Community Partners in Schools

Service providers who wish to offer programs and services within our schools, to our students, are invited and required to submit an Application for Consideration of an External Agency Collaboration. A central board committee will review each application and consider programs and services that are supplemental to those being provided by school board staff, and are consistent with the Board's stated mission, vision, and values.

The committee will meet on a regular basis to review applications and will communicate committee decisions to each applicant. Upon approval, a Collaboration Agreement will be jointly entered into by the External Agency or Third-Party Service provider and the Board. The services and programs approved will then be listed on this website. Principals will choose services for students from the approved list and will be responsible for the organization and management within the school.

Currently approved service providers:

The In-school mentoring (ISM) Program is an encouragement program offered by volunteers for select students providing:
  • An opportunity for children to benefit from a one-to-one relationship with a caring and reliable adult,
  • A way to expand the children’s information about the world beyond their own family and neighbourhood, and
  • one on one community ISM is a mentor meeting directly with a child to have specialized programming and activities, and our group program is often 6-8 youth meeting with a mentor for more general programming.

Please visit Big Brothers Big Sisters of Peterborough

In-school mentoring matches an adult mentor with a child from Kindergarten to Grade 8 to spend one hour a week on a one-to-one basis in the school setting for the duration of the school year. This program gives children who face challenges in the school setting, the chance to develop social and emotional skills, confidence and self-esteem, an improved attitude towards school, and improved school attendance.
Go Girls! Engages girls ages 11 to 14 and focuses on physical activity, healthy eating, and positive social and emotional development in a group setting. The single, most important goal of the program is to positively shape the lives of young women and girls by helping them build a positive self-image, setting them on a path
to reach their full potential in life.
Switch Gears is a group program for male youth, ages 10 to 14, to develop positive and healthy emotional and mental health with a focus on healthy masculinities. Switch Gears promotes community and personal safety and positive relationships for young men.
Please Visit Big Brothers Big Sisters of South Durham and Northumberland

Time in my Shoes (TiMS) is an experiential learning program facilitated by people with lived experience. The goal is to provide educational facilities an opportunity to better understand the challenges people with disabilities encounter daily, and also allow our community to understand that disabilities do not mean that people do not live normal lives, only that they do so differently.
By allowing TiMS participants to experience various accessibility challenges within their own space using simulation equipment, we hope to increase accessibility and inclusion by removing misconceptions and dispelling myths about disabilities. We also have facilitators with lived experience answer questions, talk about experiences and provide suggestions on problem-solving around accessibility related difficulties. This will enable the students to find out how they adapt to challenges and the students will have the opportunity to ask the questions they may not have had the opportunity to ask within a safe and understanding environment helping to create better understanding, more comfort, and even normalizing disability.
The students will have the opportunity to learn and participate in four distinct and valuable modules focused on mobility, vision, hearing and inclusion. Having a first-hand experience allows students to better interact with their peers.
Please visit Council for Persons with Disabilities

Cornerstone Family Violence Prevention Centre offers engaging and educational workshops to students from Grade 5 to Grade 12 that strive to teach children and youth the importance of healthy, respectful relationships that are free from violence. The sessions are flexible in responding to the needs of schools and individual classrooms. Classroom workshops can be offered in a single class session or a series of up to 8 classroom sessions. We aim to utilize several modalities in our workshops to engage with students including discussions, activities, and video clips to account for the various learning styles of students within the classroom.
Workshops fall within two main categories:
  • Healthy Relationships – including peer to peer, family violence, gender-based violence and intimate relationships including dating, sexual harassment/sexual assault awareness, and
  • Family/Gender Violence – education regarding the dynamics and impacts of family & gender-based violence
As in all our programs, we promote an individual’s ability to plan for and maintain their personal safety. We also promote social responsibility in connection to community/peers having a role in helping to promote safety, taking a stand against violence, and using their voice to intervene in situations where this is occurring. We aim to provide information and have discussions regarding emotional awareness and identification, as it relates to healthy relationships. This supports the individual in considering their emotions and views in connection with the relationships they have in their lives. Lastly, we provide community resources and referrals to relevant services and support.
Please visit Cornerstone Family Violence Prevention Centre

Peer Listening is a student-run project, with support from the John Howard Society of the Kawarthas. Peer listening is all about strong belonging, inclusion, and social health through the act of listening. Students who participate in Peer Listener Training learn listening skills based on a conflict resolution process called nonviolent communication. Nonviolent communication offers ways to listen with empathy, represent yourself, and respectfully solve problems without labels, name-calling, or judging. Hallway Talk Peer Listening stations allow students to practice these important personal and professional skills at school while offering more effective peer-to-peer support. During Hallway Talk events, Peer Listeners sit in chairs in the hallway and listen to their peers and use prompt cards to identify their peers' feelings and needs.

The John Howard Society fills an important role in public education, community service and in pressing for reform in the criminal justice area. Currently there are branches and offices in over 60 communities across Canada, provincial offices in all 10 provinces and the Northwest Territories and a national office in Kingston.

