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Dear Parents/Guardians, 
I am writing today to provide you with a few updates about report cards, the retrieval of student belongings from schools and summer programs being offered for secondary students. We hope that you will find these updates helpful as we enter the final month of the school year. 
Report Cards
With the ongoing closure of schools, the way that we deliver report cards to students will be changing and we are currently looking into the...
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Tyler West from Brock High School is awarded the largest Canadian STEM scholarship
Durham District School Board (DDSB) is proud to announce that our Student Trustee Tyler West has been awarded the Schulich Leader Scholarship, as he enters the Mechatronics Engineering Program at the University of Waterloo, this fall. West currently attends Brock High School in Cannington and he is the first student from the school to receive this honour.
“It felt...
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COVID-19: DDSB Updates, Community Connections and FAQ's As of April 26th, the Ministry of Education announced that all publicly funded schools in Ontario, including the Durham District School Board will remain closed until May 31, 2020, in order to help stop the spread of COVID-19.

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An inspiring DDSB student is volunteering to help make frontline workers more comfortable and safe
A Durham District School Board (DDSB) student has decided to give back and help her community by supporting frontline workers during the pandemic, in a small but mighty way.
“I want to get involved with my community and I feel like this is the best way to do it. Even in rough times, you need to be able to help your community out, no matter who they are. We can get...
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Administered and awarded through the Ontario Public School Boards’ Association (OPSBA), this $1,000 scholarship is for students of strong character, who care deeply about their communities and furthering their own learning.
Key considerations OPSBA will look for are: community involvement, volunteering experience, extra-curricular activities, and the initiative to problem-solve. Applications should be accompanied by two letters of reference and are due by May 29th.
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