DIGNITATIS CUSTOS - KEEPERS OF EXCELLENCE Mission Statement Dorset Collegiate is dedicated to meeting the educational needs of all students for lifelong learning by fostering a positive, mutually-respectful environment and by utilizing all available resources and talents. Vision Statement Dorset Collegiate will provide a positive, supportive, educational atmosphere where each student will experience success. Students will be independent, take responsibility for their learning and exercise positive leadership. Teachers will facilitate, monitor, and evaluate learning processes and outcomes. A team approach will provide for the participation of all partners. 2016-17 ANNUAL SCHOOL DEVELOPMENT REPORT Dorset Collegiate [162] P.O. Box 10, Pilley’s Island, NL, A0J 1M0 Telephone: (709) 652-3190 Facsimile (709) 652-3172 www.dorset.k12.nf.ca NL English School District
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Mission Statement
Dorset Collegiate is dedicated to meeting the educational needs of all students for
lifelong learning by fostering a positive, mutually-respectful environment and by
utilizing all available resources and talents.
Vision Statement
Dorset Collegiate will provide a positive, supportive, educational atmosphere
where each student will experience success. Students will be independent, take
responsibility for their learning and exercise positive leadership. Teachers will
facilitate, monitor, and evaluate learning processes and outcomes. A team
approach will provide for the participation of all partners.
2016-17
ANNUAL SCHOOL DEVELOPMENT REPORT
Dorset Collegiate [162]
P.O. Box 10, Pilley’s Island,
NL, A0J 1M0
Telephone: (709) 652-3190
Facsimile (709) 652-3172
www.dorset.k12.nf.ca
NL English School District
Message From The Principal
As part of a continuing commitment to accountability in public education, I am pleased to present Dorset
Collegiate’s 2016-17 Annual School Development Report. This Report outlines our students’ achievements,
programs and services, and our School Development Plan. It provides information designed to be used as a tool
to facilitate and positively influence student achievement and the entire school development process. Dorset
Collegiate is currently in the last year (2016-17) of its School Development Plan and beginning in September,
2017, will begin a new cycle with an internal review in the Fall and peer validation later in the school year. The
ultimate aim of Dorset Collegiate’s School Development Plan is to increase student achievement across the
curriculum through enhanced learning within an inclusive environment.
In order to facilitate an environment of success and to live our motto: Dignitatos Custos “Keepers of Excellence”, it
is vital to operate within a collaborative framework that enhances the educational opportunities for all students. We
(students, parents/guardians, teachers, school council members, clergy, Newfoundland and Labrador English School
District personnel and the general public) must all work together as a unified team because Together Everyone
Achieves More (TEAM).
In 2016-17, there were many successes to highlight the educational and all-round excellence of Dorset Collegiate
students. Some highlights included:
97% of Dorset Collegiate students in 2016-17 having a passing average and 56% of the students making
Dorset Collegiate’s Recognition Of Achievement List ( > 80% and passing all courses).
The success of Dorset Collegiate’s English Help Center (facilitated by Ms. Danielle Winsor); a tremendous
support for the students of Dorset Collegiate.
Dorset Collegiate HUSKIES capturing four School Sports Newfoundland and Labrador (SSNL) Provincial
Qualifying Championships: Senior Boys Cross-Country Running, Table Tennis, Boys 3A Ball Hockey,
and Badminton. Special congratulations to the HUSKIES Provincial banner winners: Table Tennis
Team Champions, Boys 3A Ball Hockey Team Sportsmanship Winners, and Badminton Team
Champions and Team Sportsmanship Winners.
Dorset Collegiate Huskies, for the ninth year in ten years since the inception of the School Sports
Newfoundland and Labrador SPORTS-STAR program, capturing the School Sports Newfoundland and
Labrador highest level, the GOLD STARS banner, epitomizing what the Sports Stars Program and School
Sports Newfoundland and Labrador is all about.
