Tag: Education

  • Oilfields High School: Travel Club Hosts Magician

    Oilfields High School: Travel Club Hosts Magician

      Oilfields High School Travel Club is hosting an, “Evening of Wonder with Magician Malcolm Russell” at 7:00 p.m. Friday, October 2nd. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and tickets are available at the door for $15 each. There will be light refreshments for purchase. This magic show is tailored towards pre-teens, teens and adults. Magician…

  • Millarville School Thanks Volunteers

    Millarville School Thanks Volunteers

      Thank you to all our students and parents who participated in the Terry Fox Run! We will be collecting toonies until Thursday, September 24th! So far, we have collected $542.00 Thanks for your support! More thanks to…… Tammy and Rick for coming on the hike to Mount Yamnuska Dawn Dott & School Council Members Kate Lomas & Fundraising…

  • Turner Valley School Book Fair

    Turner Valley School Book Fair

      The Scholastic Book Fair is coming to our school in early November! We invite your entire family to participate by purchasing the latest and greatest in children’s books. Your support of this vital literary event is a key part of helping us obtain new books and resources for our learning commons. You’ll find hundreds…

  • Foothills School Division: Another Proud FSD Alumni Success!!

    Foothills School Division: Another Proud FSD Alumni Success!!

    Our very own, Tanya Jones-Thibodeau, has published her first novel, Dreams of Beautiful Whisper! You’ll find it as an eBook on Amazon under her maiden name of Tanya Jones and the paperback edition is available through Amazon or locally at the Pharmasave in Black Diamond. Tanya will also be hosting a book-signing event at the…

  • Oilfields High School Partnering with Sheep River Library!

    Oilfields High School Partnering with Sheep River Library!

    Oilfields High School is committed to preparing our students for the future. Over the years there have been many changes to the way education is delivered to our students and as a school we want to take advantage of the best resources to help our students succeed. This year we are partnering with Sheep River…

  • Why Two New High Schools for Okotoks?

    Why Two New High Schools for Okotoks?

    On September 16, 2015, the Foothills School Division (FSD) Board of Trustees decided to build two high schools for Okotoks students. One will be located in Aldersyde, a short drive from the southern edge of Okotoks. The other will be built on the north side of Okotoks – assuming the land meets the necessary provincial…

  • FSD Answer Some Questions About the Two New Okotoks High Schools

    FSD Answer Some Questions About the Two New Okotoks High Schools

    Q. Why is Foothills School Division (FSD) now planning to build two high schools for Okotoks students? A. There are two key reasons: * Because Okotoks schools are very full. Having two high schools (for 900 students each), and renovating the existing high school as a K-9 school will help ease the crowding. * Because…

  • Oilfields High School News: September Settling In

    Oilfields High School News: September Settling In

      Open House/Meet the Teachers Are you curious about what the school year will look like and who your child’s teachers are? Oilfields High School is hosting an Open House- Meet the Teacher evening on Tuesday, Sept. 22 from 4:30-6:30 p.m. There will be information regarding the new high school timetable. Drop in and join…

  • Turner Valley School ~ Ask the Principal

    Turner Valley School ~ Ask the Principal

    Ask the Principal What is a Brick and how do they work? The Tigers Wall of Fame is our way of recognizing students among their peers when they demonstrate characteristics that we value as a school. The idea is to recognize things we want to see more of and to present the good example for…

  • Two New High Schools in the Plan for Okotoks and Area

    Two New High Schools in the Plan for Okotoks and Area

    Foothills School board moves to establish collaborative relationship with Town of Okotoks The Foothills School Division (FSD) Board of Trustees, in a decision at its meeting on September 16, 2015, has moved towards a positive, collaborative working relationship with the Town of Okotoks. The board’s decision to accept the Town’s offer of a school site…

  • Would you ‘Dare to Dream’ like these kids?

    Would you ‘Dare to Dream’ like these kids?

    by Turner Valley Parent and Teacher Association Turner Valley students are looking to make a difference in this world. They have dared to dream for something big….will you help them reach their goal? They need to find 80,000 people that want to make a difference! Will you be one of them?  Legacy Park is about…

  • Foothills School board moves to establish collaborative relationship with Town of Okotoks

    Foothills School board moves to establish collaborative relationship with Town of Okotoks

      High River, AB, September 17, 2015 – The Foothills School Division (FSD) Board of Trustees, in a decision at its meeting on September 16, 2015, has moved towards a positive, collaborative working relationship with the Town of Okotoks. The board’s decision to accept the Town’s offer of a school site for one of two…

  • Back to Basics

    Back to Basics

    As students go back to school across the province, I am looking at the current state of our education system and shaking my head. As a teacher with 30 years of experience and an MLA, I would like to offer some advice to Alberta’s new Education Minister, David Eggen. When in doubt, you need to…

  • Millarville Community School: School Yard Food Forest Update

    Millarville Community School: School Yard Food Forest Update

    Thank you to all the volunteers who offered to water the plants over the summer, including Mrs. Smallwood, Olivia, Oren, Freddie, Gabe, Anders, Matthew, Clark, Reese, Brayden, Moms and Dads, and everyone else who stopped by to help. The White Dutch Clover cover crop has grown quite nicely along the wall of the school and…

  • Standing up for Students: Changes to Alberta Standardized Testing Need to be Reviewed

    Standing up for Students: Changes to Alberta Standardized Testing Need to be Reviewed

      EDMONTON, AB: On day three of Wildrose Standing up for Students week, Wildrose Education Shadow Minister Mark Smith is calling on Education Minister David Eggen to apply the brakes on limiting and diminishing the importance of standardized testing in the province. “As Minister Eggen is aware, the decisions to phase out Provincial Achievement Tests…