2023-2024 Prairie Land Division Calendar
At the January 24 Board meeting, the Board of Trustees approved the 2023-2024 Prairie Land Public School Division Calendar. The calendar provides school breaks during the weeks of November 13-17 and February 19-24, in addition to the traditional winter and spring breaks. This approved calendar includes 183 instructional days and 193 teacher days, with six Professional Development days. The Board appreciates the feedback and the support that it received for this calendar from our school communities.

Alberta Rural Education Symposium (ARES) 2023
The Alberta Rural Education Symposium will be held on March 5-7, 2023 at the Fantasyland Hotel. This year’s theme, “Three R’s of Rural Education: Resilience, Reconciliation, and Rejoicing” will focus on the power of appreciate inquiry in an effort to create flourishing school communities in Alberta. This gathering is aimed at stakeholders of the education system, which includes our parent partners; further information regarding the Symposium can be found at https://www.albertaruraleducation.ca/ .

Educational Assistant Course
Prairie Land is currently offering further education by way of a locally developed year-long course for any of our Educational Assistants currently employed within the division. The outcome of this ongoing professional development is to build capacity in EA’s current practice of supports for students, as well as to keep everyone abreast of the evolution of educational trends and their role in supporting students and the system.

For additional information please contact: Cam McKeage, Superintendent of Schools, Prairie Land Public School Division 403.854.4481