Education

New program for Pre-K kids with intensive needs

A program aimed at helping more pre-school kids who have intensive needs is being expanded in Saskatchewan.Twenty-eight spots in the Early Learning Intensive Support (ELIS) program for pre-kindergarte...

Mar 14, 2019 (submitted photo/Government of Saskatchewan)

Graduation rates rising at NLSD

The on-time graduation rate for Northern Lights School Division students is improving. That's according to the school division's 2017-2018 annual report, which states 42 per cent of students graduated...

Mar 13, 2019 More students are graduating on-time in the Northern Lights School Division. (Derek Cornet/larongeNOW Staff)

Province, Catholic schools to appeal education funding

The province and the Christ the Teacher Catholic School Division will face the Good Spirit School Division (GSSD) in Saskatchewan's highest court on Tuesday and Wednesday.The case is an appeal of the ...

Mar 12, 2019 Saskatchewan Court of Appeal

Family Resource Centre set for Prince Albert

Local child advocates and educators are welcoming the announcement of a new Family Resource Centre for Prince Albert in the fall.It's one of seven communities getting funding from the province for the...

Mar 11, 2019 (Submitted photo/Government of Saskatchewan)

MUCC using social media to spread positivity, not gossip

Students, staff, and parents affiliated with Melfort & Unit Comprehensive Collegiate (MUCC) are using social media platforms Twitter and Instagram to focus on positivity.The idea of MUCC's message...

Mar 11, 2019 (File photo/northeastNOW Staff).

Search and Rescue teams visit White City area for training

Ian McNeil's first mission as a search and rescue volunteer in La Loche 37 years ago was to find a missing friend he had met just one month earlier.That friend had gone canoeing on a hunting trip and ...

Mar 09, 2019 Search and Rescue volunteers from all across Saskatchewan came to the White City area on March 9 for a training exercise. (Joseph Ho/980 CJME) : Glenn Hicks

Sask Polytechnic honours Indigenous students

Indigenous students at Saskatchewan Polytechnic's Prince Albert campus were honoured Friday.In the school's gym, they along with their families sat and listened to speeches from a number of administra...

Mar 08, 2019 Desiree Dreaver spoke about her experience at Sask Poly in P.A. (Michael Joel-Hansen/paNOW Staff)

Cumberland College hands out nearly $90,000 in scholarships

Many students in the northeast received some help with their post-secondary education on Thursday, March 7.Cumberland College held their annual Awards Ceremony at the Kerry Vickar Centre in Melfort. I...

Mar 08, 2019 A total of 66 students were awarded 78 scholarships at the Cumberland College Awards Ceremony. (submitted photo/Cumberland College)

KidsFirst North hosting literacy carnivals throughout northern Saskatchewan

KidsFirst North will launch a literacy carnival tour this month after receiving a $50,000 grant from the Ministry of Education.The events are being organized by community development manager Tina Robe...

Mar 07, 2019 There will be literacy carnivals in 11 northern communities starting this month. (Derek Cornet/larongeNOW Staff)

‘We are building the Northwest’: College gathers input as it eyes potential new campus

Come 2020, shovels could be in the ground for a new North West College (NWC) campus in the Battlefords.Board Chair Byron Merkosky said the organization wants to have a business case for a potential ne...

Mar 06, 2019 North West College has gathered public feedback as they eye a potential new campus in North Battleford. (Tyler Marr/battlefordsNOW Staff) : Tyler Marr