its that make this school division learners. first Celebration Pow Wow on unique for our community. During the 2017/2018 school the Tec Voc High School grounds year, we celebrate growth and – an amazing event welcoming SHERRI ROLLINS achievement within WSD. In hundreds of students, singers, BOARD CHAIR September, 30 WSD students from dancers and story tellers. WSD is WINNIPEG SCHOOL DIVISION our Roots and Shoots program among the first Canadian school WSD Message from the Chief Superintendent and CEO The annual report to the engaged in the classroom. There is 33,000 students attending school community is a reflection upon also an update on the Swimming in WSD. the activities of the division Counts program, introduced in We are proud to share this and its staff and students from January to teach students how to report to members of our the past year. In these pages, stay safe around waterways and community and encourage you to we have included updates on how to survive until help arrives. learn more about Winnipeg School important projects that align Once more this year, several Division by visiting our website with our strategic plan and are staff from Winnipeg School at winnipegsd.ca. We thank you making a difference in the lives of Division were recognized by the for your support of education and WSD students. These include the Province of Manitoba for their social development for our young WSD Mobile Vision Unit, which is excellence in education. We people. addressing one of the key issues congratulate these educators in literacy – that of proper vision. and all of our staff who contribute PAULINE CLARKE Sight corrections are made to so much to the growth and CHIEF SUPERINTENDENT AND CEO allow students to read and be development of the more than WINNIPEG SCHOOL DIVISION WINNIPEG SCHOOL DIVISION 3 2017/2018 ANNUAL REPORT TO THE COMMUNITY YOUTH FOR SUSTAINABLE LIVING STUDENT LED CONFERENCE A committee of 12 WSD Students played a major role in organizing the first-ever WSD Youth for Sustainable Living conference in May 2018 at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights. Grade 7 to 12 students from across WSD attended, focusing on three thematic pillars of sustainability: Expose (the problem); Empower (the masses); Educate (the people). In addition to workshops ranging from food equity to building solar heaters out of recycled materials, students also heard from keynote speakers LEADING WSD on social justice, economic factors and the environment. THE WAY Keynote speakers included: Senator Marilou McPhedran, a human rights lawyer, professor and activist, appointed as an independent senator in the Parliament of Canada by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in November 2016; Susan Lindsay, a graduate of the University of Manitoba and Climate Change educator; and Sam Anthony and Tristan Schneider, founders of Twin River Travel, a local company that provides accessible, sustainable wilderness experiences. WINNIPEG SCHOOL DIVISION 4 2017/2018 ANNUAL REPORT TO THE COMMUNITY SWIMMING COUNTS! WSD, in partnership with the City of Winnipeg, Canadian Red Cross and the Lifesaving Society of Canada launched a new water safety program in January 2018. The program instruction on staying safe in and around water to the division’s approximately 2,300 Grade 4 students. Grade 4 is considered an ideal time to provide this training, as students have the necessary independence and understanding at this age. Students complete the program, which includes one classroom session and three pool-based sessions, by being able to tread water uninterrupted for one minute, swim 50 meters unassisted and do a forward roll into water. WSD MOBILE VISION UNIT WSD Student Services while another 42 students were identified a tremendous need for referred to specialist for other vision care for the entire student vision interventions. bodies of division schools with A provision of the program is to socioeconomic challenges. A provide prescription eyewear to the group of doctors of optometry, students through direct-billing of working under the direction of third party insurance, employment Sean Sylvester, chief executive income assistance, non-insured officer of the Mobile Vision Care health benefits or donation. As part unit, started doing comprehensive of the mobile vision care program, eye exams for students in October the costs of the eye examinations 2017. By the end of June 2018, are billed directly to Manitoba 4,161 students had comprehensive Health, ensuring the testing is eye exams and 1,662 of those provided at zero cost to the school required prescription eye glasses or the student. WINNIPEG SCHOOL DIVISION 5 2017/2018 ANNUAL REPORT TO THE COMMUNITY INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION PROGRAM WSD Board of Trustees introduced the WSD International Education Program (IEP) in September 2017. The program was quickly embraced by the International community and 24 students registered in the first year in both elementary and high school grades. During its inaugural year, IEP partnered with Canada Homestay Network to = provide host family recruitment and student placement. In addition, IEP partnered with guard.me International for private, comprehensive health insurance. The Winnipeg School Division’s International Education Program is accredited by and proud member of the Canadian Association of Public Schools-International, the Manitoba Council of International Education and EduCanada. WSD CONCUSSION PROTOCOL Winnipeg School Division’s new Concussion Protocol was introduced in December 2017 to aid administrators and staff in the management of students who have sustained a suspected concussion as the result of participating in school and sport activities. The protocol is based on Parachute Canada’s recently published Canadian Guideline on Concussion in Sport. The protocol includes information on the definition of a concussion, possible mechanisms of injury, common signs and symptoms, steps that can be taken to prevent concussions and other injuries, steps to take when a student has suffered a suspected concussion or more serious head injury, return-to-school/ sport strategies and return-to-school/sport medical clearance requirements. WSD uses a standardized medical assessment and clearance letters for clear communication between medical, school, and sport stakeholders. WINNIPEG SCHOOL DIVISION 6 2017/2018 ANNUAL REPORT TO THE COMMUNITY = WSD FOSTERING GROWTH ÉCOLE LAURA SECORD to the existing school via a The Manitoba government SCHOOL OPENS NEW link-way on the south side of provided $5.4 million in support for GYMNASIUM the building. The addition was the project which also features a École Laura Secord School designed to achieve LEED Silver beautiful river pattern on the south officially opened its new designation and has a Power Smart and west walls, and includes a gymnasium in February 2018. Designation. The new construction mosaic of archived architectural The dual track French includes two change rooms, gym drawings of the original school Immersion school in the Wolseley storage, a canteen area and a new building. neighbourhood now has a 11,300 elevator off the lobby, making the sq.ft. gym which is connected addition fully accessible. WINNIPEG SCHOOL DIVISION 7 2017/2018 ANNUAL REPORT TO THE COMMUNITY = NEW SCHOOL BUILDING UNDERWAY The Province of Manitoba LANGUAGE PROGRAMMING confirmed in Spring 2018 that a Winnipeg School Division has existing Ukrainian and Hebrew new school will be built in Winnipeg a vibrant history of providing programs already in place. Cree, School Division at the southeast French immersion and bilingual Ojibwe and Spanish are all now corner of Jefferson and King language programming based available for 2018/2019 students Edward. The school is expected to on community support. Since enrolling in Kindergarten, Grade 1 be open by September 2020. The 2008/2009, French Immersion and Grade 2. new school will serve residents enrolment has increased from Heritage and ancestral in the Waterford Green and 3,353 students to 4,560 in languages are also taught Castlebury Meadows subdivision 2017/2018. WSD is addressing as single subject courses in with a Nursery to Grade 8 school the continued growth in French the following languages and for English and Kindergarten to immersion enrolment with locations: Grade 8 for French.