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Return of in-person STEAM Expo proves successful

The first in-person STEAM Expo in four years proved to be one of our mightiest! Forty-three Grade K-12 students across from the district came to Hanwell Park Academy on Saturday,...

23 Mar 2023 District News

The Charlotte Street Arts Centre's (CSAC) exhibit, Coming Up Next, which opened on March 16, features the visual artwork of 26 exceptionally talented area high school students. The student art will hang in the CSAC gallery, at 732 Charlotte Street in Fredericton, until April 12.

Art exhibit showcases exceptional student artists

Students from Leo Hayes and Fredericton high schools, as well as from École Sainte-Anne, were the stars of the show on Thursday, March 16, 2023 at the opening of Coming...

22 Mar 2023 District News

Hanwell Park Academy students using the school’s well-appointed teaching kitchen. On Wednesday, March 22, from 10:45 am-11:30 am, students at Hanwell Park Academy will participate in a pizza-making class under the guidance of two generations of one family: Michelle Alcorn, host of Atlantic Canada Cooks and president and CEO of Atlantic Canada Language Academy (ACLA), her mother Helen, and her aunt Greta.

Hanwell Park Academy students to participate in livestreamed cooking show to celebrate Nutrition Month

Hanwell, N.B. – Anglophone West School District (ASD-W) is seizing a unique opportunity to promote intergenerational learning and good nutrition during March’s National Nutrition Month with a livestreamed virtual intergenerational...

20 Mar 2023 Media Release

The Saint Mary's Academy EAL team are a vital part of what makes SMA “the small school with the big heart.”

A Spotlight on the EAL team at Saint Mary’s Academy

Saint Mary’s Academy (SMA), established in 1991, sits high atop one of the many hills in Canada’s Appalachian range in the far northwest corner of the Anglophone West School District....

17 Mar 2023 District News

The Charlotte Street Arts Centre's exhibit, Coming Up Next, will feature the visual artwork of 20-30 exceptionally talented area high school students. It will take place Thursday, March 16, from 5:30 pm-7 pm, at the Charlotte Street Arts Centre, 732 Charlotte Street, Fredericton.

Upcoming art exhibit will showcase exceptional student artists

Students from Leo Hayes and Fredericton high schools, as well as from École Sainte-Anne, will be the stars of the show Thursday at the opening of a new exhibit at...

14 Mar 2023 Media Release

ASD-W Subject Coordinator for Grade 6-12 Numeracy Education Derrick Grant, ASD-W Numeracy Education Subject Area Coordinator Mary Anne Reynolds, and Teacher Emily Jarvis coordinated districtwide chess tournaments on Tuesday, February 14, for elementary and middle school students and Thursday, February 16, for high school students. Fifty-five elementary and middle school students from the greater Oromocto and Fredericton areas, and 32 high school students from throughout the district qualified to compete.

Chess challenge hones students’ focus, competitive natures

The game of chess is not easy. It was never meant to be. “It’s a challenging game to improve at, requiring mental focus and agility,” said Derrick Grant, ASD-W Subject...

7 Mar 2023 District News

Leo Hayes High School will host the Mind Over Metal welding camp for youth, ages 13-17, from March 6-10. The camp is intended to build and sustain a highly skilled Canadian welding workforce by introducing young people to the trade.--Photo: Wikimedia Commons

Leo Hayes High School to host Mind Over Metal welding camp, March 6-10

As part of an effort to build and sustain a highly skilled Canadian welding workforce, CWB Welding Foundation is introducing students ages 13-17 to the trade through a Mind Over...

2 Mar 2023 Media Release

Partnership with local artist yields new look for Montgomery Street Elementary front entrance

Artist Connie Wheaton and two of her student helpers at the new mural she painted in the Montgomery Street Elementary School front entrance.

2 Mar 2023 District News

NBTA members team up for students in need

Late last year, New Brunswick Teachers Association Branch 1430 members from six schools organized to participate in activities to benefit local charities. Beginning in October, staff from six Florenceville-area schools—Bath...

28 Feb 2023 District News

Geocaching event helps teachers uncover hidden histories

Teachers, principals, vice-principals, and subject coordinators came to the Beaverbrook Art Gallery last Thursday to learn about a historical geocaching tour designed by Black Loyalist historian Graham Nickerson.

24 Feb 2023 District News

Michelle Dow's Grade 6-8 students at Canterbury High School created a kindness mural to coincide with the anti-bullying initiative National Pink Shirt Day.

Canterbury High School students promote kindness for Pink Shirt Day

When all else fails, be kind. It’s a sentiment that’s easy enough to express but sometimes difficult to manifest, especially if we’ve had a bad day. So, Canterbury High School...

23 Feb 2023 District News

District teams with Harvest, local artist on whimsical teaching tool

The musical concept of dynamics, as shown in one of local artist Colin Smith's music-education posters. Anglophone West enlisted Smith to produce a series of seven whimsical posters for use in music classes at each of the district’s 70 schools. The posters feature animals exemplifying the seven elements of music: beat and rhythm, dynamics, harmony, melody, tempo, texture, and timbre.

21 Feb 2023 District News

Levine, Damon (ASD-W)