Message from the Principal

A warm welcome is extended to all students, parents and community members. At St. Davids Public School, we have a tradition of high academic standards and positive school participation and, we as a staff, expect our students to work at their best to achieve their best results in all endeavours. Parental interest, support and participation are encouraged. We look forward to working closely with you as we ensure the best possible education for all our students.

St. Davids Public School is very proud of our local and global initiatives to help others. We recently took a lead role at DSBN in the United Nations' (UN) International Literacy Day to raise awareness of literacy issues in the world. In some parts of Africa, for example, the students are given one pencil, one eraser and one notebook to last them for the entire year. We asked our students to each donate a pencil or an eraser of their own. These were collected and sent to Africa and we are very grateful that the delivery was deeply discounted by Purolator and kindly paid by Niagara-on-the-Lake’s Rotary Club. Pencils may seem small and insignificant, yet they are really important in school! Students always need a pencil and we hand them out routinely. Our Me-to-We Club is very active within our school and last year contributed the cost of goats to rural communities in Africa. This club is again working hard this year to help others less fortunate than us.                                                                                               Together as a staff, we’ve set goals to maintain students’ reading and writing achievement in an effective literacy program while striving to increase achievement in mathematics. Students have completed assessments of these skills to serve as a benchmark for monitor future progress. St. Davids’ students exceeded board and provincial percentages in every category of EQAO. Our scores are above our goal of 75% of our students achieving Level 3 or above in every area except math. We have spent time discussing and analyzing our areas of strength and planning ways to build further successes.                                                                                                      We’re all on a learning journey and we welcome your participation.

Sincerely,

Mrs. Lorraine Giroux
Proud Principal of St. Davids Public School