At their October 23rd regular meeting, the board received a student enrolment information update from Secretary Treasurer Mabel Wang. This year, the division will serve 3,776 students in Kindergarten to Grade 12 at eleven community schools, two Hutterite colonies, and two outreach centers. Similar to past years, enrolment is down 46 students or 1.4%. The […]

The work of our teachers and support staff goes far beyond teaching and learning. A student’s interactions and relationships with the adults in their school can be life-changing. At the division opening day in August, Dr. Jody Carrington told our staff, “Some of the holiest work on our planet happens within the walls of our […]

Schools throughout Pembina Hills are celebrating School Bus Safety Week October 20-26. Poster contest Kindergarten to Grade 6 students are invited to participate in the ASTAC School Bus Safety Poster contest. The theme is “Ready to Ride” and the deadline for poster submissions is November 8, 2019. Each winner — one from each grade level […]

The October 9th board meeting was held at Regional Office in Barrhead. Trustee Nancy Keough recently resigned from her position as trustee for the Swan Hills Ward. At their October 9th meeting, the board discussed whether to fill the vacancy with a by-election. As part of the 2019-2020 school year, the board has also committed […]

September 30th was Orange Shirt Day and many of our schools showed their support. Check out some of their photos including the image at the top of this story — Barrhead Elementary Students placed feathers with a word that completes the sentence “How we think children at residential schools may have felt…” Then they filled […]

Vista Virtual School (VVS) is one of about 30 online schools in the province of Alberta. Its 30+ teachers provide instruction to almost 500 full-time students and roughly 10,000 part-time registrants making it the largest online school in Alberta. The Pembina Hills School Division Board of Trustees opened Vista Virtual School in 1996 to address […]