OSSLT Preparation: March 2017

On March 30, 2017, the Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test (OSSLT) will be written by all eligible students.   Students will be notified that they are writing the OSSLT and a letter will be sent home to parents.  Successful completion of the OSSLT is a requirement for earning an Ontario Secondary School Diploma.  OSSLT Prep – […]

Register now for the annual PIC and WRAPSC conference

For the sixth year in a row, the WRDSB Parent Involvement Committee (PIC) and the Waterloo Region Assembly of Public School Councils (WRAPSC) is hosting their free annual family event for parents, caregivers and the community. The theme for this year’s parent conference is Empowering Students with Parent Engagement. The conference will start with keynote speakers Royan Lee, a teacher, consultant […]

Password Changes

Students are required to change their password every 90 days.  This week seems to be the end of a 90 day period where a wave of students last changed their passwords. Every student is notified a week in advanced that their password will be changing. Students are encouraged to check their Gmail account on a regular […]

2017-18 Annual Budget Survey

Calling all students, parents and community members. Have a say in our budget process. Which funding priorities do you think the Board should consider for the 2017-18 school year, and beyond? Respond to the short 2017-18 Annual Budget Survey below to help us identify which areas are important to our WRDSB community. Please keep in mind: […]

Course Selection 2017/18

Students in Grades 9 – 12 Course Selection Day was Wednesday February 15, 2017.    All students received course selection materials and attended an assembly. The deadline for course selection is Friday February 24.   All students must hand in their printed copy of course requests to their block A teacher. Click here for the Course Selection WorkSheet […]

Report Card Distribution

Semester 1 final report cards and newsletter will be distributed on Friday, February 17th in homeroom classes.  Students who are absent that day can pick up report cards in the main office. Newsletter With January Report Card – 2017 Jan 2017 – Parent Guide Report Card Anatomy – January 2017  

Director’s #WeAreWRDSB Town Hall

We’re throwing the doors of the Education Centre wide open for the first ever Director’s Town Hall meeting. We’re inviting students, parents, staff and community members to our headquarters for the opportunity to take look at the big picture for public education in our region and to talk directly with education leaders in our district. […]

WRDSB students attend 7th annual Gay-Straight Alliance conference

On Wednesday, more than 200 energetic students and staff from the Waterloo Region District School Board (WRDSB) gathered at Bingeman’s for the 7th annual Gay-Straight Alliance (GSA) conference, in partnership with KW Counselling‘s OK2BME program. Students from 23 WRDSB schools participated in this one-day conference. Joined by community support groups, the conference provided a space […]

Co-op Assemblies

Co-op Informational Assemblies on Monday, February 13 in Tassie Hall

PD Day – Friday, February 3, 2017 (Secondary)

This is a reminder of our scheduled Professional Development (PD) Day tomorrow – Friday, February 3, 2017. There will be no school for secondary students. Secondary Teachers Secondary teachers and administrators will be working on school improvement planning on various topics, including mathematics, student well-being, digital learning, and subject-based topics. They will also have time […]