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Local public school teachers are on the receiving end of lessons thanks to an expanded pilot program from Portage College. The Introductory Cree Language course first ran as a pilot for Portage in the spring of 2020 through the Community Adult Learning Program in Elk Point and Frog Lake Cree …

Substitute teachers are in short supply this year, and for St. Paul Education they are seeing a 20 per cent decrease in subs, so they are having to turn to educational assistants (EA) to fill in the gaps. The lack of substitute teachers has been chalked up to COVID-19 regulations, …

A handful of schools in the Lakeland are getting a facelift. Thanks to provincial government grants, Lakeland Catholic School District received $2.5 million and Northern Lights Public Schools got $1 million for improvements in late May. Dr. Brosseau School is currently one of the schools that will look a little …

A new Northern Lights Public Schools program is hoping to bridge the gap for families re-considering sending their children back to school. Last week, the NLPS school board held a meeting to discuss their school re-entry plan called Learning Together Safely. It would allow for parents to decide what the …

Lakeland parents and students should prepare to return to the classroom next year as the province has been working to chart a path to in-person classes. The provincial government said the likely scenario for the 2020-21 school year would see students return to daily in-school classes at the beginning of …

The Northern Lights Public Schools Board of Trustees is now accepting nominations for its 2020 Friends of Education Awards. “We encourage all of our parents, students and staff to consider nominating someone in our community who makes a difference in the lives of our students,” said Board Chair Arlene Hrynyk. …

In recognition of Mental Health Week (May 4-10), Northern Lights Public Schools and the Successful Families, Successful Kids Project are pleased to announce their “Positive Signs for Mental Health” initiative. Their goal is to spread positive messages of hope and encouragement throughout our community and show people that we care …

Northern Lights Public Schools said they’ve avoided mass layoffs after their conversations with Alberta Education. Northern Lights Public Schools explained how the province’s decision to move funding originally going to school boards to the COVID-19 response affects their staff on Friday. They were able to offset a large portion of …

Image credit: Alex Tétrault, National Observer. Effective immediately, students will no longer be attending classes in K-12 schools and post-secondary institutions until further notice, the provincial government announced on Sunday. Post-secondary campuses will still remain open, but classes are cancelled. School authorities are expected to continue their regular day-to-day operations …

How cold is too cold to cancel buses? Some Lac La Biche area bus drivers wrote a letter to the Northern Lights Public Schools board asking to change the temperatures that schools close, so buses can be cancelled. Currently, NLPS cancels classes when the weather -40 degrees with no windchill …