Contacting the School

Posted April 22, 2021

School Contact In order to minimize the number of staff in the building, we will be working from home as much as possible.  Therefore, if you need to reach the school, please email jwg@wrdsb.ca.  This email is monitored by school office staff.  If you need to reach a teacher, please use the method that the teacher has […]

Training Webinars for Parents – How to support your child with technology

Posted April 22, 2021

Training Webinars for Parents The following technology training opportunities for parents are now available. Training Webinars for Parents – April 26 – May 29 are open to any parent or guardian who is interested in learning about the technology available in WRDSB to support their child. Webinars will be live and held using Google Meet Three different […]

Earth Day 2021

Posted April 22, 2021

Every year on April 22, Earth Day marks the anniversary of the birth of the modern environmental movement in 1970. Earth Day is widely recognized as the largest secular observance in the world, marked by more than a billion people every year as a day of action to change human behaviour and create global, national, […]

Happy Administrative Professionals’ Day

Posted April 21, 2021

Today, April 21, marks Administrative Professionals’ Day – a time to celebrate and highlight administrative professionals’ dedication and their important role in the Waterloo Region District School Board (WRDSB). From our schools to the Education Centre, these individuals play a vital role in supporting our students and staff, each and every day. As with our […]

You Count: WRDSB Student Census starts today

Posted April 19, 2021

Today, Waterloo Region District School Board (WRDSB) launches its first-ever Student Census. As a school board, we want to better understand the cultural, social and demographic diversity of our student population. It is an opportunity for us to learn more about our students and help us to identify differences and gaps in their experiences and […]

Verification of Screening for Elementary Students Attending In-Person

Posted April 19, 2021

The Ministry of Education announced, as part of enhanced safety measures for the return to in-person learning for students with special education needs, unable to learn remotely, all students and staff attending in-person must verify that they have completed the daily self-screening process. As a reminder, all students returning to in-person learning are expected to […]

Transition to Full Remote Learning on April 19

Posted April 15, 2021

Further to our announcement earlier this week regarding our return to remote learning on April 19, we wanted to provide more information to students and families about what they can expect. Elementary In-Person Students Elementary school students, previously attending school in-person, will now engage in remote learning beginning on Monday, April 19, 2021. Starting back […]

Device requests?

Posted April 15, 2021

For any additional families that require a device for their child to participate in online learning, please email jwg@wrdsb.ca with your child’s name and their teacher’s name. Please do not call the school as your email will act as the formal request that we require for our records. Please submit your request by Sunday, April 18 6pm. […]

Returning to Remote Learning on April 19

Posted April 12, 2021

Today, Premier Doug Ford announced that students across Ontario, including the Waterloo Region District School Board (WRDSB), will switch to remote learning on April 19th 2021 to help limit the spread of COVID-19. We would ask for families to be patient as we sort through the details of this announcement. Please be reassured we will […]

Covid-19 Case Notification – April 11

Posted April 11, 2021

COVID-19: CASE NOTIFICATION   Region of Waterloo Public Health has determined that a student, last in the J W Gerth Public School building on April 8 is a confirmed positive case of COVID-19. The identity of the individual is protected by privacy legislation and will not be shared.   Public Health has identified all high-risk […]

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