Edmonton Public Schools… In the News

May 11, 2012


Edmonton moms thrilled at spa treatment from their kindergarteners (video)
Edmonton Journal, May 8, 2012

Moms with children in teacher Brenda Cleland’s kindergarten classes will never forget this year’s Mother’s Day gift. On arriving at Patricia Heights Elementary one evening last week, the ladies slipped bath robes over their street clothes and were treated to a spa experience unlike any other they may have had.  Watch the funny video here.

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Outdoor Classroom Will Come to Life with or without Winnings
Metro Edmonton, May 10, 2012

A north Edmonton school plans to create an outdoor classroom even if it doesn’t win $20,000 in an online contest that could speed up the process. Homesteader School is currently sixth in the Majesta Trees of Knowledge contest, where 10 schools across the country were chosen by a panel of judges based on their concepts for the outdoor classrooms. Homesteader was the only Alberta school to make the Top 10 list.

Cast your vote for Homesteader at: www.majestatreesofknowledge.ca.  

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Child stress targeted by Alberta
Edmonton Sun, May 9, 2012

Two MLAs and the chair of the Edmonton Public School Board gathered with Dan Knott junior high students Monday to partake in a stress management seminar.  Read more.

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Financial Literacy. School Board Wants Province to Invest In Integrated Course
Metro Edmonton, May 10, 2012

Managing money could become homework in the future, should the chairman of the Edmonton Public School Board have his way. Dave Colburn is pushing for financial literacy to be integrated across the province from kindergarten to Grade 12, calling it a “critical life skill.”  Read more.

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Edmonton Public Schools… In the News

May 4, 2012

Homesteader school needs your vote!
With your help, north-side Homesteader school could win a $20,000 outdoor classroom
Edmonton Examiner, May 3, 2012

Homesteader School is one of ten finalists in the Majesta Trees of Knowledge Competition 2012, a national contest where one lucky school wins $20,000 to build an outdoor classroom.

Homesteader School is currently the only school in Alberta that has made it to the competition finals. They need your votes before May 11 to get their outdoor classroom, which they have named the 7 Habits Garden. Read more.

Vote now at www.majestatreesofknowledge.ca.

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Poets in The Schools lands Manhattan poet to teach a class
Bob Holman teaches McNally grade tens about poetry and language
Edmonton Examiner, May 3, 2012

They say all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy…but not Bob. If you are Bob Holman, that is. He has been a poet for more than 30 years and he still loves his job.

Holman, here from Manhattan to participate in the Edmonton Poetry Festival, was part of the Poets in Schools program this year. Poets in Schools is a program created by former Edmonton poet laureate Alice Major to teach schoolchildren about poetry during the festival week. Read more.

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Shaw TV Edmonton - May 3, 2012

A conversation with Darren Graham, a science teacher at Millwoods Christian School. He is here to talk about the Let’s Talk Science All Science Challenge for Grade 7 and 8 students.

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CTV Edmonton - April 30, 2012

Some junior high students in our city met an out of this world inspiration today. Steele Heights school welcomed  Major Jeremy Hansen  of the Canadian Space Agency this morning. He’s making a few stops in Edmonton today. He was training with the Air Force in Cold Lake and is now on his way back to Houston. He decided to make a few stops to talk about the future of space technology.

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City TV - April 30, 2012

Hundreds of Edmonton students were able to see an astronaut talk today.  Jeremy Hansen, a Canada Space Agency astronaut, spoke at Steele Heights Junior High school.  Liza Chaterjee, Grade 9 student was interviewed.

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Edmonton Public Schools… In the News

April 27, 2012

Mexican researcher studies principal training at city public schools
Edmonton Journal, April 27, 2012

A researcher working for a state education department in Mexico is in Edmonton to find out why public-school principals here are so successful at propelling students to academic excellence. Read more.

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Ready to Shine 2: Student Fashion Show
The Edmonton Sun, April 25, 2012

Check out pictures from the Ready to Shine 2: Student Fashion Show and Gala at Kingsway Mall. Student designers from Harry Ainlay, Jasper Place, L.Y. Cairns, M.E. LaZerte, Ross Sheppard, W.P. Wagner and Amiskwaciy Academy showcased their designs.

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CTV-Edmonton, April 27, 2012

Lots of bubbling, booming and burning inside a northeast Edmonton school yesterday. It was part of Fraser School’s Science Olympics to encourage kids to take an interest in chemistry. Interviewed were Dr. Lucio Gelmini from MacEwan University and students from the school.

