GUELPH – The Upper Grand District School Board (UGDSB) approved two revised policies, pertaining to student fees and Indigenous education, during the board meeting on Jan. 30.
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UGDSB encourages students to ‘get moving’ for Winter Walk Month
GUELPH – February is Winter Walk Month and Feb. 7 was Winter Walk Day.
UGDSB opens pre-registration for elementary remote learning
WELLINGTON COUNTY – The Upper Grand District School Board (UGDSB), partners with Avon Maitland District School Board (AMDSB) and Grand Erie District School Board (GEDSB) to offer an Elementary Remote Learning Program for students in Grade 1 through 8.
Ministry of Education releases high school graduation rates
GUELPH – Between 82 and 91 per cent of students from local school boards graduate high school within four years of starting Grade 9.
UGDSB seeking applications, nominations for associate director
GUELPH – The Upper Grand District School Board (UGDSB) is inviting applications and nominations for the newly created role of associate director.
UGDSB has limited data on hate-motivated harm against 2SLGBTQIA+ students, staff
GUELPH – The Upper Grand District School Board (UGDSB) has official records of less than 60 incidents of hate directed against 2SLGBTQIA+ students and staff from November 2022 to December 2023, but UGDSB spokesperson said most incidents are going unreported.
UGDSB appoints trustees to committees, approves director’s performance appraisal
GUELPH – The Upper Grand District School Board (UGDSB) held a board meeting on Jan. 16.
Grade 12 students raised $133,000 at Beyond Borders gala
GUELPH – Sixty students in the Upper Grand District School Board’s (UGDSB) Beyond Borders program organized the gala at the Guelph River Run Centre on Jan. 20 that the students estimate raised a whopping $133,000.
Alma students’ experiment will fly to International Space Station this year
ALMA – Grade 6 students Cohen Pearl, Will Kelly, Lily Craven and Myelle Mulder have designed an experiment that will be conducted at the International Space Station later this year.
Students with special education status twice as likely to face expulsion/suspension
GUELPH – Students with special education status are disproportionately expelled, suspended and excluded from Upper Grand District School Board (UGDSB) classrooms.
Upper Grand Learning Foundation ‘helps kids be the best they can be’: president
WELLINGTON COUNTY – Volunteers in Wellington, Dufferin and Guelph work together to ensure Upper Grand District School Board (UGDSB) students have access to funds they need to succeed.
School board releases survey about need for before, after school programs
GUELPH— The Upper Grand District School Board Before and/or After School Program (BASP) survey is open to parents and guardians from now until Jan. 31.
Inspire Charity Gala to fundraise for Guelph hospital, Doctors Without Borders
GUELPH – “Young people are the future of this world, and they are not to be underestimated.”
A year in review at the Upper Grand District School Board
GUELPH – Upper Grand District School Board (UGDSB) education director Peter Sovran said he is “continually in awe” of the efforts of UGDSB students and staff.
County students among winners of CBC’s Canadian Music Class Challenge
GUELPH – Local students are receiving national recognition for their recent rendition of Sloan’s 2001 song If It Feels Good Do It.