Kyle Laughy, teacher at Eleanor Hall School, is referred to as the ‘glue guy’ by fellow co-worker Chris Lantz. Why? Chris says, “Well as any sports fan knows, every team needs a ‘glue guy’- someone who holds the team together and keeps the focus on the goal ahead.”  Kyle is that guy at Eleanor Hall […]

At the November 28 board meeting, Assistant Superintendent Mark Thiesen presented the combined Education Plan and Annual Education Results Report to the school board for approval prior to publishing and submission to Alberta Education. In December, we will publish a summary report for parents and community members. Also at the meeting: Secretary Treasurer Tracy Meunier presented […]

School compliant with Bill 24: An Act to Support Gay-Straight Alliances As a result of recent media articles, some concerns have been raised by members of the Neerlandia community regarding how government legislation affects Neerlandia Public Christian School. In response to the changes to the School Act regarding a board’s responsibility to provide its students […]

We are experiencing a critical shortage of bus drivers across our school division. We’ve done our best to avoid route cancellations, but we simply don’t have enough spare drivers to support all our routes. Why the shortage? We have recently recruited new drivers, and although they are cleared and ready to begin training, they need […]

In previous articles in this series on the school year calendar, Assistant Superintendent Mark Thiesen has explained the reasons for teacher professional development (PD). Our community is pleased that our teachers want the very best for our students. It’s great that they want to learn and improve in their jobs, but why do they have […]

For the past 3 years, Bentley School Teacher Stephen Lush and the Alberta Distance Learning Centre (ADLC) teacher Eliise Jeffers have been working together to deliver the Service Rig Floorhand course to his students.  Jeffers says, “I see Stephen as an equal partner in the work we do together to support his students throughout the course.” His students […]