Tag Archives: Education
Craig Fullarton appointed Assistant Principal at JS McCormick in Lacombe
Wolf Creek Public Schools (WCPS) is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Craig Fullarton as assistant principal at cole James S. McCormick School in Lacombe.Mr. Fullarton has taught at JS McCorm...
May 14, 2020
Busy Chinook’s Edge family settles into teaching and learning from home
Families everywhere are juggling multiple demands at the moment. For the Windsor family in Olds, this involves three different Chinook's Edge schools in two different communities as they learn - and t...
May 11, 2020
Alberta announces student transportation task force
The Alberta government has struck a new task force to provide recommendations on the future of student transportation."Members will focus on issues related to student transportation, including student...
May 11, 2020
Student devastated by closure of St. Gabriel Online School
A student at St. Gabriel Online School says its impending closure will be devastating to students who rely on an alternative environment for learning.Red Deer Catholic Regional Schools confirmed last ...
May 09, 2020
RDC to deliver only online courses for Fall 2020
Red Deer College has decided to deliver its programs and courses online for Fall 2020 due to the uncertain and evolving COVID-19 situation, By making this decision now Red Deer College instructors and...
May 08, 2020
Alberta’s Colleges launch taskforce to support COVID-19 economic recovery efforts
GRANDE PRAIRIE, AB - An economic recovery taskforce has been launched by Alberta's 11 Comprehensive Community Colleges (CCC).The taskforce will help local, provincial and federal governments, and indu...
May 07, 2020 The institutions represented in the taskforce (Photo courtesy GPRC)
Three scenarios for school re-entry plan: LaGrange
Alberta's education minister says the province is looking at three scenarios for the start of the 2020-21 school year in September, but that no decisions have been made at this time. Adriana LaGrange ...
May 06, 2020 Education Minister Adriana LaGrange
Alberta education minister to update school re-entry plan
Alberta's Education Minister is set to provide an update as to when in-school classes may be able to resume. Adriana LaGrange is also to discuss at-home learning and supports for students and parents ...
May 06, 2020 (rdnewsNOW file photo)
Friends of the Corridor Schools raises thousands for projects in Condor and Leslieville
In the spring of 2018, David Thompson High School along Highway 11 was slated to close due to its sewage lagoon not meeting code and being too expensive to fix.Alberta Education saw that it would be m...
May 05, 2020
Sylvan Lake Municipal Library programming continues online with author talk
Sylvan Lake Municipal Library is facilitating an author talk at 3:30 p.m. on May 14 through a Zoom online meeting, during which Calgary-based teen author Sophie Torro will speak about her published wo...
May 05, 2020