Upper Grand District School Board

Upper Grand District School Board
Address
500 Victoria Road North Guelph, Ontario, N1E 6K2 Canada
Coordinates	43°34′45″N 80°15′46″W / 43.57905°N 80.26285°W / 43.57905; -80.26285Coordinates: 43°34′45″N 80°15′46″W / 43.57905°N 80.26285°W / 43.57905; -80.26285
District information
Superintendent	Education (Doug Morrell, Bonnie Talbot, Brent McDonald, Gary Slater, Denise Heaslip), Finance (Janice Wright), Human resources (Jennifer Rose), Student Success (Carlo Zen), Program (Tracey Lindsayl[1])
Chair of the board	Mark Bailey
Director of education	Martha Rogers
Schools	65 elementary schools[2] 12 secondary schools[2]
Budget	CA$349.6[2] million (2015-2016)
District ID	B66117
Other information
Elected trustees	Mark Bailey, Marty Fairbairn, Linda Busuttil, Kathryn Cooper, Barbara Lustgarten-Evoy, Martha MacNeil, Susan Moziar, Bruce Schieck, Lynn Topping, Barb White
Student trustees	Dylan Challinor, Leia Johnson
Website	http://www.ugdsb.on.ca

The Upper Grand District School Board (known as English-language Public District School Board No. 18 prior to 1999^[3]) is a school board in Ontario, Canada. It spans an area of 4211 km²^[4] and serves approximately 34,000 students through 65 elementary schools and 12 secondary schools in the regions of Dufferin County, Wellington County and the City of Guelph, in the region to the west and north of Toronto.

Student success is the goal of over 3,000 dedicated teaching and support staff who are aided by the contributions of caring volunteers and community partners.^[5]

The board has 10 elected trustees and 2 student trustees.^[6] The 2014-15 budget is $349,624,216.^[7]

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.^[8]

French as a Second Language (FSL)

The board offers two FSL programs – Core French and French Immersion (or Extended French).^[9]

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 Grades 9 - 12. It is mandatory that students take one French credit for the Ontario Secondary School Diploma.^[9]

French Immersion offers students the opportunity to acquire a high level of proficiency in French while maintaining and developing English language skills.^[9] French Immersion is available in 16 elementary schools and four high schools.^[10]

Secondary schools

Secondary school enrollment^[11] and Fraser Institute provincial rankings^[12] are as follows:

Elementary schools

See also

• Wellington Catholic District School Board
• Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board
• List of school districts in Ontario
• List of high schools in Ontario

References

External links

• Upper Grand District School Board (official site)