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Strathcona School part of pilot project
The Edmonton Examiner, April 25, 2012

The past decade has brought a lot of changes to Strathcona School and many of those changes have centered around the Advanced Placement (AP) Program. September 2012 will see yet another positive change for staff and students of this Edmonton high school. Read more.

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SHAW-TV Edmonton, April 27, 2012

Prince Charles School: a look at an esteemed building program for Aboriginal students. Savannah Kootenay, Grade 5; Sarah Daniels, Grade 5; Deloris Jack, librarian/ teacher; Robin Kramar, Prince Charles School teacher; Isabella Pepper, Grade 6.

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Breakfast Television Edmonton, April 27, 2012

Edmonton: the Edmonton Youth Talent Show takes place at the Lillian Osborne School on Saturday. It features young singers from Edmonton between the ages of 5-18. Clip of Sage Jepsen singing. 

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CKSA-FM Radio Edmonton, April 26, 2012

Students at Queen Elizabeth School have been showcasing projects they have been working on for the past six weeks.  Issues range from environmental issues to how things work. Justin Sonya, a teacher, was interviewed. 

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 CITV-TV Edmonton, April 26, 2012

Students from Vimy Ridge Academy had the chance to get each with their teachers today. As part of a fundraiser for Habitat for Humanity they brought real pies to throw in their teacher’s faces. Tina Covlin-Dewart, social studies teacher, was interviewed.

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Invention Convention
The Edmonton Examiner, April 25, 2012

Young inventors from schools across the city gathered at the Centre for Education and St. Joseph’s High School on April 20 for the fifth annual Invention Convention. The convention was the last step in a school program called I Cubed—investigate, invent and innovate. Read more.

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Alberta Prime Time (ACCESS), April 23, 2012

While adults lined up to voted to, students at Victoria School of the Arts were at mock voting stations on campus to cast a student vote in this election. On today’s “Around Alberta,” what the younger generation thinks about our electoral process.  Interviewed were Jennesa Mendes, Grade 4 student, Gail Wozny, teacher and Nathan Vandermolen-Pater, Grade 12 student

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At $70,000, that’s a lot of bottles
The Edmonton Journal, April 22, 2012

A McNally high school student has won a scholarship worth up to $70,000 for her work getting students to stop using disposable plastic water bottles. Read more.

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Edmonton Public Schools… In the News

April 20, 2012

Alberta Election 2012: Alberta teens excited about election
The Edmonton Journal, April 19, 2012

A large bulletin board is covered in provincial election information at Spruce Avenue Junior High School and students have been talking politics all week. The students in Grade 7 marked and carefully folded their ballots Thursday afternoon as they cast votes for candidates running in Edmonton Calder. Read more.

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High school student wins $70K scholarship
CBC – Edmonton, April 19, 2012

One Edmonton high school student won’t have to worry about paying for her university education, after winning a $70,000 scholarship for an environmental project she created at her school. Read more.

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Student vow to clean up this town
The Edmonton Sun, April 19, 2012

Students at Hillview Elementary School led by example, kicking off the 15-to-Clean Challenge on Thursday. The students made music banging on garbage pails in the gym before taking to the school’s field to collect trash for 15 minutes. Read more.

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School hopes healthier eating habits take root during garden project
Edmonton Journal, April 18, 2012

When the ground thaws just south of Homesteader elementary school, a muddy, barren slope will be transformed into an outdoor classroom with vegetable planters, a berry patch, wild flowers, a sunflower garden, trees, shrubs, boulders, benches and stepping-stones.

At the northeast Edmonton school where students’ lunches have often included unhealthy packaged foods at the expense of fruits, vegetables and protein, the outdoor classroom will promote healthy eating and physical activity, say staff and students endorsing the project. Homesteader’s garden project is one of 10 finalists, and the only one from Alberta, in a Canada-wide contest to win $20,000 for an outdoor learning space.

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Sweet sounds make for pert plants, say young scientists
Edmonton Journal, April 16, 2012

If you want to jump-start your garden this spring, Shiv Vaid and Richmond Tran suggest turning down the Ozzy and cranking up the Bach. Read more.

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Talmud Torah celebrates alums at 100th anniversary
Edmonton Journal, April 15, 2012

New York City architect Claire Weisz reflects fondly on her days as a student at Edmonton’s Talmud Torah Jewish school, an experience she says laid the foundation for her current success. Read more.

