At a public board meeting on January 27, 2010, division trustees voted in favour of initiating a process to consider the closure of the Redwater Learning Centre – Outreach Facility. The consolidation is a move to continue to provide students with an outstanding education through the most effective use of resources.

The Redwater School Vocational Program (RSVP) would be relocated fully to Redwater School’s main campus. Other students who require outreach programming would continue to be well served by the Redwater School main campus or alternatively by the Sturgeon Learning Centre in Gibbons. The Board will host an information and consultation session on Monday, April 12, at 6:30 pm in the Redwater School Library.

Letter to Students and Parents – Terry Jewell, Chair of Board of Trustees

With high school registration open for the 2010/2011 school year, Sturgeon Composite High School will host an Open House on Wednesday, March 10, from 5 to 8 pm. Come out and learn more about this great high school! All community members are welcome. SCHS is the largest and most respected rural high school in Alberta, serving approximately 1,000 students from grades 10-12. SCHS offers Advanced Placement (AP); a provincially recognized trade program; the Paving Health Pathways Program; the Registered Apprenticeship Program; an excellent sports program; an internationally-travelled band and courses in guitar, vocals, choral and jazz; fine arts courses including art, ceramics and sculpture; language courses in French, German and Spanish; and a unique, supportive culture.

For more information, please contact SCHS at 780-973-3301 or visit www.sturgeoncomp.ca. Click here to view the SCHS brochure.

Before you make a decision about where to send your child for kindergarten, we invite you to learn more about Sturgeon School Division!

Click here to view our current brochure and schedule for upcoming information sessions.

Sturgeon Composite High School
Open House: March 10, 2010 from 5:00 – 8:00 pm
Click here to view Sturgeon Composite High School’s brochure

Redwater School
Open House: March 18, 2010 from 6:30 – 8:30 pm
Click here to view Redwater School’s brochure

On February 9, 2010, the Government of Alberta delivered its budget for 2010-2011. Please click here for an information letter from Terry Jewell, Chair of Board of Trustees, that includes specific details on Sturgeon School Division.

There are a lot of great things happening in Sturgeon School Division right now including basketball tournaments, kindergarten information nights, the Yamate Japanese Exchange, Namao School renovations, “Pennies for Peace” and more...

For a complete description of all these wonderful activities, please click here to read our blog, which is also published in the Morinville Free Press and Redwater Review every two weeks.

On Tuesday, March 9, from 7 to 8 pm, Grade 5 students at Sturgeon Heights School will hold their annual Heritage Fair, a Canada-wide fair in which students research and showcase their choice of topics relating to Canadian heritage. Students have chosen a wide variety of topics and are eager to share their newfound knowledge with others. During the fair, students will showcase their research and displays with the public, parents and other guests. Three students from Sturgeon Heights will be invited to share their projects at the Legislature in Edmonton for the regional fair in May.

http://sturgeonheights.ca/

There are a lot of great things happening in Sturgeon School Division right now including Guthrie School’s Annual Reading Rampage, a real live penguin, Olympic fever, sports activities such as skiing and swimming and more...

For a complete description of all these wonderful activities, please click here to read our blog, which is also published in the Morinville Free Press and Redwater Review every two weeks.

Gibbons School and Camilla School are teaming up with the Alexander Band to take a drumming course. On Friday, February 12, students from the Kipohtakaw (Alexander First Nation) Education Centre presented their native drumming skills to Camilla and Gibbons students. Students will be selected from both schools to participate in a bicultural group and immerse themselves in Aboriginal culture and traditions, learning the symbolism behind the drum. The course will introduce students to methods of drumming that have long influenced Western art forms. Students will participate in an all-day drum building activity in St. Albert on February 19 and put on a drum performance near the end of the school year.

www.gibbonsschool.ca/
www.camillaschool.ca/

Lilian Schick School has been chosen to receive an Alberta Healthy School Community Wellness Fund grant for $5000. The school’s project “Lilian Schick School: Quest for Healthy Living” will promote a healthy school community and focus on encouraging healthy eating based on Alberta’s provincial nutrition guidelines, as well as promoting active living. Students and parents can look forward to continued improvements in Lilian Schick’s school store and increased physical activity in the school community. Funding from the grant will allow students to access a wider variety of fun-filled activities and help provide the optimum environment for learning. Staff are excited about participating in this project. Look for regular updates through the school’s newsletter, website and school council meetings!

http://lilianschickschool.ca/

There are a lot of great things happening in Sturgeon School Division including fundraisers for Haiti and juvenile diabetes research, open houses, educational concerts, gymnastics demonstrations and more...

Please click here to read the February 2 blog.

There are a lot of great things happening in Sturgeon School Division - Olympic activities, a new student government, Hair Massacure, premiere basketball league and so much more...

Please click here to read the January 19 blog.

Sturgeon School Division has developed an H1N1 Response Plan. Follow the link to check it out.

For the letter to parents, please click here.

The health and safety of all students and staff is Sturgeon School Division's top priority.  

Click on the links below for information:

• Questions and Answers for Schools
• Hand Washing Tips
• Public Health Agency of Canada
• World Health Organization
• Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada 
• Alberta Health Services
• Government of Alberta Health and Wellness
• Centers for Disease Control