News Releases
September 17, 2024
School Year 2023 - 2024
School Year 2023 - 2024
- March 5, 2024 – NEWS RELEASE – Winnipeg School Division Board passes 2024/25 Budget
- February 1, 2024 – NEWS RELEASE – Winnipeg School Division students kick off I Love to Read month with Indigenous pilot Kimberly Ballantyne
- January 30, 2024 - MEDIA INVITE - Pilot Kimberly Ballantyne loves to read to Winnipeg School Division students
- November 14, 2023 - MEDIA INVITE:NEWS RELEASE - WSD Sisler CREATE students to receive personal animation technology
- September 14, 2023 - NEWS RELEASE - WSD students join 10th Annual Rotary Elementary School Peace Walk
- September 12, 2023 - WSD Board of Trustees Chair and Vice Chair election
- September 11, 2023 - PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT Daniel McIntyre Collegiate Institute celebrates 100th anniversary
- August 22, 2023 - NEWS RELEASE - Winnipeg School Division Food Security Program Summer Hamper Distribution Event
- August 11, 2023 - NEWS RELEASE - Winnipeg School Division Board of Trustees Announces Appointment of New Chief Superintendent/CEO
School Year 2022 - 2023
- June 23, 2023 - NEWS RELEASE - Winnipeg School Division Responds to Employment Equity Audit
- April 10, 2023 - NEWS RELEASE/MEDIA INVITE - Winnipeg School Division Celebrates Science, 53rd Annual Winnipeg Schools’ Science Fair
- March 14, 2023 - MEDIA INVITE - Winnipeg School Division Quantum Arts Program 2023 – Finale March 16
- March 8, 2023 - NEWS RELEASE - Winnipeg School Division Chief Superintendent and CEO announces retirement
- March 7, 2023 - NEWS RELEASE - Winnipeg School Division Board passes 2023/24 budget
- March 1, 2023 - NEWS RELEASE - 23 Sisler CREATE Students Land Scholarships to Vancouver Film School
- February 7, 2023 - NEWS RELEASE WSD School Support Teams have new tool to help young people
- February 1, 2023 - NEWS RELEASE Winnipeg School Division kick-off I Love to Read month with Devon and Pearlene Clunis
- January 31, 2023 - NEWS RELEASE Sisler CREATE to Host Film and Game Design Jams
- November 8, 2022 - NEWS RELEASE WSD Board of Trustees Chair and Vice Chair election
- November 2, 2022 - NEWS RELEASE Winnipeg School Division named one of Canada's Best Employers for Diversity
School Year 2021 - 2022
- June 16, 2022 - News Release - Faraday School celebrates 100 years
- May 4, 2022 - WSD renames school Keewatin Prairie Community School
- March 15, 2022 - NEWS RELEASE Winnipeg School Division Board passes 2022/23 budget
- March 8, 2022 - Media Advisory WSD to strongly recommend masks
- March 1, 2022 – SCO Media Release WSD SCO Partnership
- February 16, 2022 - News Release Record number of WSD Sisler CREATE Students Surprised with Full Scholarships
- February 9, 2022 - News Release Winnipeg School Division Board releases draft budget
- February 3, 2022 - Media Advisory Sisler CO2 monitor
- December 7, 2021 - WSD to establish Education Equity Office
- December 7, 2021 - WSD releases Student Suspension Trends
- November 29, 2021 - Media Advisory David Livingstone water.pdf
- October 29, 2021 - News Release WSD celebrates 150 years
- October 27, 2021 - Media Invite WSD Celebrates 150 years of learning
- October 26, 2021 - News Release WSD reduces testing sites
- September 28, 2021 - News Release Sisler named Apple Distinguished School
- September 23, 2021 - News Release Waterford Springs official opening
- September 21, 2021 - Media Invite – Waterford Springs School Opening Sept. 23
- September 15, 2021 - WSD Board of Trustees Chair and Vice Chair election
- August 26, 2021 - WSD Board of Trustees mandates vaccinations for mature students
- August 20, 2021 - WSD Board of Trustees mandate masks
School Year 2020 - 2021
- June 16, 2021 - St. John’s High School student awarded largest Canadian STEM scholarship
- June 7, 2021 - Take the Indigidance Challenge
- May 20, 2021 - Winnipeg School Division Board of Trustees votes to settle with Winnipeg Teachers’ Association