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Aboriginal graduates aim high
Edmonton Journal, April 13, 2012

A record number of First Nations, Métis and Inuit students are graduating from Centre High into post-secondary programs this fall, says the school’s assistant principal. Read more.

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CTV News at Noon – Edmonton, April 19, 2012

Plans are in the works to celebrate Earth Day this weekend. Janet Shoults is here to talk about a free festival on Sunday and Aaron Dublenko, a Queen Elizabeth teacher, is showing us some green innovations.

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Shaw TV – Edmonton, April 19, 2012

Prince Charles School: a look at a new program for Aboriginal students. Interviewed were: Savannah Kootenay, Grade 5; Sarah Daniels, Grade 5; Deloris Jack, librarian/ teacher; Robin Kramar, Prince Charles school teacher and Isabella Pepper, Grade 6.

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Radio Active 3, CBC- Edmonton, April 16, 2012

Homesteader School is one of the top ten finalists in the Majesta Trees of Knowledge Competition. Parent Doreen Cunnigham and Administrative Assistant Phyllis Bennet were interviewed at the school.

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CTV Morning Live at 8, CTV-Edmonton, April 16, 2012

Interview about McNally High School student, Claire Edwards and her efforts to help the environment and get rid of disposable plastic water bottles and replace them with re-usable bottles.

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CTV News at 6, CTV-Edmonton, April 16, 2012

Prince Charles Elementary School students are facing off today in the annual Aboriginal History Quiz.

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Edmonton AM 3, CBC-Edmonton, April 13, 2012

A public school on the south side of Edmonton is taking a new approach to combat bullying.  Ellerslie School teacher Curtis Malin is teaching self defense to every student at his school.  An anti-bullying assembly will be held later today.

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CFCN News at 5, CTV-Calgary, April 13, 2012

One south Edmonton school wants bullies to beware. Students there have been bully-proofed. Kindergarten to Grade 9 students at Ellerslie School have spent the past two weeks learning how to defend themselves. They were taught a variety of Brazilian jiu-jitsu moves to protect themselves without actually hurting their aggressor. They were also taught how to use words to keep confrontations at bay.

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Early News (CITV-TV), Edmonton, April 13, 2012

Students at Edith Rogers Junior High School hosted an all-candidates forum for the Edmonton Millwoods district, where students and parents heard the party platforms. Students will hold a mock election on April 20.

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Edmonton Public Schools… In the News

April 13, 2012


Students create fashion to raise funds for Edmonton Public Schools Foundation
Edmonton Examiner, April 5, 2012

The Edmonton Public Schools Foundation and Kingsway Mall are teaming up to make sure the future is bright. As part of the Ready to Shine project, cutouts of clothing designs created by local high school students will be on sale at the mall through April 15. Read more.

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Breakfast Television, Edmonton, April 2, 2012 

BT host Bridget Ryan is on location at Daly Grove School, awarding BT’s Golden Apple Award to Grade 5 teacher Darren Lux.

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Outdoor classroom projects compete for $20K prize
By Max Paris, Environmental Unit, CBC News

An enterprising Canadian elementary school will receive $20,000 to build an outdoor classroom, courtesy of a contest sponsored by bathroom tissue maker Majesta and Tree Canada.  Homesteader Elementary School in Edmonton is one of the finalists. Read more.

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Greenfield and Queen Elizabeth schools buy 1500 LifeStraws for Haiti
Edmonton Examiner, March 29, 2012

Queen Elizabeth high school’s SLISE (Student-Led Initiatives for Sustainable Education) class led a fundraising campaign to purchase 1,500 LifeStraws, which teacher Aaron Dublenko personally delivered to Haiti last week. Read more.

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Edmonton Talmud Torah to celebrate 100 years
Canadian Jewish News, March 28, 2012

When it opened its doors in a synagogue basement in 1912, Edmonton Talmud Torah became the first Jewish day school in Canada. As it prepares to celebrate its 100th birthday, the school is gathering stories and memories from its 2,000 alumni who now live all over the world. Read more.

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Amiskwaciy Academy temporarily relocated due to flood in basement

March 30, 2012

Amiskwaciy Academy, 101 Airport Road, will be temporarily relocated until Tuesday, April 10 due to a water main break. The break resulted in flooding in the basement which has caused the shutdown of the entire mechanical and electrical systems. The building is without power, water or natural gas at the present time. It is estimated that the amount of water in the basement compares to that of a large recreational swimming pool.

