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Upper Grand District School Board

Field	Value
name	Upper Grand District School Board
address	500 Victoria Road North
city	Guelph
province	Ontario
postcode	N1E 6K2
country	Canada
coordinates
superintendent	Associate Directors (Brent McDonald, Evelyn Giannopoulos); Chief Financial Officer (Glen Regier); Human Rights, Equity and Accessibility Commissioner (Alicia Ralph) Superintendents of Education (Denise Heaslip, Pat Hamilton, Belal Taha, Wendy Donaldson, Peggy Blair); Superintendent of People, Leadership & Culture (Deirdre Pyke)
chair_of_the_board	Ralf Mesenbrink
director_of_education	Peter Sovran
free_label1	Elected trustees
free_text1	Ralf Mesenbrink, Jen Edwards, Irene Hanenberg, Katherine Hauser, Martha MacNeil, Alethia O’Hara-Stephenson, Robin Ross, Lynn Topping, Luke Weiler, Laurie Whyte
free_label2	Student trustees
free_text2	Hiba Mangat, Zechariah Nasir
schools	65 elementary schools
11 secondary schools
budget	CA$455 million (2023-24)
district_id	B66117
website	http://www.ugdsb.ca

11 secondary schools

The Upper Grand District School Board (known as English-language Public District School Board No. 18 prior to 1999) is a school board in Ontario, Canada. It spans an area of 4211 km2 and serves approximately 35,000 students through 65 elementary schools and 11 secondary schools in Dufferin County, Wellington County and the City of Guelph.

Student success is the goal of over 4,000 dedicated teaching and support staff who are aided by the contributions of caring volunteers and community partners.

The board has 10 elected trustees and 2 student trustees. The 2023-24 budget (Operating only) is $455,486,186.

Multi-Year Plan

In June 2022, the Board of Trustees approved the UGDSB's Multi-Year Plan 2022-2026. A school board’s MYP establishes the key directions that guide the organization’s actions for the students and communities that it serves. The 2022-2026 Multi-Year Plan established the following priorities:

Kindergarten and Full Day Early Learning Kindergarten

Kindergarten is a two-year program that includes Junior (year 1) and Senior (year 2) Kindergarten.

In September 2010, the Board began offering the full day kindergarten program in some schools as part of a province wide implementation plan. As of the 2014–2015 school year, all elementary schools offer Full Day Kindergarten (FDK). At these schools, JK and SK children attend all day every day, Monday to Friday.

French as a Second Language (FSL)

The board offers two FSL programs – Core French and French Immersion.

Core French is mandatory from Grades 4 to 8 for all students in English-language elementary schools. At the secondary level, students can take French as a subject from grade 9 to grade 12. It is mandatory that students take one French credit for the Ontario Secondary School Diploma.

French Immersion offers students the opportunity to acquire a high level of proficiency in French while maintaining and developing English language skills. French Immersion is available in 19 elementary schools and four high schools.

Secondary schools

Secondary schools are listed below:

Centennial Collegiate Vocational Institute (Guelph)
Centre Dufferin District High School (Dufferin County)
Centre Wellington District High School (Wellington County)
College Heights Secondary School (Guelph)
Erin District High School (Wellington County)
Guelph Collegiate Vocational Institute (Guelph)
John F. Ross Collegiate Vocational Institute (Guelph)
Norwell District Secondary School (Wellington County)
Orangeville District Secondary School (Dufferin County)
Wellington Heights Secondary School (Wellington County)
Westside Secondary School (Dufferin County)
ECPP (Education and Community Partnership Programs), Youth Options and SAL (Supervised Alternative Learning)

In January 2018, The Upper Grand District School Board announced new plans to build a secondary school northwest of the Victoria Road at Arkell Road intersection. The project is a part of Ontario's Ministry of Education's plan to build 30 new schools across the province and renovate 40 others. The new secondary school is expected to provide relief for the overpopulated Centennial C.V.I. high school. it is designed to accommodate 900 students and will cost the provincial government an estimated $25.5 million.

Educational options

As part of Career/Life planning programming, Upper Grand DSB offers four immersive experiential programs for students in grades 7-12+.

Career Pathways Exploration Programs:

Co-operative Education
Dual Credit
Ontario Youth Apprenticeship Program (OYAP)
Specialist High Skills Major (SHSM)

Elementary schools

Source:

Wellington County	Guelph	Dufferin County

References

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