Reflection on other significant events of the 2016-17 school year, on such cooperative events as donations under
our Happy Tree, to such positive initiatives as Dorset Collegiate’s Kids Eat Smart (KES) Breakfast program and
the after-school Participation Nation Junior High School Program, healthy eating, active living and smoke-free
environment, mental health presentations, once more we truly realize that as we strive to our ultimate goal of
improving student achievement, this goal can only be realized if we all work together to support our students.
Special thank you and appreciation to EVERYONE who helps in any way to support our mission and live our
motto, “Dignitatis Custos ~ Keepers of Excellence”.
Sincerely,
Mark Warren, Principal
Dorset Collegiate
Message From The School Council Chairperson
It has been a honor serving as Chairperson for the School Council of Dorset Collegiate.
Knowing you are making a difference, in any small way, to the betterment of our children's' educational journey
is truly humbling.
At Dorset Collegiate, we believe that education is a shared responsibility between the home, school and
community. Supportive parents, caring staff/support staff and active community members partnering together in
education and working together for the benefit of our children.
Exhausting all avenues of education to increase student achievement while meeting the prescribed outcomes set
by the Newfoundland and Labrador Department of Education has been a goal at Dorset Collegiate. This past
year, I am pleased to report that goal is steadily being met with the outstanding help of the exceptional
administration, staff and support staff at Dorset Collegiate.
To say I am beyond proud of the educators at Dorset Collegiate would be an understatement. Student
achievement, along with a safe and caring school environment, is everyone's main priority. Countless hours of
extra-curricular from academic study groups to varsity sports and everything in between makes for equal
opportunities for all students to learn and grow while making the grade to the best of their own ability.
I look forward to working with the partners involved between home, school and community to foster a positive
school environment and the continued success of our children at Dorset Collegiate.
Kindest Regards,
Terry-Lee S. Roberts, Chairperson
Dorset Collegiate's School Council
Overview of School
Our School Community
Dorset Collegiate is named after the Dorset Eskimos, a race of native people who frequented this area sometime
between 2700 and 1000 years ago. The school opened to serve the communities of Brighton, Triton, Pilley’s
Island and Robert’s Arm on September 6, 1977. It was officially opened on November 25th of that year by
Premier Frank D. Moores. To date there have been 1,227 eligible graduates at Dorset Collegiate. In the 2005-
06 school year, Dorset Collegiate began serving all grade 7-12 students from Miles Cove to Brighton and in
2007-08 some students from Long Island. The last Long Island student attending Dorset Collegiate from this
group graduated in June, 2012. The last Long Island Academy student came to Dorset Collegiate in 2016-17 for
her grade 12 graduating year and she was such a positive addition to the school.
Dorset Collegiate, located in scenic Green Bay South, in 2016-17, was part of the NL English School District: 259
schools with five alternate sites, with approximately 67,000 students and over 8,000 employees. In 2015-16, Dorset
Collegiate had an enrolment of 155 students and offered grades 7-12.
Our Staff and Classes:
In 2016-17, our school had a total of 12.25 full-time educational staff which included 8.09 classroom teachers,
2.00 special services personnel, 1.00 administration, a part-time guidance counselor and 1.00 student assistant.
In addition to staff based at the school, we had access to NL English School District office staff including:
speech-language pathologist, educational psychologist, itinerant for visually impaired, itinerant for deaf and
hard of hearing, itinerant for Math, intermediate and senior high program specialists, school development
specialist, and a student support services program specialist. The school also had the services of secretarial,
canteen, janitorial and maintenance personnel.
Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Pupil-teacher ratio refers to the number of full-time equivalent students in a school compared
to the number of full-time equivalent educators. An educator is a person who holds a teaching certificate and who is
employed to deliver educational, administrative, and/or special services to students. School principals and vice-
principals, guidance counselors, and other specialists are counted as educators. For 2016-17, the pupil-teacher ratio
at Dorset Collegiate was 12.25 to 1. This compared to a pupil-teacher ratio of 12.6 for Central, 13.1 for the NL
English School District, and 12.7 for the Province.
Enrolment Change:
School Enrolment 1992 to 2017 92-93 93-94 94-95 95-96 96-97 97-98 98-99 99-00 00-01 01-02 02-03 03-04 04-05 05-06 06-07