Tag: Education

  • FSD: Sheldon Kennedy School Champion Committee

    FSD: Sheldon Kennedy School Champion Committee

    Trustee Michael Pollard and Pam Rannelli, Director of Inclusive Learning, joined representatives from 12 participating schools – including FCHS/AHSFA students Bailey Lang and Lauren Oldham, and teacher Andrea Laubman – at a recent information and planning session through the Sheldon Kennedy Child Advocacy Centre. As part of a three-year program to increase awareness of abuse…

  • Province Marks Decade of Community Support for Families

    Province Marks Decade of Community Support for Families

    Parent Link Centres are celebrating 10 years of providing programs and resources for Alberta’s parents, caregivers, and children. Parent Link Centres (PLCs) provide parents and caregivers with resources and support to develop nurturing environments for Alberta’s children. The Alberta government funds centres throughout the province as part of its commitment to early child development. “The…

  • Turner Valley School News: Family Literacy Day

    Turner Valley School News: Family Literacy Day

        I love Family Literacy Day! Family literacy day is fun. Everyone was here having fun reading on Family Literacy Day. It is all about reading and more. I know that reading is interesting and fun sometimes. I hope everyone will read! ~ By Jenna G. Mrs. Webb and the Family Literacy Day Committee…

  • FSD: Grade 6 Student Learning Assessments Postponed

    FSD: Grade 6 Student Learning Assessments Postponed

    Alberta Education has advised school divisions that the Grade 6 Student Learning Assessments (SLAs), which were originally scheduled to be piloted in fall 2015, will be rescheduled. The new target is fall 2016. Through feedback received from stakeholder groups, Alberta Education has heard that more time is needed to ensure the Grade 3 SLAs are a valuable assessment tool for teachers, parents,…

  • UofA: Saving Livestock, Saving Livelihoods

    UofA: Saving Livestock, Saving Livelihoods

    Researchers receive $5M federal grant to test new vaccine that can protect livestock in Africa from five viral diseases in a single dose. By Michael Brown (Edmonton) A vaccination research team at the University of Alberta has been named as part of a $5-million federal grant to test a heat-stable combination vaccine created to protect…

  • Family Literacy Day in the Foothills School Division

    Family Literacy Day in the Foothills School Division

    Held annually on January 27, this national initiative raises awareness of the importance of reading and engaging in other literacy-related activities as a family. It’s a popular initiative in FSD and our schools planned a variety of fun activities to encourage students and their families to learn together. Among those who visited schools as “celebrity…

  • Red Deer Lake School Fundraiser

    Red Deer Lake School Fundraiser

    So why, you might ask, did Red Deer Lake School Principal Craig Barabash wear a chicken suit at school for the entire day on January 20th? In the fall, the school challenged students to raise enough money in their annual magazine subscription drive to buy chickens for African villages. The goal was fifty chickens and,…

  • FSD: Heritage Heights Education Plan

    FSD: Heritage Heights Education Plan

    Heritage Heights School Principal Joanne Higgins and Vice Principal Lauren Frandle provided Foothills School Division Trustees with an overview of the school’s Education Plan. As relatively new administrators to the school and with the addition of seventeen new staff over the past two years, Joanne and Lauren’s work has included a focus on solidifying Heritage…

  • Inaccurate ideas about food lead to bad policies says Food Police author

    Inaccurate ideas about food lead to bad policies says Food Police author

    By Helen Metella “I’m not against local foods, I’m against bad arguments for local foods,” said food economist Jayson Lusk during the recent Bentley Lecture in Sustainable Agriculture. In his address to more than 200 ALES students, faculty, alumni, donors and members of the public, the Oklahoma Sate University Regents Professor and Willard Sparks Endowed…

  • FSD School Field Trips: Health and Safety is a Priority

    FSD School Field Trips: Health and Safety is a Priority

    Superintendent John Bailey provided Trustees with information regarding upcoming field trips including international trips planned by École Secondaire Highwood High School and École Secondaire Foothills Composite High/Alberta High School of Fine Arts to France, and École Okotoks Junior High School to Ecuador. John explained that when planning field trips, the health and safety of students…

  • Statement on the Passing of U of A Students

    Statement on the Passing of U of A Students

    Words seem inadequate to express the sadness enveloping our campus today. Two of our students and a former student lost their lives in a tragic car accident yesterday and a fourth person is in serious condition in hospital. On behalf of our university community, I wish to send my heartfelt condolences to the families and…

  • ASBA President’s statement re: Possible 9 per cent cut to provincial budget

    ASBA President’s statement re: Possible 9 per cent cut to provincial budget

    ASBA President Helen Clease issued the following statement today: In the wake of Premier Jim Prentice’s recent reference to a possible 9 per cent reduction to Alberta’s provincial budget, the ASBA is concerned about the impact any cuts will have on classrooms in Alberta. School boards have been doing more with less for a number…

  • Turner Valley School Kindergarten Open House and Registration is February 26, 2015

    Turner Valley School Kindergarten Open House and Registration is February 26, 2015

      Parents and children of the 2015-2016 Kindergarten Class are invited to join us at 6:30pm in the Learning Commons. Bring your questions and come to meet the teachers, administrators and other parents. You will learn about our kindergarten program and have a chance to visit the classroom. All parents of preschool children (who will…

  • FSD Facility Services Site Improvements

    FSD Facility Services Site Improvements

    The Board passed a motion authorizing division administration to move forward with tendering site and drainage improvements to the Facility Services building on 12th Avenue in High River. Neighbouring site improvements following the June 2013 flood have resulted in significant drainage issues on FSD’s property, posing a threat the building, which has since been fully-restored…

  • FSD: Okotoks Community Consultation

    FSD: Okotoks Community Consultation

      On January 22nd, FSD held its second community consultation meeting — with over 170 parents participating in the evening — to address enrolment pressures in our Okotoks schools. We presented five boundary scenarios for consideration and also received some really well thought out alternatives. In addition, we have received hundreds of responses to our…