Tag Archives: Education
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
Teachers call on province to reverse pension takeover
Alberta teachers are calling on the United Conservative government to reverse a decision about how their pensions are managed.Just before Christmas the government quietly signed an order giving the Al...
Jan 14, 2021
Clearview Public Schools continues to support early reading
Clearview Public Schools has once again donated new reading books to families with younger children. District officials say families can receive a book at the Stettler Community Health Center when the...
Jan 04, 2021
Principal writes book on 'double life' as volunteer firefighter
From 'regular life' to emergency scenes, a central Alberta man is sharing his unique experiences as both a teacher and firefighter through the release of a new book.Not My Emergency: The Double Life o...
Dec 30, 2020