Register Now for the PIC Family Event!

Posted April 1, 2015

Registration is now open for the Parent Involvement Committee (PIC) Family Event ‘Building Skills to Navigate the School Years’, April 18, 2015, Bluevale Collegiate Institute. This FREE event is open to parents, guardians and the community. Keynote speaker, Lesley Andrews, will share with us her inspiring story of ‘overcoming the odds’ to follow her passion […]

Administrative Change as of April 1st

Posted March 29, 2015

Mrs. Erin Bell will be leaving her position at William G. Davis as Vice-Principal to become Vice-Principal at Chalmers St. Public School starting Wednesday April 1st. Mrs. Bell has been a huge part of the Davis community for over 2 years and she has “made her mark” with both our students and staff. We wish […]

New Pilot Funding Initiative for Schools

Posted March 23, 2015

The Waterloo Region District school board has partnered with My Class Needs, a not-for-profit foundation associated with Curriculum Services Canada, to offer a unique opportunity to support classroom teachers in securing additional resources to support student learning, well-being and achievement. The program provides grants for materials/services up to a maximum of $750 per class. To qualify, […]

Navigate the School Years

Posted March 12, 2015

WRDSB Presents Building Skills to Navigate the School Years.  Saturday, April 18th, 2015.  Keynote speaker Lesley Andrews will discuss overcoming obstacles and beating the odds.  Conference topics include: Raising Money Smart Kids Win Win in Any Kind of Meeting Anxiety in Children Nurturing the Scientist in Your Family Elementary Math: What’s the Problem? Easing the […]

School Communication Channels

Posted March 10, 2015

William G. Davis has a variety of tools to communicate school events.  Our primary mode of communication is through our school website wgd.wrdsb.ca.  We recommend that parents check our newsfeed at least once a week for important information and up-coming events.  We also have our twitter feed, @WG_Davis, that gives students updates about daily events and reminders […]

Grade 8 Graduation 2015

Posted March 4, 2015

Graduation at William G. Davis is a celebration to honour the achievement of the grade 8 students of our school. It is also a chance for the staff to extend best wishes to the graduates as they leave Davis to enter secondary school. Graduation will be held on Wednesday, June 24th at William G. Davis […]

WGD Digital Device Policy

Posted February 25, 2015

William G. Davis believes that technology can be a powerful tool to enhance learning. We have spent a great deal of time discussing Digital Citizenship –the safe, legal and ethical use of technology. The concept of Digital Citizenship is one that encourages students themselves to be responsible for making positive decisions regarding their use of […]

Change of EARLY Entry Bell

Posted February 25, 2015

Change of EARLY Entry Bell As a note of clarification an early entry bell is no longer rung for WGD students at 8:15.  This change does not affect bussing, instructional time or the supervision of students.  Duty teachers will still be present to supervise students in the school yard by 8:15.  However, students will now […]

Graduation Photos

Posted February 24, 2015

Attention all grade 8 Grads! Graduation picture proofs have now been handed out. Please use the order form provided and submit payment to your homeroom teacher by Friday, March 6th.

February 23 – All schools open & buses are running

Posted February 23, 2015

Transportation is running and schools are open today.

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