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Encyclopedia > Durham District School Board
Durham District School Board
Motto "Quality Education Today for Tomorrow"
Chair of Board ...
Type Public
Communities Ajax Brock Clarington Oshawa Pickering Scugog Uxbridge Whitby
Elementary Schools 106
High Schools 23
Number of Students 69,000
Number of Staff 6000
HQ Taunton Rd E Whitby, Ontario L1R 2K6
Country Flag of Canada Canada


The Durham District School Board (DDSB) is a public school board in Ontario, Canada. The DDSB serves most of the Regional Municipality of Durham, except for schools within the Municipality of Clarington, which belongs to the Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board. The Durham District School Board Education Centre (head office) is in Whitby. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Public is of or pertaining to the people; belonging to the people; relating to, or affecting, a nation, state, or community; opposed to private; as, the public treasury, a road or lake. ... For other uses, see Ajax. ... Brock, township in south-central Ontario, in the Regional Municipality of Durham and is part of the Greater Toronto Area. ... The Municipality of Clarington (estimated 2005 population 80,000) is a municipality in Ontario, Canada in the Regional Municipality of Durham. ... Oshawa (estimated 2004 population 150 000; metropolitan population 296 298) is a city on Lake Ontario located approximately 60 km east of downtown Toronto in Ontario, Canada. ... For other uses, see Pickering (disambiguation). ... Scugog, township in south-central Ontario, in the Regional Municipality of Durham in the Greater Toronto Area. ... This article is about the township. ... Whitby (2006 population 111 184) is a town located east of Toronto on the north shore of Lake Ontario, and is the seat of Durham Region, Ontario, Canada. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Motto: Ut Incepit Fidelis Sic Permanet (Latin: Loyal she began, loyal she remains) Capital Toronto Largest city Toronto Official languages English (de facto) Government - Lieutenant-Governor David C. Onley - Premier Dalton McGuinty (Liberal) Federal representation in Canadian Parliament - House seats 106 - Senate seats 24 Confederation July 1, 1867 (1st) Area... Durham Regional Municipality, also called Durham Region (2003 population 525,000), is a regional political area located east of Toronto, Ontario. ... The Municipality of Clarington (estimated 2005 population 80,000) is a municipality in Ontario, Canada in the Regional Municipality of Durham. ... Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board has its headquarters in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada. ... Whitby (2006 population 111 184) is a town located east of Toronto on the north shore of Lake Ontario, and is the seat of Durham Region, Ontario, Canada. ...


The school board has five families of schools (Pickering, Ajax, Whitby, Oshawa, and Brock/Uxbridge/Scugog), each of which has two trustees except Oshawa, which has three. In total the school board has approximately 6000 staff who serve approximately 47,000 elementary and 22,000 secondary school students. For other uses, see Pickering (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Ajax. ... Oshawa (estimated 2004 population 150 000; metropolitan population 296 298) is a city on Lake Ontario located approximately 60 km east of downtown Toronto in Ontario, Canada. ...


A unique program to the Durham District School Board that is running in a number of its secondary schools is called the Culture of Peace Committee, which works on a wide variety of social and humanitarian issues within the schools and in the community. The schools that currently run a Culture of Peace Committee are shown in italics below.


Secondary Schools

Ajax High School is located in Ajax, Ontario within the Durham District School Board. ... Anderson Collegiate Vocational Institute is located in Whitby, Ontario with in the Durham District School Board. ... The front facia of Brock High School Brock High School is a public high school located in Cannington, Ontario. ... Cartwright High School is located in Blackstock, Ontario within the Durham District School Board. ... Dr F J Donevan Collegiate Institute is located in Oshawa, Ontario within the Durham District School Board. ... Donald A. Wilson Secondary School is located in Whitby, Ontario within the Durham District School Board. ... Dunbarton High School is located in Pickering, Ontario within the Durham District School Board. ... Located in Oshawa, Ontario. ... Eastdale Collegiate and Vocational Institute is located in Oshawa, Ontario within the Durham District School Board. ... G L Roberts Collegiate and Vocational Institute is located in Oshawa, Ontario within the Durham District School Board. ... Henry Street High School is located in Whitby, Ontario within the Durham District School Board. ... J Clarke Richardson Collegiate is located in Ajax, Ontario within the Durham District School Board. ... ONeill Collegiate and Vocational Institute is located in Oshawa, Ontario within the Durham District School Board. ... Oshawa Central Collegiate Institute is located in Oshawa, Ontario within the Durham District School Board. ... Pickering High School is located in Ajax, Ontario within the Durham District School Board. ... Pine Ridge Secondary School is located in Pickering, Ontario within the Durham District School Board. ... Port Perry High School is located in Port Perry, Ontario within the Durham District School Board. ... R S McLaughlin Collegiate and Vocational Institute is located in Oshawa, Ontario within the Durham District School Board. ... Sinclair Secondary School Sinclair Secondary School is located in Whitby, Ontario, Canada within the Durham District School Board. ... Uxbridge Secondary School is located in Uxbridge, Ontario within the Durham District School Board. ...

See Also

Durham Catholic District School Board The Durham Catholic District School Board is a school board located in Durham Region, Ontario. ...


External links

  • Durham District School Board
  • Education Canada Network


 
 

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