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Highlights from the February 2015 Board Meeting

GUELPH, Ontario (February 25, 2015) – The monthly meeting of the Upper Grand District School
Board was held on Tuesday, February 24, 2015. The following are
highlights from the meeting.

Students will take Warm Winter Wishes to Orlando

GUELPH, Ontario (February 13, 2015) – Two students from Wellington Heights Secondary School in Mount Forest took home a top honour from the 36th Annual DECA Ontario Provincials Competition, February 5-7, 2015 in Toronto.

New elementary school in East Guelph to get head start in former Tytler PS

GUELPH, Ontario (February 11, 2014) – A new elementary school on Couling Crescent in East
Guelph is beginning to take shape before shovels hit the ground.

Celebrate the season – it’s Winter Walk Day on February 4

GUELPH, Ontario (February 3, 2015) – Wednesday 4, 2015 February is Winter Walk Day – a day to embrace winter, bundle up, get outside and celebrate.

Peter Leblanc of Erin Public School named one of Canada’s Outstanding Principals™

GUELPH, Ontario (January 28, 2015) – Not only is he tech-savvy and data-driven, he can name
every one of the 340 students at his school. Peter Leblanc of Erin
Public School now has been named as one of Canada’s 40 Outstanding
Principals™ for 2015.

CHSS students build doghouses for northern dogs in Aboriginal communities

GUELPH, Ontario (January 13, 2015) – College Heights Secondary School (CHSS) students are
building 30 doghouses over the next few weeks that will be shipped to
Northern Ontario Aboriginal communities in a unique partnership with
the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW), Habitat for Humanity
and the Upper Grand District School Board (UGDSB).

Highlights of the January 2015 Board Meeting

GUELPH, Ontario (January 28, 2015) – The regular monthly meeting of the Upper Grand
District School Board was held on January 27, 2015. The following are
highlights of the meeting.

French Immersion growth prompts board to look at accommodation options

GUELPH, Ontario (January 15, 2015) – Rapidly increasing enrolment at École Edward Johnson Public School in Guelph has prompted the Upper Grand District School Board to consider a number of options for relieving enrolment pressure, including temporary use of the former Tytler Public School.

Trustees face decision as staff recommend closure of Kenilworth PS

GUELPH, Ontario (January 9, 2015) –The staff of the Upper Grand District School Board will recommend to
trustees that Kenilworth Public School be closed as of September 2015.
Under the proposed scenario, referred to as Option 3 in the report,
Kenilworth students south of Side Road 3 would attend Arthur PS, and
students north of Side Road 3 would attend Victoria Cross PS.

Highlights of the April 2014 board meeting

GUELPH, Ontario – The April meeting of the Upper Grand District School Board was held on Tuesday, April 22, 2014. The following provides highlights from the meeting.

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