Ministry of Education launches Learn at Home
Posted March 21, 2020
Today, the Premier of Ontario and Minister of Education announced the first phase of Learn at Home (Apprendre à la maison), a new online portal that will provide resources for families, so students can continue their education while schools are closed due to the ongoing COVID-19 situation. The at-home activities offered by Learn at Home […]
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You Can Help Stop the Spread of COVID-19
Posted March 20, 2020
The Waterloo Region District School Board (WRDSB) continues to work closely with Region of Waterloo Public Health, as we respond to the rapidly evolving COVID-19 pandemic. We have compiled a number of resources, obtained from ROW Public Health and Public Health Ontario, intended to provide information to WRDSB families as you make decisions about your […]
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Update on Student Learning During School Closure
Posted March 18, 2020
Dear WRDSB Families, The health, safety and well-being of students and staff is our highest priority. We continue to receive advice from our Public Health agencies and direction from the Ministry of Education related to COVID-19. OSSLT and EQAO Provincial Assessments Effective today, March 17, 2020, the Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test (OSSLT), which is […]
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BOOMERANG AND ZERO WASTE LUNCHES AT WTT
Posted March 13, 2020
BOOMERANG AND ZERO WASTE LUNCHES STARTING AT WTT ON APRIL 6TH. What is it? A boomerang lunch is a lunch that returns all garbage, food and containers back to the source at home. A Zero Waste lunch has no garbage and uses reusable containers. We will no longer have green bin and recycle bins available […]
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All Child Care Centres, EarlyON and Before and After School Programs in WRDSB Schools Closed March 14 through April 5
Posted March 13, 2020
As we learned yesterday, the Minister of Education has issued a Ministerial Order to close all publicly funded schools in Ontario for two weeks following March break, in response to the emergence in Ontario of COVID-19. We can now say that this closure will include ALL child care centres, EarlyON and Before and After School […]
WRDSB schools closed March 14 through April 5
Posted March 12, 2020
Based on advice from Dr. David Williams, Ontario’s Chief Medical Officer of Health and the experts at the COVID-19 Command Table, the Minister of Education has issued a Ministerial Order to close all publicly funded schools in Ontario for two weeks following March break, in response to the emergence in Ontario of COVID-19. This order […]
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