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  2012-2013 Budget Highlights "Government believes that the future of the province is fundamentally tied to literacy and learning."  

We read to children for all the same reasons we talk with children: to reassure, to entertain, to bond; to inform or explain, to arouse curiosity, to inspire. But in reading aloud, we also condition the child's brain to associate reading with pleasure, create background knowledge, build vocabulary, and provide a reading role model.  …

  NEWS RELEASE November 14, 2012 CHARLOTTETOWN, PEI — The results of a public survey on mental health and addictions will be used to improve access to timely, coordinated government and community-based services, says Health and Wellness Minister Doug Currie. The survey is being launched today as part of a comprehensive mental health and addictions…

  Throne Speech outlines the direction to be taken by our government to strengthen the economy, health and education:   Throne Speech outlines priorities in economic development, health and education Throne Speech, November 13, 2012, is available at:  www.gov.pe.ca/thronespeech or http://www.gov.pe.ca/photos/original/eco_sftfall12en.pdf Education page references:  Page 2:  " We will continue to build an education system that focuses on students first." Pages…

Home & School & You – November 2012 Written by Pam Montgomery, President The past month has seen the PEI Home and School Federation and all of its locals working hard to advocate and support the best possible education and the total well being of our Island students.  The federation, along with its partners in…

CHARLOTTETOWN, PE – NOVEMBER 1, 2012 –  The PEI Home and School Federation encourages local home and school associations across the province to request school-level results from the recently released SHAPES survey of student health. SHAPES – a joint project of the Departments of Education and Health and the University of PEI – collected student…

The PEI Home and School Federation is encouraged by the announcement by Hon. Alan McIsaac, Minister of Education and Early Childhood Development, that capital funding for information technology in the education system will be restored to the provincial budget starting in 2013. Capital funding for education technology was cut from $500,000 to $0 in the…

From CBC Prince Edward Island: Money for upgrading information technology in schools will be restored in next year's budget, Education Minister Alan McIsaac told the P.E.I. Home and School Federation Tuesday evening. "Starting in April, so before the end of this school year, we'll be putting back in $500,000 into the IT program this year,…