News & Announcements
Important information on Reopening Schools & COVID-19
WEBINARS FOR PARENTS!
Dear Parents/Guardians, There are a number of great Webinars for parents/guardians during the month of November. We hope that you will find them useful and attend them virtually. Please click on the link below to access the details. Nov Parent Webinars 2020 Thanks ...Friday, November 27th is BUY NOTHING Day!
Monthly environmental activities to help celebrate our planet Don’t buy, give. “No one has ever become poor by giving”, Anne Frank Celebrate Buy Nothing Day on November 27th! Buy Nothing Day is an awareness day highlighting society’s habit of buying too many things. It is a day for society to examine the issue ...Police Presence in Schools town hall and survey info
Please read the following for information on the UGDSB’s Police Presence in Schools virtual town hall and survey.
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Survey to request change between in-person and remote learning (Oct. 14-21)
To request a change between in-person and remote learning, elementary parents/guardians must complete the Intent to Change Survey between October 14-21. The deadline to complete the survey is Oct. 21 at 4pm.
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Provide your input: Police presence in UGDSB schools
This October, the Upper Grand District School Board is holding a town hall and survey, asking participants for their input regarding the presence of police in UGDSB schools.
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UGDSB launches The Umbrella Project to support mental health and well-being
At the Upper Grand District School Board, we value mentally healthy schools, classrooms and work sites. This year, in order to further help support the mental health and well-being of UGDSB students and staff, we are introducing The Umbrella Project to schools and offices.
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Parent Information: Monitoring and Managing COVID-19
The UGDSB would like to remind all parents that they have an important role to play in preventing COVID-19 in our schools.
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Reminder to parents: Please screen children every day before coming to school
Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health and the school board would like to remind all parents/guardians that they are to screen their children every day for COVID-19 symptoms, prior to coming to school.
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Line Up Areas and Recess Zones
Primary Line Up Area
(notice the gate in the background, this is where we are asking parents to wait behind)
Junior Line Up Area
Subscription for Parents for Bus Delays & Cancellations!
Hello John Galt Parents & Guardians, If your child is using the School Bus this year, it would be very helpful to subscribe to the bus delays and cancellations. Please update your contact information if there are any changes. The Parent Portal is now open. As the routes will be highly subject to ...Read more about Subscription for Parents for Bus Delays & Cancellations! »
Letter to parents from Public Health – back to school
A letter to parents/guardians from Dr. Nicola Mercer, Medical Officer of Health and CEO of Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health.
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John Galt Reopening – Parent Guide
Please take a look at our Reopening Parent Guide. This guide is specific to our school site and will help you and your children get an idea of what to expect the first few days of school. Please know, that these plans will be updated as needed as we continue to ...Suggested School Supplies
Here are a list of suggested school supplies. Please label all items as well as possible. Division Supplies Kindergarten Pencil case/box Pencil 8 pack of pencil crayons 8 pack of crayons Glue stick (not liquid glue) Primary (Grade 1-3) Pencil case/box Pencils Pencil ...IMPORTANT: New schedule for staggered entry
In order to ensure the safety of students and to provide additional time for staffing schools, the Upper Grand District School Board’s schedule for staggered entry has changed.
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