- May 20,2021 - Trustee censure
- May 20,2021 - Trustee Suspension
- May 14, 2021 - WSD school playgrounds closed during critical red level
- March 9, 2021 - WSD Board passes 2021/2022 budget
- February 23, 2021 - WSD Sisler CREATE students win 15 scholarships
- February 10, 2021 - WSD Board releases draft budget for 2021/22
- January 22, 2021 - WSD launches renaming survey for Cecil Rhodes School
- Dec. 17, 2020 - WSD marks fifth anniversary of Truth and Reconciliation with release of revised Indigenous Education Policy
- Sept. 15, 2020 - 2020/21 Board of Trustees Chair and Vice Chair
- Sept. 8, 2020 - UFCW 832 Bus Driver Strike
- Sept. 2, 2020 - WSD advising public of possible school bus driver strike
School Year 2019 - 2020
- June 22, 2020 - WSD Board reduces management by 15 percent
- June 2, 2020 - WSD offers EAL Summer Enrichment Program
- June 1, 2020 - WSD offers in-class Summer Session
- May 8, 2020 - WSD Board of Trustees suspend Trustee Murdoch
- May 5, 2020 - WSD distributed 2,766 computer devices to students and families for home learning
- April 23, 2020 - École Waterford Springs School to open January 2021
- April 17, 2020 - WSD adapts student registration process due to COVID-19
- March 19, 2020 - WSD implements work-from-home strategy
- March 17, 2020 - C of W news release - By-Election Suspended
- March 9, 2020 - Manitoba Destination Imagination Provincial Tournament
- March 3, 2020 - Final Budget 2020/21
- Feb. 24, 2020 - The Bear Clan Patrol shows cubs the ropes
- Feb. 11, 2020 - Lansdowne Comic Con 2020
- Feb. 5, 2020 - New school in WSD named École Waterford Springs School
- Feb. 3, 2020 - WSD Board releases draft budget
- Jan. 21, 2020 - Media Invite WSD hosts parent event focusing on supporting our trans and gender diverse children and youth
- Jan. 16, 2020 - WSD Sargent Park student unharmed in AB vehicle collision
- Jan. 15, 2020 - WSD improvements sustained in 2019
- Dec. 5, 2019 - WSD Board condemns Quebec Bill 21
- Sept. 26, 2019 - WSD endorses youth-led global action on climate
- Sept. 18, 2019 - WSD Board of Trustees elects Chair and Vice Chair
School Year 2018-2019
- July 30, 2019 - Answering the Calls: A Child's View NOW AVAILABLE TO ORDER ONLINE
- June 24, 2019 - WSD École Laura Secord School launchesAnswering the Calls: A Child's View of the 94 Calls to Action
- June 24, 2019 - Winnipeg School Division literacy and numeracy results see dramatic improvement
- June 20, 2019 - Media Invite Ecole Laura Secord Book Launch
- June 10, 2019 - Winnipeg School Division Lord Nelson School named a 2019 Recipient of the Indigo Love of Reading Foundation Literacy Fund Grant
- June 4, 2019 - Media Invite Winnipeg School Division Celebration Pow Wow 2019
- April 17, 2019 - Media Invite New School Open House April 24
- April 12, 2019 - WSD reinstalling Weston School field fence
- April 9, 2019 - École River Heights School presents an original musical:The Prophecy
- April 9, 2019 - WSD 49th Annual Science Fair
- March 15, 2019 - Board asks Minister Goertzen to make public apology
- March 12, 2019 - Media Invite WSD Quantum Arts Program 2019 Finale March 14
- March 11, 2019 - WSD Board passes budget for 2019/2020
- March 11, 2019 - Media Invite WSD Sisler High School to hold Indigenous Relations panel discussion
- March 7, 2019 - Media Invite WSD Board to vote on budget March 11
- March 4, 2019 - Media Invite WSD 100th Annual Speed Skating Event
- Feb. 20, 2019 - Media Invite WAEC Wellness and Empowerment Conference
- Feb. 12, 2019 - WSD address accessibility and accountability in draft budget
- Dec. 3, 2018 - Grant Park High School presents "It's a Wonderful Life - The Stage Play"
- Nov. 29, 2018 - WSD Winter Concerts 2018
- Nov. 29, 2018 - WSD addresses new lead soil test results
- Nov. 28, 2018 - Tec Voc High School designated as Fair Trade school
- Nov. 26, 2018 - Media Invite WSD Sisler High School Holodomor Commemoration Event
