Tag: Education

  • Oilfields High School: Accomplished Students

    Oilfields High School: Accomplished Students

      Gold Medal Curlers Congratulations to Oilfields students Justin Goheen, Nic Warkman, Jacob Libbus and Pacen Anderson who were part of the Gold Medal Championship team of the Southern Alberta Provincial Bantam Curling Championship played at Sundre, Alberta over the March 21st weekend! Regional Skills Alberta Competition Good luck to Cody Kluzak competing in cabinetmaking and…

  • Prentice Continues to Play Politics with New Schools

    Prentice Continues to Play Politics with New Schools

      EDMONTON, AB – Premier Jim Prentice is using taxpayer resources to re-announce a backlog of new school promises that his government has already missed the deadline on, the Wildrose Official Opposition said (yesterday). The PC government made yet another campaign-style re-announcement Tuesday to build new schools.  The announcements are a repeat of former Premier…

  • School Construction Promise Fulfilled

    The Alberta government is keeping its promise to follow through with funding to complete the largest school capital build in Canada. The 2015-20 Capital Plan will ensure construction of the schools Alberta families need. “This investment is confirmation for Alberta families and school jurisdictions that we have kept our promise and they have the capital…

  • Bake Sale Starts Today at Oilfields High School

    Bake Sale Starts Today at Oilfields High School

    Oilfield’s Student Advisory Committee will be hosting a bake sale on March 31 and April 1. All proceeds will go towards supporting the Sheep River Health Trust and Oilfield’s Breakfast Program.    

  • World’s First Fully Integrated Research Facility Opens in Pine Creek Wastewater Plant

    World’s First Fully Integrated Research Facility Opens in Pine Creek Wastewater Plant

    Embedded within The City’s Pine Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant, a brand new, real-time, world class research facility has opened – Advancing Canadian Wastewater Assets (ACWA). The ACWA facility, with additional locations on the University of Calgary campus, is the only fully integrated research facility located within an active industrial wastewater treatment plant that will enable…

  • New Tools for Student Success

      Calgary, AB — Students at SAIT Polytechnic have some new high-tech tools to help them achieve success in their education. The post-secondary has received four major gifts totaling more than $5 million. The donations include an executive jet aircraft, a digital printing press, a simulator for petroleum engineering technology, and funds to support counselling and…

  • From the Teacher’s Desk ~ Raising Our Standards

      By Leonard Quilty The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would suffice to solve most of the world’s problems. ~ Mahatma Gandhi Recently, I read an interesting article in the Calgary Herald about a young social entrepreneur from Vancouver, Taylor Conroy. Conroy has come up with an intriguing…

  • Budget Causes Concern as to Impact in Alberta Classrooms

    Budget Causes Concern as to Impact in Alberta Classrooms

    The association representing Alberta’s 61 school boards acknowledges restraint was expected in the 2015/16 education budget, but fears the direction taken by government may mean school boards across the province will struggle to meet the needs and expectations of schools, students, parents and their communities. “We are very concerned about the impact this budget will…

  • Millarville School News: Spring Round-Up an Outstanding Success

    Millarville School News: Spring Round-Up an Outstanding Success

      Last Thursday the whole community came together to celebrate our Western Heritage. The Spring Round-up is a perfect example of how our community supports public education. From the generous donations from families and businesses for our raffles and silent auction items to the awesome turn out, it was a huge success. Your time, donations…

  • Ladies Night Fundraiser Tonight in Millarville

    Ladies Night Fundraiser Tonight in Millarville

    The Millarville Playschool is having a Ladies Night Fundraiser Thursday March 26th at 6:30pm at Rancher’s Hall. There will be vendors from Jamberry Nails, Thrive Foods, Stampin’ Up, Steeped Teas & more. Come and have a fun night and support our local Mom’s group.

  • Foothills School Division Celebrates Sporting Prowess

    Foothills School Division Celebrates Sporting Prowess

    Grade 11 Highwood High School student Josh Skory, won a gold medal at the Alberta High School Rural Wrestling Provincials, which qualifies him to participate in the upcoming Provincials! Meantime, Trustee Jeannine Tucker applauded Oilfields School’s boys’ junior varsity basketball team, which hosted and won a recent zone tournament.

  • Blackie School: Engaging Learning

    Blackie School: Engaging Learning

    On February 26, Blackie School’s Grade 5/6 class conducted presentations on four charitable organizations that that they wanted to obtain donations of money, goods and services for. What started out as a social inquiry project has snowballed into an enormous learning experience, helping students develop a sense of democracy, community service, global citizenship and understanding…

  • Pieter Langstraat Nominated for Excellence in Superintendency Award 

    Pieter Langstraat Nominated for Excellence in Superintendency Award 

      (EDMONTON) – At its March 12, 2015 Annual General Meeting, the College of Alberta School Superintendents (CASS) announced the nomination of Pieter Langstraat, Superintendent for Red Deer Public School District, for the EXL Award. The EXL Award recognizes excellence among members of the superintendency in Canada. Each of the provincial affiliates of the Canadian…

  • Millarville School News: Congrats to Wildcat Basketball Players

      Congratulations to our Grade 7/8 boys basketball team for winning the 2015 boys Basketball League Championship finals at the end of February. The boys also took 2nd place and the girls took 3rd in the Oilfields tournament held the first week of March. Our boys and girls combined team won 1st place in the skills competition.…

  • Millarville Community School: What’s Happening in the Classrooms in March

    Millarville Community School: What’s Happening in the Classrooms in March

    The Kinders are inquiring into how people communicate their feelings. They’ve been looking at different artists and will share their own artwork on Thursday, March 26. The Grade 1s are looking at communities and how buildings are constructed to provide for needs and wants. They will be celebrating their learning at an upcoming assembly on…