Eleanor Hall School, Clyde – Eleanor Hall School –  an amazing place for students! Principal Marchand, staff and parents from the school highlighted some of the opportunities for students including: Supports for students both within the school and division A weekly intergenerational program for Grade 2 students with the Westlock Continuing Care Centre Student Wellness […]

Regional Office, Barrhead – School board requests input on how to recognize student citizenship For over 20 years, the board has presented Citizenship Awards to chosen students in Grades 6, 9 and 12, based on the criteria in Administrative Procedure 20-18 PHPS Citizenship Awards. At their September 12 meeting, the board discussed revising the criteria […]

Regional Office, Barrhead – School board chooses Chair and Vice chair At their organizational meeting, the board elected Trustee Jennifer Tuininga to serve as Chair and Trustee Wendy Scinski as Vice chair. Read more in division news. A number of board committee appointments were also made at the meeting. School board will wait to make decision […]

Regional Office, Barrhead – Division reports on priorities and key strategies Assistant Superintendent of Education Services Mark Thiesen provided an update on the key strategies of the Education Plan as they relate to the priority areas of: Addressing the diversity of student needs Student-teacher relationships Numeracy Literacy School board adopts 2018-19 Workplan The purpose of […]

École Barrhead Elementary School – BES – Proud of their rich and diverse culture The June 13 board meeting was held at École Barrhead Elementary School, the division’s largest elementary school with 693 students in Kindergarten to Grade 6. The school has 70 staff members, consisting of 36 teachers and 34 support staff, and operates […]

Regional Office, Barrhead – PHPS offers $2,500 Relocation Incentive Are you considering applying for a position in Pembina Hills Public Schools? Do you already work for us but live outside the division? Our new Relocation Incentive offers $2,500 to all new and existing employees who live outside the division and choose to move to a […]

R. F. Staples Secondary School, Westlock – R. F. Staples — Work Hard, Be Kind The May 9 board meeting was held at R. F. Staples Secondary School, the division’s largest school with 719 students in Grades 7-12 and 59 staff members — 39 teachers and 20 support staff. The school operates on an annual […]

Barrhead Composite High School – BCHS — Building Confidence, Honing Skills The April 25 board meeting was held at Barrhead Composite High School. BCHS has a student population of 673 students in grades 7-12 with 56 staff members (33 teachers and 23 support staff). The school operates on an annual budget of $5 million. Assistant […]

Regional Office, Barrhead –  Board allots resources to schools Each year school divisions receive funding from the province, and the school board must determine how that money is distributed to schools by an allocation formula. The school board adopted the 2018-19 allocation formula for schools, which includes things like: an allocation of time for principals […]

Regional Office, Barrhead  –  Board adopts Education Plan priorities for 2018-19 Following consultation at principal planning sessions, the school board voted to keep the 2018-21 Education Plan priorities: Diversity of student needs Student-teacher relationships Numeracy Literacy The following value statement for PHPS was also developed: We value success for every student. We can achieve success […]