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All over the world, the care and comfort of strangers is not an afterthought but an expectation.  In ancient Greece and even to this day, the practice of ‘xenia’ means if a stranger knocked at your door, your duty was to offer food, shelter, and protection before you even asked their name.  Turning them away…

PEI Home and School Federation Newsletter, March 2026   🍎 AGM & Conference 2006 Registration is OPEN PEI Home and School Federation 73rd AGM Theme:  “Stop Bullying. Start Belonging.” Saturday, April 18, 2026, Rodd Charlottetown Hotel, 75 Kent St., Charlottetown Keynote:  Alain Pelletier, “5 Faces of Bullying” Workshops:     RCMP Child Exploitation Unit, Cst. Robert Yaschuk…

In Island schools this spring, change is arriving on our lunch trays as well as in our classrooms. At the Prince Edward Island Home and School Federation, March and April are about nourishing students’ bodies, minds, and sense of belonging—with healthy food, safer school cultures, and celebrations of the people who make that possible. PEI’s…

February is the month we devote to love. We hang “Be Kind” posters in school hallways, remind teenagers about consent and healthy relationships, and get ready for Pink Shirt Day with its message about standing up to bullying. Yet, with all this talk about love and respect, Canada’s Criminal Code still allows adults to hit…

Every New Year, we make resolutions we hope will change our lives. On Prince Edward Island, there is a quieter kind of resolution that changes children’s lives – resolutions debated and passed each spring at the Home and School Federation’s annual general meeting. These ten resolutions, drafted around kitchen tables and school gyms, have shaped…