Nutrition for Learning Offering Free Snacks in Community
Posted March 23, 2020
Each morning starting at a time and location to be posted on the Nutrition for Learning website and social media channels, the Nutrition for Learning van will be offering free snacks, yogurt, granola bars and cheese strings for school kids. The route will be posted on the Nutrition for Learning website at 8 am.www.nutritionforlearning.ca
Nutrition for Learning will have volunteers walking with coolers beside our van down the streets posted on our website to meet kids at the end of their driveway or walkway but no congregating around the van/ truck will be allowed and we will ensure participants maintain social distancing (keeping 2 arms’ lengths or 2 meters between each child).
All Nutrition for Learning staff and volunteers have police vulnerable sector checks and have been trained in safe food handling and abide by all public health rules.
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A Letter of Support to WRDSB Families
Posted March 22, 2020
Dear WRDSB Families, We are writing to you at the end of what has been a very different March break, one that we could never have imagined only a few weeks ago. We would like to share with you some of the work the Waterloo Region District School Board (WRDSB) is doing, and will be […]
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Ministry of Education launches Learn at Home
Posted March 21, 2020
Today, the Premier of Ontario and Minister of Education announced the first phase of Learn at Home (Apprendre à la maison), a new online portal that will provide resources for families, so students can continue their education while schools are closed due to the ongoing COVID-19 situation. The at-home activities offered by Learn at Home […]
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You Can Help Stop the Spread of COVID-19
Posted March 20, 2020
The Waterloo Region District School Board (WRDSB) continues to work closely with Region of Waterloo Public Health, as we respond to the rapidly evolving COVID-19 pandemic. We have compiled a number of resources, obtained from ROW Public Health and Public Health Ontario, intended to provide information to WRDSB families as you make decisions about your […]
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Update on Student Learning During School Closure
Posted March 18, 2020
Dear WRDSB Families, The health, safety and well-being of students and staff is our highest priority. We continue to receive advice from our Public Health agencies and direction from the Ministry of Education related to COVID-19. OSSLT and EQAO Provincial Assessments Effective today, March 17, 2020, the Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test (OSSLT), which is […]
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