Seven Persons is one of our K-9 schools and it has 275 students. The Academy of Fine Arts serves students from grades 4 to 6 and specializes in Music, Drama and Visual Art. Academy teachers Mrs. Molin and Mrs. Drew share their experiences and future plans for the academy, emphasizing the ongoing passion for the arts among students.
As this program finishes up its third year, registration for next year confirms that students return year after year, showing sustained interest in the arts.
This episode focuses on the unique teaching approaches, collaboration among teachers, and the impact of the program on student confidence and skills. The discussion highlights the importance of community connections, and the development of employability skills through the arts.
In this episode of the Prairie Rose Possibilities podcast, Kirby Stensrud, the principal of Jenner, School, talks about the innovative options available to Junior High students at this K-9 school with only 30 students.
Kirby shares highlights from the past year, including partnerships with local professionals to offer hands-on learning in trades, arts, and technology. The conversation emphasizes the importance of community support in education, especially in small rural schools, and the development of future-ready skills for students. A highlight includes students being able to create and prepare menus that were served at a new restaurant in Medicine Hat.
Join us for an update on the Timeless Tales project, an intergenerational storytelling initiative that pairs grade nine and ten students with seniors in care facilities. Led by Kelli-Ann Nixdorf, the project utilizes a creative engagement method around intriguing photographs, allowing students to interview seniors and publish their stories.
This project takes places in several of our Prairie Rose communities: Foremost, Oyen, Bow Island and Dunmore. The discussion highlights the project's impact on students' skills, including public speaking, writing, empathy, digital organization and creativity, as well as the positive feedback from participants.
In this episode we meet Principal Scott Raible, the new principal of Burdett School ... and his 🐓chickens!
The project aims to engage the K-9 students, who come from a low German Mennonite background, in hands-on learning experiences. Having 🐓 chickens on site is proving to build responsibility, leadership, and curriculum connections. The conversation also explores future plans for expanding the animal program to include 🐝 bees and possibly 🐐 goats, emphasizing the importance of community involvement and real-world skills in education.
In this conversation, Kirsten McCurdy, a makerspace teacher at Warren Peers School, discusses the unique challenges and opportunities of teaching Makerspace in a small, multi-grade environment.
She shares insights on project-based learning, the importance of teaching organization and cleanup skills, and how Makerspace activities build problem-solving abilities and perseverance among students.
Warren Peers School is a K-9 School located near the Alberta -Saskatchewan border in the village of Acadia Valley. With 45 students, it is a triple-graded environment.
Listen to previous WPS Makerspace updates at episodes 1.13 and 2.01 and 3.04 and 4.01 and 5.11
In this episode of Prairie Rose Possibilities, we talk with school principal Jason Duchscherer about the innovative Learning from the Land project at Ralston School. Ralston is a unique JK-9 school with close to 50 % of the students coming from British military families who work at the nearby British Army Training Unit.
The conversation explores the integration of agricultural education, community engagement, and cultural traditions, particularly focusing on the involvement of British military families and their opportunities for Canadian prairie experiences. Jason shares exciting future plans for expanding the project to include a working farm, complete with cows, sheep and chickens, and emphasizes the importance of developing employability skills through hands-on agricultural experiences.
Listen to earlier updates at 1.07 and 2.05 and 3.05 and 4.06 and 5.15
In this episode of Prairie Rose Possibilities, host Cammie Kannekens interviews Jamie Didychuk, a junior high math teacher and archery coach at Warren Peers School. They discuss the growth and impact of the school's archery program, which has been running for over a decade and has become increasingly competitive. Jamie shares insights on the confidence and skills developed in students through archery, the support from the community, and the program's achievements at national competitions. They also explore future aspirations for the program and its expansion into other schools.
Listen in to previous episodes at 1.14 and 2.11 and 3.11 and 4.03 and 5.14
Takeaways
Starting with beautiful pictures, students from 3 PRPS schools worked with seniors in their communities, sometimes at care facilities, to write stories. The story of this BRAND NEW Prairie Rose Possibilities project is sure to warm your heart!
District Instructional Lead Kelli-Ann Nixdorf has helped each group publish a book of the stories - Foremost High School, Senator Gershaw grade 9s, Eagle Butte High School grade 11s - they are now all published authors!
Here’s another new Prairie Rose Possibilities Project focusing on Robotics. Lead teacher Jeff Buckle introduces our newest Possibilities project for students in grades 4-6 as they gear up to kick off next school year.
Margaret Wooding is a grade 4-6 school located in Redcliff, Alberta with about 170 students.
Listen in as we check in with Wade Carrier, one of the Ralston teachers involved in Ralston School’s Learning from the Land project. Students are learning about plants - from a brand new greenhouse to a community garden to field trips to unique Southern Alberta locations.
So much to learn for the Ralston students - most are new to the Prairies!
Teacher leader and coach, Jaime Didychuk from Warren Peers School in Acadia Valley, tells about taking students to Archery Nationals for the first time and about how the skills necessary for competition also grow student archers in so many other ways.
Listen in to previous episodes at 1.14 and 2.11 and 3.11 and 4.03.
Principal Jason Duchscherer updates us on projects and skills for students as part of the Quad-School project around Agriculture in the northern part of our district. Schools are located in and around Oyen, Alberta: Oyen Public School, South Central High School, and Warren Peers School from Acadia Valley and New Brigden School
Listen in to previous episodes at 1.05 and 2.02, 3.07 and 4.12.
Listen in as Foremost principal Corey Steeves outlines successes, iterations and how the soon-to-arrive greenhouse kit will bring growth to the Foremost FARM (Foremost Agriculture Resource Model) project.
Listen in to previous episodes 1.03 and at 2.08, 3.12 and 4.05
We catch up with Warren Peers School Maker Space teacher leader Kirsten McCurdy. We talk about how the maker mindset is impacting learning in other subjects and the quest to find meaningful projects.
Warren Peers is a district leader for participation in the Alberta Skills Challenge opportunities and Kirsten explains how other schools can get involved.
Listen to past Makerspace updates at 1.13 , 2.01 and 3.04 and 4.01.
Check out this brand new Possibilities project led by Ralston School Science teacher, Jocelyn Encinas. She explains how using VEX robotics across the grades at Ralston will eventually lead to robotics programs at other schools.
Ralston School is a K-9 school in Prairie Rose Public Schools with approximately 70 students from the families stationed at Canadian Forces Base Suffield.
Teacher-leader Lynnette Copeland tells how the Outdoor Leadership program in Junior High at Seven Persons School has evolved over the seasons. She explains how leadership skills gained in this course benefit the school community as students show informal leadership and take on leadership roles within the school and beyond into the community.
Learn more about REIN - Rodeo and Equine in the North - one of our multi-school Prairie Rose Possibilities in the North with students from Warren Peers School, Oyen Public and South Central High School.
Third-year student Cade Wilson updates us on the variety of skills that students and their horses have learned over 3 years in the program.
Listen in to previous episodes at 1.11 and 2.03 and 3.10 and 4.07
Seven Persons is one of our larger K-9 schools in Prairie Rose Public School
Listen in as teachers in the Seven Persons Academy of the Fine Arts update us on this opportunity for grade 4-6 students to take a deep dive and explore the Visual and Performing Arts. Teachers Mrs. Drew (Drama) and Mrs. Molin (Music) review some of the great performance opportunities students have had this year, and how they have grown in their confidence and skill as performers.
Listen to earlier updates at Episode 1.12 and 2.10 and 3.03 and 4.02.
Introducing another NEW Prairie Rose Possibilities Project! We chat with Seven Persons School kindergarten teacher and project lead, Natasha Finnie, about this upcoming project which will set Kinder students in beautiful southern Alberta landscapes to learn and interact with nature.
Seven Persons Schools is a K-9 School in Prairie Rose Public Schools with
Principal Scott Angle provides an update on the multiple growing spaces at both Bow Island Schools - Senator Gershaw and Bow Island Elementary. We discuss how to keep projects alive when the “champion” moves on.
Listen in to previous episodes 1.06 and at 2.06, 3.13 and 4.09
