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Students create podcast to keep Island youth informed
2024-04-24
Isaac MacLean, Campbell McNeil and Ethan Reeves gather with their carefully researched notes, questions and recording equipment, ready to interview their latest special guest.
Together the Grade 12 students cohost The Train Station, a podcast that explores pressing issues in Canada, with a focus...
Supporting outdoor learning
2024-04-10
Island students are learning while outdoors and having fun at the same time thanks to more than 100 projects funded through new grants from the Department of Education and Early Years.
The Outdoor Learning Grants are funding all sorts of outdoor activities, including day trips, conservation...
Island students excited to learn about the solar eclipse
2024-04-03
Students have a special day circled on the calendar this year. But it’s not the last day of school or even their end of year trip.
It’s April 8, when a solar eclipse will be visible from Prince Edward Island.
Meredith Cameron MacIsaac teaches Grade 5 at West Royalty Elementary School in...
Early dismissal for students April 8 due to solar eclipse
2024-03-12
On Monday, April 8, 2024, an amazing astronomical event - a full solar eclipse - will take place over Canada, including PEI. All students in both the English and French school boards will be dismissed two hours early that day out of an abundance of caution.
A spectacular and rare phenomenon, a...
Province shares 2024-2025 school calendar
2024-02-26
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 ahead, including...
School Staff Appreciation Week
2024-02-12
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 environment to learn...
New director of Public Schools Branch
2023-12-06
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 by the board of...
PEI’s education system scores well in the latest PISA assessment
2023-12-05
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 position among the...
Family Support Worker making a difference for Island families
2023-12-04
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 Fletcher, the...
Q & A about school bus safety with school bus driver Pat Ellsworth
2023-10-20
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 advice...