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Healthy Bodies = Healthy Minds, Awards, Resolutions, Nominations
Home and School News, March 2020 REMINDER: President's 2019-2020 Annual Reports are due March 1st. Email to: peihsf@edu.pe.ca 67th Annual Meeting & Convention Healthy Bodies = Healthy Minds You are invited to attend the AGM on Saturday, April 18, 2020 at the Rodd Charlottetown Hotel! Every Home and School community is encouraged to appoint…
Read MoreGet Ready to say thanks. Teacher/Staff Appreciation Week set for Feb. 10-14
The federation will continue to do its’ work of bringing people together around the common vision of an excellent education system, with the education and wellbeing of each Island child at the center. At the local level, we work to strengthen local home and school associations and support their work in their schools and…
Read More#ThankSchoolStaff during Teacher/Staff Appreciation Week February 10 – 14, 2020
Press Release: Teacher/Staff Appreciation Week February 10 – 14, 2020 Teachers and other school staff members change the lives of hundreds of children every day, and their work and impact extends far beyond the boundaries of the classroom. They seek to nurture students’ natural curiosity and meaningfully connect classroom learning to the outside world. …
Read MoreHome and School News, February 2020
1. Teacher/Staff Appreciation Week Celebrate Teachers/Staff Appreciation Week, February 10 – 14, 2020. Home and Schools are reminded to say thank you to school staff during this week of recognition. Form a committee to discuss a plan to show appreciation. 2. President’s Annual Reports The Annual Book of Reports is being compiled for…
Read MoreFood for thought at Island schools
The P.E.I. Home and School Federation is quite excited about 2020, in particular about the news that school food projects will be launched in several Island schools. Two delivery models will be tested in the new year to determine how the provincial program will operate. They will be evaluated over the coming months…
Read MoreHome and School News, January 2020
Extra Mile Award Nominate a school staff person (i.e. teacher, education / admin assistant, custodian) for the PEI Home and School Federation’s Extra Mile Award. Submission deadline is: Jan. 17. More details are online at: https://peihsf.ca/extramile Affecting Change in PEI’s Education System Resolutions are developed around issues that will affect positive change in our school system for…
Read MorePutting students first. Atlantic parents, teachers meet in Newfoundland to discuss issues, share solutions.
Parents and teachers met Nov. at the Home and School Caucus meeting in St. John’s, N.L., with representatives from the Atlantic provinces discussing priority issues in education and sharing solutions that benefit students. The partnership works to strengthen student outcomes and achievements in education. An area of shared concern was student access to mental health…
Read MoreHome and School News, December 2019
2020 Extra Mile Award Nominate a deserving school staff individual for recognition by the PEI Home and School Federation. Submissions deadline: January 15. Find more information at: Extra Mile Award of the Year | peihsf@edu.pe.ca | 902-620-3186 Resolutions Deadline to submit a resolution for consideration at the 2020 Annual Meeting & convention is January 31. Consider…
Read MoreMaking progress. P.E.I. Home and School Federation issues discussed by provincial cabinet at semi-annual meeting
Premier Dennis King delivered mandate letters to Cabinet on Oct. 11. The premier expects ministers to work with colleagues and through established legislative, regulatory, and cabinet processes to make substantive progress on priority areas. The federation is very pleased with two areas of the mandate letter that reflect on our policies. The first is…
Read MoreHome and School News, November 2019
1. Semi-Annual Follow up – Sharing of Ideas “Live Story” by Dionne Tuplin online. – Youth Vaping in PEI PDF presented by Sterling Carruthers and Melissa Munro-Bernard is online. Please note the slides are for information purposes. Home and School Associations are asked to arrange vaping presentations in Families of Schools by contacting Sterling sdcarruthers@edu.pe.ca or 902-438-4134. …
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