Director of Education Debra Rantz with students at the kickoff for the Special Olympics Provincial School Championship which will be held in Kingston in June 2020.
Director’s Message
I am delighted to share some of the key areas of student achievement and well-being in the 2018-2019 Limestone District School Board Director’s Annual Report, including progress on our multi-year strategic plan focused on Wellness, Innovation and Collaboration.
Relationships are at the heart of effective classrooms and schools. By working together, using our strategic plan as their road map, our students and staff are moving closer to realizing our vision to foster engaging and innovative learning where everyone achieves success and well-being.
Board Chair Suzanne Ruttan.
Chair’s Message
It has been another year of change and growth within the Limestone District School Board. I am pleased to report that the new Limestone District School Board of Trustees ended the first year of our four-year term with many achievements and successes.
In addition to welcoming new trustees, we also welcomed a new provincial government. Trustees spent a considerable part of the new school year reviewing policies and procedures, and hearing about the impact of changes to funding, curriculum, and other ministry directives from Board staff.
Elementary students participate in food education programming with community partner Loving Spoonful.
Our Strategic Priorities
School boards in Ontario are required to develop a Multi-Year Strategic Plan (MYSP) that outlines the Board’s strategic goals, progress that has been made against these goals in the previous school year, and actions the Board is taking in those strategic priority areas where goals are not being met.
The Limestone District School Board Strategic Plan 2017-2022 is anchored by three pillars – Wellness, Innovation and Collaboration.
The Count on Me math and robotics summer program provides targeted strategies for students to master proportional reasoning and metal math strategies.
Snapshot of Ministry Directives
As part of the Director’s Annual Report for the 2018-2019 school year, school boards are required to report on our Board Improvement Plan goals for improving fundamental math skills, promoting student pathways planning and supports, and in creating equitable schools and classrooms for the 2018-2019 school year.
About Our District
The Limestone District School Board offers elementary and secondary students an education that is enriched with diverse program choices and activities to complement curriculum requirements while supporting achievement, well-being and the overall success of every student.
The Board’s district serves more than 19,000 students across 55 schools and 5 alternative education centres covering a geographic area of 7,719 square kilometres across the City of Kingston, the Townships of Central Frontenac, North Frontenac, South Frontenac, Addington Highlands, Loyalist, Stone Mills, the Frontenac Islands and the Town of Greater Napanee.
Education Quality and Accountability Office (EQAO)
The Education Quality and Accountability Office, or EQAO, ensures greater accountability and better quality in Ontario’s publicly funded school system. An arm’s-length agency of the provincial government, EQAO provides parents, teachers and the public with accurate and reliable information about student achievement. Schools routinely consider EQAO data along with other information to support student success. Students in all publicly-funded schools in Ontario are required to write the provincial EQAO assessments of Reading, Writing and Mathematics in Grades 3 and 6, while students who take Grade 9 Applied or Academic Mathematics are required to write the provincial assessment at the end of their semester of study. The Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test (OSSLT) measures whether or not students are meeting the minimum standard for literacy across all subjects up to the end of Grade 9. Successful completion of the literacy test is one of the requirements to earn an Ontario Secondary School Diploma. Results are highlighted in the graphs below.
Grade 10 Ontario Secondary School Literacy Tests
Grade 9 Mathematics
Grade 6 Reading/Writing/Mathematics
Grade 3 Reading/Writing/Mathematics
To see the 2017-2018 report, please click here.