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Nasis Middle maintains its winning ways with another cybersecurity competition victory

They’ve done it again! Nashwaaksis Middle School’s two cybersecurity teams—the Grade 8 Cyber Dragons and the Grade 6 Firewall Fighters—placed first and second, respectively, in the Information and Communications Technology...

22 May 2024 District News

Female students at Carleton North High School do metal work during a Women-in-Trades event at the school on April 12.

Carleton North Women-in-Trades event expands students’ career possibilities

The percentage of women working in the skilled trades in Canada has been increasing steadily over the past few years, thanks to the federal Women in the Skilled Trades Initiative...

16 May 2024 District News

Piper Austin Chapman leads a procession of Kingswood Turnaround Achievement Award winners into the awards ceremony at Fredericton's Crowne Plaza-Lord Beaverbrook hotel on Wednesday, May 8.

Adult support, inner fortitude push Turnaround Achievement Award winners to succeed

For some students, the halcyon days of youth can be anything but. Students deal with anxiety, depression, lack of acceptance, and other very serious adult-level problems, which can take a...

14 May 2024 District News

Nackawic Senior High School students attend a career fair at their school on April 23, 2024.

Focus is on the future for Nackawic Senior High School career fair attendees

“What do you want to be when you grow up?” It can be a daunting question for teenagers. But high school is as good a place as any to start...

13 May 2024 District News

2024 ASD-W Skills Canada Electrical Installation finalists.

Six district students to represent province at Skills Canada national competition

Who’s got the skills to pay the bills? The students of ASD-W, that’s who! And they proved as much on Saturday, April 27 at the Secondary Provincial Skills Canada NB...

10 May 2024 District News

Keswick Ridge School Grade 3 student Grayden Keddy learns to sew.

Enrichment activity sows sewing knowledge in students

As learners—whether young or old—we’re fortunate when a knowledgeable person with a passion for an activity is generous enough to share that knowledge with us. And this past March and...

9 May 2024 District News

President of the New Brunswick Teachers’ Association Peter Legacy, Grade 5 student Maggie Charters, Harvey Elementary School Principal Julie Holt, and Education and Early Childhood Development Minister Bill Hogan.

Harvey Elementary called a ‘model school’ for its positive student behaviour modification efforts

The province’s Positive Behaviour Intervention Support (PBIS) program for students has shown real results since its inception in 2022. And Harvey Elementary School has been cited as a “model school”...

8 May 2024 District News

Charles MacTavish, an academic support teacher for reading and numeracy at Geary Elementary Community School, with student Raelyn Burke. Burke's mother nominated MacTavish for the Dyslexia Canada Educator of Excellence Award.

Charles MacTavish recognized as an Educator of Excellence by Dyslexia Canada

During the Covid-19 pandemic, educators in the district went to great lengths to provide students with the consistent, high-quality lessons they’d come to expect. The extra effort they put into...

7 May 2024 District News

Devon Middle School students spent several hours in the kitchen at Fredericton's Greener Village community kitchen on April 17, 2024. Students worked with chef Yves Dechaine to prepare meals to feed Greener Village clients, as part of a lesson on food insecurity.

Greener Village visit offers students a hands-on lesson in fighting food insecurity

As part of an effort to highlight the problem of food insecurity in the province, students in several ASD-W schools studied the subject, then took part in a poster contest...

1 May 2024 District News

The Parenting On Purpose podcast intro screen.

Parenting On Purpose podcast offers real talk for parents of school-age kids

Fredericton, N.B. – Parents, guardians, and anyone invested in the well-being of children are invited to the launch of a new podcast at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, April 18 at...

17 Apr 2024 Media Release

John Caldwell School teacher Marco Leblanc stands with Rapido, the mascot of the Grand Falls Rapids hockey team. Leblanc is one of six recipients of Grand Falls' new volunteer recognition award, Community Grandioses.

#NationalVolunteerWeek: Grand Falls honours John Caldwell School teacher’s passion for community

“If you can see it, you can be it,” so the saying goes. And with that idea in mind, the Regional Municipality of Grand Falls last month selected John Caldwell...

17 Apr 2024 District News

Grade 12 Leadership students at Stanley Consolidated School teach younger students how to tap trees and collect sap to make maple syrup, on March 27, 2024.

Teach and Treat: Students learn the sweet science of maple syrup production

As winter thaws into spring in our region, many Maritimers take part in the time-honoured tradition of maple tree tapping, using the collected sap to create delicious maple syrup. Recognizing...

15 Apr 2024 District News