Update: Information Regarding Grades 3 & 6 EQAO Assessments

Posted May 22, 2015

We would like to provide families with an update to our previous letter indicating that the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO) would begin strike action on Monday, May 11, 2015. The strike action taken by ETFO across the province, and including here in the WRDSB, involves the withdrawal of administrative duties, including the administration […]

Fun Fair volunteers still needed. Please consider helping out. Thanks.

Posted May 22, 2015

FUN FAIR VOLUNTEER UPDATE Thank you to everyone who has signed up to help out with the JW Gerth Fun Fair this year! We have a great bunch of parents, teachers and students who are on board to make this year’s fair a success! We are still in need of help running games and tables […]

Class Baskets for our Fun Fair-June 11.

Posted May 22, 2015

  By now all families should have received a letter home from each child’s class announcing the theme for their class basket .  Please keep your eyes posted!  Thank you in advance for your donations-we are super excited for this year’s themes!

New Health Curriculum Information is available in many languages!

Posted May 20, 2015

As you are aware, the Ministry of Education is committed to supporting our parent communities with information about the recently released curriculum for Health and Physical Education, Grades 1 to 12. I am pleased to inform you that the following parent resources are now available in Arabic, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, Farsi, Polish, Punjabi and […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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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