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2014 EQAO test results released for Grade 9 Math
GUELPH, Ontario (September 24, 2014) – Grade 9 math students in the Upper Grand District School Board outperform many of their peers across the province, according to test results released by the province’s Education Quality and Accountability Office (EQAO).
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All elementary schools closed Friday December 14 for one day teacher walk out
GUELPH, Ontario (December 11, 2012) — The Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario ETFO has notified the Upper Grand District School Board that they will walk out of the schools on Friday, December 14, 2012 in protest over Bill 115, the Putting Students First Act passed by the provincial government this summer.
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Primary and Junior EQAO results released
GUELPH, Ontario (September 17, 2014) – Upper Grand grade 6 students made gains in Reading and
Writing but results in other areas did not improve over last year,
based on the Education Quality and Accountability Office’s (EQAO)
assessments of how well they know the curriculum. Test scores in
Mathematics dropped at both grade levels compared to the previous year,
and in grade 3 results slipped in Reading and Writing skills.
Digital Historian Project comes to Dufferin County schools and museum
GUELPH, Ontario (September 16, 2014) — Twenty senior history students from three high schools will embark on an immersive journey into the past beginning this February.
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Highlights of the August 2014 Board meeting
GUELPH, Ontario (August 27, 2014) – The August 2014 meeting of the Upper Grand District
School Board was held on Tuesday, August 26, 2014. The following are
highlights from the meeting.
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Twenty-five EcoSchools and counting
GUELPH, Ontario (June 16, 2014) – Twenty-five Upper Grand elementary and secondary schools have been certified as EcoSchools for 2014.
WHSS students advance to boardwalk as runner-ups to Layton award
MOUNT FOREST (October 22, 2012) — Wellington Heights Secondary School is a runner-up in the annual Jack Layton Award for Youth Action in Sustainability. The school was recognized for the efforts of grade 10 students in the Community Environmental Leadership Program (CELP) who built a boardwalk at Luther Marsh.
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You can help John F. Ross CVI spread the net
(January 9, 2009) — Are you a Rick Mercer fan? Have you heard about his Spread the Net fund raising campaign to fight malaria in countries ravaged by this deadly disease?
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Your Opportunity to Name a School
GUELPH, Ontario (January 8, 2014) – Want to have your say on what the Upper Grand District School Board should name its schools? Here’s your opportunity.
Westwood penguins off to the Winter Olympics
GUELPH, Ontario (February 23, 2010) — Five penguins crafted by grade 5 students at Westwood Public School are off to the winter Olympics in Vancouver and making a big splash.
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