Education

Westpark Middle School celebrates official Grand Opening

Local dignitaries gathered at Westpark Middle School on Friday to celebrate the official grand opening of the new $18 million facility. Currently home to 525 students, Westpark Middle School opened in...

Oct 04, 2019 Dignitaries cut the ribbon during the official Grand Opening of Westpark Middle School in Red Deer on Friday.

Chinook’s Edge teachers work to ensure learning continues for students long after graduation

Jackie Taylor's 28 year teaching career has taken her from the classroom to the roles of school Principal and Division Principal. These experiences through the grades now inform her approach to ensuri...

Oct 03, 2019

Sustainable building principles featured at upcoming Passive House workshop at RDC

Red Deer College is committed to being a leader in sustainability initiatives and alternative energy generation. Since the launch of RDC's Alternative Energy Initiative, we have partnered with communi...

Oct 03, 2019

Student enrolment up for Red Deer Public, Catholic school divisions

Student enrolment numbers are up this year for both of Red Deer's major school districts. Red Deer Public Schools is reporting a one per cent increase of 121 students for 2019-20 to 11,239 students."T...

Oct 02, 2019

RDC grads recognized for creating flying Wi-Fi hotspot

A group of grads from Red Deer College was recently recognized for creating a flying Wi-Fi hotspot that allows people in remote locations to access a cell signal where there is none.The team of six wa...

Oct 01, 2019

Conclusion of literacy project just the beginning of life-long success for Chinook's Edge students

Capturing the scope of a near-decade's long project is almost impossible in a few paragraphs, but the conclusion of the Chinook's Edge School Division (CESD) Literacy Framework project warrants an att...

Oct 01, 2019 Dr. Jody Dennis, Angelia Eadie-Gyori and Carolyn Massel are celebrating the final pieces in the Division’s intensive Literacy Framework project. (Photo supplied)

Red Deer schools honour Orange Shirt Day

It was 1973 and six-year-old Phyllis Webstad had just picked out a brand new orange shirt for the dawning school year.What happened next is now recognized annually by Canadians on Sept. 30 in the form...

Sep 30, 2019 Noah Bousquet and Ana Paulin, grade four students at Ecole Barrie WIlson Elementary, with vice-principal Rhonda Eidem (left) and Red Deer Public Schools' First Nations, Metis and Inuit coordinator Hayley Christen. (rdnewsNOW/Josh Hall)

Advanced Education Minister tours RDC

Alberta's Minister of Advanced Education paid a visit to RDC on Monday as part of his provincial tour of post-secondary institutions. Demetrios Nicolaides says his tour is the best way to get a strong...

Andrew Snook Sep 30, 2019

Pelletier excited to carry torch as RDC Board Chair

The new Chair for the Red Deer College Board of Governors says he's looking forward to continuing the institution's transition to university status, and steering RDC through times of anticipated fisca...

Sep 27, 2019 Guy Pelletier, Chair, RDC Board of Governors.

St. Elizabeth Seton wins Orange Shirt Day button design contest

For Orange Shirt Day this year, Red Deer Catholic Regional Schools First Nations, Mtis, and Inuit Support Team hosted a button design contest that was open to all students. In this contest, students w...

Sep 26, 2019 (Red Deer Catholic Regional Schools)