- Nov. 23, 2018 - Media Invite WSD Tec Voc High School to be recognized for Fair Trade initiatives
- Nov. 22, 2018 - WSD Board of Trustees votes unanimously in favour of expanded voting rights for residents
- Nov. 13, 2018 - WSD launches first of its kind in Canada teacher development program
- Nov. 9, 2018 - WSD media invite - Winnipeg School Division to announce unique, first in Canada Indigenous Education opportunity
- Nov. 5, 2018 - WSD Board of Trustees elects chair and vice chair
- Oct. 5, 2018 - Essilor Canada donates 1000+ pairs of glasses to WSD students through Mobile Vision Care Clinic
- Oct. 3, 2018 - WSD media invite - Mobile Vision Care Clinici donation
- Aug. 27, 2018 - WSD media invite - Space experiments return to Earth Final
School Year 2017-2018
- June 11, 2018 - WSD media/public invite - WSD New School Design Open House June 12
- June 4, 2018 - WSD media invite - Tiger Pride - St. John's High School celebrates 2018 Annual Day of Knowledge
- May 31, 2018 - WSD North End students aspire to restore meaning of "Treaty"
- May 28, 2018 - WSD media invite - WSD Celebration Pow Wow 2018
- May 4, 2018 - WSD media invite - Youth for Sustainable Living Conference
- May 3, 2018 - WSD media invite - Niji Mahkwa 25th anniversary
- April 25, 2018 - Winnipeg School Division Healthy Minds Week 2018 - reducing stigma, encouraging conversation
- April 19, 2018 - Castlebury Meadows/Waterford Green home schools to 2020
- March 14, 2018 - WSD media invite - Quantum Arts Finale 2018
- March 12, 2018 - Winnipeg School Division passes budget for 2018/2019
- March 8, 2018 - WSD Board releases Building Systems Assessment Report
- Feb. 26, 2018 - WSD and Share the Magic announce local initiative at Niji Mahkwa School
- Feb. 26, 2018 - École Robert H. Smith School Annual Community Breakfast Friday March 2
- Feb. 22, 2018 - WSD media invite - WSD and Share the Magic partner in unique initiative at Niji Mahkwa School
- Feb. 12, 2018 - École Laura Secord School officially opens new gymnasium
- Feb. 9, 2018 - WSD media invite Divisional musical theatre event
- Feb. 8, 2018 - WSD media invite École Laura Secord School gym opening
- Jan. 17, 2018 - WSD Sisler High School students target 700 – INSPIRE group sharing the magic of reading
- Jan. 16, 2018 - WSD media invite Sisler INSPIRE group announcement
- Dec. 15, 2017 - Elementary School STEM Experiments to be tested in outer space
- Dec. 11, 2017 - WSD establishes concussion protocol
- Nov. 28, 2017 - PSA WSD Christmas/Winter Concerts for 2017 Holiday Season
- Nov. 15, 2017 - PSA WSD Public Meeting Nov. 30 2017
- Nov. 7, 2017 - WSD Mobile Vision Care Unit removes vision barrier for hundreds of students
- Oct. 2, 2017 - Winnipeg School Division to offer courtesy transportation for 2017/2018
- Sept. 26, 2017 - WSD media invite Students meet with Jane Goodall
- Sept. 14, 2017 - WSD media invite Tec Voc Treaty Commemoration & Integrating Indigenous Perspectives into Teaching
School Year 2016-2017
- June 5, 2017 - Winnipeg School Division congratulates Skills National Canada 2017 competitors
- May 25, 2017 - Media Invite WSD Indigenous Gallery Walk May 26
- May 1, 2017 - Media Invite WSD unveils Friendship Bench at Grant Park High School May 4
- April 27, 2017 - Media Invite WSD Healthy Minds Week kicks off 2017 Highlighting the importance of mental health for overall wellness May 1
- April 26, 2017 - Winnipeg School Division Everybody has the Right Finale - A Connection with International Storytelling Festival at CMHR
- April 24, 2017 - Media invite WSD and International Storytelling Festival connect at CMHR April 26
- April 18, 2017 - Media invite RB Russell celebrates 50th anniversary April 20
- April 12, 2017 - Media invite WSD hosts schools for live web surgery April 18
- April 3, 2017 - Students at École Victoria-Albert School Win 2017 Fluor Engineering Challenge Grant Drawing
