Boston Pizza Fund Raising Night

Posted March 2, 2016

Tonight is the Boston Pizza Community night. Enjoy having dinner prepared for you! We look forward to seeing everyone between 5-8. Dine in, takeout, and delivery included. Be sure to mention you are with Empire.

March 1: Evening rentals & school events CANCELLED

Posted March 1, 2016

Based on current weather information and the anticipated forecast, all rentals (6:30 p.m. onwards) and school events are CANCELLED this evening.

Register now for the PIC and WRAPSC parent conference

Posted March 1, 2016

For the fifth year in a row, the WRDSB Parent Involvement Committee (PIC) and the Waterloo Region Assembly of Public School Councils (WRAPSC) is hosting their free annual family event for parents, guardians and the community! The theme for this year’s parent conference is Strengthening Family-School Relationships – Achieving Excellence and Well-being for all Students. REGISTER NOW! Date: […]

Boston Pizza Night

Posted February 29, 2016

Boston Pizza Community night is this Wednesday from 5-8, gather your friends and family for a fun night out. 10% of sales goes to Empire. This includes dine in, takeout, and delivery. Be sure to mention you are with Empire!

Empire’s Me-to-We Group helps Food Bank in a big way!

Posted February 28, 2016

Thanks to the efforts of the Empire Me-to-We group, the Waterloo Region Food Bank now has the funds to provide over 2600 more meals to families in need in our community. During the week of Feb. 8-12, the students of the Me-to-We group sold approximately 1600 suckers as part of their Candy-Gram fundraiser and raised […]

Wednesday, Feb. 24th is PINK DAY!!

Posted February 23, 2016

What is Pink Shirt Day? In 2007, two high school students from the small community of Cambridge in Nova Scotia witnessed a grade 9 boy being bullied for wearing a pink polo shirt on his first day of school.  Bullies harassed the boy, called him a homosexual for wearing pink and threatened to beat him […]

PA Day – Friday, February 26

Posted February 23, 2016

This is a reminder of our scheduled Professional Activity (PA) Day this Friday – Friday, February 26, 2016. There will be no school for WRDSB students. This additional day was added to the calendar recently as a result of recent labour settlements. All of our teaching and support staff will be busy meeting in their schools. […]

Report cards going home today

Posted February 19, 2016

Term 1 Report Cards will be going home today. If you do not receive a report card, you may want to have a conversation with your child.  As always, if you have any questions, please feel free to contact your child’s teacher(s) to discuss the report card and/or to set up a time to meet. […]

Rocks & Rings Curling Program comes to Empire P.S.

Posted February 16, 2016

                        Empire was fortunate to have the opportunity to have the Rocks and Rings program come to their school on February 3 & 4. Each class had a chance to learn a little bit about curling.   Kerry-Lynn, the instructor was great at keeping […]

2016-17 Budget Consultation Survey

Posted February 12, 2016

Calling all students, parents and community members! Have a say in our budget process! Which funding priorities do you think the Board should consider for the 2016-17 school year, and beyond? Respond to the short 2016-17 Budget Consultation Survey to help us identify which areas are important to our WRDSB community. Please keep in mind: the WRDSB […]

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