UPPER CANADA DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD

The Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO) will be in a legal strike position as of Monday, November 25 and will proceed with a work-to-rule campaign effective Tuesday, November 26 if an agreement is not reached between all parties at the provincial level.

The TR Leger School of Adult, Alternative and Continuing Education will host an open house on Thursday, Nov. 21, 2019 to showcase its new campus on Ormond Street in Brockville.

As you may be aware, there have recently been several reports in the media on the presence of lead in the drinking water in Ontario schools. More specifically, several Upper Canada District School Board schools have been named as exceeding the Ontario threshold for lead in drinking water. We understand the importance of maintaining healthy environments for our students and staff and are writing to assure you that the drinking water in our schools is safe.

Students across the Upper Canada District School Board discovered the world of work Wednesday, November 6 during Take Our Kids to Work Day.

This week, many schools across the Upper Canada District School Board will be taking part in learning opportunities surrounding Treaties Recognition Week, which runs November 4-8.

More than 1,200 students from schools across the Upper Canada District School Board competed Tuesday, October 29 at the 2019 Upper Canada Cup Cross-Country Championships.

13 Upper Canada District School Board students placed in the top 10 at the Eastern Ontario Secondary Schools Athletic Association (EOSSAA) Cross Country Championships last week in Petawawa.

Front of Yonge Elementary School welcomed 11 Grade 5 students and three teachers from Maple Bear International School located in São Paulo, Brazil on Monday, Oct. 21. The group of international learners will be here until Nov. 2.

On November 4, the Ministry of Education’s new policy that restricts the use of personal mobile devices during instructional time will go into effect. The Ministry defines a personal mobile device to be a personal electronic device that can be used to communicate or to access the Internet, such as a cellphone or a tablet.

Thousand Islands Secondary School is the 2019 Upper Canada Cup Boys Soccer Champion, while the 2019 Upper Canada Cup Girls Soccer Champion is Carleton Place High School. Both divisions played against North Grenville District High School in the finals.

Trustees with the Upper Canada District School Board met on Wednesday, October 23, 2019, for their regular Board meeting. They discussed several agenda items.

On October 24, 2019, staff and students across the Upper Canada District School Board will join organizations across the province for Ontario Dress Purple Day, a day to raise awareness about the role communities play in supporting vulnerable children and families.

Students from Thousand Islands Secondary School, Russell Public School, Pakenham Public School, and Char-Lan District High School have joined peers across the country to take part in mock elections in their schools.These mock elections are part of Student Vote Canada activities.

The Upper Canada District School Board is recognizing Local Government Week this week, held annually to increase youth and public awareness about the role local government plays in various areas of life.

Trustees with the Upper Canada District School Board met on Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2019 for their regular Board meeting. They discussed several agenda items.

The Upper Canada District School Board and Queen’s University Faculty of Education have signed a Memorandum of Understanding that will allow them to explore opportunities between the two institutions that will put an emphasis on rural and remote education for apprenticing teachers.

Trustees with the Upper Canada District School Board met on Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2019 for their regular Board meeting. They discussed several agenda items

The Upper Canada District School Board (UCDSB) recognized excellence on Wednesday, September 25 at the 2019 Trustee Innovation Awards ceremony in Brockville, which took place during the regular Board meeting.

Today is National Terry Fox School Run Day and, despite many school runs getting postponed due to weather, hundreds of students across the Upper Canada District School Board still took part in school runs today, with hundreds more taking part next week. All the money raised in these events go to the Terry Fox Foundation and supports cancer research.

As you may have heard, the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) has announced job action in response to the status of bargaining at the provincial level. This job action could take place as early as Monday September 30. This is job action that affects all school boards across Ontario. It is a result of the provincial dialogue between the Ministry of Education and CUPE. CUPE and the province have recently announced that they will continue bargaining on September 28 and 29, 2019.

The Upper Canada District School Board (UCDSB) has received the latest EQAO assessment data and overall, UCDSB students have achieved modest gains in areas of reading and writing, while reflecting the provincial trends in math. The UCDSB sees these achievements as steps in the right direction.

Trustees with the Upper Canada District School Board met on Wednesday, September 11, 2019 for the first Board meeting of the 2019-2020 school year. They discussed several agenda items.

Every September Terry Fox’s brother, Fred Fox, visits schools across Canada to share Terry’s story. Yesterday he visited Maxville Public School and Thousand Islands Elementary School (TIES) as part of his cross-Canada tour.

Today is World Suicide Prevention Day and the Upper Canada District School Board (UCDSB) wants to highlight some of the steps students, staff and their families can take to take care of their mental health, and the resources available to them if they are in crisis.