- April 3, 2017 - WSD 47th Annual Science Festival April 5
- March 15, 2017 - WSD Quantum finale showcases film making, dancers, actors and visual artists
- March 13, 2017 - WSD Board passes budget for 2017/2018
- Feb. 6, 2017 - Media invite WSD Everybody has the Right - Honouring Indigenous Storytelling Through Human Books
- Jan. 30, 2017 - Sisler to hold G3 Game On Feb. 2 and 3
- Jan. 27, 2017 - École LaVérendrye officially opens new gymnasium
- Jan. 26, 2017 - École Robert H. Smith School invitation to Prime Minister accepted
- Jan. 23, 2017 - Media invite Jan. 27 Celebrating the official opening of École LaVérendrye Gymnasium
- Dec. 12, 2016 - Media invite Dec. 15 R.B. Russell Vocational High School "Make Nice Happen" event
- Dec. 12, 2016 - Media invite Dec. 14 Churchill High School/Collège Churchill Hockey Academy to expand in 2017/2018
- Dec. 9, 2016 - Tec Voc Hold and Secure
- Dec. 7, 2016 - Christmas/Winter Events for 2016 Holiday Season
- Dec. 6, 2016 Media Advisory - Transportation Delays
- Dec. 1, 2016 - Media invite - Dec. 5 - Elmwood High School honoured to host Arctic Climate Change Youth Forum
- Oct. 25, 2016 - PSA -WSD community consultation - developing the budget for the 17/18 school year
- Oct. 17, 2016 - Media invite - Oct. 18 Holodomor Mobile Classroom to visit Sisler High School
- Oct. 14, 2016 - Media invite - Oct 18/25 Learning about our Human Library
- Sept. 29, 2016 - Media invite - Oct. 4 Celebrating the re-opening of École Sir William Osler
- Sept. 23, 2016 - News release Lord Nelson School addition
- Sept. 22, 2016 - Media invite - Spanish bilingual language program media open house Sep 28
- Sept. 20, 2016 - Media invite - Lord Nelson School addition opening Sep 23
- Sept. 13, 2016 - WSD Board outlines strategic direction for next four years
- Sept. 12, 2016 - WSD Board Chair and Vice Chair election
School Year 2015-2016
- June 21 - Trustee Beach to leave division
- June 20 - WSD Board pass Safe and Caring Policy - Transgender and Gender Diverse Students and Staff
- June 7 - King Edward Community School to open Sacred Heart Garden June 21
- June 6 - WSD Board passes motions to support WSD “Enough for all, forever” sustainability initiative
- May 30 - Gordon Bell celebrates new gardens
- May 20 - Over 2,000 WSD students take a diversity walk for Everybody has the Right
- May 18 - Winnipeg School Division celebrates 50 years of Nursery program – fun in learning
- May 17 - WSD Chief Superintendent/CEO Clarke to continue leading largest school division in Manitoba
- May 13 - 50 years of fun in learning - celebrating WSD Nursery
- May 11 - Winnipeg School Division students to hold "Celebrating Diversity" walk at The Forks May 20
- May 2 - Celebrating Healthy Minds across Winnipeg School Division
- April 29 - Kelvin High School to hold "shovel in the ground" social May 14
- April 28 - Dufferin School helps kick off Canada Games May 4
- April 25 - WSD partners with UNESCO to hold elementary grades conference
- April 25 - Sisler High School hosts Vancouver Film School coding workshops
- April 19 - Media invite - DMCI hosts "The Write Stuff" on April 21
- April 14 - WSD hosts Voices into Action event at Tec Voc High School
- March 23 - Media Advisory - Kelvin High School threat investigated and cleared
- March 17 - Media invite - Sisler High School hosts schools live web surgery March 22
- March 15 - Media invite - WSD Quantum finale showcases dancers, actors and visual artists March 17
- March 14 - WSD Board passes budget for 2016/2017
- March 8 - WSD moves ahead with three new language programs
- March 8 - Sisler High School to host provincial leaders debate March 16
- March 7 - WSD Board tackles unprecedented losses from commercial assessment appeals
- March 3 - Churchill High School Hockey Academy registration now open
- Feb. 26 - Media invite - École Robert H. Smith School Annual Community Breakfast March 4h
