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Home and School Newsletter, March 2024
Home and School News, March 2024 🍎 School Calendar 2024-2025 To help families and school staff plan for the year ahead, the province has released the 2024-2025 school year calendar, which includes 182 instructional days. Find the school calendar online at https://www.princeedwardisland.ca/en/information/education-and-early-years/2024-2025-school-calendar 🍎 Mark your calendar — 71st AGM & Conference The P.E.I. Home and School Federation is…
Read MoreWorking together to benefit students
Happy February and happy Black History Month. As we enter the shortest month of the year, students begin the second school semester, and local associations prepare for celebrations and recognitions. School staff work hard at creating a safe and welcoming school environment for all students. A positive relationship between students and all staff speaks of…
Read MoreTime to start thinking about resolutions
The Prince Edward Island Home and School Federation hopes everyone enjoyed a great holiday, welcomes you to the new year, and wants you to be inspired, motivated, and ready for the many possibilities in education ahead. A parent’s job is to show how exciting and valuable learning can be. A new year is a time…
Read MoreSharing hubs foster engagement
Home and School Sharing Hubs are bringing school volunteers together to connect and collaborate, create networks, and share ideas about what’s happening in school communities. Hubs held in the Three Oaks and Westisle families of schools fostered engagement with questions and solutions about involvement in school communities. The federation is hoping to arrange these sessions…
Read MoreWorkshops to help school volunteers
Thirty-five members of home and school associations from across P.E.I. including parents, guardians, educators and guests from education sector unions, the University of Prince Edward Island, and the Chief Public Health Office, attended the Semi-Annual Meeting on Monday, Oct 23 at Central Queens Elementary in Hunter River. The focus of the meeting was a 90-minute…
Read MoreScreens in Schools: Maximize benefits; minimize harms, Oct. 23
Parents learn about P.E.I.s school system by volunteering in their child’s school and attending local and provincial Home and School meetings and workshops. This month, the P.E.I. Home and School Federation begins educating school communities with its Semi-Annual Meeting on Monday, Oct. 23, 6:00-8:00 p.m. at Central Queens Elementary School in Hunter River. A “Help…
Read MoreSemi-Annual Meeting, October 23, 2023
You are invited to register for the Semi-Annual Meeting coming up on Monday, October 23, 2023, 6:00 – 8:00 PM, at Central Queens Elementary School, 19821 2 Rte., Hunter River, PE C0A 1N0. FEE: $8 per person Students – Free. Pay by e-Transfer to: (peihsf@gov.pe.ca) or cash/cheque upon arrival. REGISTER using the Online Google Form by…
Read MoreSchool year set to begin. As the school routine begins, remember that students will be walking, cycling or riding on a bus or in a family car to school
September is here, which means cooler weather, leaves changing colors, and the start of the new school year on Sept. 7. As the school routine begins, remember that students will be walking, cycling, riding on a bus, or in a family car to school. It is a strategic time to remind all motorists that children…
Read MoreTime to reflect on past year
As the 2022-2023 school year draws to a close, take time to reflect on all their accomplishments this year. June is an excellent time to hold home and school association elections of officers to allow new executive members time to prepare for the beginning of the school year in September. Stepping up to volunteer is…
Read MoreDelegates, guests attend 70 AGM
Representatives from local home and school associations across P.E.I. gathered in Charlottetown on April 15 to celebrate the federation’s milestone 70th Annual General Meeting. Thirty-six schools were represented, with 90 delegates and guests in attendance. Guests included: The Honorable Antoinette Perry, Lieutenant Governor, Honourable Natalie Jameson, Minister of Education and Early Years, and Norbert Carpenter,…
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