To help families and school staff plan for the year ahead, the province has released the calendar for the 2024-2025 school year, which includes 182 instructional days. The school calendar lays out all the important dates families and the school community need to know for the year...
School Staff Appreciation Week, February 12-16, recognizes the pivotal role that staff in the education system play in children’s lives. “I would like to thank all school staff for their commitment to bettering the lives of Island students. By creating a welcoming and safe...
The Public Schools Branch Board of Trustees is pleased to announce the appointment of Tracy Beaulieu as the new director of the Public Schools Branch. Mrs. Beaulieu served as the acting director since August 2023 and is the successful candidate of a public competition carried out...
The recently released Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) results show the global standing of education systems in preparing 15-year-olds for higher education and the workforce, evaluating their achievements in math, reading, and science. Canada maintains its...
It’s a Tuesday evening at Eliot River Elementary School and people are filing into a classroom. But it’s a group of parents, not students, taking seats at the desks. They aren’t there for parent-teacher interviews, or a concert, or sporting event. They’ve come to chat with Sarah...
Pat Ellsworth is a bus driver for St. Louis Elementary School and M.E. Callaghan Intermediate School in Prince Edward Island. Oct. 16-20 is School Bus Safety Week, and he has some advice for students, parents and the public about keeping everyone safe around school buses. What...
Everyone has a role to play to make sure Island students travel safely on buses every day throughout the school year. This is School Bus Safety Week and it’s a good reminder that students, bus drivers, parents, and motorists must all work together to ensure students get to school...
The Hon. Natalie Jameson, Minister of Education and Early Years, issued the following statement on the recent school board by-election process: “I am thrilled to announce and extend congratulations to our two, newly acclaimed, School Board Trustees: André Doucette, La Commission...
School board by-elections will be held this fall to fill trustee vacancies in the Public Schools Branch (PSB), and La Commission scolaire de langue française (CSLF). There is one vacancy to be filled in PSB Zone 7, which represents the catchment area of the Morell and Souris...