April 24, 2019 Attention: The Honourable Lisa Thompson, Minister of Education: On behalf of the Near North District School Board we are writing to express our disappointment with the proposed changes that form part of Ontario’s new vision of “Education that Works for You”.  As provincial education partners, we recognize the government’s commitment to fiscal responsibility. […]

The Near North District School Board will be offering a French Immersion Program in Parry Sound beginning September 1, 2019.  During the month of February 2019, the NNDSB will be seeking feedback and input from the Parry Sound area communities, including our parents and guardians with respect to the establishment on a French Immersion program […]

The 2017/2018 Director’s Annual Report was presented to the Board of Trustees at the December 18, 2018 Regular Board Meeting in accordance with the requirements of the Education Act.  The Education Act, 1990 stipulates that a Director’s Annual Report must be prepared and presented to the Board of Trustees at the first regular meeting in […]

All Near North Schools are situated on the traditional territories of the Anishinaabe. We value the cultures, histories and relationships with Indigenous Peoples of Turtle Island (North America). Our commitment and focus on truth and reconciliation is incorporated into learning activities that take place throughout the year and support cross curricular learning in our schools. […]

Canada remembers Canada’s  Hundred Days and the First World War Armistice In many ways, Canada’s military efforts over the years can be seen as a “road to peace.”  2018 marks the centennial of “Canada’s Hundred Days”—the series of impressive battlefield victories by the Canadian Corps over the last three months of the First World War.  […]

The following persons have been elected/acclaimed to the Board of Trustees for the Near North District School Board: Zone 1 (4 Representatives) Jay Aspin Donna Breault Louise Sargent Bill Steer Zone 2 (1 Representative) Greg Barnes Zone 3 (1 Representative) Rob Learn Zone 4 (1 Representative) John Cochrane Zone 5 (1 Representative) Al Bottomley Nipissing […]

The students in the Grade 11/12 Theatre Production Class at Almaguin Highlands Secondary School (“AHSS”) will be featured in a docu-drama created as part of Cogeco’s YourTV Remembrance Day programming.  Marking the 100 years since the Halifax harbour explosion in 1917, AHSS students researched, wrote and performed the play, “Halifax:1917”, last year. The play was written to […]