Avon Maitland District School Board

Over 160,000 people call the Avon Maitland District their home. The Avon Maitland District School Board is a full service, public, English school district in southwestern Ontario, bordering Lake Huron (beautiful beaches and fabulous sunsets) and covering some of the most productive agricultural land in Canada. It covers the counties of Huron, Ontario’s West Coast, and Perth, famous for the Stratford Shakespeare Festival. The Board has long been a leader in special education, embracing technology in the classroom, providing English as a second language support as well as advanced study opportunities in specialist programs for the arts and culture, environment, information and communications technology, health and wellness, manufacturing, hospitality and tourism, energy and transportation.The Board provides a quality public education for over 16,000 students in 40 elementary schools, 10 secondary schools, an e-Learning Centre which offers on-line secondary school courses and continuing education in 5 Centres for Employment and Learning. The Board’s Standardized test results (EQAO) continue to be among the best in the province of Ontario. A number of the Board’s secondary schools also offer superior music programs and have been honoured with national and international awards. Events such as the Huron Musicfest involve bands from multiple secondary schools with hundreds of students performing together in this memorable concert attraction.