Education

RDC signs Indigenous Education Protocol

Red Deer College officially recognized its responsibility to Indigenous education on Thursday with the signing of the Colleges and Institutes Canada (CICan) Indigenous Education Protocol. RDC Presiden...

Apr 18, 2019 Back row (l-r): Gilles Allard, RDC Board of Governors; Dr. Claudine Louis, President, Maskwacis Cultural College; Charlene Burns, RDC Board of Governors; Elder Melvin Potts; and Brian Lizotte, President, Metis Nation of Alberta Region 3 Local 492. Front row: Joel Ward, RDC President & CEO.

Urban Aboriginal Voices Society invites public to day of learning

Red Deer's Urban Aboriginal Voices Society is hoping its upcoming community day will inspire and move the bar up in terms of local citizens understanding one another.It happens Tuesday starting at 8 a...

Apr 18, 2019 A photo from National Aboriginal Day celebrations in Red Deer in 2017. (rdnewsNOW/Josh Hall)

Indigenous mural unveiled at St. Francis of Assisi Middle School

One of Alberta's most prominent Blackfoot artists has left another permanent work of art at Red Deer's St. Francis of Assisi Middle School.Red Deerian Ryan Jason Allen Willert said being asked to crea...

Apr 18, 2019 (rdnewsNOW/Josh Hall)

Notre Dame student offered U of C $80,000 scholarship

A local high school student has been offered one of Canada's most coveted undergraduate STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) scholarships.Allison Guthrie, a grade 12 student at cole Secondair...

Apr 18, 2019 Allison Guthrie, Gr. 12 student at École Secondaire Notre Dame High School in Red Deer has been offered an $80,000 scholarship to attend the University of Calgary. (Photo: Red Deer Catholic Regional Schools)

Student vote gives Kenney, UCP majority

High school and elementary students in Alberta have elected a majority United Conservative government in the mock Student Vote program run by CIVIX.More than 165,000 students at 1,229 participated in ...

Apr 17, 2019 (rdnewsNOW/Josh Hall)

Students make their voices heard ahead of provincial election

While Albertans have flocked to advanced polls in record numbers and will make the decision final on Tuesday, elementary and high school students are also making their voices heard during this provinc...

Apr 15, 2019 Grade five student Piper Roberts fills out her ballot during the Student Vote at École Barrie Wilson Elementary on April 15. (rdnewsNOW/Josh Hall)

Education Plan to focus on mental health and writing, fees increased for international students

Red Deer Public Schools is putting a bigger focus on writing and mental health in the latest annual update to its three year education plan.School board trustees approved the changes last week and wil...

Apr 13, 2019 (rdnewsNOW file photo)

Annie L. Gaetz students share in football fun with the pros

It was a fun Football Friday for several dozen students in Red Deer. Grade 5 students from Annie L. Gaetz Elementary hit the indoor field at the Collicutt Centre with some members of the CFL's Edmonto...

Apr 12, 2019 Tanner Green (right) was joined by some of his Edmonton Eskimos teammates Friday morning in Red Deer (rdnewsNOW/Sheldon Spackman)

Clearwater County supporting Wild Rose capital projects

Clearwater County is throwing its support behind a pair of school capital projects in the Wild Rose School Division.On Tuesday, Clearwater County council approved matching community funds raised to en...

Apr 12, 2019

Edwin Parr Award nominee continues to learn from her former high school teacher in Olds

Bailey Sisson's first year of teaching at cole Olds High School has a familiar feel to it, as she is working alongside her own former teacher!Bailey grew up in the Chinook's Edge school community of I...

Apr 11, 2019