safeTALK training now available for parents & guardians

Posted May 12, 2016

As part of our system goal of supporting student achievement & well-being, we are pleased to offer safeTALK training for parents/guardians. What is safeTALK? safeTALK is a three-hour alertness workshop that prepares participants, regardless of prior experience or training, to become a suicide alert helper. What are the goals and objectives of safeTALK? Recognize that […]

Girls Rugby Wins Semi-Finals to Advance to WCSSAA Championship

Posted May 11, 2016

Congratulations to the W-O Girls Rugby Team who defeated Bluevale 22 – 0 on Wednesday, May 11 to earn their way to the WCSSAA championship! Good luck to the team as they face KCI on Tuesday for the WCSSAA title!
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New York City Trip

Posted May 10, 2016

From May 3-7 49 students from WO’s Marketing, Travel & Tourism and World Issues classes visited New York City. Highlights of the trip included the 9/11 Memorial Museum, Amateur Night at the Apollo theatre in Harlem, an NBC Studio tour, and a New York Yankees baseball game. Despite some wet and cool weather, a great time was had by all taking in the sites, and experiences of the city. Planning has already begun for next year’s trip!

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Discovery Days at the Western University

Posted May 10, 2016

On May 6, six Biology students ( Micah Kipfer, Rachel Watson-Zehr, Kristin Ropp, Kaite Drake, Grace Denney and Melissa Jantzi.) travelled to The Western University for Discovery Days in the Health Sciences. They participated in a Keynote Speaker lecture in the morning on Discovering Genetic Diseases related to DNA packaging in cells, 2 workshops of their choice in a Health Science related field, and a Career Panel Q and A with a pediatric surgeon, a family GP, nurses, and a professor from Western.

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Important Information for Parents

Posted May 9, 2016

During the spring months, many groups of senior students, as a means to celebrate graduation, organize events on their own accord (e.g. dances, “proms’, camping, beach trips, etc.). Please note that these independent events are not officially recognized or organized by, at or through Waterloo-Oxford District Secondary School. As private events, school staff does not […]

Fort McMurray Disaster Relief – Fundraising

Posted May 9, 2016

Waterloo Region has a history in supporting a variety of communities and global relief efforts in situations where significant disaster and traumatic impact has occurred, such as that currently being experienced in Fort McMurray, Alberta. The continuing disaster forced Alberta to call a state of emergency last Wednesday after more than 88,000 people were forced […]

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