Professional Activity Days

Hastings and Prince Edward District School Board (HPEDSB) is committed to fostering a culture of excellence and high expectations by enhancing staff potential and professional development experiences to support increased student success, well-being, and achievement. Within HPEDSB, professional development for educators is ongoing throughout the year and takes the form of directed, self-directed, job-embedded, and voluntary learning experiences.

Professional Activity (PA) Days for the 2024-2025 school year

  • September 3, 2024
  • October 11, 2024
  • November 22, 2024
  • January 31, 2025
  • March 31, 2025
  • May 30, 2025
  • June 27, 2025

The Ministry of Education’s Policy/Program Memorandum 151 states that school boards must designate three Ministry Priority PA Days and may designate up to four additional PA Days per school year. On these days, while students remain at home, schools are open for educators to take part in professional learning specific to local and provincial priorities.

The information below reflects the PA Day activities planned for the 2024-2025 school year.

PA Day activities

Participating schools

  • Athol-South Marysburgh Public School, JK - 8
  • Bayside Public School, JK – 6
  • Bayside Secondary School, 7 – 12
  • Bird’s Creek Public School, JK – 6
  • C.M.L. Snider School, JK – 8
  • Centennial Secondary School, 7 – 12
  • Central Hastings School, JK – 12
  • Coe Hill School, JK – 6
  • Deseronto Public School, JK – 8
  • Easthill Elementary School, JK – 8
  • Eastside Secondary School, 9 – 12
  • Foxboro Public School, JK – 8
  • Frankford Public School, JK – 8
  • Harmony Public School, JK – 8
  • Harry J. Clarke Public School, JK – 8
  • Hermon Public School, JK – 6
  • Kente Public School, JK – 8
  • Madoc Township Public School, JK – 8
  • Marmora Public School, JK – 8
  • Massassaga-Rednersville Public School, JK – 6
  • Maynooth Public School, JK – 6
  • North Hastings High School, 7 – 12
  • North Trenton Public School, JK – 6
  • Park Dale School, JK – 8
  • Prince Charles School (Belleville), JK – 6
  • Prince Charles Public School (Trenton), JK – 6
  • Prince Edward Collegiate Institute, JK – 12
  • Prince of Wales Public School, JK – 8
  • Sir John A. Macdonald School, JK – 6
  • Sophiasburgh Central School, JK – 8
  • Stirling Public School, JK – 8
  • Susanna Moodie Elementary School, JK – 8
  • Trent River Public School, JK – 6
  • Trenton High School, 7 – 12
  • Tweed Elementary School, JK – 8
  • Tyendinaga Public School, JK – 8
  • V.P. Carswell Elementary School, JK – 6
  • York River Public School, JK – 6