Our Digital Story: Listening and Learning
Posted February 8, 2021
Throughout Black History Month, the Waterloo Region District School Board (WRDSB) is taking time to highlight and remember the ways that African, Caribbean, and Black Canadians have contributed to Canada’s past, present and future, while recognizing the responsibility each of us has to become anti-racists and combat systemic anti-Black racism. We recognize that African, Caribbean […]
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Supporting Your Anxious Child | Parenting Essentials Video Series
Posted February 8, 2021
The Waterloo Region District School Board (WRDSB) and Parents for Children’s Mental Health are proud to announce the Parenting Essentials video series, featuring recordings of webinars that took place in the fall of 2020. The second video in this series focuses on information for parents and caregivers, interested in learning more about supporting kids in […]
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Daily Screening Verification for Secondary Students
Posted February 5, 2021
The Ministry of Education announced, as part of enhanced safety measures for the return to in-person learning, they will now require all staff and secondary students to verify daily that they have completed the self-screening process. As a reminder, students returning to in-person learning on Monday, February 8, 2020, are expected to continue to complete […]
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WRDSB re-opens to in-person learning Monday February 8th, 2021
Posted February 3, 2021
Today Stephen Lecce, the Minister of Education, announced that some Ontario School Boards will re-open to in-person instruction on Monday, February 8th, 2021. The WRDSB will welcome students enrolled in the in-person mode of learning back to school on Monday February 8th 2021. The Ministry of Education in consultation with Public Health officials is responsible […]
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Orientation Days for Quadmester 3 in the SDLP
Posted February 3, 2021
The beginning of Quadmester three for new and returning students in the Secondary Distance Learning Program (SDLP) in the Waterloo Region District School Board (WRDSB) will begin tomorrow. Here’s what the first week will look like. Orientation Days: February 4 and 5 SDLP teachers will be online to welcome students on the morning of February […]
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W-O’s Taylor Erb wins an OSSTF Student Achievement Award!
Posted February 1, 2021
Taylor Erb (Grade 10) has become one of the nine provincial winners of the 2021 Student Achievement Awards (sponsored by the Ontario Secondary Schools Teachers’ Federation). Her touching short story, ‘The One Who Paints Rocks’, exemplified this year’s theme: Kindness is a Renewable Resource. It placed first in the Grade 9-10: Academic Prose & Poetry […]
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