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Prairie River Junior High welcomes Zabolotniuk

Richard FroeseSouth Peace News Prairie River Junior High School in High Prairie welcomes Sharlie Zabolotniuk as the only new teacher this year. She is teaching Grade 8-9 Math in her first full-time teaching position. Zabolotniuk previously worked as an education…
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St. Andrew’s School welcomes 4 new teachers

Richard FroeseSouth Peace News St. Andrew’s School in High Prairie welcomes four new teachers this school year. Mathew Gabriel teaches Math and Science for Grades 11-12. He has been teaching for seven years, including time in Ethiopia and most recently…
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No limit to imagination of Pratt artists

Clearly “boring” has no place in the High Prairie E.W. Pratt High School Art room, as students delve into the recesses of the imagination. Students are instructed by Rhonda Lund. Art gives the students the opportunity to expand their creative…
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Richard FroeseSouth Peace News Ecole Providence School in McLennan welcomes one new teacher to staff. First-year teacher Charlene Born teaches Grade 5-6. Previously, she was an education assistant at Providence. She was born in McLennan and still has family in…
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Glenmary welcomes teachers

Richard FroeseSouth Peace News Glenmary School in Peace River welcomes new teachers. Paul Filaber teaches Social Studies in French immersion. He has been teaching for nine years in various communities, including Fond-du-Lac and Montreal Lake in Saskatchewan, Langfang and Kaifeng,…
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Richard FroeseSouth Peace News Peace River School Division reports growing enrolment in home education and declining numbers of students in kindergarten. Supt. Adam Murray shared preliminary enrolment figures at the board’s regular meeting Sept. 21, says a PRSD news release.…
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Summer is never over in the minds of students

Thank you, High Prairie E.W. Pratt High School students, for creating entertaining images and invincible summer landscapes that will last year round! Students create their works under the instruction of Rhonda Lund.
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Richard FroeseSouth Peace News Peace River School Division completed several building projects over the summer before students returned to classes. Several projects throughout the division were completed, including facilities in the Peace River region, says a PRSD news release Sept.…
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Richard FroeseSouth Peace News A new building to replace Red Earth Creek School has become the new top priority for Peace River School Division. At its regular meeting Sept. 21, the PRSD board of trustees agreed to make the Red…
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Richard FroeseSouth Peace News Peace River School Division has extended national Indigenous Truth and Reconciliation Day on Sept. 30 into a designated week. At its regular meeting Sept. 21, trustees approved a recommendation to permanently designate the week encompassing Sept.…
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Good Shepherd School choir leader in spotlight

Richard FroeseSouth Peace News A Peace River school choir leader was featured in a weekly online promotion by the Alberta Music Advocacy Alliance (AMAA). Good Shepherd School teacher and choir leader Nicola Quigley was profiled in the AMAA’s weekly Spotlight…
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Peace River School Division board of trustees has launched legal steps to study the board election process at a recent meeting. At a special board meeting Sept. 19, chair Crystal Owens began discussion by putting forward a motion for the…
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