Tag Archives: Education
Olds College Launches New Precision Agriculture - Techgronomy Diploma
Olds College to offer an exciting new diploma in Precision Agriculture - Techgronomy focused on agronomy and technology. Graduates from the Diploma in Precision Agriculture - Techgronomy will be prepa...
Apr 11, 2019 Olds College (CNW Group/Olds College)
Red Deer Public nominates Barrie Wilson teacher for Edwin Parr Award
Randi Cummerford, a grade 3 teacher at cole Barrie Wilson School, is Red Deer Public Schools' 2018 nominee for the Zone 4 ASBA Edwin Parr Teacher Award. Cummerford is a graduate of the Red Deer Colleg...
Apr 11, 2019
Barrie Wilson students step into democracy through giant electoral map
With a federal election happening this fall, students at Red Deer's cole Barrie Wilson Elementary School are getting a close up, big picture look at Canada's electoral maps.Mapping Democracy is runnin...
Apr 10, 2019
Red Deer Catholic dual credit program receives $50,000 grant
Red Deer Catholic Regional Schools has been awarded $50,000 grant from the Government of Alberta for a new dual-credit program for high school students. For the 2020-2021 school year, the division wil...
Apr 10, 2019
Alberta Party would keep tuition cap, create more post-secondary spaces: Mandel
CALGARY - Alberta Party Leader Stephen Mandel says he would retain the current cap on tuition and create 45,000 new post-secondary education spaces if he were premier.Mandel says his government would ...
Apr 09, 2019 Stephen Mandel (Lethbridge News Now)
Gateway students earn life experience in Dominican Republic
A group of high school students from Gateway Christian School in Red Deer continue to bask in the glow of a life-changing experience to the Dominican Republic recently.Described as a Helping Hands Ser...
Apr 06, 2019 Gateway Christian School students working on developing a new playground at a school in San Pedro de Macoris in the Dominican Republic.
Rally for QSAs and GSAs happening Tuesday in Red Deer
The fight to maintain current protections around gay-straight and queer-straight alliances is coming to Red Deer.Rallies have already been held in Edmonton and Calgary in response to a proposal from t...
Apr 05, 2019 Crowds gathered outside the provincial Legislature on Mar. 27, 2019 to protest the UCP's proposal to claw back protections related to GSAs. (Credit: Bobbi Cullum)
Notre Dame senior off to national science fair
Allison Guthrie, a Grade 12 student from cole Secondaire Notre Dame High School in Red Deer, is one of six students who will be representing Central Alberta at the Canada Wide Science Fair in Frederic...
Apr 04, 2019
New dual credit program receives $50,000 grant
Red Deer Catholic Regional Schools has been awarded $50,000 grant from the Government of Alberta for a new dual-credit program for high school students. For the 2020-2021 school year, the division wil...
Apr 04, 2019
Catholic by-election results declared official
The City of Red Deer announced the official results of the Red Deer Catholic Regional Division #39 Red Deer Area Ward By-election today. Robert Maloughney was successful in his candidacy and won trust...
Mar 29, 2019