The Government of Saskatchewan has proclaimed Saturday, January 27, 2018 as Family Literacy Day in Saskatchewan. Family Literacy Day is a national initiative held every year to raise awareness of the importance of reading and engaging in literacy-related activities as a family. This will be the 20th year Family Literacy Day is proclaimed in Saskatchewan.…
Thank you to the Prince Albert Grand Council who enabled students from Wesmor Public High School to learn from Mr. Darrell McCallum, the Treaty Educator for PAGC’s Department of Education. The students viewed a presentation in the executive board room which detailed the Treaties in Saskatchewan, and the governance structure of the Prince Albert Grand…
Recently the Deputy Minister of Education and several Ministry senior staff visited Saskatchewan Rivers Public School division for a conversation and information sharing session. The afternoon was filled with open and productive conversation on a wide range of topics including First Nation, Metis and Inuit Education, Early Learning and Literacy initiatives, meeting students’ intensive needs,…
A huge thank you to the Red Cross for facilitating the Healthy Relationships in Youth training seminar. Big River Public High School hosted staff and grade 7-12 students from Shellbrook, Riverside, Spiritwood and Big River for 2 days of fantastic training. The seminar helped teens gain in depth knowledge and skills to develop healthy relationships,…
Saskatchewan Rivers Public School Division is excited to receive a wonderful gift from the SaskTel Pioneers to support Literacy! The SaskTel Pioneers is a volunteer organization of SaskTel employees and recently they donated boxes and boxes of books to SRPSD schools. The Pioneers sourced the books through First Book Canada which is another organization that supports Literacy efforts. …
The Government of Saskatchewan has proclaimed November 12-18, as Bullying Awareness Week in Saskatchewan. This year’s theme is Stand Up! (to bullying). During Bullying Awareness Week students, school staff and parents are encouraged to learn more about the issues of bullying and work together to prevent it in communities and schools through education and awareness. Contact…
MEDIA RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 7, 2017 SASKATCHEWAN RIVERS PUBLIC BOARD CHAIR AND VICE-CHAIR NAMED At the November 6 Organizational Meeting of the Saskatchewan Rivers Public Board of Education, the Board re-acclaimed Barry Hollick as Chair and Jaimie Smith-Windsor as Vice-Chair for the 2017-2018 year. With the acclamation, trustees demonstrated an appreciation of the…
In conjunction with education week, the OD2T career fair and our writing goal for Meath Park Public School, our education week committee came up with the idea of creating a wall of writing of what each of our students want to be in the future. It included a writing phrase/picture for our k/1. A sentence…
Building our Future by Learning Together is the theme of Education Week 2017, which is celebrated from October 15 -21. All our communities have a Saskatchewan Rivers Public School nearby and I invite you to arrange a visit to a classroom to see what learning success looks like today. Our schools are great places…
We congratulate our first year teachers for the Saskatchewan Rivers Public School Division! We have a teacher orientation program that assists teachers in their first two years of teaching. In our efforts to offer support in the upcoming school year SRPSD runs workshops for all new teachers. Our amazing Inclusive Learning Team assists in the…
