Tag Archives: Education
Local in the running for NHL/NHLPA Most Valuable Teacher award
Eastview Middle School Teacher Jeremy Spink has been selected as a nominee for the 2020/21 NHL/NHLPA Most Valuable Teacher for the month of February.Spink is one of 20 teachers from across North Ameri...
Feb 02, 2021
Alberta Teachers' Association to challenge pension order in court
Teachers across the province are taking action after the Government of Alberta made a significant change to how their pensions are controlled.The Provincial Executive Council (PEC) of the Alberta Teac...
Jan 27, 2021
Small fire sends students home for the day at two Sylvan Lake schools
Over 300 students and approximately 35 staff from cole Fox Run School in Sylvan Lake were sent home early this morning following a small fire in one of the school's mechanical rooms.Kurt Sacher, Super...
Jan 27, 2021
Wild Rose School Division asking that school staff be put in High Priority vaccine program
The Board of Trustees for Wild Rose School Division's (WRSD) voted at their January 19 meeting to send a letter to the Minister of Education asking that school staff be included in the high priority g...
Jan 25, 2021
St. Joseph High School suspends in-person classes for two weeks
In-person classes at St. Joseph High School in Red Deer have been suspended for the next two weeks. Kathleen Finnigan, Superintendent for Red Deer Catholic Regional School, says the move is due to the...
Jan 24, 2021
Province reconsidering RDC's university transition
It would appear Red Deer College becoming Red Deer University is once again a matter of if, not when.Demetrios Nicolaides, Alberta's Minister of Advanced Education, is considering halting the transiti...
Jan 18, 2021
Red Deer mom alarmed over 17-day delay in COVID contact notification
With Alberta students having returned to in-person learning, a Red Deer family is concerned that it took 17 days to find out their child was a close contact of a COVID-19 case. Abby, whose real name i...
Jan 18, 2021
Chinook’s Edge relocating Career High Schools to traditional school buildings
Students and staff from Chinook's Edge School Division's career high schools will be relocating to their neighbouring traditional high school next fall. The lone exception will be Gasoline Alley Caree...
Jan 15, 2021
RDC offers new pathway for ESL students to become health care aides
Red Deer College's School of Continuing Education is offering a new academic stream for English as a Second Language (ESL) students to complete the necessary requirements to become a health care aide....
Jan 15, 2021
Alberta updates reporting for COVID-19 in schools
The provincial government says it is updating the language it uses for describing COVID-19 case numbers in Alberta schools, based on feedback from education partners including parents, schools and boa...
Jan 14, 2021