- Feb. 22 - WSD Board of Trustees supports inclusion at MSBA leaders' debate
- Feb. 8 - WSD committed to public awareness - launches new online budget simulation tool
- Feb. 2 - WSD extends registration for language programs
- Jan. 25 - WSD to hold draft budget consultations
- Jan. 12 - WSD Everybody has the Right student summit
- Jan. 7 - Media invite - WSD students check-in with Mayor Bowman
- Dec. 7 - WSD to offer new bilingual language programs
- Dec. 7 - WSD revises boundaries for Sir William Osler and Ecole LaVerendrye
- Dec. 7 - Tec Voc stings hunger this holiday season
- Dec. 2 - Christmas/Winter Concerts for 2015 Holiday Season
- Nov. 17 - WSD Secretary-Treasurer announces his retirement
- Nov. 12 - Queenston School opens new gym
- Nov 12. - Community budget consultations
- Nov. 6 - Media invite - Queenston Gym opening
- Oct. 24 - News release Lucy St Lawrence STAM award.pdf
- Oct. 13 - A fierce desire to be the change in Winnipeg - WSD kicks off Everybody has the Right week 2015
- Oct. 7 - Gordon Bell High lights up night
- Sept. 24 - École Riverview School officially opens innovative outdoor learning space
- Sept. 24 - École LaVérendrye new gym sod turning ceremony
- Sept. 18 - Sisler High School to hold Federal Candidates Forum
- Sept. 16 - Tec Voc lockdown lifted
- Sept. 14 - Trustee breached WSD Harassment Prevention Policy
- Sept. 14 - WSD Board of Trustees Chair and Vice Chair election
School Year 2014-2015
- June 16 - WSD Board develops guidelines for religious instruction requests
- June 9 - Winnipeg School Division new structure directs more support to schools
- June 3 - Media Advisory Kelvin High mourns death of former student
- June 3 - WSD congratulates Truth and Reconciliation Committee
- June 2 - Media Advisory Kelvin High hold and secure
- May 25 - Hugh John Macdonald hosts Mystery Lake students for learning tour
- May 20 - Shaughnessy Park School closes early due to construction fumes
- May 12 - WSD expands full day kindergarten pilot
- May 11 - WSD aligns French Immersion expansion with community needs
- April 30 - Arts in the Heart
- April 14 - Trustee censured
- April 7 - Earl Grey Centennial
- March 19 - Quantum Arts Finale
- March 18 - Media invite: Young artists take to stage for Quantum 2015 Finale
- March 11 - WSD releases 2015/2016 budget
- March 5 - Robert H. Smith breakfast supports Boys and Girls Club
- March 4 - Media Advisory - Vehicle School Bus collision
- Feb. 11 - Kelvin High School community comes together for Active Living Centre
- Feb. 3 - 2015/16 Draft budget presentations to community
- Feb. 2 - Gordon Bell lights on pep rally
- Jan. 28 - Inner City Soccer Jamboree
- Jan. 20 - Dufferin School water main break
- Jan. 5 - Isaac Brock School water main break
- Jan. 14 - Sisler students examine a lake in crisis
- Dec. 11 - WSD investigation of inappropriate social media comments
- Dec. 9 - WSD students' masterpiece on display at Canadian Museum for Human Rights
- Dec. 4. - Motion regarding Transportation Services
- Nov. 20 - Winnipeg School Division Community Consultation
- Nov. 18 - Censure of Trustee
- Nov. 7 - Winnipeg School Division and Winnipeg Police Service to host 3rd Annual Youth Wellness Conference
- Oct. 23 - Shining a light on active living at Gordon Bell High
- Sept. 23 - Clarification - Pupil Transportation Services
- Sept. 15 - Human Rights art project involves students on a grand scale
- Sept. 15 - National award for Sisler High School
- Sept. 12 - Human rights front and centre at Winnipeg School Division Sept. 15-19
School Year 2013-2014
- June 18 - Pupil Transportation Services
- June 4 - New, natural playground promotes creative play, reduces bullying (June 5 event)
- May 22- Whole community to benefit from state-of-the-art basketball court at Stanley Knowles School (May 23 event)
- March 19 - Quantum Arts Program Finale March 20
June 16, 2021 - St. John’s High School student awarded largest Canadian STEM scholarship