Netflix’s 13 Reasons Why – Guidance for Parents
Posted May 4, 2017
Netflix recently released the series 13 Reasons Why based on the popular young adult novel of the same name by Jay Asher. The series depicts the story of a high school student who dies by suicide, leaving behind 13 cassette recordings that share the events that she perceives led to her death. Series like this one can lead to misconceptions and misinformation about suicide, and possibly to the glorification of suicide.
For these reasons, mental health professionals, including the Waterloo Region District School Board’s mental health team, feel it is necessary to make you aware of this series. The WRDSB is providing the following tips, distributed by School Mental Health (SMH) ASSIST and National Association of School Psychologists (NASP), to help with conversations you may have with your child:
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Friday, May 5, is a PD Day for all students
Posted May 1, 2017
Friday, May 5, 2017, is a Professional Development Day for all elementary and secondary schools, which means students do not need to be in school. Below you will find a summary of how teachers and staff will spend their day. Teachers Elementary and secondary teachers will attend full-day professional development activities with their union groups. […]
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Exploring Your Future…
Posted April 5, 2017
Explore Your Future is a unique opportunity for youth (grades 7 – 12) and their parents/guardians to explore career options and attend informative breakout sessions. This is an evening event being hosted by the Business Education Partnership of Waterloo Region at Bingemans. There will be the opportunity to talk with local employers to learn about future career options, community organizations about […]
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safeTALK training for WRDSB parents & guardians
Posted April 5, 2017
As part of our system goals to supporting student & staff wellness, we are pleased to offer more safeTALK training for parents and guardians of the WRDSB. What is safeTALK? safeTALK is a three-hour alertness workshop that prepares participants, regardless of prior experience or training, to become a suicide alert helper. What are the goals […]
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Friday, April 7, 2017 is a PD Day for all students
Posted April 4, 2017
Friday, April 7, 2017, is a Professional Development Day for all elementary and secondary schools, which means students do not need to be in school. Below you will find a summary of how teachers and staff will spend their day. Teachers Elementary and secondary teachers will spend the day developing the school improvement plan for […]
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Safe, Caring & Inclusive School Surveys for parents/guardians
Posted April 3, 2017
We are committed to providing safe, caring and inclusive learning environments for everyone to help our students learn and succeed. One way for us to find out how best to do this is to ask students in Grades 3-11, staff and parents/guardians how they feel about their school and interactions with teachers and other students. […]
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GRCI Celebrates our Diversity!
Posted March 31, 2017
Grand River Collegiate Institute’s Safe, Caring and Inclusive Schools Team was successful in receiving a grant from the Ministry of Education to support racialized and Indigenous students in Ontario schools and more specifically, here at GRCI. The team has planned a month of activities where GRCI will endeavour to open minds and reach hearts. GRCI […]
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EQAO OSSLT – March 30th
Posted March 28, 2017
On Thursday, March 30th, the Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test will be written in all high schools in Ontario. At Grand River, over 300 students will be involved and the schedule for the day will be altered. More information about the Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test is available at www.eqao.com The Literacy Test, administered by Ontario’s […]
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Parents’ Night – Thursday March 30th
Posted March 28, 2017
Parents’ Night for Semester 2 will be held on March 30, 2016 from 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm. On March 27, each of your child’s teachers distributed to your child a learning skills parent communication which is meant to provide you with a snapshot of your child’s progress in their classes. Please join us at Parents’ […]
