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Giant map engages students in a lesson on difficult history

History is complicated. And the teaching of history can be fraught with culture-war issues, especially in our current politically charged climate. But Anglophone School District West’s teachers are skilled at...

26 May 2025 District News

(L-R) Garden Creek School Grade 5 students Sydney Pearce, Lucy Spink, and their teacher Jacqueline Saunders in front of the mural they helped paint at the school.

Garden Creek students paint mural for future Creekers to enjoy

It’s probably safe to say that the concept of legacy might be a bit abstract for most elementary students, especially with the twin realities of lunch and recess so readily...

20 May 2025 District News

(L-R) David McTimoney, superintendent of Anglophone West School District; Thomas Geburt, chair of the district education council; Education and Early Childhood Development Minister Claire Johnson; Jason Burns, principal; Luke Randall, minister responsible for economic development and small business; and Darla Day, the district’s director of schools, in front of the district's newest school, Sunset Acres Elementary School. Photo Credit: GNB

ASD-W has a new school!: Sunset Acres Elementary School

Our newest school is scheduled to open this September on the grounds of the old McAdam Avenue Elementary School. Sunset Acres Elementary School will open for the 2025-2026 school year,...

16 May 2025 District News Media Release

Grade 9 FHS student Pranav Shukla explains his project on gilli danda, the traditional Indian game that forms the basis of both cricket and baseball, at the 2025 Regional Heritage Fair at Fredericton's Grant Harvey Centre, on Wednesday, May 7.

ASD-W’s Regional Heritage Fair participants get the facts right

At a time in history when misinformation and disinformation quickly spread with the ease of an app tap, our Anglophone School District West students proved that verified sources and accurate...

13 May 2025 District News

Chipman Forest Avenue School (CFAS) Grade 12 student Quinn Lavigne and CFAS Principal Yvonne Caverhill greet NB Education Minister Claire Johnson, Kingswood Past President Brian Johnson, and ASD-W Superintendent David McTimoney at last night's Turnaround Achievement Awards ceremony at the Fredericton Inn.

Hard work yields positive results for local Turnaround Achievement Award winners

Parents, educators, and provincial dignitaries gathered last night at the Fredericton Inn for the 31st annual Kingswood Turnaround Achievement Awards. The awards honour local students who overcame genuine adversity in...

8 May 2025 District News

Students explore future job options at hands-on career expos

Students in some of the district’s upriver schools had the opportunity to sample career paths during two agriculture and trade expos held in March. During events at Perth-Andover Middle School...

5 May 2025 District News

Students from Nackawic and Harvey high schools learn about the province's agriculture industry on a tour of Fenwick Farms on Wednesday, March 26.

Student farm visits highlight local agriculture industry’s inner workings

New Brunswick’s agricultural sector is a substantial earner for the province, bringing in $884.8 million in 2022, according to the most recent Statistics Canada data. So, on Wednesday, March 26,...

30 Apr 2025 District News

Elementary students marvel at the a “personal porcupines” they created at an intergenerational skilled trades activity designed to expose kids to the trades-- specifically carpentry--at Fredericton High School on Thursday, April 17.

Fun learning activity offers elementary students an introduction to the trades

Canada needs skilled tradespeople! There is an anticipated need for more than 222,000 Red Seal-certified tradespeople nationwide between now and 2028, according to Employment and Social Development Canada. One way...

28 Apr 2025 District News

Students react favourably to motivational speaker Ian Tyson at the district-sponsored Youth Empowerment Summit at Cambridge-Narrows Community School, on Thursday, March 27.

Youth Empowerment Summit inspires local students

On Thursday, March 27, 35 students from three local schools—Minto Elementary Middle School, Gagetown School, and Cambridge-Narrows Community School (C-NCS)—gathered at C-NCS for a district-sponsored Youth Empowerment Summit. The event—co-sponsored...

17 Apr 2025 District News

Bliss Carman Middle School Grade 8 student Arielle Gallant with her science project, Feelix: Touchez. Apprenez. Grandissez - A compact braille device made for children or people with small hands. Gallant was one of five ASD-W student winners at the provincial New Brunswick STEM Showcase in Fredericton on April 2. All five students will join an 11-strong Team New Brunswick to represent the province in the Canada-wide Science Fair at UNB Fredericton in June.

Science fair winners advance to national competition

Congratulations to five of our ASD-W students on their win at the provincial New Brunswick STEM showcase on April 2! Our students will join six other students from around the...

17 Apr 2025 District News

Members of Harvey High School's Streaming Broadcast Team--The Stream Team--broadcast a basketball game from the school, on Feb. 8, 2025, between the Hartland Huskies and the Harvey High Lakers.

Harvey High Stream Team students hone real-world broadcasting skills in service to community

Since the 2020-2021 school year, a year which saw many of our students learning online due to the Covid-19 pandemic, a group of Harvey High School students have been keeping...

16 Apr 2025 District News

Teachers sing French-language songs with Cuffman Street Elementary students during the school's Fierte Francais--French Pride--event on Wednesday, April 2.

Students learn, laugh, and sing at Cuffman Street Elementary French Pride event

Cuffman Street Elementary students took part in a fun, multi-faceted, immersive French learning experience on Wednesday, April 2, at the school’s first Fierte Francais, or French Pride, event. During the...

9 Apr 2025 District News

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