The Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board is pleased to announce that once again it will be participating in the Math Homework Help pilot project. This is the second year that the students in our Board will have access to live, interactive online math help through the expansion of a pilot project funded by the Ministry of Education. Homework Help is free, real-time math tutoring by certified Ontario teachers.

This project has now expanded to 31 English-Language Boards across the Province of Ontario, and the project’s goal remains to provide students in grades 7 to 10 with an after-hours online support in Mathematics.

Students can log in from Sunday to Thursday, 5:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. for 20 hours a week of individualized confidential math tutoring. There are discussion rooms for each grade where students can join in and see what questions other students are asking, watch the tutors draw on the whiteboard, and ask their own question for on-the-spot help.

If they can't wait until the discussion rooms open, videos of best tutorials and commonly asked questions are available anytime. Other online math resources include math games and a virtual locker, where students can save their work.

To register for the site, visit the website www.ontario.ca/homeworkhelp. Scroll down and you will find the link to the Homework Help Line. Students will need their OEN number to register. This number is different from their student number, and can be obtained from their school.

Is your child’s immunization record

up to date?

You may be receiving a letter from Peel Public Health to update your child’s immunization record. It is important that you respond to this letter by calling or faxing Peel Public Health toprovide your child’s immunization information.

The annual screening, which is required by law, ensures children are protected from a number of vaccine preventable disease. All Dufferin Peel Catholic District School Board students missing mandatory immunizations (i.e., Diphtheria, Tetanus, Polio, Measles, Mumps and Rubella) on their records will need to update their records, or provide a valid exemption, to avoid suspension.

You don’t need to wait to get the letter to update your child’s records. You can report every time your child receives an immunization.

Many parents believe their child’s vaccines are reported by their doctor, school or child-carefacility but in fact, parent’s are responsible for reporting their child’s vaccines. Schools and childcare facilities only forward immunization records to Peel Public Health at the time of initial registration. Similarly, vaccines are not reported between health units. This means, if your child changes to a school in a new region, you need to contact the local health unit of the new school to report your child’s immunizations.

To ensure your child’s immunization records are up-to-date, follow the tips below or call Peel Public Health for more information at 905-799-7700.

3. Visit your family doctor or walk-in clinic to get any doses of the mandatory vaccinesyour child may be missing.