Education

Red Deer Public Schools sees lower student enrolment

COVID-19, changes to provincial funding, and families leaving Red Deer are all contributing factors to a nearly four per cent reduction in student enrolment at Red Deer Public Schools.District officia...

Oct 02, 2020

Lacombe Ford donates vehicle in support of LPS School Resource Officer Program

The Lacombe Police Service recently carried on a 20-year tradition, accepting a donated 2020 Ford Explorer from Lacombe Ford for the police service's School Resource Officer program. Lacombe Ford has ...

Oct 01, 2020

School divisions recognize Orange Shirt Day

Created in 2013, Orange Shirt Day was inspired by residential school survivor Phyllis Jack Webstad, whose orange shirt - a gift from her grandmother - was confiscated on her first day at the school wh...

Sep 30, 2020

Indigenous voices in Red Deer remain concerned over controversial curriculum panel member

As school divisions across Canada mark Orange Shirt Day on Wednesday, Indigenous voices continue to call for the removal of a controversial appointee to the provincial government's social studies curr...

Sep 29, 2020

Education minister says having students in class best for children and parents

Alberta's Education Minister says students do better in classrooms and that COVID-19 numbers since in-person classes resumed show the province is doing a good job of handling the situation. That was A...

Sep 25, 2020

RDC, Olds College getting provincial funding for tech equipment & research

Students attending technology-related programs at Red Deer College, SAIT, and Olds College will soon have new state-of-the-art equipment to work with.Minister of Jobs, Economy, and Innovation Doug Sch...

Sep 21, 2020

Students adapting well to "new" school year

The principal at West Central High School in Rocky Mountain House says "students have been great" since the start of the new school year. Under rules set by the province to limit the spread of COVID-1...

Sep 21, 2020

COVID-19 case ‘likely transmitted’ within Edmonton school: Hinshaw

Alberta has recorded its first case of COVID-19 believed to have been transmitted within a school.Dr. Deena Hinshaw, the province's chief medical officer of health, announced Friday afternoon that the...

Sep 18, 2020

Wolf Creek Public Schools Superintendent leaving at year's end

The Superintendent for Wolf Creek Public Schools has announced the current school year will be his last. Jayson Lovell announced to staff this week that he will be stepping away at the conclusion of t...

Sep 17, 2020

Clearview Public Schools presents 2020 Clearview Star Award

Clearview Public Schools has honoured one of its former students, and now one of its newest teachers, with this year's Clearview Star Award.Cindy Zimmermann was recognized with the award at the Board ...

Sep 16, 2020