Help Green the Glen

Posted May 28, 2015

Ways to Help Volunteer this Tuesday June 2nd from 9-11am We plan to dig, weed, shape and edge the Front Gardens of Forest Glen.  No garden experience necessary…just enthusiasm! If you have pruning shears, shovels, edging shovels, rakes, gloves, wheel barrows – bring them along.  Just make sure you have your name on them. Please […]

Upcoming events at the New Hamburg Library

Posted May 27, 2015

TD Summer Reading Club 2015 Registration begins Tuesday, June 23rd  or anytime throughout the summer. St. John Ambulance Home Alone Course Friday, July 17th 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. For ages 9 & 10 years. $40 fee applies. St. John Ambulance Babysitting  Course Friday, July 24th 10 a.m.-5:15 p.m. For ages 11 to 15 years. […]

Order your yearbook now!

Posted May 27, 2015

Send in your completed order form or order online @ YBPay.lifetouch.com with Yearbook ID Code: 11390515. The 2014-15 yearbook is $20 and all proceeds go towards the production of the yearbook. Don’t miss your chance to forever remember the good times at Forest Glen. Yearbooks will be distributed in September.  

Greening the Glen Update

Posted May 26, 2015

Forest Glen’s Learning Grounds project is well underway! Our school has been awarded two grants (from TD Friends of the Environment Foundation and the Region of Waterloo) which will fund the planting of shade trees and an outdoor classroom. Our Make It Sow and Dirt Cheap fundraisers together raised over $1500 which will go toward […]

Update: Information Regarding Grades 3 & 6 EQAO Assessments

Posted May 22, 2015

We would like to provide families with an update to our previous letter indicating that the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO) would begin strike action on Monday, May 11, 2015. The strike action taken by ETFO across the province, and including here in the WRDSB, involves the withdrawal of administrative duties, including the administration […]

Yearbooks are on sale

Posted May 22, 2015

Order forms have been sent home this week with the option of ordering online. The 2014-15 yearbook is $20 and all proceeds go towards the production of the yearbook. Don’t miss your chance to forever remember the good times at Forest Glen. Yearbooks will be distributed in September.  

Update on Administration of Grades 3, 6 & 9 EQAO Assessments

Posted May 15, 2015

The Education Quality and Accountability Office (EQAO) notified the WRDSB that they will not be sending the Grade 3 and 6 Reading, Writing and Mathematics assessment materials to any boards currently affected by labour action. As a result, no WRDSB students in Grades 3 and 6 will participate in the EQAO assessment this year, until […]

Drug and Internet Awareness Information Night

Posted May 13, 2015

Baden Optimist presents a Parent Information Night on Drug and Internet Awareness at the Wilmot Rec Complex at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, June 3, 2015. Guest speakers: Waterloo Regional Police and New Hamburg Interfaith Family Counselling Centre.  

Paralympic Schools Week 2015 resources now available

Posted May 11, 2015

This message is on behalf of the Canadian Paralympic Committee. — OTTAWA – Feb. 26, 2015 – The Canadian Paralympic Committee, in partnership with Petro-Canada, is pleased to announce that registration is now open for the 2015 edition of Paralympic Schools Week, which will be held nation-wide from May 4 to 8, 2015. All schools […]

Update: Job Action for Elementary Teachers on Monday, May 11

Posted May 8, 2015

Earlier this week we advised you that the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO) were in a legal strike position effective Monday May 11, 2015. This afternoon Sam Hammond, president of ETFO Ontario, formally confirmed that public Elementary Teachers in Ontario will begin phase one of job action on Monday.  Mr. Hammond indicated that extracurricular activities […]

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