Norfolk Board of Education
Norfolk Board of Education | |
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Location | |
Nixon, Delhi, Port Dover, Langton, Walsh, Simcoe, Lynedoch, St. Williams
Canada | |
Coordinates | 42°47′43″N 80°18′31″W / 42.795212°N 80.308728°W |
District information | |
Chair of the board | Leon DeWaele |
Schools | 21 |
District ID | NBE |
Students and staff | |
Students | 10000+ |
Other information | |
Website | www.norfolk.edu.on.ca |
The Norfolk Board of Education (NBE) is a former school district in Norfolk County, Ontario, which merged into the Grand Erie District School Board (known as English-language Public District School Board No. 23 until the 1999–2000 school year).
This defunct school board building is located in the hamlet of Hillcrest,
Schools served
Elementary
- Bloomsburg Public School*
- Boston Public School*
- Courtland Public School*
- Delhi Public School*
- Doan's Hollow Public School
- Doverwood Public School
- Elgin Avenue Public School*
- Houghton Public School*
- Langton Public School*
- Nixon Public School
- North Public School
- Port Dover Public School
- Port Rowan Public School*
- Port Ryerse School
- Simcoe Lions School
- South Public School
- Teeterville Public School
- Townsend Central Public School
- Walsingham Public School
- Walsh Public School* (originally known as Walsh Area Public School)
- Waterford Public School - Ada B. Massecar Campus, (W.F. Hewitt Campus closed)
- West Lynn Public School*
* signifies that the school is still active
Secondary
- Delhi District Secondary School
- Simcoe Composite School
- Valley Heights Secondary School
- Waterford District High School
- Port Dover Composite School (no longer active)
Defunct schools
Doan's Hollow Public School
Doan's Hollow Public School is a defunct public
Lynedoch Public School
Lynedoch Public School is a defunct
Nixon Public School
Nixon Public School was an elementary school that was located in Nixon. that started out as a one room schoolhouse in the mid to late 19th century. During the 1950s, the school was moved to a centralized building; both of these buildings were located in the hamlet of Nixon and across the street from each other. The one-room schoolhouse was sold to become a private residence, and Nixon Public School became a centralized school until it was closed in September 2001 due to cutbacks in education spending.[3]
North Public School
North Public School is a defunct
Port Dover Composite School
Port Dover Composite School (PDCS) was a public
PDCS had a well-established theatre arts program which allowed students to take drama in Grades 9 and 10 and then go on to the unique Theatre Co-op Program. This program ran at the community's Lighthouse Festival Theatre and each year culminated in a class-directed and produced production. In 2011, the class performed the play Sticks and Stones. In addition to its drama classes, the school has a long tradition of excellence at the prestigious Sears Drama Festival. In 2010, the school's production of The Insanity of Mary Girard was one of three plays from the district festival at the Lighthouse Theatre to go on to the regional festival in Hamilton. In 2011 the school's play The Chronicles of Jane, Book Seven was also selected to represent the district at the regional festival, again held in Hamilton.[6]
Port Dover Composite School was originally given the option of remaining open until September 2013;[7] although it has been officially declared that this school will be closed by January 31, 2013. Students who have not already transferred to Simcoe Composite School had to become permanent students there for the duration of their high school "career.[7]" Several small groups of Port Dover Composite School students had taken small tours around the Simcoe Composite School campus on November 29, 2012, in order to start the transition from into a high school outside their own community.[8]
Had the traditional Norfolk County high school boundaries been strictly enforced as it been in the past, the students would have filled 78% of the school's total capacity.
In addition, almost all athletic teams have been eliminated in favor of a strictly academic approach to schooling.[10] Traditional favorites like high school football and basketball have been scrapped; with a bye given to opponents who were supposed to play against PDCS this year due to a lack of manpower needed to operate a football or girls' basketball team.[11] Some of the less demanding sports like volleyball (for grades 11 and 12) had been given the authorization to compete by the school's athletics department; with 25% of the students on the team. Absenteeism was virtually non-existent in the final year of school operations.[12]
Due to a declining youth population in the Port Dover area, the school was officially closed on January 31, 2013. Compared to 2001, there are 1800 fewer children and young people living in the vicinity of Port Dover Public School. Academic programs in Valley Heights Secondary School and Delhi District Secondary School have been beefed up; hoping to attract former PDCS students to those schools.[13]
Port Ryerse School
Port Ryerse School is a defunct
Simcoe Lions School
The Simcoe Lions School was operated as a special
South Public School
South Public School is also a defunct elementary school in Simcoe, Ontario, Canada.
St. Williams Public School
St. Williams Public School is a defunct
References
- ^ "Address". 10 10 City. Archived from the original on 2011-07-07. Retrieved 2008-11-05.
- ^ "Doan's Hollow Public School 1938-39". Nornet. Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2008-05-12.
- ^ "Routine matters" (PDF). Brant Haldimand Norfolk Catholic District School Board. 2006-11-28. Retrieved 2009-04-12.
- ^ "Weather statistics for North Public School". Yr.com. Archived from the original on 2018-12-16. Retrieved 2018-12-13.
- ^ Celebrating a new adventure at Lakewood Elementary Archived 2013-12-12 at the Wayback Machine at Grand Erie District School Board
- ^ "Port Dover Composite School continues to show well". The Simcoe Reformer. Archived from the original on 2012-03-10. Retrieved 2011-04-07.
- ^ a b c "Port Dover high school earns reprieve". The Dunnville Chronicle. Archived from the original on 2023-09-08. Retrieved 2012-07-11.
- ^ "Port Dover students get first taste of SCS". The Dunnville Chronicle. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2012-12-02.
- ^ "Worst possible outcome". The Simcoe Reformer. Archived from the original on 2014-06-06. Retrieved 2012-07-26.
- ^ "75 — number of students enrolled at PDCS". Delhi News-Record. Archived from the original on 2015-07-24. Retrieved 2012-08-30.
- ^ "Sabres overcome first-game jitters". The Simcoe Reformer. Archived from the original on 2012-11-15. Retrieved 2012-09-27.
- ^ "Port Dover volleyball team is raring to go". The Simcoe Reformer. Archived from the original on 2012-10-27. Retrieved 2012-09-27.
- ^ "PDCS will close at end of semester". The Simcoe Reformer. Archived from the original on 2013-10-02. Retrieved 2012-10-16.
- ^ "Port Ryerse School 1898". Nornet. Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2008-05-12.
- ^ "Simcoe Lions School operating years". Norfolk Association of Community Living. Archived from the original on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2008-10-24.
- ^ "Ice Cube Participants". Windsor Online. Archived from the original on 2008-12-04. Retrieved 2008-08-19.
External links
- Norfolk Board of Education (Archive)