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School News – Charities close to HPE students’ hearts

Tyra ShantzHPE Reporter This is Tyra Shantz reporting to you from High Prairie Elementary School.Students in Grade 3/4S will begin classifying a variety of animals based on observable characteristics. They will take a walk to the trail to observe some…
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School News – Badminton champs crowned

Raeanne Sander-FergusonHPE Reporter This is Raeanne Sander-Ferguson reporting to you from High Prairie Elementary School.Students in Grade 3L are setting up their outlines for their very own mystery stories. I cannot wait to read through all of the suspense!The Grade…
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Art is a very personal choice

Art students at High Prairie E.W. Pratt High School were asked, “What makes something art?” The answers were too numerous and varied to list. Instead, Art teacher Rhonda Lund let this display of their artworks answer that very difficult question.
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School News – Students filling baskets for women’s shelter

Evan DouglasRaeanneSander-FergusonHPE Reporters This is Raeanne and Evan reporting to you from High Prairie Elementary School.A big thank you to teachers Chris Langlois, Penny Johansson and Melissa Isaac for coaching the Thunder- birds Grade 5/6 basketball team.They had a great…
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High Prairie School Division has appointed Sandra Cairns as its director of business, and Darla Smith as its director of finance, the Division announced April 5.Together, they assume their roles from former secretary-treasurer Jody Frawley.Efforts to fill the one position…
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Fees are set to rent High Prairie School Division buses.At its March 15 meeting, the board of trustees approved third-party user rates and fees. Effective immediately, the fees are: School buses rentals: $1.85/km plus $29 per hour for the driver,…
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Sharkawi new chair of NLC board

Chris CleggSouth Peace News The new chair of the Northern Lakes College board of governors is ready to roll up his sleeves and get to work.Barry Sharkawi, of High Prairie, was officially appointed by the Government of Alberta in an…
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At its March 15 meeting, the High Prairie School Division board of trustees updated its school bus driver cell phone allowance, bus plug-in flat rate and increased the wheelchair stipend.As part of the recommendation approved from the Bus Driver Liaison…
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A former NHL player’s plea to end the cycle of suicide

Pearl LorentzenFor South Peace News “Each and every one of you have your own story,” Jordin Tootoo told Indigenous youth April 7 in Slave Lake.Telling these stories to each other is important for building community, he added.Tootoo was the first…
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Who knew buttons were so much fun?

Dutch DegnerTyra ShantzHPE Reporters This is Dutch and Tyra reporting to you from High Prairie Elementary School.In Grade 2CL, students continue to practice describing, extending, comparing, and creating patterns using buttons and other manipulatives and symbols. Students love using buttons!…
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More to art than just colour!

High Prairie E.W. Pratt High School students studied the iconic print images of Inuit artist Kenojuak Ashevak before embarking to practice their own printmaking skills. With carvers, lino, ink and brayers in hand, they learned now not to make just…
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