February 28, 2024
GUELPH, Ontario – At the February 27, 2024, Board Meeting, the Upper Grand District School Board approved draft calendars for the 2024-2025 school year for elementary and second...
February 28, 2024
GUELPH, Ontario – At their February 2024 meeting, Upper Grand District School Board Student Senators elected the Student Trustees for next school year. For the 2024-25 school yea...
February 28, 2024
As global issues increase yearly, their effects on the younger generation grow as well. Despite many young students having been told that their influence is minimal, John F. Ross...
February 26, 2024
GUELPH, ON – The Upper Grand District School Board will be delivering modules to grade 7/8 students to enhance mental health literacy. Earlier this year, the Ministry of Educati...
February 15, 2024
Planning for the next school year has begun and the Upper Grand District School Board is seeking feedback on the proposed 2024-2025 school year calendars. Each year, the UGDSB’s ...
February 13, 2024
Many students throughout the Upper Grand DSB have been learning about Black Canadian history, through engaging presentations with Tracy Cain. Tracy is a 5th generation Black Can...
February 13, 2024
The Upper Grand District School Board and the Wellington Catholic District School Board have made the decision to reschedule the Professional Activity (PA) Day originally schedule...
February 1, 2024
This February, the Upper Grand District School Board is honouring Black Heritage, Black Brilliance and Black Joy. This month is about more than history. In 2021, Upper Grand stud...
January 31, 2024
GUELPH, Ontario – February is Winter Walk Month and February 7, 2024, is Winter Walk Day. Winter Walk Day is celebrated the first Wednesday of February each year and encourages st...
January 29, 2024
Guelph, ON – Students enrolled in the Upper Grand District School Board’s Beyond Borders experiential learning program have inspired their community to raise a total of $133,000 f...
January 10, 2024
As we head into the new year (and cold and flu season), now is a good time to review measures for management of illness in schools. Key Protective Measures As a school board, w...
January 10, 2024
GUELPH, ON – Upper Grand District School Board and Wellington Catholic District School Board students with disabilities will have the exciting opportunity to gain skill building o...
December 13, 2023
GUELPH, Ontario – At the December 12, 2023, Board Meeting of the Upper Grand District School Board, trustees approved a report on Reimagining Alternative Education. An initial r...
December 7, 2023
It’s that time of year again! The Upper Grand District School Board (UGDSB) is looking forward to welcoming a whole new group of kindergarteners to school. Starting school can be ...

December 6, 2023
GUELPH, Ontario – At a Special Board Meeting of the Upper Grand District School Board, the Board of Trustees appointed Alethia O’Hara-Stephenson to fill the trustee vacancy repres...
December 4, 2023
GUELPH, ON – Kindergarten Registration for the 2024-2025 school year opens January 9, 2024. The French Immersion on-time application window for registration for the 2024-2025 scho...
November 29, 2023
GUELPH, Ontario – Trustee Ralf Mesenbrink, school board trustee for Wards 2, 3 and 4 in the City of Guelph, was acclaimed Chair of the Upper Grand District School Board at the Boa...
November 20, 2023
GUELPH, ON – November 19 to 25, 2023 is Bullying Awareness and Prevention Week. Each year, Ontario designates the week beginning on the third Sunday of November as Bullying Awaren...
November 14, 2023
GUELPH, ON – All parents/guardians in the Upper Grand District School Board are invited to complete the 2023 WHY Survey, in partnership with Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Heal...
November 10, 2023
The Terry James Resource Centre (TJRC) is the Upper Grand District School Board’s one-stop-shop for materials and resources for UGDSB staff. From the media centre and resource ce...