Tag Archives: Education
Carlton partnering with Alberta academy to offer students new opportunity
Saskatchewan Rivers Public School Division has teamed up with an Alberta-based organization to offer a new program for high school students.Starting next school year in the fall Carlton Comprehensive ...
Feb 11, 2020 Carlton Comprehensive High School is set to offer a new program in the fall of 2020. (file photo/paNOW Staff)
Province's teachers vote on next steps in impasse with government
Saskatchewan's teachers are voting today and tomorrow on next steps regarding their dispute with the province over class size,composition and working conditions.The Saskatchewan Teachers Federation (S...
Feb 10, 2020 STF president Patrick Maze is hoping to get a strong mandate from his membership. (Michael Joel-Hansen/paNOW Staff)
U of S students draft plans for P.A. riverbank revitalization
A group of University of Saskatchewan students is brainstorming ideas and drafting designs for Prince Albert's downtown riverbank. The results of the semester long project will be presented to city co...
Feb 07, 2020 (Instagram/plan446.studio)
Division optimistic for provincial budget
The Prince Albert Catholic School Division is hopeful about the upcoming provincial budget.Education Director Lorel Trumier said due to provincial budget cuts over the last few years P.A. Catholic Sch...
Feb 05, 2020 Lorel Trumier, left is optimistic ahead of the coming provincial budget. (Michael Joel-Hansen/paNOW Staff)
Public school division hoping for more provincial dollars
The Saskatchewan Rivers Public School Division is expecting the coming provincial budget to be a better one for education compared to last year with a provincial election on the horizon. "We're antici...
Feb 04, 2020 Representatives from the Saskatchewan Rivers Public School Division are set to meet with provincial counterparts this week. (File Photo/paNOW Staff)
School board explores Cree kindergarten
Saskatchewan Rivers Public School Division is designing a Cree language program and looking for community input. The school board is hoping to start a bilingual Cree kindergarten class at one school t...
Feb 04, 2020 Kindergarten learning materials in Cree. (submitted photo/Victor Thunderchild)
Mistawasis school among local art grant recipients
A high school 45 minutes west of P.A. is getting $10,000 to fund a collaborative art project. Mistawasis Nhiyawak High School was one of several local grant recipients announced by the Saskatchewan Ar...
Feb 03, 2020 A Medicine Wheel mural created by Mistawasis students and artist Kris Moffatt last year. (submitted photo/Denise Desjardins)
STF preparing itself for possible strike vote: President
The Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation is calling for a sanctions vote - which could result in educators walking off the job - after conciliation talks between the STF and the province proved unsuccess...
Feb 01, 2020 (File photo/CKOM News Staff)
Women's conference promotes goal setting and self-care
A vice-principal from Saskatoon told a crowd of nearly 200 women too many children are not making into university because they lack fundamental skills.Melanie Cook, who works at Oskayak High School, a...
Jan 31, 2020 Vice-Principal Melanie Cook discusses the importance of early literacy skills. (Nigel Maxwell/ paNOW Staff)
P.A. councillors ready for provincial convention
Municipal leaders from all over Saskatchewan will gather in Regina this Sunday.The Saskatchewan Urban Municipalities Association (SUMA), tasked with lobbying the provincial government on behalf of Sas...
Jan 30, 2020 The 2020 SUMA convention is set to get underway in Regina Sunday. (File Photo/paNOW Staff)
