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Our schools promote responsibility, respect, civility and academic excellence in a safe learning and teaching environment. A positive school climate exists when all members of the school community feel safe, comfortable and accepted.
All students, parents/guardians, teachers, staff, trustees, volunteers, visitors, parish and community members have the right to be safe and to feel safe in their school. With this right comes the responsibility to contribute to a positive school climate.
We are focused on prevention, early intervention and progress discipline as the keys to maintaining a positive environment where students can learn and educators can teach.
Safe and Caring Schools Week
October 4 to 8, 2021 is Safe and Caring Schools Week. Here at Durham Catholic, we strive to create positive school climates where all members of the school community feel safe and accepted. Each year, the we celebrates Safe and Caring Schools Week to further promote responsibility, respect, civility and academic excellence in a safe learning and teaching environment. The theme for this year incorporates the theme, Community of Faith.
As per past practice, schools will be practicing the required Lockdown, Hold and Secure, Bomb Threat and Fire Drills. It is the expectation of the Police/School Board Protocol (2016) and Board procedures that Lockdown, Hold and Secure and Bomb Threat practices take place twice a year. A minimum of one of each of these drills must take place before the end of October. Our schools will share photos using the hashtag #DCDSBSafeSchools.
Report It
Report It is a tool for parents and students to advise us of non-emergency incidents of bullying and other school safety issues (for example vandalism). It is not monitored on a 24/7 basis. If this is an emergency, call 911.
Our top priority is the safety and well-being of all students. All students deserve to learn in a place where they feel safe. We want to know about incidents of bullying and other safety concerns so that we can take action and prevent further incidents from happening. We take issues of bullying and school safety very seriously.
We encourage parents and students to report incidents of bullying or other school safety concerns as soon as it happens. Speak with a teacher or school administration to provide information about the situation.
To learn more about the program email Safe and Accepting schools.