Education

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)

Red Deer parents warned of possible child luring incidents

Red Deer's two largest school divisions are alerting parents this week of unconfirmed child luring incidents that have been reported.Letters were sent out Wednesday by Red Deer Catholic Regional Schoo...

Sep 26, 2019

RDC hosts annual 'Backpacks to Briefcases' student conference

Approximately 400 students from Red Deer College had the chance on Thursday to learn more about making the transition from the classroom to the workplace. The annual 'Backpacks to Briefcases' professi...

Sep 26, 2019

Advanced education minister says action coming on MacKinnon report

EDMONTON - Alberta's advanced education minister says he hopes to soon announce action on a report that characterizes the province's post-secondary system as rudderless and rife with duplication and o...

Sep 25, 2019 Demetrios Nicolaides

Connections and collaboration essential for RDC’s new President

I believe that Red Deer College is a pillar in this community. That's one of the many things that initially attracted me to this institution.When I was first learning about RDC and the central Alberta...

Sep 20, 2019

Future options to be discussed for Drayton Valley schools

Wild Rose School Division is working on plans to engage with the public this fall on future options for schools in Drayton Valley.Facing declining enrolments and utilization rates throughout the distr...

Sep 19, 2019