Official press releases from the Waterloo Region District School Board.
Posted May 28, 2019
Waterloo Region District School Board is taking on period poverty in every school. Period poverty exists in 88 percent of[…]
Categories: Press Releases · Schools · Well-being
Posted June 15, 2017
Trustees unanimously approved a balanced budget for the 2017-18 school year at a Special Committee of the Whole Meeting on[…]
Categories: Board · Learning · Press Releases Tags: budget · Capital Projects · Operational Goals
Posted December 5, 2016
Ted Martin elected vice-chair At the Inaugural Board Meeting held this evening, trustees elected Scott McMillan as Chair of the[…]
Categories: Board · Press Releases
Posted September 21, 2016
Today, the Education, Quality and Accountability Office (EQAO) released school board results for Grades 3 and 6 assessments in reading,[…]
Categories: Board · Learning · Press Releases · Schools Tags: Education Quality and Accountability Office (EQAO) · Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test (OSSLT)
Posted June 21, 2016
Kitchener, ON: On Monday, June 20, 2016, Waterloo Region District School Board (WRDSB) trustees approved a balanced budget for the[…]
Categories: Board · Community · Learning · Press Releases · Schools Tags: budget · student achievement
Posted May 31, 2016
Kitchener, ON: The election of Student Trustees for the 2016-2017 school year has taken place. Husayn Jamal from Cameron Heights[…]
Categories: Board · Broadcast-Secondary · Press Releases · Schools Tags: Cameron Heights Collegiate Institute · Kitchener-Waterloo Collegiate Institute & Vocational School · Student Trustees
Posted April 19, 2016
Tim Walker Awards Presented by Student Trustees Four schools received funding to support their environmental projects. The funding was provided[…]
Categories: Board · Learning · Press Releases · Schools Tags: environmental initiatives · Tim Walker Memorial Awards
Posted April 7, 2016
We are pleased to announce that the Waterloo Region District School Board and ETFO Waterloo Region have ratified their local[…]
Categories: Labour · Learning · Press Releases · Schools Tags: ETFO · labour
Posted March 1, 2016
This afternoon at approximately 1:00 pm, a small fire broke out in a stairwell at Preston High School and the fire department responded.
Students and staff were safely evacuated to St. Joseph’s Catholic Elementary School. Both the fire and police departments have deemed the school safe, and have released the building back to the school board.
School will resume at normal time tomorrow.
Thank you to emergency services, students and staff at Preston High School for their quick response.
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Categories: Press Releases · Schools Tags: fire · Preston High School
Posted November 24, 2015
At the Committee of the Whole Meeting held November 23, 2015, trustees approved the name of the new south Kitchener[…]
Categories: Board · Community · Press Releases · Schools Tags: new school · school name · Trustees
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