Update on Administration of Grades 3, 6 & 9 EQAO Assessments
Posted May 15, 2015
The Education Quality and Accountability Office (EQAO) notified the WRDSB that they will not be sending the Grade 3 and 6 Reading, Writing and Mathematics assessment materials to any boards currently affected by labour action. As a result, no WRDSB students in Grades 3 and 6 will participate in the EQAO assessment this year, until […]
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Categories: Broadcast-Elementary · Broadcast-Secondary · Labour
Jump Rope for Heart is another huge success! $9,699.78 raised by our community.
Posted May 13, 2015
Congratulations, once again, to the JWG Community for your more than generous donations to the Heart and Stroke Jump Rope for Heart event. You raised $9.699.78. Thank you all for your donations.
Last chance to buy a JWG Yearbook!!
Posted May 12, 2015
EXTENDING THE YEARBOOK DEADLINE, one last time! This is your last chance to order a yearbook for your child! Please go to YBPay.lifetouch.com to buy online. There are also extra copies of the manual form in the office if you prefer to write a check or pay cash. Our goal is to sell 350 yearbooks […]
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Paralympic Schools Week 2015 resources now available
Posted May 11, 2015
This message is on behalf of the Canadian Paralympic Committee. — OTTAWA – Feb. 26, 2015 – The Canadian Paralympic Committee, in partnership with Petro-Canada, is pleased to announce that registration is now open for the 2015 edition of Paralympic Schools Week, which will be held nation-wide from May 4 to 8, 2015. All schools […]
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Categories: Broadcast
Update: Job Action for Elementary Teachers on Monday, May 11
Posted May 8, 2015
Earlier this week we advised you that the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO) were in a legal strike position effective Monday May 11, 2015. This afternoon Sam Hammond, president of ETFO Ontario, formally confirmed that public Elementary Teachers in Ontario will begin phase one of job action on Monday. Mr. Hammond indicated that extracurricular activities […]
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Categories: Broadcast-Elementary · Labour
The 2015-16 School Year Calendar is Here!
Posted May 8, 2015
The 2015-16 school year calendar has been approved by the Ministry of Education. The first day of school for the 2015-16 school year is September 8, 2015.
View the Calendars:
Elementary
Secondary – Semestered Schools
Secondary – Waterloo-Oxford DSS
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Categories: Broadcast · Schools
JK/SK Information Night is tonight for students starting in September.
Posted May 7, 2015
We welcome our parents and new JK/SK students, who will be joining us in September, to attend our Parent/student information night tonight, starting at 6:00. We look forward to meeting you and your child(ren).
Job Action for Elementary Teachers on Monday, May 11
Posted May 6, 2015
Job action announced by Waterloo Region District School Board elementary teachers. We would like to provide families with an update to our previous letter indicating that the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO) will be in a legal strike position on Monday May 11, 2015. We can now inform you that ETFO will begin strike […]
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Categories: Broadcast-Elementary · Labour
Last chance to order a Year Book
Posted May 6, 2015
JWG staff raise $2552.00 in the “Walk so Kids can talk” walk.
Posted May 4, 2015
There was a great turn-out for the Walk so Kids can talk event yesterday at the Museum. The JWG staff raised $2552.00 for this great cause. It was a fun event and very well run. Congratulations to BMO on a job well done:)