On November 16 and 17, 2009, the Amazing Race—Addictions Awareness edition, that is—came to The Pas’ Margaret Barbour Collegiate Institute in the Kelsey School Division. The school’s Healthy Schools Initiatives (H.S.I.) Team held the Amazing Addictions Awareness Race to promote Manitoba Addiction Awareness Week. read more »
“Global citizenship” became vision in action in the 2004–2005 school year, when the Louis Riel School Board recognized that innovative programming needed to respond to newcomer students and their families. read more »
This past November, Manitoba author Larry Verstraete visited Westgrove School as part of Canadian Children’s Book Week. After sharing his writing experience with his book, G is for Golden Boy, students and staff at the west Winnipeg School quickly began working on their very own alphabet book. read more »
Gakina Awiya Biindigeg means “Everyone is Welcome” in the Ojibwe language, but the group that bears that name at Springfield Collegiate in The Sunrise School Division was borne from circumstances that were far from welcoming. In 2003, an Elder speaking to a social studies class at the school had his vehicle vandalized and defaced with racist comments. School staff, with support from the school board, vowed to make something positive from an undeniably negative situation, and they have succeeded. read more »
Some students will always fall through the cracks . . . if we let them. The board and administration of The Brandon School Division were determined to do everything in its power to prevent that from happening to its students, and so the Off-Campus High School came into being. read more »
Strengths and talents are naturally present in all students, and can be nurtured. Skills and abilities, when recognized, nurtured, and supported, can provide the foundation for creative, productive behaviour. read more »
By the late 1990s, research had made clear the indelible link between early childhood experiences and education and later school success. Acting on the basis of that research, The Division scolaire franco-manitobaine (DSFM) made a commitment to improve outcomes for Manitoba’s youngest francophones by building supports for them and their families. read more »
“But what does physics [or math, or history, or just about any other subject] have to do with the real world?!” It’s the rare parent or teacher who won't have heard that refrain from some disenchanted teenager, but thanks to the Connections Project, it may be a thing of the past in The Turtle Mountain School Division. read more »
What does it mean to “think globally and act locally?” Students in Winnipeg’s St. James-Assiniboia School Division are finding answers to that question, thanks to a division-wide commitment to incorporating the theme of sustainable development into daily studies and activities. read more »