Damages are still being assessed and the necessary repairs/actions are being taken to reopen the building. Edmonton Public Schools leases the building from Edmonton Airports Authority, but is responsible for maintenance and repairs. Staff and students from Amiskwaciy will be temporarily moved to and accommodated in classrooms at Highlands School, 11509 – 62 Street starting Monday April 2. Staff, parents and students are being contacted and made aware of the alternative site.

Bus transportation with ETS has been arranged to and from the temporary accommodation site. On Monday, the bus departure will take place at Amiskwaciy at 10 a.m. Starting on Tuesday, the departure times to Highlands School from Amiskwaciy Academy will be at 9 a.m. Students will also be taken back to Amiskwaciy after school or to an ETS transfer station.

Amiskwaciy Academy has a student enrolment of 200 students. The school incorporates Aboriginal culture into both the learning and school environments for junior and senior high students. The school also houses 40 staff members from Edmonton Public Schools Inclusive Learning Department and they will also be temporarily relocated to another site.

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Edmonton Public Schools… In the News

March 23, 2012

SCHOOL PRIDE 2.0
The Edmonton Examiner, March 21, 2012

Over 500 students at Ross Sheppard School have gone above and beyond in an effort to showcase their school pride. Read more.  You can watch the Ross Shep lip dub here.

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Performances hammer home intense “Crucible”
Cappie Review by Eastglen student Madeleine Hebert
Edmonton Journal, March 22, 2012

Humans are frightened creatures. They are afraid of the unknown, afraid of each other, and ultimately afraid of themselves. The Crucible, by Arthur Miller, is a study in the effects of mass hysteria. Read more.

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Edmonton Public Schools utilizes apps
The Edmonton Examiner (Edmonton), March 21, 2012

When we think about new technologies in the classroom we usually imagine the latest gadget like a netbook, an ipad, e-reader or smart board. What most don’t imagine is how a cloudbased application can impact the classroom. For the past three years, Edmonton Public Schools has introduced Google Apps into about 120 of its almost 200 schools. Google Apps is a free suite of collaborative applications designed for schools and universities. Google Apps includes applications that help students and teachers to share email, calendars, documents, videos and more anytime, anywhere. About 15 million students are using Google Apps in North America, about 60,000 in Edmonton Public Schools. Terry Korte, the coordinator of the district’s Technology Integration Planning Services, says the growth of Google Apps follows the evolution from static school computer labs to smaller personal mobile devices. Here’s an example of how Google Apps is used for teaching and learning: A high school science teacher records a video of a biology experiment and uploads it to the Edmonton Public School’s Google Docs. Students watch the experiment that night. The next day in class, small groups of students do their own experiment and share their results on an online spreadsheet.

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NOON NEWS HOUR (CITV-TV), Edmonton, March 21, 2012

A couple of local schools have come together to make clean drinking water a distinct possibility in Haiti. [Greenfield Elementary]

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CTV NEWS AT 6 (CFRN-TV), CTV-Edmonton, Mar 16,  2012

Josh Classen is at Grace Martin School. He teaches students about weather and Meteorology. He explains why a lot of heavy snowfalls occur in the spring and not in the winter.

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Edmonton Public Schools… In the News

March 16, 2012

Food Notes: Queen Elizabeth High named hottest cooks in the kitchen
The Edmonton Journal, March 13, 2012

A shout out to the culinary team from Queen Elizabeth High School, which defeated 13 other student teams to take gold at this year’s High School Culinary Challenge. Silver went to the team from Edmonton Public School’s Skill Centre and bronze to Sherwood Park’s Bev Facey Community High School.  Read more.

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Public school board sets pecking order for upgrades
Edmonton Journal, March 15, 2012

Edmonton Public Schools will ask the province to pay for upgrades to older schools as well as to build new ones in the capital over the next three years.
School trustees approved the district’s 2013-16 capital plan at a board meeting Tuesday. The plan will be submitted to Alberta Education and Alberta Infrastructure, the provincial departments that decide which projects get funding.  Read more.

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Planting Seeds of Change
24 Hours Edmonton e-edition, March 15, 2012  

Aviva funding helps Edmonton school complete its master plan.  Holyrood Elementary School has taught generations of Edmonton families but in an age of video games, computers and fast food, parents and educators knew today’s students needed a new crop of lessons that would reconnect them to simple pleasures like planting and harvesting a vegetable garden. 

