UPPER CANADA DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD

Two resources all our families should be aware of are the United Way and Eastern Ontario 2-1-1.

The Upper Canada District School Board is accepting nominations for the 2020 UCDSB Trustee Innovation Awards.

In an effort to support health care and essential service workers in our communities during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Upper Canada District School Board has been able to respond positively to requests from municipalities to open four emergency child care centres within our school district.

The following letter was issued to parents by the Ontario Ministry of Education. I am writing to you today exactly two weeks since our government declared a State of Emergency in the province. I know this period has not been easy for you or your children, especially as the impacts of the COVID-19 outbreak begin to have increasing effects on your day-to-day lives and livelihoods.

Food from Upper Canada District School Board school nutrition programs will be diverted to area food banks to assist families during the COVID-19 crisis.

In an effort to contain the spread of COVID-19 and help flatten the curve on the virus, the Ontario government has officially closed schools until May 4 for students.

If you do not have Internet access at home, or you feel you are lacking in enough devices for your children to use, or you have children with a Board-provided device to support their special education programming, we are asking you to take a moment to complete this online survey

Trustees with the Upper Canada District School Board met on Wednesday, March 25, 2020 for their regular Board meeting. Trustees and senior staff joined the meeting by teleconference to ensure social distancing, however full audio was broadcasted live.

The following letter was issued today by the Ontario Ministry of Education. The foremost priority of the government is to keep all Ontarians safe, including our students and educators. Working with our partners and all levels of government, we will do whatever it takes to deliver on this imperative.

The Ontario Ministry of Education has launched its Learn at Home portal, a supplementary resource for elementary and secondary students to practice math and literacy skills, and learn at home during the ministry-directed school closure period from March 14, 2020 until April 5, 2020.

In light of the Premier’s message on March 17 declaring a state of emergency within the province of Ontario in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, we want to provide you with the most up-to-date information we have and how it relates to the operations of our schools and the school board. 

rustees with the Upper Canada District School Board met on Wednesday, March 11, 2020 for their regular Board meeting. They discussed several agenda items.

Recognizing that a key part of the provincial strategy to close all Ontario schools is to contain the spread of COVID-19, all child care and EarlyON centres located within UCDSB schools will also be closed during this time. Community activities that take place in our schools will be cancelled until April 6.

The Ministry of Education is interested in how Ontario schools are taking steps to minimize bullying to ensure students are learning in safe and caring environments. As part of their measures to fulfill this promise, a new survey by the ministry has been released to gauge the effectiveness of school anti-bullying measures.

Although there are no known cases of the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) in our region, it is important for families to know the proactive measures that the Upper Canada District School Board (UCDSB) has been taking in response to this virus.

The Rideau District High School Lions won silver Tuesday, March 3 at the EOSSAA Junior A Girls’ Volleyball Championship, held at St. Mary Catholic High School in Brockville.

Students at Commonwealth Public School learned to stay safe while online during a presentation by Brockville Police last week in the school’s Learning Commons.

The Perth and District Collegiate Institute Blue Devils won the 2020 EOSSAA Senior A Boys’ Basketball Championship Wednesday, February 26 defeating Rideau District High School 48-39.

On Tuesday, February 25, the Upper Canada District School Board (UCDSB) Student Senators met for their third quarterly meeting and elected two new Student Trustees for the 2020-2021 school year.

About 300 students from the Upper Canada District School Board (UCDSB) competed Tuesday, February 25 at the 2020 Eastern Ontario SKLZ competition, held at St. Lawrence College in Cornwall.

Today, Upper Canada District School Board (UCDSB) schools are celebrating International Pink Shirt Day by wearing pink shirts and holding assemblies and other activities to show they are anti-bully advocates and to celebrate each other’s differences.

EOSSAA Boys' Basketball Championships

The Eastern Ontario SKLZ Competition will take place Tuesday, February 25 at the Cornwall campus of St. Lawrence College.

Vankleek Hill Collegiate Institute Grade 10 student Anna Kouao has won a prestigious Vimy Pilgrimage Award, earning her a week-long tour of First World War battlefields and museums throughout France and Belgium.

The Carleton Place High School (CPHS) boys’ curling team won silver on February 15 at the Ontario School Curling Provincial Championships, held in Chatham, Ont., with the boys’ team from Glengarry District High School (GDHS) winning bronze.

The TR Leger School of Adult, Alternative and Continuing Education will host an open house on Thursday, February 27 to showcase its Gananoque campus at 600 MacDonald Drive.

Oxford-on-Rideau Public School and Merrickville Public School teamed up today in a bubble gum blowing contest to raise money for the UCDSB Champions for Kids (C4K) Foundation.

Rideau District High School student Katelyn Stojadinov stands out for her caring attitude and sense of service. She is featured in this month's Student Success Snapshot.

CUPE and Province have reached a tentative deal, UCDSB schools and childcare facilities open tomorrow

If a strike by CUPE members does occur on Monday, October 7, the UCDSB will need to close all of our schools to students. We will not be able to operate our facilities or provide proper supervision and care to our students.

If a strike by CUPE members does occur, the UCDSB will not be able to operate our facilities or provide proper supervision and care to our students. We will need to close all of our schools to students.

Today, the Canadian Union of Public Employees Provincial gave notice of a possible strike as of Monday, Oct. 7.

Board Update Regarding CUPE Labour Action

Around 4 p.m. on March 12, 2020, the provincial Government announced that all Ontario schools will be closed from Saturday, March 14, 2020, reopening on Monday, April 6, 2020. During this time, all Child Care and EarlyON Centres located in UCDSB schools will also be closed and community use activities in our schools will be cancelled. All UCDSB schools are open tomorrow (Friday, March 13) and transportation will be running. We are working to get answers to many of the unknowns and will inform parents/guardians, students and staff in the coming days.