MOUNT FOREST – Mayor Andy Lennox presented the Wellington Heights Secondary School Special Olympics Bocce Team with congratulatory certificates on June 23 in recognition of the team’s gold medal at the 2025 Special Olympics Ontario School Championships.
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Palmerston student wins Indigenous youth award
PALMERSTON– Palmerston student Reese French has won the 2025 Turtle Island Heritage Youth award.
UGDSB to play national anthem during board meetings
GUELPH – O Canada will be played at Upper Grand District School Board (UGDSB) meetings moving forward.
Outgoing student trustees offer thanks, enthusiastic motivational speech
GUELPH – Hiba Mangat and Zecharius Nasir have completed their school year as student trustees and have graduated from the Upper Grand District School Board.
UGDSB passes $550 million balanced budget, but not without challenges
GUELPH – The Upper Grand District School Board (UGDSB) has passed the 2025-2026 school year budget totalling $549.6 million. The balanced budget was developed over several months and focuses on the priorities outlined in the board’s multi-year plan. Trustees approved an operating budget of $499.9 m
UGDSB Trustees to ask province to increase education funding
GUELPH – The Upper Grand District School Board (UGDSB) is set to write a letter to the provincial government expressing concerns with chronic underfunding in education across the province.
Some students struggling without air conditioning as school winds down
FERGUS – Lights were off, windows shuttered, and fans hummed in hot classrooms during the last week of school before summer break.
School boards celebrate first Project SEARCH graduating class
GUELPH – The first class of the University of Guelph’s (U of G) Project SEARCH program graduated June 25.
UGDSB holds parent engagement sessions for human rights review
GUELPH – Parents and guardians can share concerns they have about human rights at the Upper Grand District School Board (UGDSB) during a series of parent/community engagement sessions.
UGDSB students present multimedia show ‘Speed River Anthology’
GUELPH – Local history will be told through theatrical performances, live music, film and animation during the Speed River Anthology.
School board explores bringing IB diploma program to Wellington, Dufferin
GUELPH – Some parents and students would like the International Baccalaureate (IB) diploma program to be offered in Upper Grand District School Board (UGDSB) schools in Wellington and Dufferin counties.
UGDSB approves updated policies on workplace violence, concussions, managing records
GUELPH – The Upper Grand District School Board (UGDSB) has approved updates to its policies on workplace violence, concussions, and records and information management.
Athletes compete at Special Olympics track and field
ORANGEVILLE – Around 260 athletes and 260 peer helpers turned out to the Dufferin and North Wellington Special Olympics, hosted by the Upper Grand District School Board (UGDSB) at Orangeville District Secondary School on May 21.
Union asks school board to call for increased provincial funding
GUELPH – There is a funding crisis in Ontario’s education system, union officials say.
School board has raised more than $2.5 million for Terry Fox Foundation
GUELPH – Over the years, the Upper Grand District School Board (UGDSB) has raised more than $2.5 million for the Terry Fox Foundation across all its schools.