Tag: Education

  • Millarville School Permaculture Project

    Millarville School Permaculture Project

      I can’t believe how much has changed! We’ve had 3 permablitzes (1 full Saturday, and 2 after school sessions) and have done a tonne of work! Thank you to the crew of committed helpers who have been there ready and willing to get dirty! A garden workshop for newspaper sheet mulching and the final…

  • Alberta Student wins National French Public Speaking Contest

    Alberta Student wins National French Public Speaking Contest

      Canadian Parents for French announces winners of 2015 Concours d’art oratoire EDMONTON  –  Miss Tehzeeb Sayed of Edmonton, whose presentation was on gender equality was the 2015 Core French winner in the National French Public Speaking Contest. “Through the Concours, I had the opportunity to meet students from across Canada – which was greatly…

  • Turner Valley School: A Springtime Story

    Turner Valley School: A Springtime Story

      By Rachel, Grade 2 Hi, My name is The Bee. I live in the Kootenays and today I got stuck in the cabin! There was a man in there trying to capture me! And I couldn’t get through a thing they call a window! I could see the outside but I couldn’t get out!…

  • MD of Foothills Donates to Foothills School Division

    MD of Foothills Donates to Foothills School Division

    Superintendent John Bailey extended gratitude to the M.D. of Foothills and Family and Community Support Services for a significant donation of $50,000. The funding will support FSD’s Behaviour Education Support Team (BEST) and Family School Liaison Counsellor programs.

  • Turner Valley School – Principal’s Message: June 2015

    A community of lifelong learners prepared to succeed in the 21st Century through dynamic and engaging school experiences in a respectful and supportive environment. Time flies when you’re having fun! It seems like just yesterday we were greeting and meeting everyone to begin the year. So much has happened in the last 10 months and…

  • Foothills School Division News: Parent of Distinction Awarded to Connie Cunningham

    Foothills School Division News: Parent of Distinction Awarded to Connie Cunningham

    Congratulations to parent Connie Cunningham, a recipient of the 2015 Parent of Distinction Award, presented by the Alberta School Councils’ Association. Connie has been a tireless supporter of Education for fourteen years, with her involvement spanning the cycle of her children’s education in FSD, from 2001 all the way through to present day with the…

  • Mini Entrepreneurs in Millarville

    Mini Entrepreneurs in Millarville

    Board Chair Christine Pretty was impressed by the PowerPoint presentations that Grade 4 students at Millarville Community School developed to showcase their mini-businesses and their learnings about how to do a bank deposit, customer service and advertising. Through their businesses, they raised a total of $415 for a year-end pizza party and charity. The students…

  • FSD Trustees Approve Plan to Move Kindergarten in Okotoks

    FSD Trustees Approve Plan to Move Kindergarten in Okotoks

      Trustees approve plan to move kindergarten from Westmount School to Big Rock School to address enrolment pressures in Okotoks HIGH RIVER, AB – Foothills School Division’s Board of Trustees today approved a recommendation to temporarily relocate Westmount School’s kindergarten program to Big Rock School, effective September 2015. The decision will remain in effect until…

  • Turner Valley School Spring Theatre Ovation

    We would like to extend our heartfelt thanks to all of our extraordinary students, parents, volunteers and staff who contributed to an OUTSTANDING Spring Theatre performance this year. Mrs. Schuster and the Spring Theatre Team are very grateful to everyone who contributed to the success of this event.

  • NDP Tuition Plan Misses the Mark For Students and Taxpayers: Taylor

    NDP Tuition Plan Misses the Mark For Students and Taxpayers: Taylor

      EDMONTON, AB – The NDP plan to freeze tuition is irresponsible and fails to protect students and taxpayers from the growing costs of education, Wildrose Advanced Education Shadow Minister Wes Taylor said. Advanced Education Minister Lori Sigurdson announced last week the NDP is poised to put an “absolute freeze” on all tuition. Taylor said…

  • Millarville School Principal: Medieval Grade Eights

    Millarville School Principal: Medieval Grade Eights

    June is here and I keep getting the same question; “are you counting down the days until summer?” Do I look forward to summer? I would be lying if I said “no.” June is a speedy month with departures of students, end of year events, celebrations and final report cards, there is little time to…

  • Big Rock Gr. 3 Student Using Okotoks Lemonade Day to Battle Cancer

    Big Rock Gr. 3 Student Using Okotoks Lemonade Day to Battle Cancer

    Makayla Hinton, a Gr. 3 student at Big Rock School, will be operating one of the stands at Okotoks 1st Lemonade Day on Saturday, June 13, 2015. Her profits will be donated to Kids Cancer Care. Lemonade Day is a popular initiative in the U.S. and Okotoks is the first city in Canada to organize this event. Each child…

  • Flexible and Personalized Learning at Oilfields High School

    Flexible and Personalized Learning at Oilfields High School

    This year, Oilfields High School joined Alberta Education’s Moving Forward with High School Redesign (MFWHSR) project. To date, 164 high schools from across the province are currently part of this project. This represents about 70% of high school aged students in Alberta. The primary purpose of this provincial initiative is to explore and institute changes…

  • Oilfields Athletes

    Oilfields Athletes

    Over at Oilfields School, Jimmy Blower is off to the provincials after placing 2nd in intermediate boys’ high jump at South Central Zones. Among the school’s other results: Zoee Stromberg tied for 4th in intermediate girls’ high jump; Russ Grusing placed 5th in senior boys’ shot put, while Kamala Knight placed 5th in senior girls’…

  • Trustee Tucker Congratulates Local Athletes

    Trustee Tucker Congratulates Local Athletes

    Trustee Jeannine Tucker commended Turner Valley School and the 10 students (see photo below) who took part in the National Archery in School Program (NSAP) provincials in Drayton Valley on April 23rd. Each archer gets 40 arrows in total, with five for practice, then 20 arrows each at the 10 and 15 metre distances. Turner…