Garth Webb Secondary School (Oakville)
In November 2011, Halton District School Board and government officials, as well as members of the public, celebrated the sod turning of a new Oakville high school.
This new high school will help address growth occurring in the Westoak Trails community. Construction of the high school has begun, with the official opening anticipated for September 2012.
The three-storey school will feature barrier-free accessibility for approximately 1200 students and staff, a triple gym, studio/theatre, specialty classrooms and an all-weather running track. The Halton District School Board has awarded the architectural tender to Peter Hossack and Associates Inc. of Mississauga.At the November 16, 2011 Board meeting, trustees of the Halton District School Board selected names for the new Oakville high school. Names were selected from a shortlist of names collected on-line and in ballot boxes in neighbourhood schools and public libraries.
The name chosen for the new Oakville high school, located at 2820 Westoak Trails Blvd., is Garth Webb Secondary School.
Garth Webb is a Burlington resident and World War II veteran of the D-Day Normandy campaign. Mr Webb spearheaded the establishment of a non-profit organization, called the Juno Beach Association, and began raising the $10 million necessary to build an interpretation centre as a lasting memorial to sacrifices and contributions of Canadian soldiers. Mr Webb spent years relentlessly raising money for the centre, ultimately securing money from the Government of France, the Government of Canada, provincial governments, schools, businesses and from Wal-Mart Canada.
The Juno Beach Centre and Museum opened on June 6, 2003 at Courseulles-sur-Mer, France with more than one thousand Canadian Veterans in attendance. Since its opening, more than 660 school groups and hundreds of teachers and educators have visited the Juno Beach Centre.
Alton Village Public School
The Halton District School Board held an official groundbreaking ceremony for its newest elementary school in October 2011, located at 3290 Steeplechase Drive, Burlington. This new elementary school will help address growth occurring in north Burlington. Construction is underway, with the official opening anticipated for September 2012.
The three-storey school will feature a full passenger elevator, barrier-free access for students and visitors, air conditioning with individual classroom controls, networked for computer use, double gym, bus drop off area and kindergarten drop off area, plus instructional areas will include natural light.
The Halton District School Board has awarded the architectural tender to Snyder and Associates Inc. of Toronto, and the construction contract to Everstrong Construction Limited of Orangeville.
Burlington high school
Thursday, October 27, 2011 marked the official groundbreaking of the new joint community facility in Burlington’s Alton community. The $40.2 million project includes a three-storey secondary school that will accommodate approximately 1,200 students when it is scheduled to open in the fall of 2013.
The school is one part of the community complex, which will also include a 7,000 square foot public library and a community centre with five competition-size gyms. By combining these facilities and sharing resources, the Halton District School Board, Burlington Public Library and the City of Burlington are able to reduce the overall design and construction costs while providing important services to the community.
The location of this shared facility is Dundas St (Hwy #5) and Tim Dobbie Way, Burlington
Craig Kielburger Secondary School (Milton)
School board officials, students, architects and politicians ceremoniously broke ground on a new high school in Milton late last year. The new school, called Craig Kielburger Secondary School which will replace E.C. Drury High School, will help address growth occurring in south Milton, and specifically will replace E.C. Drury High School.
Construction of the high school has begun, with the official opening anticipated for September 2012. It is llocated at 1151 Ferguson Drive
The two-storey school will feature barrier-free accessibility for 1200 students and staff, a triple gym, studio/theatre, food school and technical educational facilities, and an all-weather running track. The budget for construction of this school, including furniture and equipment, is $30.4 million.
The Halton District School Board has awarded the architectural tender to Allen & Sherriff Architect Inc. of Richmond Hill, and the construction contract to Percon Construction Limited of Mississauga.
The school will be called, Craig Kielburger Secondary School.
At the age of 12, Craig Kielburger started a school-based club to raise funds and awareness about child labour. Today, that club is “ Free the Children” – an international non-profit organization that empowers North American students to become global and active citizens.
Since its founding, the organization has built more than 750 schools in developing countries, provided education to more than 55,000 children every day, established 23,000 alternative income programs and provided clean water and medical programs to hundreds of thousands of families. Free the Children runs events and youth leadership training conferences that encourage and inspire young people to get out into their local communities and ‘be the change’.
Kielburger is also co-founder of “Me to We”, an innovative social enterprise, which challenges the notions of consumption and redefines the relationship between business and charity. Today, Free the Children is the world’s largest network of children helping children through education, with more than one million young people involved in programs in 45 countries.