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Home and School offering funding through Parent Leadership Grants
January 5, 2015 For immediate release: Education and Early Childhood Development The PEI Home and School Federation is providing grants of up to $1,000 to Home and School associations to support parent engagement, says Education and Early Childhood Minister Alan McIsaac. “Parent involvement leads to student success,” said Minister McIsaac. “Study after study has shown…
Read MoreIn tune with transitions: Home and schools can work together to help students combat stress
Transitions, whether they be from school to school, grade to grade, classroom to classroom, or from public education to life beyond, are something that many partners in education are focusing on this year. Indeed the Nova Scotia Federation of Home and School Associations, at its recent Annual Meeting, dedicated an entire session to the topic,…
Read MorePresentation to English Language School Board School Principals Meeting
At the December meeting of all English Language School Board principals, held at Centre Belle-Alliance in Summerside on Monday, December 1, 2014, I delivered the following presentation on "home-school relations." Fifty-seven years ago Mrs. J. Gordon MacDonald contributed a piece to The Guardian, at the request of the PEI Teachers Federation, under the headline “Widening…
Read MoreConversations about Student Achievement: Parent-Teacher Interviews and Home and School Meetings
The term “student achievement” is used a lot these days when speaking of public education, and it’s a term that means different things to different people: achievement can mean good grades and high standardized test scores, or it can mean success at fostering empathetic, informed citizens. This month presents parents, teachers, administrators and staff with…
Read MoreHighlights of Nova Scotia Federation of Home and School Associations Annual General Meeting
I was honoured to be invited to attend the Annual Meeting of the Nova Scotia Federation of Home & School Associations on October 17 and 18 in Truro, Nova Scotia, representing PEI Home and School Federation. Friday Night Program On the Friday evening, October 17, there was a round of introductions, an informal receiption, an…
Read MoreFederation’s semi annual meeting chance to take part in discussion
Home and School and You Report is written by Peter Rukavina, President of the P.E.I. Home and School Federation Home and School is often referred to as the “voice of parents.” But it’s important to remember that local home and school associations count not only parents and guardians in their membership, but also…
Read MorePresentation to the Prince Edward Island Standing Committee on Education and Innovation
The PEI Home and School Federation was invited to speak to the Prince Edward Island Standing Committee on Education and Innovation on Tuesday, September 30, 2014. The following is the text of the presentation that was delivered. The presentation was followed by 10 minutes of questions. Mr. Chair, members of the committee, thank you for…
Read MorePEIHSF Television Commercial
Here's a television commercial that will be airing on the CBC in Prince Edward Island in the days and weeks to come: The commercial has its roots in a parent leadership project of the Bluefield Family of Schools: parent and educator members of the local associations in that family of schools wanted to encourage engagement…
Read MoreHow to receive a daily email about your child using StudentsAchieve
StudentsAchieve is an online system available to parents of students in intermediate and high schools. You have or will shortly have received a username and password for the system and you can use it to login and see up to date information about your child's attendance and academic progress. Did you know that StudentsAchieve can…
Read MoreA new school year means a chance to get involved
The return to school of our students for another year brings another opportunity for parents and guardians to become involved with the Home and School association in their child’s school. Likely buried somewhere in the mountain of paperwork that comes home at the beginning of every school year is an invitation to come to a…
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