Parents' Corner
- General School Information
- Student Learning
- Commit to Character
- Code of Conduct
- Child Safety
- Technology Use Guidelines
- Health & Wellness
- Protocols & Procedures
- Student Personal Information
- Safe & Healthy Schools
- Kindergarten
- Parent Resources
- Commit to Character
- School Councils
- Parent Involvement Committee
- Attendance Counsellors
- Secondary School Course Selection
- Parent eBulletin
- Circle of Learning Conference
Parent Resources
A range of web site links are included here to provide parents with information as they support children in the educational process.
Parent Engagement
Planning Parent Engagement: A Guidebook for Parents and Schools (PDF)
This guidebook, produced by the Council of Ontario Directors of Education (CODE), provides examples of useful exercises and techniques to help increase parental engagement and support.
Parent Tool Kit: What parents can do to help their child succeed in school (PDF)
This tool kit, also produced by CODE, provides ideas for families to use as they support learning at school and at home.
Parents Reaching Out Grants
Ontario's Parents Reaching Out grants encourage parent engagement at the local, regional and provincial levels. There are two types of grants: School councils can apply for Parents Reaching Out Grants for Schools; Parent organizations, Parent Involvement Committees (PICs), school boards, non-profit organizations and postsecondary institutions can apply for Parents Reaching Out Grants for Regional/Provincial Projects. For grant application information, please click here: http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/parents/reaching.html.
Effective Parenting Course
Parents as Partners, a program of the Adult and Continuing Education Division of the SCDSB offers Effective Parenting, Cool Solutions, Triple P and many other topical workshop programs for parents during the school year. For more information or to register, please click here.
Child, Youth and Family Services Coalition
The SCDSB is a founding member of the Child, Youth and Family Services Coalition - a countywide alliance of organizations providing services to children, youth and their families in Simcoe County. Click here to access a service guide that helps locate community services to support children and youth who have exhibited behavioural issues.
Student Resources (also listed within Student Street web section)
E-Learning Information and Resources
Tools to Assist School Work
SCDSB Policy 4106 - Homework, Homework Help, Ask a Teacher Learning Resources and more!
Technology Use Guidelines
These guidelines define responsibilities for the safe and acceptable use of the computing and information technology facilities and resources in the SCDSB.
Student Guest Wireless Network - Terms and Conditions (PDF)
Report Cards
Elementary
Elementary school progress reports are sent home in November with a focus on learning skills. Report cards are sent home in February and June. In addition, student/teacher/parent conferences are held in the fall.
Secondary
Secondary school progress reports are provided in October and March just prior to student/teacher/parent conferences, with midterm reports in November and April and final reports prepared in February and July. Non-semestered courses are reported on each school term.
Protection of Privacy and Access to Information
For information about the collection, use and disclosure of student personal information, please review the student agenda insert (see page 21) or click here to see the PDF version. Additional information can be found on the Access & Privacy section of this website.