Tag: Foothills School Division

  • Six for Six from Fore!

    Six for Six from Fore!

    The Turner Valley Charity Golf Classic held last summer in conjunction with the RCMP Turner Valley Detachment has made presentations totalling $6,000 to six schools in our area. The $1,000 cheques were presented to: Chief Jacob Bearspaw Memorial School towards the new iPads for graduating students to use C. Ian McLaren School towards a Yamaha…

  • Social Networking Safety Event in Okotoks

    Social Networking Safety Event in Okotoks

    Are you concerned about the social media sites your child visits? The École Okotoks Jr. High School is offering a Free Social Networking Safety Seminar for adults. The session is being hosted by Social networking and IT expert Paul Davis on Friday, January 16th from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. The school is located at 1…

  • FSD News: Cayley Education Plan

    FSD News: Cayley Education Plan

    As part of their ongoing commitment to hear from one-third of our schools each year regarding their annual Education Plans, Trustees were treated to an informative presentation by Cayley School Principal Phil Irwin and Vice Principal Jill Alexander. They shared three goals and related strategies they will be focusing on this year to help improve…

  • FSD: Why Is Language Important?

    FSD: Why Is Language Important?

    By Sarah Clark, Principal of Divisional Programming Culturally and linguistically diverse schools offer new perspectives. Luckily, in Foothills School Division we have a linguistically diverse community of learners.  Our students and families represent more than 20 different heritage languages! Heritage languages refer to the first language or home language spoken. Whether the language is Swahili, Tagalog,…

  • FSD News: Dual Credits Through HUB

    FSD News: Dual Credits Through HUB

    Scott Carey, Principal of Oilfields School, presented on FSD’s partnership with Bow Valley College to offer a dual credit program through FSD’s high school HUBs. Scott, who also serves as HUB Administrator, explained that “dual credit” means that students have the opportunity to simultaneously earn post-secondary credit while they earn high school credits. Together with…

  • FSD News ~ English Language Learners Mentorship

    FSD News ~ English Language Learners Mentorship

    ELL Mentorship in High River: École Secondaire Highwood High School teacher Whitney Smith’s English Language Learners (ELL) visited École Joe Clark School on November 20th to read with ELL students there. Sarah Clark, Principal of Divisional Programming, including English as a Second Language (ESL) programming, reports that it was great to see the students so…

  • Foothills School Division – Building for the Future

    Foothills School Division – Building for the Future

    New School Requests Superintendent John Bailey and Assistant Superintendent of Corporate Services, Drew Chipman, recently met with Alberta Education Capital Planning representatives to move new school requests forward, particularly discussion regarding the new K-9 school in Okotoks that has been approved for FSD. The challenge is trying to identify a suitable site as the Town…

  • Award of Merit for Foothills School Division

    Award of Merit for Foothills School Division

    Sharon Malec, Past President of the Alberta Teachers’ Association’s Religious & Moral Education Council, and Dorothy Burns, Director of Religious Education for Christ the Redeemer Catholic Schools (CRCS), attended the Board meeting to present FSD with the “Dawn Kirvan Award of Merit for Collaboration” in recognition of its support to CRCS during the flood recovery…

  • FSD News: Trustee Highlights – Fall 2014

    FSD News: Trustee Highlights – Fall 2014

    MacMillan Hutterite Colony Visit Superintendent John Bailey and Trustees Christine Pretty, Jeannine Tucker, Doug Gardner and Michael Pollard thoroughly enjoyed a recent visit to tour the school and community. Superintendent Community visits Since joining FSD in early August, John Bailey has been busy getting to know our schools and community partners. Recent highlights have included…

  • Westmount’s “Socktober” Campaign for Rowan House

    Westmount’s “Socktober” Campaign for Rowan House

    A Message from Grade 7 Students at Westmount School: Do you want to be a leader? Well we need Community Leaders to help us support an important group of people in our community! Let’s  all participate in the campaign  of “Socktober” for the entire month of November. Socktober is a campaign where we will donate…

  • International Education Week

    International Education Week

    November 17 – 21 is 2014 International Education Week – an annual event celebrated during the third week of November by over 100 countries around the world, including Canada. It is also recognized by provincial and territorial governments active in international education. Alberta Education has participated since 2006. International education provides students with exposure to other…

  • FSD: National Bullying Awareness Week

    FSD: National Bullying Awareness Week

    November 16 – 22 is National Bullying Awareness Week in Canada. The issue of bullying gets a lot of attention these days and rightly so, according to John Bailey, Foothills School Division’s Superintendent of Schools. “Every child deserves to feel respected, cared for and included wherever they are, whether at school, on the playground, or…

  • Foothills School Division: Ed Plus School Closure and Consultation

    Foothills School Division: Ed Plus School Closure and Consultation

    Trustees approved a motion directing the Superintendent to investigate the possible closure of FSD’s Education Plus locations in High River and Black Diamond, and consult with the families, students and communities that would be directly affected. Superintendent John Bailey explained that the school division is considering amalgamating its alternative education programs, including Education Plus, in…

  • FSD News: High School HUB Helps Student Exceed

    FSD News: High School HUB Helps Student Exceed

    Todd Schmekel, Assistant Superintendent of Learning Services, shared the recent success story of a student in highlighting the benefits of flexible programming in FSD to meet the varying learning needs of all students. In this case, a student who scored a phenomenal 95% on the written portion of her Social Studies diploma exam credits FSD’s high…

  • Calgary Telus Community Ambassadors Donate Kits For Kids To FSD Schools

    Calgary Telus Community Ambassadors Donate Kits For Kids To FSD Schools

    Todd Schmekel, Assistant Superintendent of Learning Services (left), thanks Calgary TELUS Community Ambassadors Garry McIvor and Lesley Ritchie for the group’s generous donation of hundreds of backpacks Christmas arrived early at Foothills School Division on July 31st in the form of Calgary TELUS Community Ambassadors Lesley Ritchie and Garry McIvor, who delivered 22 apple boxes…