WRDSB wears orange on September 29

WRDSB recognizes Orange Shirt Day as a way to honour residential school survivors, those who did not survive, and their descendants. It’s just one of the ways we support, educate and reconcile our relationship with Indigenous people. What is Orange Shirt Day? Orange Shirt Day is observed September 30 and was first launched in 2013. […]

Empower our girls September 30th 2017

Saturday Sept 30, 2017 from 1pm to 4pm. The W downtown Cambridge (Galt), 20 Dickson Street will be hosting this event. The event is being put together for the community by the community so everyone involved will either be donating their services, products or time. Its free for the girls to attend. Purpose of event: […]

Support our school through bingo night.

Charity Bingo Night is on Wednesday Sept.27th •7-9:30pm at the Cambridge Bingo Hall. This month’s proceeds will go towards our Nutrition for Learning program, which provides healthy lunches and snacks for students who forget their lunches, or don’t bring enough food to sustain them for the entire day. For every $19 spent our school receives […]

Friday, September 22, 2017 is a PD Day – no school for students

Friday, September 22, 2017 is a professional development day for Elementary and Secondary school staff. Students will not attend school school, but Extended Day Programs will operate for enrolled students from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. The focus for the day across all our schools will be School Improvement Planning in the morning and the completion of Mandatory […]

PD day September 22nd 2017

There will be a PD day on the 22nd September 2017. There will be no school on this day. Teachers will be working in Collaboration to Optimize Learning and Achievement for All Students and School Success Planning.

WRDSB closes gap to province on standardized tests

Waterloo Region District School Board (WRDSB) results in standardized tests for reading, writing and mathematics moved closer to the provincial average in results released by the Education, Quality and Accountability Office (EQAO) today. WRDSB now exceeds the provincial average in Grade 9 (Applied) Mathematics and for first-time eligible students for the OSSLT. WRDSB improved results […]

Terry Fox Run 28th September

Elgin Street School is proudly taking part in the 2017 Terry Fox School Run on Thursday, September 28 @ 2:40 p.m. Last year we raised over $1800, so this year our goal is to break $2000! Cash donations are welcome. Donations by cheque need to be accompanied by the pledge sheet that students received. Online […]

Cambridge Fall Fair

Great news to share! Elgin has received FIRST PLACE in the Cambridge Fall Fair School Exhibits! 🙂 We will receive a cheque for $200 to be used to buy books for the school library. Thanks to you all for submitting entries for our exhibit! It has paid off, once again! Way to go Eagles.