Education

City school districts stress vigilance to tackle COVID-19

Local school districts are strongly urging parents, teachers, and students to remain vigilant in practicing safe COVID-19 protocols to help flatten the curve and avoid bringing the virus into school s...

Nov 17, 2020

Caring and compassion for Innisfail High School duo

Kelly Jobs could be a witness to intolerance every day, being a person of colour who works with a student with Down Syndrome. Happily, the opposite is true. "I've worked at three different Chinook's E...

Nov 17, 2020

Sundre teacher with terminal cancer honoured for excellence in teaching physics

A teacher from Chinook's Edge School Division diagnosed with terminal cancer has been given the highest honour attainable for a high school physics teacher in Canada. Ryan Beck, a chemistry, astronomy...

Nov 16, 2020

Red Deer Public Schools opts out of Provincial Achievement Tests

After much discussion with Senior Administration, the Board of Trustees for Red Deer Public Schools have decided to opt out of Provincial Achievement Tests for the 2020/2021 school year as a result of...

Nov 13, 2020

Five more COVID-19 cases at Lindsay Thurber

Five more cases of COVID-19 have been identified among individuals at Lindsay Thurber Comprehensive High School. "To be clear, in the past week we have been made aware of nine individuals from our sch...

Nov 13, 2020

Teachers, union members call for more education funding to fight COVID-19 in schools

Over 80 teachers and union members gathered outside Education Minister Adriana LaGrange's Red Deer-North constituency office during the noon hour Thursday to call for more funding in addressing growin...

Nov 12, 2020

$8000 in scholarships awarded to high school apprenticeship students

Red Deer Catholic Regional Schools is congratulating the eight former students awarded $1000 each in high school apprenticeship scholarships at the Game Changers in the Modern Workforce virtual awards...

Nov 06, 2020

Alberta shortlists private partner bidders for Blackfalds high school

The provincial government has shortlisted three qualified groups to deliver five new high schools, including one in Blackfalds, through a public-private partnership (P3).In a release, the province say...

Nov 05, 2020

COVID-19 outbreak declared for Normandeau School after two cases confirmed

A COVID-19 outbreak has been declared for Normandeau School in Red Deer after two cases were confirmed in individuals from the school. Normandeau School is the second in the city to have an outbreak d...

Nov 05, 2020

Local dealerships team up to support students in need

It's been tough times for many, especially over the last eight months, but three local automotive dealerships are committed to making a huge impact on the community with their donations to multiple ch...

Nov 04, 2020