St. Martin of Tours CES

Welcome to St. Martin of Tours’ DSR information page! This is your home for everything related to walking/wheeling to school. Click the school on the map for more information! For help using the map, check out the ‘map instructions’ and ‘map legend’ located below the map.

Congratulations to St. Martin of Tours on earning a Gold Healthy School Certification from OPHEA!

St. Martin of Tours is a Catholic Elementary School located in the Cherry Heights neighbourhood in Hamilton’s ward 10. According to data from the HWCDSB, there are 292 students who attend St. Martin of Tours from grades JK-8. 61% are within walking distance, 18% are bussed to school, and 21% are out of catchment; however, due to many different reasons, some students are driven to school in private vehicles. This is the case in every school across the City.

Our goal is to get 100% of students who live within 1.6km to walk or wheel to school on a daily basis. When we surveyed the community, we learned that 74% of students live within 1.6km from school, and that 47% of students usually walk or wheel to school. We would like to see this number go from 47% to 74%.

60 Gray Rd S
Stoney Creek, ON   L8G 2X5
 
  Morning Bell: 8:20 am
  Afternoon Bell: 2:40 am

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Survey Results

47%
Usually Walk or Wheel
74%
Live Nearby

Here's what's happening at St. Martin of Tours CES

Current activities:

  • Wear yellow days starting in April – organized and promoted by the Walk and Roll club
  • Some Walk and Roll club students will be trying a new activity called “Student Street View”. Students have been tasked with taking a picture of their walk to school and reflect on it. This picture is meant to help demonstrate how the student experiences their walk to school – it could be positive or negative. Student Street View will be incorporated into the DSR map!
  • Creating Student Streets to St. Martin of Tours CES by identifying and addressing barriers in the neighbourhood – ongoing.

Past activities:

  • Formation of the Walk and Roll Club (a club for active transportation) – January 2023
  • Wayfinding signs were installed along Student Streets – January 2023
  • Observation of King St./Gray Rd. intersection with the City of Hamilton and members of the school community. This led to the installation of visible crossing timer – Nov 2022
  • Student survey – October 2022
  • Walk/roll Wednesdays – October 2022
  • To access a complete report from spring 2022, click here

Survey Infographic

Results based on 98 responses received between October and November 2020

Routes Map