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Halton Catholic District School Board (HCDSB) Catholic (Separate) English School Board Board office location 802 Drury Lane, Burlington, ON, L7R 2Y2, Canada Communities served Milton, Ontario, Oakville, Ontario, Burlington, Ontario, Georgetown, Ontario Number of schools 40 Elementary
8 Secondary
2 Adult Learning Centers
2 Business CentersSeptember through June budget (CAD $ millions) $300.9 Number of students Over 29,000 Chair of the Board Paul McMahon Director of Education Michael Pautler http://www.hcdsb.org/ The Halton Catholic District School Board has its headquarters in Burlington, Ontario, Canada.
The Halton Catholic District School Board is the Catholic (Separate) English, English language school board for the region.
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History
The Halton Catholic District School Board traces its roots back to 1856 when the founder Robin Smith and Father Morgan Rex-Ryan founded St. Mary’s School – the first Catholic elementary school in Oakville to establish education programs for Catholic children in the town of Oakville. The Oakville Separate School Board was formally established in 1856. Over the next 102 years, other school boards were established in Halton and by 1958, there were four municipal school boards:
- Burlington
- Oakville
- Georgetown
- Milton
These amalgamated into the single regional structure called the Halton Roman Catholic Separate School Board, which officially emerged on January 1, 1969, as a result of provincial legislation that mandated the consolidation of school boards throughout Ontario. In the years following amalgamation, the Board witnessed, not only the physical growth of its English language schools, but also the development of French language schools, and the eventual establishment of a French Language Section of the Board to govern the three French first language schools in 1986. The amalgamation of the four municipal school boards into one regional structure also opened the school system to special needs students, and as a result the Special Education Department was created. This was formalized in 1980, when Bill 82 was enacted, ensuring that school boards were to provide Special Education programs and services for all exceptional students. In the late 1970s, the school board ventured into the area of secondary education, and assisted by the legislative provision for full funding to Ontario's Catholic secondary schools in 1986, established six secondary schools:
- Assumption Secondary (1977)
- St. Ignatius of Loyola Secondary (1982)
- Bishop P. F. Reding Secondary (1986)
- Notre Dame Secondary (1989)
- St. Thomas Aquinas Secondary (1990)
- Christ the King Secondary (2002)
- Holy Trinity Secondary (2002)
- Corpus Christi Secondary (2008)
In 1986, the new department of Continuing Education Services was created, which first operated out of a portable classroom at the Board's Drury Lane Catholic Education Centre. Over the same years, the Board dealt with unprecedented growth, particularly in the southern half of Halton Region, increased demands on the education system and numerous changes in the education field itself. In 1998, under the Ministry of Education's restructuring of school boards province-wide, the Halton Roman Catholic Separate School Board became the Halton Catholic District School Board. For more historical information about our Board, please refer to The Halton Catholic District School Board: A 25th Anniversary Perspective.
About the Board
The Halton Catholic District School Board is a model learning community, widely recognized as distinctively Catholic, that provides exceptional educational experiences and services to over 29,000 students of all ages. God’s call to love and to serve is nurtured in staff and students in 50 school sites serving the communities of Burlington, Halton Hills, Milton, and Oakville. As a provincial leader in student achievement in literacy and numeracy, as well as Special Education, the Board is an exciting and dynamic place to learn, work, and grow.
Board Vision Statement
The Halton Catholic District School Board is a model learning community, widely recognized as distinctively Catholic, providing exceptional education, while nurturing the call to love and serve as a people of faith, living out God's plan.
This new Vision Statement, which was adopted in September 2009, serves as the foundation in providing direction and purpose for the development and implementation of our Board’s Strategic Planning and Renewal process. This process has initiated the engagement and active participation of all of the Board's community partners, as our Catholic school community renews its collective commitment to the Board's Mission and Vision of Catholic education.
Mission Statement
The Halton Catholic District School Board, in partnership with home and Church, is dedicated to providing excellence in Catholic education by developing Christ-centred individuals enabled to transform society.
Governing Values
At the Halton Catholic District School Board we know that:
- our school community exists to foster and exemplify Catholic values;
- the education of our students is a necessary investment in society;
- education is a lifelong process that fosters the worth of the individual;
- education is a process involving a partnership of students, home, school, Church and community;
- the education of everyone toward their fullest potential creates a better future;
- an effective learning environment fosters in each student a sense of unique value, self-esteem and importance to society;
- dedicated teachers and staff ensure a positive and caring learning environment enabling students to reach their full potential;
- the ability to understand, manage and direct change is essential to success; and
- we are accountable to the community for the effective management of our resources.
Catholic schools have been educating students in mind, body and spirit in Ontario for nearly 170 years. Catholic education has been the foundation for millions of students to develop their full spiritual, academic, physical and social potential.
Senior Staff
Name Title Department / Additional Title Area of Schools (if applicable) Michael W. Pautler Director of Education Secretary of the Board n/a Giacomo A. Corbacio Superintendent Facility Management Services n/a Jacqueline Herman Superintendent of Education School Effectiveness St. Thomas Aquinas and Associate Schools John Langill Superintendent of Education Lead - School Services Assumption, Notre Dame and Associate Schools Rick MacDonald Superintendent of Education Curriculum Services n/a Fiammetta Mazzetti Superintendent of Education School Services Bishop P. F. Reding, St. Ignatius of Loyola and Associate Schools, and Continuing Education Paul McMahon Superintendent & Treasurer of the Board Business Services n/a Joe O'Hara Executive Officer Human Resources Services n/a Suzanne Rossini Superintendent of Education Special Education Services n/a James Rowles Superintendent of Education School Services Christ the King, Holy Trinity and Associate Schools Mary Tessari Superintendent of Education Staff Development Corpus Christi and Associate Schools Schools
Elementary
- Ascension Catholic School
- Canadian Martyrs Catholic School
- Holy Cross (has French Immersion)
- Holy Family Catholic School
- Holy Rosary Catholic School (Burlington)
- Holy Rosary Catholic School (Milton)
- Mother Teresa Catholic School
- Our Lady of Peace Catholic School
- Our Lady of Victory Catholic School
- Pope John Paul II Catholic School
- Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic Elementary School
- Guardian Angels Catholic School
- St. Andrew Catholic Elementary School
- St. Bernadette Catholic Elementary School
- St. Brigid
- St. Catherine of Alexandria
- St. Dominic Catholic Elementary School
- St. Elizabeth Seton Catholic Elementary School
- St. Gabriel Catholic Elementary School
- St. Francis of Assisi
- St. James Catholic Elementary School
- St. Joan of Arc Catholic Elementary School
- St. John Catholic Elementary School
- St. Joseph Catholic Elementary School
- St. Luke Catholic Elementary School
- St. Marguerite d'Youville Catholic Elementary School, Oakville
- St. Mark Catholic Elementary School
- St. Matthew Catholic Elementary School
- St. Michael Catholic Elementary School
- St. Patrick Catholic Elementary School
- St. Paul Catholic Elementary School
- St. Raphael Catholic Elementary School
- St. Timothy Catholic Elementary School
- St. Vincent Catholic Elementary School
Secondary
- Assumption Catholic Secondary School, Burlington
- Bishop Paul Francis Reding Secondary School, Milton
- Christ the King Catholic Secondary School, Georgetown
- Holy Trinity Catholic Secondary School, Oakville
- Notre Dame Catholic Secondary School, Burlington
- St. Ignatius of Loyola Secondary School, Oakville
- St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Secondary School, Oakville
- Corpus Christi Catholic Secondary School Burlington
See also
External links
Categories:- Ontario school stubs
- Roman Catholic school districts in Ontario
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