Grand Erie News Archive - 2020
This year students in the Hospitality Specialist High Skills Major program will prepare a full turkey dinner from scratch, with all of the traditional fixings and sides, as they work through a busy schedule of festive luncheons in a flurry of activity leading up to the holiday break. But the most meaningful meals will serve fellow students, and go toward making the season a little merrier for those in the community who might not otherwise experience it.
Brantford, Ont. – Major Ballachey Public School’s planned celebration of its 100th anniversary has been postponed due to current and pending CUPE job action.
With the announcement that CUPE has reached an agreement in their current labour negotiations, all Grand Erie schools will remain open.
It’s not too early for parents and guardians of soon-to-be Kindergarten students to get ready for September. Grand Erie District School Board’s online registration option is open, and parents of children who will be four years of age by the end of 2020 are encouraged to begin the process in the coming weeks to ensure a seamless start to the next school year.
After hearing concerns raised from students and families in the past 24 hours about the Board’s involvement in Young Canada Day activities at the Norfolk County Fair, Grand Erie has made the decision to allow all field trips connected to Young Canada Day proceed as originally.
The results are in from Grand Erie District School Board’s first student census.
For the second year in a row, students and staff at Pauline Johnson Collegiate and Vocational School are organizing Play 4 Mac Kids, an event bringing together six area secondary schools’ volleyball and basketball teams in raising funds for McMaster Children’s Hospital, Pediatric Hematology and Oncology unit, during the final regular-season games of the year.
It’s the first day of school in Grand Erie. At River Heights School in Caledonia, a thick fog has rolled in off the river. It’s no matter, though. Everyone is finding their way – whether they’re new or returning students and parents – thanks to the school’s teaching and administrative staff who are providing a welcoming first point of contact.
As soon as Jeff Benner, Principal at Hagersville Secondary School, walks into the main office first thing in the morning, there are crucial issues to be dealt with and important decisions to make. Issues around student well-being and mental health, cyber security, and other pressing matters are all in a day’s work.
The Kiwanis Field in Brantford might still be a field of dreams if it weren’t for Melanie Kraemer, Teacher at Pauline Johnson Collegiate and Vocational School, who is this year’s recipient of the Patti McCleister Memorial award, the highest honour bestowed upon a Grand Erie employee.