Don’t Miss It: Assistive Technology – Support for Families in September 2025

Posted September 15, 2025

View a translated version of this page: Amharic አማርኛ Arabic عربي Chinese (Simplified) 中国人 Chinese (Traditional) 繁體字 Farsi (Persian) فارسی French (Canadian) Gujarati ગુજરાતી Punjabi ਪੰਜਾਬੀ Spanish Española Turkish Türk Ukrainian украї́нська мо́ва Vietnamese Tiếng Việt Families and Caregivers: Are you looking for ways to support your child? The Assistive Technology Team of the Waterloo […]

School Council Meeting – Monday September 15th, 2025 at 6:30 pm

Posted September 13, 2025

Our school council is for all parents, guardians, and caregivers of Jacob Hespeler Secondary students. Our first meeting of the 2025 2026 school year is this Monday, September 15th, from 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm in Jacob Hespeler’s school library on the second floor. Please join us! What you can get out of our school council meetings: […]

Resolved – Email Notifications Sent by School-Day

Posted September 12, 2025

The Waterloo Region District School Board (WRDSB) has been informed by the third party vendor for School-Day that the issue impacting duplication of email notifications has been identified and resolved. We understand that parents, families and caregivers may have turned off the email notification function within School-Day during this period. It is recommended you turn […]

New Board of Trustee Governance Model

Posted September 12, 2025

The Waterloo Region District School Board (WRDSB) Trustees are excited to announce a new governance model for the 2025-2026 school year. Regulatory reform to Ontario Regulation 463/97: Electronic Meetings and Meeting Attendance set new guidelines for mandatory attendance at meetings of Committees of the Whole. This meant that school boards in the province which used […]

Email Notifications Sent by School-Day

Posted September 9, 2025

The Waterloo Region District School Board (WRDSB) is aware of reported concerns involving duplicate email notifications being sent to parents, families and caregivers through School-Day. Upon discovery of the incident, WRDSB immediately reported the issue to the vendor. The third-party vendor is working to determine and address the cause, and we are supporting schools with […]

JHSS Spiritwear now available!

Posted September 8, 2025

WELCOME TO THE JHSS SPIRIT WEAR STORE The store closes September 30th at 11:59PM. The items will be delivered to your homeroom by the leadership class soon after October 20th.  On checkout please enter the homeroom teacher, name of the student, and name of purchaser/guardian to ease in the delivery process. This webstore is a […]

Assistive Technology – Support for Families in September 2025

Posted September 4, 2025

View a translated version of this page: Amharic አማርኛ Arabic عربي Chinese (Simplified) 中国人 Chinese (Traditional) 繁體字 Farsi (Persian) فارسی French (Canadian) Gujarati ગુજરાતી Punjabi ਪੰਜਾਬੀ Spanish Española Turkish Türk Ukrainian украї́нська мо́ва Vietnamese Tiếng Việt Families and Caregivers: Are you looking for ways to support your child? The Assistive Technology Team of the Waterloo […]

Welcome to the 2025-26 School Year in the WRDSB

Posted September 3, 2025

Welcome to the beginning of another school year in the Waterloo Region District School Board (WRDSB). The 194 school days that lie ahead provide us with the opportunity to see WRDSB students thrive, be supported in their learning, and to experience environments where they will encounter success and feel a sense of belonging at school. […]

2025-2026 School Year Information

Posted August 29, 2025

View a translated version of this page: Amharic አማርኛ Arabic عربي Chinese (Simplified) 中国人 Chinese (Traditional) 繁體字 Farsi (Persian) فارسی French (Canadian) Gujarati ગુજરાતી Punjabi ਪੰਜਾਬੀ Spanish Española Turkish Türk Ukrainian украї́нська мо́ва Vietnamese Tiếng Việt We’re excited to welcome all Waterloo Region District School Board (WRDSB) students back to school on Wednesday, September 3. […]

Reminder – Updated JHSS cell phone and device policy

Posted August 28, 2025

In June, we shared the updated cell phone and earbud/headphone policy for JHSS, which takes effect this September.  Here is a reminder of our new policy expectations. As of September 2025, JHSS will implement the following changes. Cell Phones and Headphones/Earbuds Cell phones are to be stored in a bag, backpack, or locker during class […]

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