Rainy River District

Some key highlights from the Board Meeting of Tuesday December 5, 2023

Some key highlights from the Board Meeting of Tuesday November 7, 2023

Board and school staff gather with Ministry Officials and local dignitaries to celebrate grand opening.

The 2022-2023 Education and Quality and Accountability Office results have been released.

$900,000 investment in Connected North in remote Indigenous Communities

The RRDSB stands with our trans, Two-Spirit and non-binary students, staff, and families.

The Pride flag will fly until July 7, 2023, in solidarity with the University of Waterloo

Trustees passed a balanced budget for the 2023-2024 school year.

RRDSB announces the recipients of the Annual Recognition of Service awards for the 2022-23 school year.

RRDSB announces the beginning of a multiphase renewal effort at Fort Frances High School.

Borderland Pride and Fort High students reflect on the importance of Pride in our community.

A total of 20 students from across the district participated in the Rainy River District School Board Speech Contest on May 11, 2023, hosted at J.W. Walker School in Fort Frances. Students delivered outstanding speeches on a wide variety of topics to educators, families, peers, and community members.

Former Rainy River DSB (RRDSB) Trustee and Chair Raymond Roy was honoured with the Ontario Public School Boards' Association’s (OPSBA) Bernardine Yackman Memorial Award on January 27 in Toronto.

Yesterday, it was announced that 171 potential grave sites were discovered at the former St. Mary’s Residential School site in Kenora. Five former residential schools covering six sites were located within Treaty #3 territory, including St. Mary’s, which operated from 1897 to 1972 and was attended by children from across the Treaty #3 territory and beyond. The Rainy River District School Board wishes to express our heartfelt sorrow and sympathies to everyone affected by this discovery, especially our students and families who may be directly affected.

The Rainy River District School Board and the Town of Rainy River are pleased to announce that the Ministry of Education has approved the Board’s request to acquire 12.18 acres of vacant land from the Town of Rainy River. The land, located to the east of the running track, will support the construction of the new Rainy River K-12 School, 39-place child care facility, and Best Start Hub.

Work on the development of a new consolidated K-12 school in Atikokan could begin as early as this winter,