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CTV NEWS AT 6, CTV-Edmonton
March 14,  2012,

The Man in Motion 25th Anniversary Medal Relay left our city today on its way to B.C.  Today, the relay started at McKernan School. 

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Edmonton Public Schools… In the News

March 9, 2012

Congratulations to the winners of the High School Culinary Challenge
Edmonton Journal – March 7, 2012

The gold medal went to the culinary team from Queen Elizabeth High School, who defeated 12 other teams in the competition. Silver went to the team from Edmonton Public School’s Skill Centre, and bronze was taken home by aspiring chefs from Sherwood Park’s Bev Facey Community School. Read more.

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Talmud Torah celebrates 100 years
West Edmonton Local – March 7, 2012

Talmud Torah School, the longest-operating Jewish day school in Canada, will be celebrating its 100th anniversary this May.

Esther Starkman, a former Edmonton Public Schools trustee and Talmud Torah alumni whose children and grandchildren also attended the school, says that the importance of education in the Jewish faith is one of the reasons the school has lasted so long. Read more.

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Titans, Panthers repeat as city champions
Senior boys, girls teams keep undefeated records intact in high school basketball
Edmonton Journal - March 3, 2012

Two perfect seasons stayed intact on Saturday night, as the Harry Ainlay Titans senior boys and the Spruce Grove Panthers senior girls won their respective Tier 1 basketball finals. Both teams also repeated as city champions. The Strathcona Lords hosted the city finals, but came out on the short end in both matches. Read more.

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Former Spitfire pilot recalls harrowing landing
Gripping yarns spun at Granite Curling Club’s 99th birthday bash
Edmonton Journal – March 4, 2012

Flying Officer Harold Ulmer was piloting a Spitfire on escort duty with American Flying Fortress bombers in 1943 when he was hit by antiaircraft fire over France. Born in Vermilion and a former school teacher who retired from Harry Ainlay High School in 1973, he still enjoys tucking into a steak. With his own teeth, of course. Read more.

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Scona girls basketball team does itself proud
Edmonton Examiner - March 7, 2012

One of the most impressive teams during the Edmonton high school basketball championships last weekend didn’t actually win gold. The Strathcona Lords came up just short against the defending champion Spruce Grove Panthers in the Edmonton Public senior girls Tier 1 final, losing 74-67 in their home gym Saturday, but that doesn’t diminish nor end their special season. Read more.

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Breakfast Television Edmonton (CKEM-TV)
March 2, 2012

On March 2, Riverbend Junior High held its annual Benefit for the Bissell Center.  Minister Dave Hancock and Mayor Stephen Mandel were on hand for the event.

Watch video of Riverbend students and performer Madi Amyotte on BT here.

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Edmonton Public Schools… In the News

March 2, 2012

Students celebrate 10 years of ICE School at Rexall Place
Edmonton Journal, February 27, 2012

All the classes participating in ICE School this year were invited to celebrate the 10-year anniversary of the program with a skate at Rexall Place on Feb. 27, 2012. Located on level four of Rexall Place, the ICE School program serves as a springboard for a week of reading, writing, observing, interviewing and calculating in the classroom, the arena and in other fascinating places around Northlands Park.

View the photo gallery.

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Oilers ICE School Celebrates 10 Years
Northlands, February 27, 2012

The Edmonton Oilers Community Foundation (EOCF), Northlands and Edmonton Public Schools are celebrating the 10-year anniversary of ICE School – a site-based initiative that breaks the confines of the regular classroom and brings students from Grades 2-9 to Rexall Place to engage in learner-led, hands-on, inquiry-based learning.

Read more.

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Edmonton Rush and local students get tough on bullying
The Edmonton Examiner (Edmonton), February 29, 2012

The Edmonton Rush hosted more than 3,000 local students between Grades 3 and 7.  The event was about respecting one another. Read more.
 
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CTV NEWS: Edmonton, February 25, 2012

Former and current students of Jasper Place High School are celebrating the school’s 50th anniversary. Principal Jean Stiles says that alumni flew in from all over Canada to take part in the event.

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CBC NEWS: Edmonton, February 29, 2012

Students at Jasper Place high school took a trip to a very different type of library today. It’s called a living library. Instead of reading a book, students listen to a personal story from a special guest.

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Learning centre helps kids with dyslexia
Edmonton Examiner, February 29, 2012

The Edmonton Rite to Learn Foundation is stepping up to help children overcome a major learning obstacle. The foundation released plans this month to open the Learning Centre in Athlone school in May for children struggling with dyslexia. Read more.

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