Learning for Families

Those with aspirations to travel, earn extra credits and gain a new perspective, may find an open door with the study abroad program at Medicine Hat College (MHC). With opportunities to spend their summers in South Korea, India, and Japan, twelve students are about to discover this for themselves.

Daina Dixson is this year’s valedictorian for Foremost School and will be attending Lethbridge College in the fall for agronomy and agricultural business. Dixson, like her parents and grandparents before her, has spent all her grade school years at Foremost School and said it was a bittersweet experience to be graduating.

For six weeks this spring, Burdett School reserved Friday afternoons for softball. The school was split into three divisions by grade level and two divisions got to play each week. For those who were not interested in playing the game, there were sessions to learn how to be an umpire or students could help with scorekeeping.

Teachers at Warren Peers School needed to come up with different options for students at the school this year. With access to the great facility at the Acadia Valley Community Hall, the students in the class learned how to smoke meat, make sausage, cook traditional foods and had a food truck experience where they served a variety of hotdogs to students and staff.

Lois Bedwell is the Chair of the Board for Prairie Rose Public Schools and is in her second term at a Trustee. Having spent most of her life in Oyen, Bedwell is grateful to be a Trustee for the area to ensure children are provided with the best possible educational opportunities.

School Leader Wellbeing Generative Listening Group had six principals during the first year, which grew to a cohort of 20 during the second year. The group provides a space for principals to learn how to create healthy cultures and has been receiving publicity from various sectors for their unique approach to student wellness.

Effective for the 2024-2025 school year students will no longer be permitted to use personal mobile devices during instructional time

Prairie Rose Public Schools held an online special board meeting on June 5 to get trustee approval for the 2024-25 preliminary budget, the 2024-2027 Education Plan and the purchase of 38 school buses for the school division.

The 2024 Kaleidoscope celebration held at the Esplanade on May 30 attracted students from schools across Prairie Rose Public School Division. The morning was dedicated to various workshops for students to engage in and learn new skills.

Students at Warren Peers School in Acadia Valley have been learning archery for over a decade and in the past three years have begun competing. This year, students went to both provincial and national competitions, which was a very different experience than local competitions.