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Thriving Families, Schools, and Communities: Resilience: What it Takes to Thrive – Speaker: Dr. Michael Ungar
Thriving Families, Schools, and Communities: ‘Resilience: What it Takes to Thrive’ presentation in Charlottetown by Dr. Michael Ungar, Ph.D. Who? Open to the Public When: Thursday, November 7, 2013 Time: 7:00 – 9:00 p.m. Where: Rodd Charlottetown Hotel, Kent Street No Cost. Light refreshments will be provided. Connect wth Michael Ungar: Twitter:@MichaelUngarPhD or Check out his…
Read MoreCBC Compass on Playground Funding
CBC Compass aired a story in the October 7, 2013 edition about the funding of school playgrounds. They interviewed students, educators and parents as well as English Language School Board Superitendent Cynthia Fleet and PEIHSF Vice-President Peter Rukavina.
Read MorePlenty of important messages during October
September was a busy month for schools, students, and parents as the routines of a new school year took shape. October offers some welcome breathers in the form of several short weeks, with Thanksgiving, the annual P.E.I. Teachers Federation meetings in mid-month, and parent-teacher interviews late in the month. Those long weekends are a…
Read MoreTeachers’ Resource Network
The Teachers' Resource Network of the English Language School Board is chock-full of useful education resources for teachers that can also be helpful to parents and caregivers and to students. It's organized by school level: you'll find materials there for elementary, intermediate and high school. You can also follow coordinator Dawn MacIsaac on Pinterest and…
Read MoreReport from English Language School Board Meeting, September 24, 2013
I attended the regular meeting English Language School Board meeting held September 24, 2013 on behalf of the PEI Home and School Federation, accompanied by Executive Director Shirley Jay. The meeting was held at the Stratford office of the board (monthly meetings alternate between Stratford and Summerside). The meeting was poorly attended: other than Shirley…
Read MorePEI Home and School Federation responds to new computers in schools
The P.E.I. Home and School Federation responds to Education and Early Childhood Development Minister Alan McIsaac's September 16, 2013 announcement "New computers will benefit Island students" with the following statement: "The P.E.I. Home and School Federation is always happy to see investments in educational technology, especially when geared towards the classroom and students. We feel…
Read MoreStudentsAchieve comes to Intermediate Schools
The StudentsAchieve system is used by teachers, students and parents on Prince Edward Island for a variety of information and communications tasks; the system has three main components: Attendance reporting. Mark Management/Grade Book. Student/Parent Access. StudentsAchieve is used for attendance reporting in all Island schools – elementary, intermediate and high schools. Mark management and student/parent access…
Read MoreBuilding the Network Subcommitee Meeting, September 9, 2013
The first meeting of the new Building the Network subcommittee of the PEIHSF board met on Monday, September 9, 2013 at 7:30 p.m. In attendance were Peter Rukavina (chair), Shirley Jay (executive director), Margie Donvan, Ricardo Angel and Nicky Hyndman. Shelly Keenan was scheduled to attend, and tried, but technical issues meant she couldn't get…
Read MoreStaffing and Funding Program for the 2013-2014 School Year
Every year the Minister of Education and Early Childhood Development, under the terms of the School Act, must release a Minister's Directive on the staffing and funding program for the upcoming school year. The directive for the 2013-2014 was released today and it contains the following changes from the directive for the previous 2012-2013 school…
Read MoreEmailing Your Child’s Teacher
Every principal, teacher and staff person in PEI schools has their own email address (they all end in @edu.pe.ca). In many cases your child's homeroom teacher will have sent their email address home on a card on the first day of school; if they didn't, you can often find it on the school's website (we…
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