Students and staff at Jenner School have focused on a commitment to community this year making their Exhibition of Learning, which will be in June, a year-long project. Community members have come into the school to talk with the K-3 students, Grades 4-6 students have made murals to give to local post offices and the junior high students worked together to create a new sign for the town of Jenner.

Wednesday, April 24 was Administrative Professional’s Day and a time to honour and celebrate these unsung heroes. As the go-to person for staff and students for everything from organizing school events to fundraising or administering first-aid, their role is dictated by whatever is going on in the school they work in on a particular day.

Nancy Haraga is the Ward 6 trustee for Prairie Rose Public Schools (PRPS) and says she enjoys the role and it only keep getting better. A fourth-generation rancher in Skiff, AB, all three of her children attend Foremost School. One of the best parts of the position, is getting out to all the different schools within PRPS to meet students, staff and parents.

Two teams, the Denominators and Casual Mathletes, of Grade 12 students in the Eagle Butte calculus class went up to Edmonton to participate in the Totem Torus Math Competition on April 11. The students results compared well with other public high school students across Alberta, they had fun and felt it was a great experience.

Students and staff at Margaret Wooding School in Redcliff participated in a variety of activities for Education Week starting April 15. Students in the running club had a visit from the Medicine Hat Rattlers running team and the Outdoor Education option class learned survival skills from members of Southeastern Alberta Search and Rescue.

Prairie Rose Public Schools hosted the spring Council of School Councils recently and had a good turnout, with parent representatives from schools who have never attended before. The activity was learning how to make a vermicomposting bin, which everyone present engaged in with enthusiasm.

Members of the student Wellness Committee at Senator Gershaw School in Bow Island held their first successful Wellness Day on the Thursday before Easter weekend. Staff and students took part in a variety of activities aimed at promoting personal wellness while having fun and connecting with each other.

Prairie Rose Public Schools Home Plus Learning Network supports about 50 students who, for various reasons, do not attend a regular school. The majority of the programming is a parent-choice model, which can work better for certain family circumstances.

New agricultural related option courses are now available at Irvine School and the first AgPRO Beef six-week course recently wrapped up. In addition to a variety of field trips, many guest speakers came to speak with the students. At the last class of the course, students presented models of their low-stress cattle handling system with first and second place winners taking home prizes.

Registration is now open for a new equine program at Eagle Butte High School that will start in September 2024. The school has partnered with Coyote Creek Riding Arena and students interested do not need to own a horse to be eligible for the program. Students will have two hours each school day in the program with three of them at the arena and the other two dedicated to completing certificate requirements, undertaking physical training and hearing guest speakers.

Foremost School Rodeo Academy gives students enrolled something to look forward to each day, which motivates them to get their other schoolwork done. The Academy is looking for interest from students in Medicine Hat and will explore transportation options if there is enough.

Brooklyn Burzminski teaches science and English at Eagle Butte High School. She completed a degree in pharmacology prior to completing her education degree. In her first year of teaching, she feels this is her perfect job. Students are excelling in her classes due to Burzminski's teaching style and caring manner.

Getting a commercial pilot’s license can be a fulltime endeavor, yet Eagle Butte teacher and co-lead of the DR South Alberta Flight Academy managed to achieve this goal last month.

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It’s time to head back to school and our Medicine Hat Police Service School Resource Officers (SRO) are excited for the start of a new school year!