School buses cancelled; all schools open

Posted January 17, 2017

Due to the current weather conditions, all school buses, taxis and special education routes operated by the Waterloo Region District School Board are cancelled. ALL PUBLIC SCHOOLS ARE OPEN. All Extended Day Childcare Programs are OPEN. The Education Centre is OPEN.

Optimism Assembly – Focusing on a Positive Outlook!

Posted January 14, 2017

On Friday January 13th, we celebrated the kick-off to our focus on the attribute of”Optimism.”  The day started with our community gathering and opening exercises in the gymnasium.  Later in the day, students from Room 13 (Mme Capa), Room 15 (Mme Woodworth), and Room 32 (7B – Mme Giannopoulos) lead us through activities focused on […]

LOST AND FOUND – Two Weeks Left to Claim your Items!

Posted January 14, 2017

  The Lost and Found will be on display for two more weeks (until Thursday January 26th).  Please stop by the front foyer opposite the Library Learning Commons entrance to claim what is missing from your son/daughter’s items.   All classes will be visiting the display over the next couple of weeks to check for missing […]

VH Community Welcome for Opening Exercises – Friday January 13th

Posted January 12, 2017

Please join us FRIDAY JANUARY 13th (tomorrow) for the next community gathering of our school year. Due to the cold temperatures forecast, we will meet in the gymnasium at 8:35 am and conduct our opening exercises there.  This will include “O Canada”, our moment of silence and our daily affirmation focused on OPTIMISM.  We hope to be […]

School buses cancelled

Posted January 11, 2017

Due to the current icy road conditions, all school buses, taxis and special education routes operated by the Waterloo Region District School Board are cancelled. All schools are open and extended day childcare programs are open. Parents and students should take care getting to school. If you judge it is not safe to do so, […]

LOST AND FOUND – Come and Claim your Items!

Posted January 9, 2017

Unfortunately, the pile has grown over the first four months of school!   The Lost and Found will be on display for just over two weeks (until Thursday January 26th).  Please stop by the front foyer opposite the Library Learning Commons entrance to claim what is missing from your son/daughter’s items.   All classes will be […]

Rescheduled French Immersion Information Session

Posted December 22, 2016

An information session for French Immersion has been rescheduled for Thursday, January 12, 2017 at 7pm at our Education Centre – 51 Ardelt Avenue, Kitchener. Parents/guardians of children in senior kindergarten are invited to attend the information session to learn more about French programs in the WRDSB and the registration process for Grade 1 French Immersion. Registration […]

REMINDER: Changes to WiFi access begin January 3, 2017

Posted December 20, 2016

On January 3, 2017, WRDSB is introducing changes to the filtering of internet content on our password-free wireless network, WRDSB Wireless. These changes mean that if you continue to connect using WRDSB Wireless you will no longer be able to access some popular websites such as Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Vimeo. You can continue to […]

Mindfulness Summary for December

Posted December 18, 2016

As we enter our final school week of December, we wanted to share with the Vista Hills community our Mindfulness highlights from this past month.  See the link below. mindfulness-parent-letter Looking ahead, we will be focusing on the attribute of “Optimism” during the month of January.  Please plan to join us for our outdoor opening […]

WINTER WONDERLAND CONCERT at Vista Hills – December 21st

Posted December 18, 2016

Now that winter is fully upon us, and the holiday break in just around the corner, we are pleased to share we have having a Winter Wonderland celebration featuring our Primary Choir, Junior choir, and Intermediate Choir, as well as our VH drum line.   The concert will take place on Wednesday December 21st from […]

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