Tag Archives: Education
Carlton teachers connect to students with uplifting video
Inspired by scenes of quarantined Italians singing to each other on balconies and viral videos of celebrities crooning to John Lennon's 'Imagine', the staff at Carlton Comprehensive Public High School...
May 06, 2020 (Facebook/CCPHS)
Students start looking for summer work, with few options in usual places
OTTAWA - Adam Brown lined up a job in March with a consulting firm in Edmonton. He just started there this week. Brown counts himself among the lucky ones - luckier than many of his fri...
May 06, 2020
Public school board approves contribution to area fire department
The board for the Saskatchewan Rivers Public School Division has approved a donation to Buckland Fire and Rescue.At their meeting Monday evening the board voted to give the volunteer fire department a...
May 06, 2020 Firefighters from Buckland Fire and Rescue doing vehicle rescue training. (Facebook/Buckland Fire and Rescue)
Local school division working to make families aware of potential supports
The Prince Albert Catholic School Division is working to make families aware of federal funding available.Jordan's Principle provides support to First Nations children and families aiming to narrow th...
May 05, 2020 (File Photo/paNOW Staff)
Local educator ready to start new role
The Saskatchewan Rivers Public School Division is losing a longtime administrator.Randy Emmerson, the division's superintendent of schools will be leaving in July to take up the position of director o...
May 05, 2020 Randy Emmerson, left, is set to take up the position of director of education with Sun West School Division this summer. (Twitter/Sun West School Division)
P.A. music students taking part in national concert series
Music students at Carlton Comprehensive High School took part in a different kind of concert Monday.With the COVID-19 virus forcing Saskatchewan's schools to close their doors, music students are not ...
May 04, 2020 Music students from Carlton Comprehensive High School took part in an online concert Monday afternoon. (Screen Shot YouTube)
Provinces must give emotional support to returning students: education advocates
VANCOUVER - Bored and isolated students are spending too many hours online and some have started using more substances, but all students will need extra emotional support ...
May 04, 2020
Taking the temperature on home learning
It has been a month and a half since Saskatchewan's schools were forced to close their doors due to the COVID-19 virus.Since then, the province's schools have moved to deliver lessons via online porta...
May 03, 2020 Both school divisions have been delivering programming differently since COVID-19 forced the province's schools to close. (File Photo/paNOW Staff)
High school grads-to-be grapple with possible ceremony cancellations
Urmila Persaud spent months picturing herself walking across a stage to collect her high-school diploma in front of friends and family. But the COVID-19 pandemic has replaced that vision with a big qu...
May 03, 2020
'More vital now:' Gay-straight alliances go virtual during COVID-19 pandemic
CALGARY - Lily Overacker and Laurell Pallot start each gay-straight alliance meeting with everyone introducing themselves, saying their pronouns and sharing highs and lows of the week. Except lat...
May 02, 2020