French Immersion Placement Update: Changing Sibling Priority

Posted September 18, 2025

The Waterloo Region District School Board (WRDSB) is committed to ensuring that every student has increased access to high-quality learning opportunities. As part of this commitment, we are making an important change to how placements for French Immersion (FI) are determined, beginning with the upcoming application cycle (January 2026). Changes to Sibling Priority Starting in […]

Nutrition for Learning

Posted September 17, 2025

We’re excited to announce that the Nutrition for Learning Program is back at Southridge P.S. beginning Monday, September 22nd! Nutrition for Learning has been serving the Waterloo Region community since 1997, feeding over 12,500 students daily. Their mission is to support student learning and well-being by ensuring that every child has access to healthy snacks at […]

Explore the Opportunities Available in the Specialist High Skills Major (SHSM) Program

Posted September 16, 2025

Students are encouraged to explore the opportunities available to them in the Specialized High Skills Major (SHSM) program! Experiential Learning in the SHSM Program Join students from Cameron Heights Collegiate Institute in the SHSM program as they venture off-site and tour a local manufacturing facility to engage in experiential learning. Throughout the day, students took […]

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 […]

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 […]

Embedded Support Team Information

Posted September 11, 2025

Please see attached parent letter about the Embedded Support Team that will be collaborating with our educators for up to the next ten weeks.

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 […]

School Council

Posted September 8, 2025

Dear Superstar Families,  ​As we begin a new year, we hope you will consider being involved in the Southridge School Council.  Council provides parent feedback to our staff and teachers, coordinates support programs, organizes events like Dance-a-thons or Movie Nights, provides services for lunch time such as weekly pizza for all, as well as fundraising […]

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 […]

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