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News before 1996 is not available online.
Strengthening mental health services - For Robin Ettles and Christina Gallant MacLean, being a school psychologist in Prince Edward Island checks all the right professional and personal boxes. A psychological assessment and care can be the key to school success for some students...
Supporting Island families - More than 40 new teachers and support educators will help meet the needs of Prince Edward Island’s growing, diversifying classrooms and prepare our students to be successful lifetime learners. The provincial government will invest $2.8 million each...
Supporting Island families – Results from the last spring’s province-wide student learning assessments are arriving at homes this week. The annual assessments take place at the end of grades 3 and 6 in reading, writing, and math, and in math at the end of grades 9 and 11. School...
Investing in infrastructure - As one of the first six Three Oaks High School teachers to move into their renovated classrooms, grade 12 English and history teacher Sarah-Jane Dixon says she’s excited about the new learning environment. The initial work of the $22.6 million Three...
More than 400 Island students will have the opportunity to participate in French Immersion programs at West Kent Elementary and Birchwood Intermediate schools, beginning this year. Over the summer, classrooms have been prepared, materials ordered and teachers hired to welcome 165...
Students from across Prince Edward Island presented projects about their community, history, and culture last week at the Provincial Heritage Fair. More than 180 students in grades 5 through 9 – from 22 schools – participated in this year’s fair, May 4 at the Confederation Centre...
The welcome banners are hung and the staff are energized as Birchwood Intermediate School prepares to throw open its doors to more than 400 new students this September. The new arrivals are coming mostly from Stratford, alleviating overcrowding pressures at Stonepark Intermediate...
Students at schools across Prince Edward Island are learning from local artists through the Canada-wide ArtsSmarts program. ArtSmarts injects arts into core academic subjects such as math, languages, social studies, and science by bringing artists into the classroom to share...