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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…

The Prince Edward Island Home and School Federation presents two School Bus Driver Recognition Awards. The 2014 recipients are: Johnny Deagle, Souris Consolidated School   Presented on May 30th by Peter Rukavina, President, P.E.I. Home and School Federation. Shelton Dyment, Alberton Elementary School   Presented June 12th by Joanna Stewart, Vice President, P.E.I. Home and School Federation. Our school…

Perhaps at no time in recent memory has discussion of public education been more in the air on Prince Edward Island than in the last several months. This is a time of dramatic change in P.E.I. schools: staff are being cut, money is tight, enrolment is shifting, there is talk of rezoning and school closures. …

Representatives from local home and school associations across P.E.I. gathered in North River on April 12 for the 61st Annual General Meeting of the P.E.I. Home and School Federation. Forty two schools were represented by 105 delegates, making the meeting one of the best-attended in recent memory. In addition to the regular business of the…

Women’s Network PEI is putting out a survey to all its partners, colleagues and stakeholders in order to help them better understand the issuing of cyber-bullying on Prince Edward Island.  They invite children between the ages of 10 to 18, as well as parents/caregivers of children 10-18, to participate. You can participate by visiting http://fluidsurveys.com/surveys/nishka/cyber-bullying/.