WELLINGTON COUNTY – Both the Upper Grand and Wellington Catholic District school boards have a bustling cottage industry going alongside student learning: making personal protective equipment (PPE) for frontline workers.
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School boards adjusted to changes at ‘Mach speed’
WELLINGTON COUNTY – There has now been time for school boards to understand how distance learning…
Guelph Y providing online gym class
GUELPH – The YMCA-YWCA of Guelph is providing free virtual physical education resources to…
Education workers were picketing in Palmerston on Feb. 21
Education at issue – Education workers were picketing in Palmerston on Feb. 21 as part of…
Education dispute continues
Province-wide strike – Teachers and education workers were picketing throughout Fergus on…
Wellington Catholic schools to close Feb. 4 due to OECTA strike action
WELLINGTON COUNTY – All schools in the Wellington Catholic District School Board will close on Feb. 4 due to the second province-wide Ontario English Catholic Teachers’ Association (OECTA) strike.
All publicly funded schools in Wellington were to close Jan. 15 due to OSSTF strike action
WELLINGTON COUNTY – All publicly funded elementary and secondary schools in Wellington were set to close on Jan. 15 due to ongoing Ontario Secondary School Teacher’s Federation (OSSTF) strike action.
Catholic school board chair delivers inaugural address
GUELPH - Wellington Catholic District School Board (WCDSB) chair, Marino Gazzola delivered his inaugural address at the regular meeting of the board of trustees on Jan. 13.
All publicly funded schools in Wellington set to close Jan. 15 due to OSSTF strike action
WELLINGTON COUNTY – All publicly funded schools in Wellington County are scheduled to close on Jan. 15 due ongoing Ontario Secondary School Teacher’s Federation (OSSTF) strike action.
No EQAO testing for Grade 9 math students in January
WELLINGTON COUNTY – Upper Grand District School Board (UGDSB) and Wellington Catholic District School Board (WCDSB) students will not be participating in the Grade 9 math EQAO (Education Quality and Accountability Office) assessments this month.
WCDSB gives this holiday season
GUELPH - The Wellington Catholic District School Board (WCDSB) raised $50,000 at the 17th annual Bishop’s Dinner for Community Needs.
Wellington Catholic selects chair and vice chair for coming year
GUELPH - Trustees with the Wellington Catholic District School Board selected their chair and vice chair for the coming year at the board’s inaugural meeting on Dec. 2.
OSSTF planning one-day strike on Dec. 4
WELLINGTON COUNTY – High school teachers and support staff are planning a one-day strike unless progress is made in contract negotiations.
New provincial cell phone restrictions have no impact on local school board practices
GUELPH – The new “cell phone ban” put in place by the provincial government will have no impact on either Wellington County school board.
Wellington County elementary schools fall short of provincial average in EQAO testing
WELLINGTON CTY. – Wellington Catholic District School Board Grade 3 students in math and Upper Grand District School Board Grade 6 students in reading are the only elementary cohorts to beat the provincial average in the latest EQAO testing.