Tag: Education

  • Turner Valley School News: Art Exhibit ~ BLACK GOLD

    Turner Valley School News: Art Exhibit ~ BLACK GOLD

    On display until November 5, 2014 The exhibition Black Gold features the art work of contemporary artists whose creative expressions have been stimulated by the development of the petroleum industry in Alberta. Inspired by the centenary of the Turner Valley discoveries, this exhibition encourages the viewer to consider the history and importance of, and challenges…

  • Millarville School News: What’s Happening this Fall

    Millarville School News: What’s Happening this Fall

    Christmas Shoebox Campaign Millarville School will be participating again this year in the Christmas Shoebox Campaign. Boxes are available in the office for those who would like one and need to be returned by Friday, November 21st. Thanks for your support! Student Recognition Students, teachers and parents have begun dropping off nominees for our new…

  • FSD High Country Schools to Honour Veterans

    Our local schools will hold Assemblies of Remembrance on Friday, November 7th. Turner Valley School and Oilfields High School will gather at 10am; Millarville Community School will hold their assembly at 10:30am; Longview School will welcome Gordon Day as guest speaker and their assembly will begin at 1:30pm and C. Ian McLaren’s assembly will be…

  • Oilfields High School: Honouring Family at Remembrance Day Service

    In order to bring a more personal connection to this event, we would like to honour veterans from the families of our students and staff.  We did this last year, and would like to include more of our students and staff.  We are in the process of planning our ceremony, and we would like to…

  • Doing Good for Kids

    Doing Good for Kids

    IBM Celebrated 10 Year Commitment to Alberta with New Partnership Announcement On September 18, a very special community event took place in Lethbridge, Alberta (see the event video). Graciously hosted by the Opokaa’sin Early Intervention Society, a leading organization delivering exceptional services to Aboriginal children from across Southern Alberta, the event recognized IBM’s contributions to…

  • Grants Available Through Bow Valley College, High River Campus and Calgary Foundation

    Grants Available Through Bow Valley College, High River Campus and Calgary Foundation

    Bow Valley College, High River campus is offering a fantastic program to help Foothills residents pursue post-secondary education in partnership with the Calgary Foundation. There are twenty-five scholarships available in the amount of $4,500 each plus additional funds for supplemental expenses. As explained by Randea Prince, the Administrative Assistant for Bow Valley, this initiative takes…

  • Turner Valley School: Hot Lunch Program Can Use Help

    Turner Valley School: Hot Lunch Program Can Use Help

    The Turner Valley PTA would welcome some volunteer support to help implement this year’s hot lunch program. Even if you can help out 1 day a month your contribution is greatly appreciated. The time commitment varies from 1 hr to 2.5 hrs per hot lunch day. Please contact Karen Lyons at klyons1@live.ca or 403-831-7314 for further information and…

  • University and Kerui Group create energy research, training site in China

    University and Kerui Group create energy research, training site in China

    Collaborative Beijing Site to focus on unconventional oil and gas An official agreement between the University of Calgary and Chinese partner Kerui Group will be signed Thursday, Oct. 23 at a ceremony in Beijing which includes senior representatives of the Chinese government, Chinese universities and national energy companies. University of Calgary President Elizabeth Cannon is…

  • Oilfields High School News: Volleyball Bales

    Oilfields High School News: Volleyball Bales

    The senior girls’ volleyball team at Oilfields High School are asking for donations of round bales as a fundraiser for entry fees and travel costs this year. Annually, the team go to the Best of the West tournament in Kelowna, BC to compete against some of the best teams in Western Canada. Since we have…

  • A Gift of Play ~ From Western Financial Group

    A Gift of Play ~ From Western Financial Group

    By Pam Jones, Editor. In a way that we perhaps had not thought about, the children of High River were still suffering from the effects of the 2013 flood. Normalcy had been removed from their lives in one fast sweep. Over a year later they were still feeling the effects of that disruption to their…

  • Turner Valley School News: Halloween Parade

    Turner Valley School News: Halloween Parade

    Our Halloween Parade will take place on Thursday, October 30 at 1:30 in our school gymnasium. The students will being going to the gym to showcase their costumes at that time. Family and friends are welcome to come and join us. If parents wish to help their children with their costumes they will be getting…

  • Nominate an Outstanding Educator in Your Community

    Nominate an Outstanding Educator in Your Community

    Students, parents, colleagues and community members are encouraged to nominate an outstanding teacher or principal for the 27th annual Excellence in Teaching Awards. Nominations for pre-kindergarten teachers will also be accepted for the first time since the awards began. The 2015 awards will recognize approximately 130 semi-finalists, 20 of whom will receive an Excellence in…

  • City Hall School Celebrated 15th Anniversary

    City Hall School Celebrated 15th Anniversary

    On Thursday, October 16th, The City of Calgary City Hall School celebrated 15 years of teaching young Calgarians how they, as young citizens, can be directly involved in strengthening their communities and shaping their city. The City Hall School program allows teachers to move their classrooms to the Municipal Building for a week-long, custom designed…

  • Calgary Stampede’s OH Ranch Education Program

    Calgary Stampede’s OH Ranch Education Program

    by Sharon Lightfoot, OH Ranch Education Coordinator, October 2014 Stampede Blog You can learn more about the OH Ranch Education Program at the Calgary Herald, CTV and CBC. It’s back to school and back to education on the range! The Calgary Stampede is very excited to announce the launch of the OH Ranch Education Program.…

  • University moves up to sixth position in top 50 research ranking

    University moves up to sixth position in top 50 research ranking

    University of Calgary now ranked in top five in Canada for research funding growth The University of Calgary moved up three places and is now ranked sixth among top research universities in the country, according to Re$earch Infosource Canada’s Top 50 Research Universities rankings for 2014. The university generated $328,736,000 in sponsored research income for…