Posts Tagged ‘Press Releases’

The following notice comes from the City of Charlottetown, and we've confirmed that home and school associations, and student groups, are eligible to apply for projects. Note the tight deadline of April 22, 2015. We are now accepting applications for the City’s Community Sustainability Micro-Grant Program.  This program provides grants of up to $1,000 for…

The PEI Science Fair was held April 8, 2015 and we are happy to announce the winners of the PEI Home and School Federation Special Prizes, awarded to projects that "focus on the total well-being of children, including health, safety and learning." Jack Compton from Stonepark Intermediate School was awarded a prize for his project…

This spring, randomly selected 15 year old students in Prince Edward Island schools will be writing PISA (Programme for International Student Assessment) tests. PISA testing is administered independently in Canada by the Council of Ministers of Education, Canada (CMEC) and it is CMEC that selects which students at which schools will be writing the test.…

The PEI Home and School Federation is pleased to present three Extra Mile Awards during Teacher/Staff Appreciation Week.  This award is given to a Island school teacher or staff person who demonstrates going “above and beyond the call of duty” making significant contribution to the lives of Island students in a positive and caring way.…

The PEI Home and School Federation is pleased to present three Extra Mile Awards during Teacher/Staff Appreciation Week.  This award is given to a Island school teacher or staff person who demonstrates going “above and beyond the call of duty” making significant contribution to the lives of Island students in a positive and caring way.…

The PEI Home and School Federation is pleased to present three Extra Mile Awards during Teacher/Staff Appreciation Week.  This award is given to a Island school teacher or staff person who demonstrates going “above and beyond the call of duty” making significant contribution to the lives of Island students in a positive and caring way.…

I was honoured to be invited to attend the Annual Meeting of the Nova Scotia Federation of Home & School Associations on October 17 and 18 in Truro, Nova Scotia, representing PEI Home and School Federation. Friday Night Program On the Friday evening, October 17, there was a round of introductions, an informal receiption, an…

  Home and School and You Report is written by Peter Rukavina, President of the P.E.I. Home and School Federation   Home and School is often referred to as the “voice of parents.” But it’s important to remember that local home and school associations count not only parents and guardians in their membership, but also…

Here's a television commercial that will be airing on the CBC in Prince Edward Island in the days and weeks to come: The commercial has its roots in a parent leadership project of the Bluefield Family of Schools: parent and educator members of the local associations in that family of schools wanted to encourage engagement…

The return to school of our students for another year brings another opportunity for parents and guardians to become involved with the Home and School association in their child’s school. Likely buried somewhere in the mountain of paperwork that comes home at the beginning of every school year is an invitation to come to a…