Mississauga - On September 7, the Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board will open the first Catholic secondary school in Bolton - St. Michael Catholic Secondary School located at 9130 Columbia Way. The school will accommodate 609 Grade 9 and 10 students this school year. Staff and students will celebrate the grand opening of their school with a ribbon cutting ceremony at 8:00 a.m.

Peel - On August 23, the Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board will hold Newcomer Orientation Week (NOW) at five secondary schools. The three-and-a-half day school based orientation program for newcomer secondary students is facilitated by the Multicultural, Settlement and Education Partnership (MSEP), and includes teachers, settlement workers, and peer leaders - fellow students who were newcomers in previous years. The program is funded by Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) under the Settlement Workers in Schools program.

Peel - This fall, the Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board will launch six new Specialist High Skills Major (SHSM) programs at the secondary level.

Peel - On Tuesday, May 25, the Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board will honour Victor Morgado with the Catholic Award of Merit. A long-time Brampton resident, Mr. Morgado is identified as the high school student who, in 1984, approached then Premier William G. Davis as he was cutting his lawn, and asked him why he had to pay tuition to attend his Catholic high school when his public school friends did not.