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Teacher/Staff Appreciation Week February 11 – 15, 2019
Teachers and other staff in Prince Edward Island schools spend countless hours building into the lives of our most precious resources. These individuals can inspire hope, ignite the imagination, and instill a love of learning! Home and School Associations in Prince Edward Island will join together the week of February 11 – 15…
Read MoreWork focuses on children, teamwork. Nine P.E.I. schools to pilot health school food program in the fall.
The work of the P.E.I Home and School Federation in 2019 continues to focus on the importance of collaboration and advocacy in our work toward the well-being and education of all Island children. The federation is supplying each home and school with a Bannerbug display unit. Board members are delivering these in their respective…
Read MorePEI Home and School Federation Supports AEDs in Island Schools
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: PEI Home and School Federation Supports AEDs in Island Schools “AEDs in all Island schools policy of Federation” Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island CANADA- February 5th, 2019- The PEI Home and School Federation is expressing appreciation and support for the Province of Prince Edward Island’s recent announcement to place automatic external defibrillators…
Read MoreHome and School News, February 2019
Teacher/Staff Appreciation Week Celebrate Teachers/Staff Appreciation Week, February 11 – 15, 2019. 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. President’s Annual Reports The Annual Book of Reports is being compiled for circulation…
Read MoreMaking some changes. The beginning of each year is a great time to think about creating resolutions for 2019.
The new year is a time where many of us make resolutions to better things or improve ourselves. Resolutions are a powerful tool that local home and school associations use to drive change on a provincial level in P.E.I.’s education system. Home and schools are encouraged to consider issues of broad provincial importance to education,…
Read MoreHealthy School Food, Resolutions, Awards, Staff Appreciation Week, Great Big Crunch….
Home and School News, January 2019 Healthy School Food Project Update Morgan Palmer is working with the Public Schools Branch to develop and pilot a provincial school food strategy. As part of this project three School Food Think Tanks were held across P.E.I. this fall. Three school video links follow which contain content on…
Read MoreSchool Food Student Think Tanks
Morgan Palmer is working with the Public Schools Branch to develop and pilot a provincial school food strategy. As part of this project three School Food Think Tanks were held across P.E.I. this fall. Students have great ideas to improve food in Island schools – such as lowering the price of healthy meals,…
Read MoreFood pilots starting in nine schools. Set to begin in the fall of 2019, new program to engage student in producing food.
School food pilots will be rolled out in the fall 2019 in nine P.E.I. schools. Jordan Brown, minister of education, early learning and culture announced the pilots in the legislature on Nov. 15. The government will be launching a pilot, cost-shared program to develop “a comprehensive and sustainable school food program that will increase…
Read MorePEI Announces Healthy School Food Pilots at 9 schools
On November 15 the Honourable Jordan Brown, PEI Minister of Education, Early Learning and Culture, announced that the government would be launching a pilot, cost-shared program to develop "a comprehensive and sustainable school food program that will increase students' food literacy and provide them with food made from scratch using fresh, local, healthy…
Read MoreSchool food youth forums coming over next six weeks: Federation hosts successful semi-annual meeting and information exchange
The P.E.I. Home and School Federation held its semi-annual meeting and information exchange on Tuesday, October 23rd at Central Queens Elementary School in Hunter River. The event was attended by 45 local home and school parents, teachers and administrators. Students from East Wilshire and Kinkora schools, Jordan Brown, minister of education, early learning, and culture,…
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