A new health curriculum resource will be available to Island health classrooms this fall to help teachers engage youth in important sexual health education discussions. The Premier’s Action Committee on Family Violence Prevention Youth Engagement Working Group collaborated with...
Acadians, Francophones, and French-speaking Islanders now have guaranteed access to even more French language services. Many more services have become available to Islanders since the French Language Services Act came into effect in 2013 – from in-person services to web content...
Creating jobs for Islanders - Singer-songwriter Jenni Roberge will produce three live-performance music videos with the Atlantic String Machine with the $5,000 Arts Grant she received from the Prince Edward Island government. Roberge is among 12 Island artists who recently...
Investing in infrastructure – An expanded L.M. Montgomery Elementary School will be better equipped to serve a growing student population. Construction has begun on the 16,300 square-foot project, which includes 10 new classrooms and several other working spaces for students and...
Moving children from Morell’s Early Years Centre into the consolidated school next door will increase space and improve programming. Construction will be finished this summer so there will be no disruption for students and educators. The Morell Early Childhood Development Centre...
The Island’s best published writing has been nominated for the 2018 Prince Edward Island Book Awards. The awards are presented every two years to recognize authors, editors, and book producers in the categories of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. The awards will be presented at a...
Investing in infrastructure - Educators, parents, and transportation officials are meeting with architects to shape the design of additions to Stratford and L.M. Montgomery elementary schools. Funding is included in government’s five-year capital plan to address overcrowding at...
Supporting Island families - Early learning and child care are becoming more accessible to Island families with the opening of 358 new child-care spaces over the past six months. The Prince Edward Island government is working with community partners to improve an early childhood...
Performance of Prince Edward Island’s Grade 8 students in reading, math, and science has moved from among the lowest to among the highest in Canada, according to a national assessment released today. The Pan-Canadian Assessment Program (PCAP ) 2016 indicates that more Island...
Islanders can help shape the future of how our public school students’ academic performance is assessed. A public survey is being conducted as part of an external review of the provincial government’s student assessment program. The online survey is now open until November 2 in...