Tag Archives: Education
Battleford Industrial School Cemetery receives provincial heritage property designation
The Battleford Industrial School was the first federally-sponsored residential school in Canada. Located south of Battleford, the school's cemetery is the resting place for at least 74 children who di...
Oct 28, 2019 A cairn was erected at the gravesite in 1975 to recognize the 74 individuals buried there, most of whom were children. (file photo/battlefordsNOW Staff)
NESD’s director of education preparing for retirement
Each year in October, the North East School Division's (NESD) director of education shares their professional goals with the Board of Education.When Don Rempel, NESD's director of education, presented...
Oct 28, 2019 The retirement of the NESD's Director of Education Don Rempel (front row, second left) will be one of two massive changes for the NESD in less than a year (Aaron Schulze/northeastNOW Staff).
Google Expeditions Virtual Reality comes to Melfort
People of all ages got to try out virtual reality (VR) on Thursday, Oct. 24 at the Melfort Public Library.About 80 attendees got to try out Google Expeditions Virtual Reality after the Wapiti Regional...
Oct 26, 2019 People of all ages got to try out Google Expeditions Virtual Reality. (Facebook/Melfort Public Library)
Living Sky School Division sees enrolment decline in several North Battleford schools
Student enrolment has declined in many of Living Sky School Division's schools, particularly in North Battleford.As of Sept. 30, figures show enrolment at 5,392, a drop of 71 students compared to the ...
Oct 24, 2019 Living Sky School Division board trustees and staff shown at Wednesday's board meeting. (Angela Brown/battlefordsNOW Staff)
Students and community stage "peaceful protest," after allegations school janitor told not to speak Cree
Over 100 people, representing a number of communities from across the region, travelled to the small hamlet of Timber Bay on Montreal Lake on Wednesday, to show their support for a woman who was alleg...
Oct 24, 2019 (Submitted photo)
Living Sky topping provincial grad rates, still working to shore up Indigenous disparity
Living Sky School Division is seeing continued improvements in its graduation rates among First Nations, Mtis and Inuit (FNMI) students and boasts one of the highest graduation rates in the province.B...
Oct 24, 2019 Living Sky School Division's report shows student graduation rates including Indigenous student rates are higher than the provincial tally. The goal for school divisions across the province has been to reduce the disparity between Indigenous and non Indigenous student graduation rates. (file photo/CKOM Staff)
"We made history here today": new northern education authority celebrates launch
A first of its kind education authority in Canada was officially launched on Wednesday in downtown Prince Albert.The creation of the Athabasca Denesuline Education Authority has represented two years ...
Oct 23, 2019 (Nigel Maxwell/ paNOW Staff)
Alberta education minister releases new guidelines for school seclusion rooms
EDMONTON - Alberta's education minister says seclusion rooms in schools will not be banned, but only used as a last resort when a student poses significant and imminent danger to themselves or others....
Oct 23, 2019
Job fair brings students to exhibition centre
Over 2,000 students from the Saskatchewan Rivers Public School Division came through the doors of the Prince Albert Exhibition Centre Wednesday.The Opening Doors to Tomorrow Career and Job Fair gives ...
Oct 23, 2019 Students from across the area were at the P.A. Exhibition Centre Wednesday (Michael Joel-Hansen/paNOW Staff)
Student vote mirrors behaviour of parents
Had Monday's election been decided by the country's elementary and high school students instead of adult voters, the results wouldn't have varied much from last night's results.Student Vote Week, made...
Oct 22, 2019 (submitted photo/studentvote.ca)