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Northglen Neighbourhood Public School- Submit a name!

Students, staff and community members are invited to suggest names for the new Northglen neighbourhood elementary school, which is scheduled to open in Bowmanville in September 2025.  

A joint board/community school naming committee welcomes suggestions from all students, staff, parents and caregivers, school councils and community members for the new school.  

The new Northglen neighbourhood school will have space for 769 students, from Junior Kindergarten to Grade 8, as well as a four-room childcare centre.  

A committee including local Trustees, student, staff, and community representatives from the local schools that will form the Northglen school community will coordinate and review suggestions for the naming of the new school. The committee will then establish a short list of preferred names, and recommend one of those names to the Board for approval. 

Suggested names for consideration can be submitted until February 17, 2025 through this form. Paper submission forms will also be available at Charles Bowman Public School, Harold Longworth Public School, Hampton Junior Public School and M.J. Hobbs Public Schools.

Please identify your role: (select all that apply)
 

 

If you have any questions, please reach out to Tracey Shevchuk, Executive Assistant to Superintendent Jamila Maliha at 705-742-9773, ext. 2425 or by email tracey_shevchuck@kprdsc.ca

 

Guiding Principles:

When naming or renaming a KPR school or Board facility, the following guiding principles will be followed to build positive climate that reflects the diversity of KPR students and communities, values their voices, and fosters a culture of equity, inclusion, dignity and mutual respect. Proposed names will: 

  • align with KPR’s commitment to relationship with Indigenous Peoples, human rights, equity, diversity and inclusion and reflect the diversity of the communities within the Board's jurisdiction in terms of gender, race, disability, ethnicity, etc.,
  • be distinct from other names of schools and facilities across the district,
  • include a process of consultation with Indigenous communities before, during and after the naming process, starting with the Indigenous Education Advisory Committee,
  • be secular in nature,
  • not be that of a current Board member or employee.

As part of the naming process, consideration may also be given to: 

  • the traditional territory or Indigenous name which once applied to the area in which the school is located,
  • the name of the area/local community the school or building will serve,
  • the name of the street on which the school, special area of the school or the facility faces. 


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