WELLINGTON COUNTY – The Ontario government is providing additional stand-alone HEPA filter units for schools and child care centres to further protect children against COVID-19.
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School boards provide guidance as sports, extracurricular activities resume
WELLINGTON COUNTY – As schools resume extracurricular activities and sports, the Upper Grand District School Board and Wellington Catholic District School Board are providing additional guidance on health and safety requirements.
School boards to resume extracurricular activities as province eases restrictions
WELLINGTON COUNTY – As COVID-19 trends appear to be on the mend, students will once again be allowed to resume extracurricular activities.
Building a canoe changed everything for Indigenous Centre Wellington student
CENTRE WELLINGTON – An experience building a canoe in traditional Indigenous ways has led a Centre Wellington District High School student to appreciate her Indigenous heritage and take on social justice projects at the school.
Erin snow dinosaur makes people smile
Bringing smiles – Upper Grand District School Board trustee Jen Edwards and her daughter Maggie,…
UGDSB to continue remote learning option for elementary students next year
GUELPH – A remote learning option for elementary students could become the status quo in the Upper Grand District School Board (UGDSB).
Secondary students to return to regular semester model next week
GUELPH – For the first time since the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, secondary students will be returning to a normal schedule, school board officials say.
UGDSB to begin anti-sex trafficking training for students, staff
GUELPH – The Upper Grand District School Board (UGDSB) has developed an anti-sex trafficking protocol, with plans to begin training staff and students in the fall.
Local school boards pause EQAO testing due to stress of pandemic learning
GUELPH – In response to the ongoing challenges of pandemic learning, both the Upper Grand District School Board (UGDSB) and Wellington Catholic District School Board (WCDSB) are pausing the Grade 9 EQAO assessment until further notice.
UGDSB launches COVID-19 case monitoring pilot program as students return to school
GUELPH – In the absence of case reporting in schools, the Upper Grand District School Board (UGDSB) has launched its absence tracking pilot program – a program aimed at monitoring the daily rates of absenteeism in schools across the board.
School boards prepare for return to in-person learning
WELLINGTON COUNTY – Officials and staff at the Upper Grand District School Board and Wellington Catholic District School Board are preparing for the Jan. 17 return to in-person learning with newly acquired HEPA units, higher-grade masks and a new method for case monitoring.
Local school boards recognize mental health toll of pandemic uncertainty on students
WELLINGTON COUNTY – As students once again settle in to online learning amid another surge in COVID-19 cases, school board officials say they recognize the toll the constant uncertainty of the pandemic is having on students’ mental health.
School board to ask province to add COVID-19 to immunization act
GUELPH – The Upper Grand District School Board (UGDSB) will be sending a letter to the province requesting several actions to ensure a safer return to in-person learning.
Students learning from home after province flip-flops on return to classrooms
WELLINGTON COUNTY - Students were supposed to be back in-class this week following a belated Christmas gift of a delayed return to school on Jan. 5.
Registration for kindergarten at UGDSB is now available
GUELPH – Kindergarten registration at the Upper Grand District School Board (UGDSB) is now available.