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Students and staff at Waverley Drive PS combine culture and math

Posted April 3, 2024

Toward the end of February, Waverley Drive Public School French Teacher, Andrew Agyare-Tabbi, introduced students in Tanya Hipfner’s grade 4/5 class to Kente cloth.

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Rickson Ridge PS student wins annual Pi Day Contest

Posted March 20, 2024

In honour of Pi Day, Rickson Ridge Public School grade 7 math teacher, Susan Stone, holds a competition for students to see who can recite the most digits of Pi.

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Summer School 2021: Grade 6, 7, 8 Programs

Posted May 13, 2021

The Upper Grand District School Board is offering summer programming to students. Registration is now open for the Grade 6, 7, 8 Literacy and Numeracy Support Programs and the Grade 8 Reach Ahead Credits. 

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Grade 4/5 students at Waverley Drive PS combine math and art skills 

Posted November 3, 2020

Grade 4 and 5 students at Waverley Drive Public School recently combined their math and art skills during a unique aquarium project.  

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J.D. Hogarth PS students give back to the community

Posted October 23, 2019

Students in Fergus had the chance to give back to their community, while engaging in a math lesson at the same time.

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Willow Road PS students find the math in Indigenous techniques of the peyote stitch

Posted October 23, 2019

For four days in October, students at Willow Road Public School engaged in a collaborative project that combined Indigenous knowledge and mathematics, by learning about the peyote stitch and tessellations.

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Students build confidence, make friends at UGDSB’s Camp Lift Off

Posted July 23, 2019

Camp Lift Off ran from July 3 to 23, 2019, at Taylor Evans Public School in Guelph and Centennial Hylands Elementary School in Shelburne.

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Rickson Ridge PS students start the New Year with a math challenge

Posted January 10, 2019

The students at Rickson Ridge Public School are diving into the New Year with an engaging math challenge.

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Teachers focus on foundational skills and tools for thinking at math workshop

Posted October 31, 2018

Upper Grand DSB math teachers are using concrete, hands-on tools in order to teach students mathematical concepts.

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UGDSB staff learn strategies for student success at annual Learning Fair

Posted August 24, 2018

On August 23 and 24, hundreds of Upper Grand District School Board staff attend the board’s annual Learning Fair.

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