More than Money (Grades 4 to 6): In this interactive classroom program students use games and multimedia to: Identify the role of money in everyday life, practice making sound financial choices using cooperative decision-making skills, manage a personal bank account by making deposits and withdrawals, identify ways to earn income through jobs or small businesses, learn how to make ethical personal and business money management choices, develop a basic business plan based on their job skills and interests, apply the problem-solving and money management skills needed to operate a small business.
Dollars with Sense (Grades 7 to 8): Programs give junior high school students the chance to learn about personal money management skills, challenging them to apply the concepts to their everyday. This program demonstrates how students can financially manage any changes in career and life directions. From the origins of trade to the ins and outs of investing, Dollars with Sense provides the experience they need to make better economic decisions. Students play and investment strategies game to learn about effective spending and how to avoid credit and debit pitfalls.
Junior Achievement (JA) Days (Grades 7 to 8): Peterborough area students are invited to the Venture North Building to take part in spending the day with JA staff and local business leaders who have invested in the event. Students will: participate in choosing a CEO, selecting a mock business case with a problem, finding a solution, and learn about entrepreneurial skills integral to starting, running and maintaining a business.
Economics for Success (Grades 8 to 10): This program encourages middle and high school students to take a closer look at the advantages of staying in school and how the choices they make can positively impact their future dreams, aspirations and outcomes. By outlining the link between education and personal goals, and by providing participants with the knowledge, attitudes and skills they need for long-term career success. This program helps students explore and manage their jobs and career choices.
Personal Finance (Grades 9 to 12): Recognize the role income plays in personal finances, discover the importance of making and keeping a spending plan, consider the types of expenditures for monthly budgets, and express the need to make good credit decision.
Be Entrepreneurial (Grades 10 to12): Through interactive lessons created to cater to diverse styles, Be entrepreneurial provides students with a thorough introduction to entrepreneurship. Volunteers guide students through practical lessons and assist students to envision and build upon their ideas of entrepreneurial ventures.
JA Career Tours (JACT) (Grades 9 to 12): Takes high school students outside of the classroom to show them real, local opportunities within the trades and services industry.
Company Program (Grades 9 to 12): A students venture that inspires high school students to understand the role of business in our society by creating an enterprise of their own. Discover the risks and rewards of starting a business, systemically solve actual business challenges, demonstrate the importance of ethical standards in business, foster positive relationships between youth and business communities, attend World of Choices which brings students together with career mentors working in desired fields, industries and professions.
Please visit JA Northern and Eastern Ontario

The New Canadians Centre (NCC) is dedicated to supporting immigrants, refugees, and other newcomers to become full and equal members of Canadian society.

Settlement Workers in Schools (SWIS) Program with the New Canadians Centre:
We are a registered charity dedicated to supporting immigrants, refugees and other newcomers.
Our settlement workers in schools (SWIS Workers) can meet newcomer families and youth from any Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board or Peterborough, Victoria, Northumberland and Clarington Catholic School Board school. We can meet families in person, online or by phone.
SWIS Workers can provide information on such topics as:
  • learning English,
  • finding a job,
  • community services,
  • immigration,
  • Government programs,
  • housing,
  • education in Canada,
  • sports and recreation,
  • finding a doctor or dentist, and more ...

The Rainbow Youth Program (RYP) works to make lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, 2-spirit, queer and questioning (LGBTQ+) youth (aged 13 to 23 years old.) to feel safe, included, and empowered in Peterborough and the four counties. We give LGBTQ+ youth the space to be themselves and the tools to lead positive change in their schools, peer groups, and community.
Today, the RYP hosts a weekly youth drop-in with an average of 100 youth attending in a year. Our youth ambassador programs, the queeRAdicals, are active in community outreach, including delivering inclusivity trainings to local schools, service providers, and organizations. The RYP is also involved in organizing many events, including Peterborough Pride, and building partnerships with schools, gender-sexuality alliances (GSA), and organizations throughout the four counties.
Please visit PARN

The program aims to enhance the social skills young people need for success and to support mental wellbeing. CHOICES consists of 10 modules: teamwork and goals, emotion regulation, coping, decision-making, communication, healthy relationships, social media and internet safety, reputation and resilience, perception and conflict, self-awareness and leadership. Teachers may choose to have one or all modules for their students as each works equally well as a stand alone option.

Please visit Rebound Child and Youth Services

Heads Up for Inclusion is a grassroots organization that works to build inclusive communities through connection, mentorship, and education. Since 2001, we’ve proudly offered the Amigos Program to both students in schools and adults in the community. The program brings together individuals with and without disabilities to build friendships and share meaningful experiences based on common interests.

Ontario Works (OW) provides help to those in need residing in the City and County of Peterborough. Social Services staff will be on-site to provide support and resources to students and teachers with regards to students experiencing financial, housing, employment, and other challenges.
  • Financial assistance* for eligible youth ages 16+ to support housing, basic needs, and health benefits. Support with goals and an action plan to move towards stability,
  • establish a positive rapport with staff and students,
  • increase staff awareness of community agencies to support their students with issues they are facing,
  • increased accessibility of supports available to students on OW, and
  • provide positive supports for the students on OW and assist those who would benefit from being on OW and are not. 

Application information:

Applicants are encouraged to read the guidelines prior to submitting applications. 

Applications are due 2 weeks in advance. 

Regulated health services and social work services

If a program or service being offered by an External Agency is delivered by, or supervised by, a regulated health professional or social worker, the Application for Consideration of an External Agency Collaboration -Supplemental Student Services by Regulated Professionals/Paraprofessionals should be completed. 

Non-regulated programs and services

If a program or service being offered by an External Agency or professional is not delivered by, or supervised by, a regulated professional, the Application for Consideration of an External Agency Collaboration- Supplemental Student Services by Non-Regulated Professionals/Paraprofessionals should be completed. 

Third party service provider-Personal support workers

If a third party provider wishes to a) fund in-classroom student support through a Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board employee, or b) provide a personal support worker for in-classroom student support via an employee external to KPRDSB, the Application for Consideration of a Third Party Collaboration-Personal Support Worker should be completed. 

 

The PPM 149 is posted on the Ministry of Education

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