Welcome and Location

Facts and Facilities

Program Overview

Support Services

Welcome to Brock High School's doorway to the Internet.  Brock is a small rural high school that has been striving to meet the needs of Brock Township's secondary students for over half a century.  We try to make the school an inviting and interesting place for our students; I think you will agree that our student webmasters have done a great job doing the same for our website.  I hope you enjoy your visit and plan to return sometime in the future, as this site will continue to grow and change with time.
 

Location:
Brock's 'green sign' address is C1590, Regional Road 12, about 2.5 km west of the town of Cannington.

Maps:  Where in Ontario is Brock Township?
           Where in Brock Township is Brock High School?

1. Facts and Figures-

• Student Enrolment: About 680 students in grades 9, 10, 11 and 12
• 100% of students bussed to school.
• Administration: One Principal, One Vice-Principal
• Teaching Staff: 45 Full time equivalent teaching staff.
• Special Education: 1 teacher, 5 Education Assistants
• Office Staff: 4 Office Staff
• Cafeteria: 3 Kitchen Staff
• Custodial Staff: 6 Custodial Staff
• Support Staff: One social worker, one teacher assigned to our 'Grove school' complement.

2. School Facilities -

• Brock High School: The original school was opened in 1953, and has had at least four main additions built on to the building over the years.
• Property: The campus consists of a ten acre, rolling property ringed by trees and surrounded by farmland.  A 'Courtyard Habitat' consisting of indigenous trees and shrubs is located in the middle of the building.  Plenty of parking can be found in the student and staff parking lots.

• Instructional Space: 4 science labs, 17 classrooms, 5 portable classrooms, two art classrooms, a music studio, one 'skills centre' special education room.
• Computer labs: 1 cross-curricular lab with 22 P.C.'s, 1 Business lab with 24 P.C.'s, 1 Technological Studies lab with 22 P.C.'s all connected to a main, central server.  One 'stand alone' networked lab with 24 P.C.'s. Currently, Brock maintains a ratio of about eight students per computer.

• Athletic Facilities: 1 double gym, one weight room, one football field, 1 baseball diamond, 1 practise field, a fitness trail, 1 x 400 metre track. A 'hard surface' multi-purpose pad is in the planning stages for outdoor tennis and basketball.
• Library: Spacious, 10,000 volume resource centre with 19 P.C.'s. connected to the central school server.  Fast fibre optic internet connections to an 'online' research database, teleconferencing and data projection capabilities, and audio-visual resources are overseen by one full time, and one part time library staff.

• Technological Studies: One woodworking shop, one computer drafting lab, one auto shop, 1 photography darkroom, two classrooms.
• Student Services:  Three counselling offices, one secretary and a reference centre for students to research post-secondary and career opportunities.
• Main Office: Two administrators' offices and one central office with 4 secretarial staff.

• Cafeteria: Full service cafeteria offering light breakfasts and full lunches.

• Van: One school van to transport students in the 'Co-op Education' program.

Brock offers courses in the following subject areas.
 

1. Skills Centre/Academic Resource:

• The Academic Resource Programme encompasses a wide range of services for students, teachers and parents.  Brock uses an 'inclusive model' that sees peer helpers, educational assistants and academic resource staff working with subject teachers in the classroom to help students meet their full potential.
• Liaison work occurs with teachers, administrators, parents, special education services at the board level, social workers, psychological services and alternative education services.
• Parents are invited to attend annual Identification, Placement and Review Committee (IPRC) meetings held for each identified student to review their progress and make recommendations for the following year.
• Resource staff, parents, teachers and students work together to prepare and implement Individual Education Plans (IEP) to facilitate modifications necessary for success.

2. Grove School programme

• Offered to address a wider range of non-academic student needs.  The programme includes an academic teacher and a youth counsellor.  Parental referrals should be made directly to the 'Grove School' at 705-432-3301.

• SEAC helps the board protect the rights of students with special learning needs. If you would like more information on SEAC or Special Education Services in Durham, please call (905)666-6354.