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
Grand Erie has updated its secondary sports protocol to welcome a limited number of spectators for indoor sports. This change, made in consultation with local public health units and other stakeholders, comes as playoff games for some competitions are imminent.
There are currently sexual assault allegations in our school community that are very concerning, connected to interactions between Pauline Johnson students. We take these allegations very seriously. The Brantford Police are investigating, and we are cooperating fully.
Washrooms across Grand Erie will soon include menstrual products free of charge as part of the student-led ME (menstrual equity) initiative to reduce barriers to access and increase awareness of the needs and well-being of trans and non-binary students.
Effective October 14, 2021, Grand Erie District School Board is pleased to offer an online credit card payment option for school-related activities and purchases.
For some, coping with the isolation brought on the pandemic meant baking loaves of sourdough. For Heather Gould, Designated Early Childhood Educator (DECE) at Rainham Central Public School, the downtime was a chance to reflect on her pedagogical practice – and she ended up writing a children’s book in the process.
“You miss one-hundred per cent of the shots you don’t take.” That’s just one morsel of advice Glen Gretzky and his siblings received from their father, Walter Gretzky, over the years. In fact, ‘Coach Wally’ had so much wisdom to impart, it could fill a book.
Brantford Collegiate Institute and Vocational School has partnered with Laurier University’s Brantford campus to offer students the opportunity to participate in a highly academic environment while working with like-minded, motivated people.
Grand Erie continues to support Truth and Reconciliation and is sensitive to the recent news that Ontario’s Chief Coroner’s office is investigating the 2020 discovery of a child’s remains at an unmarked grave in the area that was once a part of the grounds of the former residential school in Brantford.
Getting to Know Grand Erie puts the spotlight on one of the many Grand Erie staff members learning, leading and inspiring in their daily work. The Q&A series brings the staff member into focus by sharing – in their own words – the lessons they’ve learned in leadership, teamwork and perseverance.
Student Transportation Services of Brant Haldimand Norfolk (STSBHN) is advising that a shortage of school bus drivers is affecting school bus operations in the Counties of Brant, Haldimand and Norfolk as well as the City of Brantford.
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