Civil Municipal - June 2024

top-notch specialized training, dual credit, and co- op options, ensuring that secondary students have access to a wide array of career opportunities and academic pursuits. “Talking about the Canadian Welding Bureau, our shop classes are world-class. So much so that private industry partners work with us to train their employees in our shops after hours or over the summer period,” boasts Marton. “They are coming to us because our equipment is the best. Industry hires our students directly out of high school and sometimes before they’ve graduated as well, through our co-op programs.” Community partnerships are also prioritized, exemplified by a collaboration between the municipalities of Schreiber and Terrace Bay who worked with the local high school to build garden boxes for a community garden project. In Manitouwadge an educator initiated a partnership with the local First Nations and theMinistryof Natural Resources to bring a micro fish hatchery into the high school, creating a unique learning experience. “These are again, opportunities that these children have let us know about, but also opportunities where our educators have seen potential and have taken advantage because they know our students so very well,” acknowledges Morden Cormier. She underscores the integral role of SGDSB facilities, describing, “We are not just buildings. We are community centers.” From early childhood support to partnerships with various organizations, schools in the Superior-Greenstone District prioritize community involvement and collaboration. In addition, some 217 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL VOLUME 05, ISSUE 06 SUPERIOR-GREENSTONE DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD