Blog Posts

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In this edition, learn more about outdoor learning, scholarships, kindergarten registration and our new School Messenger app.

Run Walk Wheel training will start April 7th! This year’s theme will be Moving in Reconciliation. Each week, there will be teachings shared around these themes, along with some tips and information for training to work toward the Reconciliation Run Walk Wheel in all SD8 Schools in June.

Redfish has been doing a year-long study that focuses on connecting with the land through the lens of nature journaling. During the early part of the year students learned techniques from the book How to Teach Nature Journaling: Curiosity – Wonder - Attention by John Muir Laws and Emilie Lygren.

Embracing the Ktunaxa Language

As Spring arrives this month, we reflect deeply on Winter, a time of rest, storytelling, and being close to our Lodges. Winter holds many ceremonies. Feasting is one of them. This year, SD8 Indigenous Education programs hosted Winter Feasts.

As we approach spring break starting March 17, the pace of learning in our schools seems to accelerate. Children are working hard to improve their reading, writing, number and math skills, science knowledge...

This year at Brent Kennedy Elementary, our school community is focusing on integrating Indigenous ways of knowing, being, histories, and perspectives into our everyday learning. Our school community has begun and will continue to integrate these teachings through storytelling, art, music, circle, and other traditional practices. 

This year at ARES, we have placed a strong emphasis on learning the Ktunaxa language. From Kindergarten to Grade 7, students have been participating in language lessons led by Josie Fullerton, deepening their understanding of this First Nations language.

We had a beautiful day in the smuqwtula7xw (snow-covered land). It was cold and sunny for our snowshoe. We built snow caves, dug a pit for a big fire, and learned about ways to survive and thrive outdoors in the winter.