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  The Prince Edward Island Home and School Federation’s 66th Annual Meeting & Convention will take place on Saturday, April 13 at the Rodd Charlottetown hotel.  Every school is encouraged to send parents, guardians, educators and students to ensure their school community is represented. Sign up this week at: https://peihsf.ca/agm.   Home and school engages…

Planning is underway for the Prince Edward Island Home and School Federation’s 66th Annual Meeting & Convention. The meeting will take place on Saturday, April 13, 2019 at the Rodd Charlottetown hotel. This year’s theme is Stop. Collaborate & Listen. Every school is encouraged to send representatives. Parents, guardians, educators and students are welcome. The…

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…

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,…

  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…

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,…

  Central Queens Elementary School to host Home and School members from across the Island   The Prince Edward Island Home and School Federation is an umbrella organization comprised of the membership of 55 local home and school associations and parent councils. Home and School is often referred to as the “voice of parents.”  But it’s…

It’s September again, and time to head back to school. Parents are encouraged to get to know the school staff and to get involved at their child’s school early in the school year. In the coming months, the federation will continue to do its work of bringing people together around the common vision of an excellent…

  The federation will continue to do its work of bringing people together around the common vision of an excellent education system, with the education and wellbeing of each Island child at the centre.   At the local level, we work to strengthen local home and school associations and support their work in their schools…

Happy 65th birthday to the PEI Home and School Federation. The federation formed on January 29th, 1953, with over 100 delegates from local home and schools coming together to discuss what is best for children Prince Edward Island promoting total well-being and the highest standards of education for each child in the province.    The…