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Grand Erie Set to Welcome Students Back on September 4

Two students enter a school building while a teacher holds the door open

Grand Erie District School Board’s elementary and secondary schools re-open on Tuesday, September 4 with staff ready to welcome new and returning students as well as their families for the 2018-19 school year.

“Lots of work goes on behind the scenes during the summer months as staff prepare our schools and our classrooms for the new year,” said Brenda Blancher, Director of Education. “With that work now complete, we’re excited for the start of the new school year. This fall, we enter the third year of our Multi-Year Plan – Success for Every Student. Thanks to the efforts of staff across the Board, we’ve made significant progress on behalf of students through this plan and I look forward to seeing this great work continue this year.”

Back to School – Important Information to Know:

  • It’s not too late to register for school. Grand Erie’s registration process can be found here. Registration dates for secondary schools vary. Find the school-specific dates and times on the events calendar.
  • Each Grand Erie school website contains key information related to that school, including bell times and contact information. To locate a school’s website, visit the Find a School tab on Grand Erie’s homepage.
  • Parents or students looking for transportation information, such as bus routes, pick-up locations and schedule times, can find the details here. Contact information for Sharp Bus Lines, which offers transportation services for Six Nations students, is also provided here.
  • For parents or students shopping for school supplies, it’s advisable to wait until the first week of classes as individual teachers will be able to recommend grade and school-specific supplies based on lesson plans and planned activities for 2018-19.

Grand Erie District School Board represents more than 25,000 students in 58 elementary and 14 secondary schools within the City of Brantford and the counties of Brant, Haldimand, and Norfolk. With a dedicated staff of more than 2,500, Grand Erie is committed to its goal of Success for Every Student.

We are an Eco-School

Did you know our school is an eco-school? Well we are, and that means that our school is making efforts every day to stay green. Some of the things our energy efficiency group is doing include implementing eco-friendly browsers, starting lights out lunches every Monday and Friday, creating signs for lights and monitors, and adding important information to our school website about being eco-friendly. We're also having a fun sweater day where we’re lowering the temperature of the school by two degrees and we will all wear sweaters. We’re also adding Ecosia to all our browsers. Ecosia is a company that plants a tree for every forty-five searches on the internet. Students are also making fifteen signs and posting them around the school, to remind people to turn off lights and monitors. Sweater day will be held on the 29th of November, and the 16th and 17th of December. Remember to check the school website for more cool information about how we are going eco-friendly, and the steps to become a platinum school, and to watch a video about implementing eco-friendly habits. Always remember to stay green!

From,

The Energy Efficiency Team of École Confédération