Posts Tagged ‘Press Releases’

Dr. Tess Miller, Assistant Professor, University of Prince Edward Island's Faculty of Education will present a State of Mathematics Address, Friday, January 17, 2014, 1:30 p.m., Room 242, McDougall Hall, UPEI. Dr. Miller encourages parents who are interested in mathematics education to attend the presentation. The impact of low math ability affects students' success at UPEI as…

Parents, for the most part, hold the strongest influence over a child’s desire to learn. Helping children to identify some specific educational goals will assist in increasing their learning success in the 106 instructional days remaining in the 2013-2014 school year. Children who have a say in what they are learning take ownership and are…

HOME & SCHOOL & YOU – December 2013 Help My Child website launched Dec. 2, is a PEI-based resource for parents and students that focuses on the total health and well being of children and youth.  Help My Child assists in connecting those in need of help with professionals, as well as, providing useful on-line…

  PRESS RELEASE – Charlottetown:  “Help My Child” website was launched December 2nd by the Prince Edward Island Home and School Federation.  The website offers a PEI-based resource for parents, students and the community that focuses on the total health and well being of children and youth.  The site assists anyone wanting to connect individuals…

Minister Alan McIsaac made a statement in the legislature on Tuesday, November 26, 2013 to recognize the efforts of the Prince Edward Island Home and School Federation in engaging parents and students in the education system.  The Home and School Federation just released the results of its 2013 "Parents as Partners in Education Survey", in which…

November 22, 2013                           Press Release:    Charlottetown —– The Prince Edward Island Home and School Federation released highlights of its 2013 parent engagement survey.  This survey of parents having school-aged children in PEI, carried out by consultant Vicki Bryanton and funded by the Department of Education and Early Childhood Education, explored issues related to parent…

Press Release:  Charlottetown, P.E.I. November  2013——The 10th Annual Atlantic Caucus of Home and School/School Council Federations meeting took place in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island on November 2nd.  Representatives from the Home and School Federations in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and the Federation of School Councils in Newfoundland Labrador participated in the meeting.…

Home and School and You – November 2013   When schools and parents are able to work together in constructive and meaningful ways much can be achieved.  The federation, along with its partners in education, strives to encourage parents and guardians to be more involved and participatory in their child’s education.  Small group discussions held at…

NEWS RELEASE:  October 31, 2013 CHARLOTTETOWN, PEI — Literacy and mathematics assessments show that student achievement is improving in several key areas in Prince Edward Island, says Education and Early Childhood Development Minister Alan McIsaac.  “The number of Grade 3 students who met the grade level expectation in reading rose from 62 percent in 2007…

CBC Compass aired a story in the October 7, 2013 edition about the funding of school playgrounds. They interviewed students, educators and parents as well as English Language School Board Superitendent Cynthia Fleet and PEIHSF Vice-President Peter Rukavina.