Thanks to everyone who participated with our annual Santa Cause Event.

Dunbarton had another successful year raising $10,641.00 in cash, food, new items of toys, books and clothing.

Our school has consistently been one of the largest contributors to the Salvation Army at Christmas and this success is due to a unique partnership between students, staff and members of the community.

WAY TO GO DUNBARTON!  We are a school that cares.

SPECIAL THANKS TO:

DHS Councils who participated with great events

Mrs. Campbell's Swim Relay

Mr. Reeson's Hockey Game

Mr. Heyes & Mr. Deighan's Basketball Game

Congratulations to our Suzuki Camp Winners - Caleb Fryer, Rishawn Dindial, Megan Dickson and Charvel Rappos!

We are thrilled to announce a team of our students has been chosen to participate in the first-ever Camp Suzuki leadership training program.  The inaugural camp training will focus on developing projects in communities surrounding the Rouge River watershed. Megan, Rishawn, Charvel and Caleb submitted a proposal and were selected from among 50 applicant teams. This will be an amazing opportunity for them to meet with other environmentally-conscious students and also staff from the Suzuki Foundation who will provide strategic guidance, project planning support, public recognition and ongoing mentorship to each participating community team.  For more information on this project, please follow this link.  

PSB Dance Academy and Dunbarton High School formed a partnership in September 2010 to provide an opportunity for local students in Grades 9 through 12 to strike a balance between studying academic subjects and training for a career in dance.

Now students in Durham and the GTA are offered a balanced academic/dance training program, modeled from similar programs offered by the Quinte School of Ballet in Belleville, Ontario and the Alberta Ballet School. Students who are passionate about dance and dream of a professional dance career can attend Dunbarton High School during the day and take dance training in the afternoon and evening. This partnership enables dancers to pursue excellence in their dance training without sacrificing their academic goals, while living at home with their own families within their own community.

Entrance into this combined ballet and academic program is by audition only. The program is limited to 15 to 20 students.

PSB Dance Academy is located at 91 Rylander Blvd, Scarborough, On, M1B 5M5, 416-284-6784.  Please click on the link for further information.

Students in Ms. Brown's classes worked on the Project of Heart this semester in memory of the Aboriginal children who did not survive the Residential School system. They completed over 900 tiles representing 50% of our school population, which is the same percentage of children who died as a result of attending Residential Schools in Canada. These files will become part of an installation at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights in Winnipeg. Upon completion of the tiles, students were given the opportunity to hear Andrew Wesley (a Residential School survivor) speak, which was very moving. They also signed petitions and sent postcards to Stephen Harper declaring their concerns over current day injustices toward Canada's First Nations people.