Feature Stories
Grand Erie District School Board takes pride in showcasing the many different events, programs, and newsworthy initiatives taking place within our school communities and our Board office. Feature stories are composed and produced within the Communications Department. Content for Schools in the News features are produced by individual schools to shine the spotlight on the stories, accomplishments, and initiatives that make each unique.
2021 Feature Stories
Today (February 11), Minister of Education Stephen Lecce announced that the province is postponing March Break for all elementary and secondary students across Ontario due to COVID-19.
Grand Erie parents and guardians are invited to a free virtual event addressing the ongoing concern of substance use among young people, and how the pandemic has affected patterns of use. Join us for Youth Substance Use: What Adults Need to Know Amidst COVID-19 with guest speaker Dr. Tara Bruno, PhD, on February 24, from 6:30 – 8 p.m.
Getting to Know Grand Erie is a new weekly feature that puts the spotlight on one of the many Grand Erie staff members working towards the goal of Success for Every Student. This week's focus is Jessie Kingma, Elementary Teacher at Waterford Public School.
When a second lockdown due to COVID-19 was looming late last year, Patti Zadanyi, art teacher at Hagersville Secondary School, had the foresight to send her students home “with as many art supplies as they could carry.”
When Kindergarten teacher Adam Lawrence and Designated Early Childhood Educator Melanie McLaren embarked on their careers in education, becoming YouTube stars certainly wasn’t part of the plan.
Getting to Know Grand Erie is a new weekly feature that puts the spotlight on one of the many Grand Erie staff members working towards the goal of Success for Every Student. This week's focus is Pete Ashe, the Principal of Banbury Heights School.
Grand Erie District School Board is pleased to share that Help Desk staff support is now available to all Grand Erie parents and guardians as an additional resource to support their technology-related needs, and the Grand Erie Virtual Learning Environment (VLE).
Grand Erie District School Board is pleased to announce the appointment of April Smith to the role of Superintendent of Education, effective February 1.
Grand Erie District School Board is ready to welcome a new class of young learners this fall, with online registration now open. Parents of children who will be four years old by the end of 2021 will need to take note of deadlines and required information to ensure a seamless start to their child’s schooling in September.
Due to the province-wide shutdown, all Grand Erie students will move to teacher-led remote learning beginning Monday, January 4.
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