Education

WRSD submits 3-year capital plan and closes Eldorado School

The Wildrose School Division held its Board meeting electronically on March 24.The Board of Trustees reviewed the 2021-2024 Three Year Capital Plan and approved it for submission. The plan included tw...

Mar 31, 2020

Alberta Opposition tells education minister to fight for school funding or quit

EDMONTON - The Alberta Opposition says Education Minister Adriana LaGrange needs to start fighting for students or quit and make way for someone who will.NDP education critic Sarah Hoffman says LaGran...

Mar 30, 2020 Education Minister Adriana LaGrange

Critics say students will suffer from education support staff layoffs

People involved in Alberta's education system say they were blindsided by the provincial government's announcement that K-12 funding for May and June is being scaled back and redirected to fight again...

Mar 30, 2020 (rdnewsNOW file photo)

An open letter from RDC President Dr. Peter Nunoda

Friends of Red Deer College,This is a time that is unprecedented at RDC, not to mention provincially and globally. I know that many of us are feeling the impacts of COVID-19 related challenges on our ...

Mar 21, 2020

Alberta cancels diploma exams

The Alberta government is cancelling diploma exams for Grade 12 students due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The move is part of the plan announced Friday morning by Education Minister Adriana LaGrange for ...

Mar 20, 2020 Education Minister Adriana LaGrange

School divisions readying to resume teaching despite COVID-19

Red Deer's two largest school divisions are preparing to release a slew of school material for students banned from attending classes due to COVID-19.Staff at Red Deer Public Schools have been working...

Mar 19, 2020 (rdnewsNOW file photo)

RDC adjusts to new reality

Red Deer College is working to adjust to its "new normal" now that all in-person classes for the rest of the semester are suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic. RDC is working to find online solution...

Mar 18, 2020

C.P. Blakely School student named Stollery Children’s Hospital Champion

It has been a few years since Kaden Howard recovered from serious injuries at the Stollery Children's Hospital in Edmonton following a near-fatal accident. Kaden has since bounced back into action and...

Mar 18, 2020 (Photo submitted)

Local science teacher makes his own hand sanitizer amid COVID-19 pandemic

As many Albertans take steps to ensure they have enough hand wipes and sanitizers on-hand, one Red Deer teacher has taken matters into his own hands, so to speak.Jason Zackowski is a chemistry teacher...

Mar 17, 2020 (Photo: Zed Science Facebook page)

Red Deer Public Schools announces administrative appointments for 2020-21

Red Deer Public Schools has announced a list of new administrative appointments for the 2020/2021 school year.Nicola Golby, current Associate Superintendent, Learning Services, will move to Associate ...

Mar 12, 2020