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Dress for Weather
We like to go outdoors for both recesses everyday whether the sun is shining or not. Please dress for the weather and send in extra socks and mittens to ensure our fingers and toes stay dry and warm. Please label items that are sent to school so that they can easily be reunited …
Parents/Guardians invited to free webinar: Post-pandemic Mental Health
Parents/guardians are invited to join a free webinar in November on post-pandemic mental health.
Join Kevin Cameron as he shares information and strategies relating to post-pandemic mental health for adults and children.
A survey by CMHA Ontario showed that nearly half (48 per cent) of Ontarians say their mental health has worsened over the past two …
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Download school ventilation reports from the UGDSB website
The Upper Grand District School Board continues to make board and school-based ventilation reports available in the 2022-23 school year.
The board report and each school report is available for download on the UGDSB website at www.ugdsb.ca/ventilationreport.
To access a specific school report:
Download the full report (Microsoft Excel document)
Click on the tab …
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Hallowe’en
Hallowe’en Day ~Monday, October 31st
Our schools celebrate Halloween with costume dress up and/or black and orange.
We will ask that parents carefully consider the costumes their children wear to school as they will need to wear them all day. If students choose to wear a costume they should come to school wearing it. Please h …
Help the UGDSB make positive change – complete the Student Census today!
The “UGDSB Counts Student Census” launches today for all Upper Grand District School Board students in grades Kindergarten-12. Participation in the Student Census will help the UGDSB make systemic changes that will create more equitable outcomes for all students.
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Terry Fox
Our Terry Fox Run will be held on Friday, September 23rd at Harris Mill. Donations can be made to the Terry Fox Foundation in support of the Terry Fox Run for cancer research. Donations can be made through SchoolCash. Thank you for your support.
Wellness Works: Welcome Back!
The Upper Grand District School Board is continuing with the Wellness Works monthly themes across all grades in the 2022-2023 school year. For September we are once again bringing our collective focus to the theme of: WELCOME, CONNECTION and BELONGING.
New Class Organization
Dear Parents/Guardians;
As you are aware through the newsletters posted over the past couple of weeks, the school organization that was in place during the first week of school was tentative, with the potential for change. To this end, we have received a new school organization. Our new school organization has …
Class Re-organization
September 13th, 2022
Dear Parents / Guardians,
We have had a positive and smooth start to our 2022-2023 school year. As you are aware, classes within the Upper Grand District School Board are tentative for the first two weeks of school. The Upper Grand District School Board Staffing Committee has …