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Cafeteria Food Services Request for Proposals, 2013
In May of 2013 the English Language School Board (now known as Public Schools Branch) issued a Request for Proposals for the Provision of Cafeteria Food Services. The RFP mentions the cafeteria food services for Athena Consolidated Birchwood Intermediate Bluefield High Charlottetown Rural High Colonel Gray High East Wiltshire Intermediate Hernewood Intermediate Kensignton Intermediate/Sr High…
Read MoreChef Tony Geraci visits Epekwitk Gardens and Preserves
On the afternoon of October 23, 2016, Chef Tony Geraci was honoured to be invited to tour Epekwitk Gardens and Preserves on the Abegweit First Nation. Chef Geraci is on Prince Edward Island for a week at the invitation of the PEI Home and School Federation; he is visiting many individuals and groups involved in…
Read MorePremier MacLauchlan Cooks with Chef Tony Geraci
This past Sunday, October 23, Premier Wade MacLauchlan graciously hosted Chef Tony Geraci to cook with him and his partner Duncan McIntosh at The Mill in New Glasgow. The meal they cooked – from a variety of local, healthy ingredients – was shared by a small group of home and school volunteers around a table…
Read MoreRequest for Proposals: Video and Audio Recording Services, Oct. 21 to 27, 2016
Update: This Request for Proposals has now closed. The sucessful respondent was Humingbird House Productions. The PEI Home and School Federation, the provincial umbrella organization representing home and school associations at English language public schools in the province, invites proposals from individuals and companies for the recording of video and audio of activities and events…
Read More2016 Semi-Annual Meeting: Building Healthy Communities around the School
The 63rd Semi-Annual meeting of the PEI Home and School Federation is scheduled for Tuesday, October 25, 2016 from 6:00 to 8:30 p.m. at Gulf Shore Consolidated School, 185 Hilltop Avenue, North Rustico, PE. Registration begins at 5:30 p.m. Lunch is included: experience a fantastic, affordable, healthy school lunch conceived by Island chefs. Online registration…
Read MoreCollaboration important consideration in federation
Collaboration is based on the assumption that the process of sharing diverse ideas in respectful discussion will result in more creative solutions and deeper understandings. Collaboration is the opposite of competition. It is never a one-person show and to be successful, it requires members of a group to support each other and recognize the value…
Read MoreDr. Helen MacDonald Collaboration and Facilitation Scholarship Recipients
September 2016 For Immediate Release Dr. Helen MacDonald Collaboration and Facilitation Scholarship Recipients The PEI Home and School Federation is pleased to announce that the following members have been awarded the Dr. Helen MacDonald Collaboration and Facilitation Scholarship: Deanna Bellamy, West Royalty Elementary School, Leanne Feehan, Mount Stewart Consolidated School, Bobbi Ford, Donagh…
Read MoreFree Screening of “Cafeteria Man” on September 19
The PEI Home and School Federation is presenting a free screening of the film Cafeteria Man on Monday, September 19, 2016 at 7:00 p.m. in the Culinary Institute Lecture Theatre at 4 Sydney Street in Charlottetown. Cafeteria Man asks the question “How can we reform school food programs so that they serve more nutritious and…
Read MoreDr. Helen MacDonald Collaboration and Facilitation Scholarship
In all our work as Home and School members we try to keep in mind that our first and fundamental objective is to promote the welfare of children and youth in the home, school and community. – Dr. Helen MacDonald, The Guardian, 1954 Dr. Helen MacDonald, the founding president of the PEI Home and School…
Read More2016 School Bus Driver of the Year Awards
The Prince Edward Island Home and School Federation presents two annual awards to school bus drivers for their service in keeping students safe as they travel to and from school each day. This year they were awarded to Bruce MacKay from Gulf Shore Consolidated and Ronnie Drummond from Somerset Elementary. Glowing letters of support were…
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