Welcome and Update
Welcome to the DeWitt Carter Public School Website. We hope this website will further strengthen the connection between school, home, and our community. DeWitt Carter Public School is located on Fares Street in Port Colborne. We are the only public school located on the East Side of the Welland Canal. DeWitt Carter is currently home to over 260 students from junior Kindergarten to Grade eight.
Single Use Plastics Student Writing
In the past several months, intermediate students have learned about cells as the building blocks of life and they understand how their organ systems work. Earlier in the year, they learned about the impact of the different types of contamination in our water systems. Recently, they read an article originally published in The Toronto Star newspaper about the impact of nanoplastics in bottled water. Following that, they connected all these ideas and their understanding of how to write an effective editorial to communicate their opinions about whether single-use plastics are safe for elementary students. In these two editorials, Makenna Rogers (grade 7) and Taylor Lee (grade 8) want to convince you that single use plastic bottles are not safe.
Ms. Minor
Programs / Activities:
- Red Maple Reading Program- Grade 7 & 8
- Silver Birch Reading Program- Grade 5 & 6
- Breakfast Program
- Recycling Team
- Chess Club
- Makers Challenges
- Lego Robotics
Extra-curricular Sports Programs:
- Cross-Country Running
- Junior Boys & Girls Soccer
- Intermediate Boys & Girls Soccer
- Junior Boys & Girls Volleyball
- Intermediate Boys & Girls Volleyball
- Junior Boys & Girls Basketball
- Intermediate Boys & Girls Basketball
- Badminton
- Track & Field
- Intramural Dodgeball
- Intramural Soccerbaseball
- Three Pitch Softball
Fundraising Causes:
- Terry Fox Foundation
- Heart and Stroke Foundation
Community Partnerships:
- City of Port Colborne
- Niagara Regional Health Unit
- Big Brothers/Big Sisters Association
- John Howard Society
- Port Colborne Optimist Club
About Dewitt Carter Public School
In 1912, the School Board built a four room brick school on Fares Street to service students on the East side of the canal in Port Colborne. It was called the East Side School. It was used as both a public school and a high school until 1921 when Port Colborne High School was completed. The school had additions added to it in 1919, 1924, 1929, and in 1974-75 the office and gymnasium were built. The school was renamed DeWitt Carter Public School in 1950 in honour of Mr. DeWitt Carter who was the first mayor of Port Colborne.
Important information
The Niagara Region is growing more diverse in creed and religious beliefs and practices. The District School Board of Niagara (DSBN) is committed to fostering diverse, equitable, and inclusive learning and working environments that promote acceptance and protect individuals from discrimination and harassment based on the protected grounds under the Ontario Human Rights Code. Creed and/or religion is one of the grounds that is both an individual right and a collective responsibility. The DSBN recognizes and embraces the creed diversity represented in its students, staff, and community members.
As we start our school year, I invite you to share with me your family’s most significant creed-based holiday(s). We will work together through the accommodation request process as Dewit Carter Public School recognizes the importance of families celebrating their creed and/or religious beliefs and practices.
The DSBN has created a Family Guide: Recognizing and Respecting Creed Diversity to support families in requesting accommodations. This guide has also been translated into the following languages; Arabic, French, Hungarian, Korean, Mandarin, Spanish, Urdu and Vietnamese, which can be viewed on the DSBN Equity webpage. For a list of Days of Significance, please refer to the Days of Significance Calendar.