What's New
- Board Approves 2020/21 School Calendar
- Rocky View Schools' Board of Trustees approved the proposed 2021/22 school calendar during its last planned meeting of 2019. The calendar can be downloaded from the jurisdiction's website.
- Successfully Building Community at the Clipper Café
- Three Muriel Clayton Middle School teachers were recognized by the Board for transforming their school's breakfast club program into Clipper Café, a calm gathering space for students to connect, while having access to nutritious breakfast foods.
- Annual Cochrane Classic Basketball Tournament
- The Cochrane Classic Basketball Tournament is back for its twelfth year!
- Supporting Your Child Through French Immersion
- In Rocky View Schools, 13 of its 51 schools offer French immersion programming, with a large number of parents who speak little to no French. To provide information and inspiration, Alberta Education has created a useful manual for parents on how to best support their child in a language-based program.
- New Blog Post: Defining Endless Opportunities
- Kristina Rentz, Assistant Principal, Beiseker Community School – As you can imagine, having a K - Gr. 12 environment creates some unique opportunities and challenges in terms of defining whole-school ‘How Might We’ (HMW) questions and designing possible solutions for these HMWs!
- A Magical Holiday Season
- Local celebrity volunteers will be sharing the magic of the season as they read some of their favourite holiday stories, books and poems to Indus School Students.
- Social Networking and Online Safety
- W.G. Murdoch School invites parents to attend ‘Social Networking and Online Safety,’ a special presentation featuring social media expert Paul Davis.
- Light Up a Family Holiday
- Ralph McCall students are working to brighten the holidays for two local families this season.
- Holiday Shopping in Support of Windsong Heights School
- One night only! Shop at Indigo Cross Iron Mills, Dec. 5, 2019, and help Windsong Heights School raise funds to purchase books for its classrooms and free choice libraries!
- Public Engagement for Proposed Choice in Education Act
- RVS encourages all parents, staff and community members to voice their opinions during the Government of Alberta’s choice in education community engagement.
- A Journey Into the History of the Áísínaiʼpi
- Follow a group of Rocky View Schools teachers as they explore Writing-on-Stone Provincial Park to learn about the significance of the land through stories of the Blackfoot people.
- The Invite - December Edition
- Parents interested in learning more about what schools across the jurisdiction have planned for the month of December are encouraged to check out The Invite!
- W.G. Murdoch Students Raise $20 K for Cancer Research
- Ten students were recognized by the Board of Trustees for their involvement in organizing Crossfield's first-ever Relay for Life fundraiser in support of cancer research.
- Life-Saving Emergency Alerts!
- An Alberta Emergency Test alert will be sent to all cellphones on an LTE network today, Nov. 27, 2019, at 1:55 p.m.
- Kindergarten Eligibility Requirements to Change for 2020/21
- Effective Fall 2020, students must turn five years old by Dec. 31 of the school year they wish to begin Kindergarten.
- Making the Season Bright
- ‘Tis the season for connecting with our communities and reaching out to help those we can. Over the next few weeks, we will feature a handful of the schools within the jurisdiction who will be working to help students make a positive difference in their communities.
- International Antibiotic Awareness Week
- Did you know…90 per cent of cold and flu symptoms are due to a virus, not bacteria? These illnesses can last more than two weeks and taking antibiotics will have no effect on their duration.
- Bow Valley High to Host Post-Secondary Fair
- Calling all high school students! Want to know what Alberta universities/colleges have to offer? Attend Bow Valley High's Post-Secondary Fair, Nov. 25, 2019, at 6:30 p.m.
- Alberta Junior High Leadership Conference
- Student leaders from across the province will gather in Crossfield, Nov. 22 – 23, 2019, when W.G. Murdoch hosts this year’s Alberta Junior High Leadership Conference.
- 2019 Budget Update
- Rocky View Schools' Board of Trustees to minimize the impact of its $10 million budget shortfall on students to the greatest extent possible.
