Tag: Foothills School Division

  • Foothills School Division: Moving Forward with the New Provincial Government

    Foothills School Division: Moving Forward with the New Provincial Government

    Education Budget Following the NDP’s election victory on May 5th, Drew Chipman, Assistant Superintendent of Corporate Services, explained that the Division will move forward based on the budget numbers received from the previous administration. While FSD expects that the budget figures may look different in the final analysis based on the NDP campaign platform, the…

  • Blackie School Students Caring for the Environment

    Blackie School Students Caring for the Environment

      Five Grade 7/8 boys at Blackie School have advanced to the top ten of the “Caring for our Watersheds Contest”; a curriculum-based environmental competition that encourages youth to improve their local watersheds. Students are invited to write proposals outlining a realistic solution to address an environmental concern. The boys advanced to the presentation round…

  • Okotoks Student Visits Ottawa

    Okotoks Student Visits Ottawa

      Amlika Nair, a Grade 9 student at Westmount School, was among a select group of Canadian students, aged 15 to 19, who had the chance to visit Ottawa for a week in February where they recreated parliament “on the Hill.” The “Forum for Young Canadians” provides youth with the opportunity to get a close…

  • FSD Announces New Principal and Vice-Principal Appointments

    FSD Announces New Principal and Vice-Principal Appointments

    Foothills School Division announces several school leadership selections HIGH RIVER, AB, May 6, 2015 Foothills School Division (FSD) is pleased to announce administrative changes involving four schools in Okotoks and High River, all effective August 2015: Bryan Brandford, Principal, École Secondaire Highwood High School, High River – Currently serving as principal of École Okotoks Junior…

  • National Writing Award for Okotoks Student Who Answered the Question Show Us Why Canadians Should Vote

    National Writing Award for Okotoks Student Who Answered the Question Show Us Why Canadians Should Vote

      Hats off to Harriet Smith, a grade 9 student at École Okotoks Junior High School (ÉOJHS) on placing first in the Writing category of the 2014 National Democracy Challenge! Harriet wins an 11-inch MacBook Air laptop for her entry, “In a Cage”, illustrating how Canada can serve as an example to other countries that…

  • Foothills School Division: High River School Flood Mitigation

    Foothills School Division: High River School Flood Mitigation

      Drew Chipman, Assistant Superintendent of Corporate Services, shared a letter, with Trustees, from the Alberta Government confirming ministerial budget approval totaling approximately $3.5 million for flood mitigation projects at École Joe Clark School, Spitzee Elementary School and École Senator Riley Middle School. The funds will be used for site grading and storm water management…

  • Foothills School Division joins forces with Global Sport Academy Group taking sports program delivery to the next level

    Foothills School Division joins forces with Global Sport Academy Group taking sports program delivery to the next level

    Partnership launches with grade 7-9 boys hockey program HIGH RIVER, AB, April 28, 2015 – Foothills School Division is partnering with the Global Sport Academy Group to offer enhanced sports programming for student athletes. Beginning in September 2015, Foothills School Division (FSD) and Global Sport Academy Group will collaborate on a hockey program for boys…

  • Foothills School Division Responds to Budget Constraints

    Foothills School Division Responds to Budget Constraints

    Dear Minister Dirks: Re: Budget Constraints, 2015/16 Foothills School Division appreciates the tremendous efforts that Alberta Education and the Province puts forth on behalf of the students of Alberta. We also understand the enormous constraints that are facing all Albertans as we grapple with the considerable gap between projected revenues and departmental expenditures. While we…

  • FSD: Announcing New Director of Inclusive Learning

    FSD: Announcing New Director of Inclusive Learning

    HIGH RIVER, AB — Foothills School Division is pleased to announce Loriann Salmon as its new Director of Inclusive Learning, effective April 27, 2015. Loriann will assume the role from Pam Rannelli, the division’s new Assistant Superintendent of Learning Services (since February 26, 2015). Currently serving as Vice Principal at Dr. Morris Gibson School in Okotoks, Loriann…

  • Joint media release of Foothills School Division and Christ the Redeemer Catholic Schools regarding school sites within the Town of Okotoks

    Joint media release of Foothills School Division and Christ the Redeemer Catholic Schools regarding school sites within the Town of Okotoks

    As two school divisions serving the Okotoks community, our primary concern is to offer high quality programming to students, in safe and appropriate facilities. As Okotoks residents are well aware, there is urgent and pressing need for both divisions to have school sites within the Town of Okotoks made available as soon as possible. Our…

  • 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…

  • Foothills School Division Choral Fest 2015

    Foothills School Division Choral Fest 2015

      The Foothills School Division Elementary Music Teachers have the opportunity to meet on Specialist PD days to share songs, create UBD’s for melody, rhythm, playing instruments, singing in-tune, or composing songs and plan PD activities that address our music curriculum. One PD opportunity that helps our student singers and allows us, (as teachers) to…

  • Foothills School Division Trustees Approve Plans to Address Current Enrolment Pressures and Manage Future Growth in Okotoks

    Foothills School Division Trustees Approve Plans to Address Current Enrolment Pressures and Manage Future Growth in Okotoks

    HIGH RIVER, AB, March 4, 2015 – Foothills School Division’s Board of Trustees today approved several recommendations that will ease enrolment pressures in some of its Okotoks schools while ensuring the division can continue to provide students in the growing community with quality learning environments and a great education for many years to come. “We…

  • Pam Rannelli joins Foothills School Division’s executive leadership team

    Pam Rannelli joins Foothills School Division’s executive leadership team

    HIGH RIVER, AB – Foothills School Division is pleased to announce that Pam Rannelli has been selected as the new Assistant Superintendent of Learning Services, effective immediately. Pam joined the school division in 2013 as Director of Inclusive Learning. In her new role, Pam will guide the work of the division’s Learning Services team and…