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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

Garden Creek School Grade 3 student Will Bolden with his STEAM Expo project, Maglev Trains.

STEAM Expo: Student Voices

Some of the district’s keenest students gathered last week to show off science projects born of their own curiosity, initiative, and research at the annual ASD-W STEAM—Science, Technology, Engineering, Art,...

28 Mar 2025 District News

On Feb. 26, teachers and principals took part in Physical and Health Education Canada (PHE Canada)’s STOMP—Students TOgether Moving to Prevent Tobacco Use—program training at Fredericton’s Cuffman Street Elementary, to learn strategies to discourage tobacco use and vaping among their students. ASD-W educators joined their colleagues from other anglophone districts in the province.

Educators learn strategies to discourage student tobacco use, vaping

ASD-W educators joined their colleagues from other anglophone districts in the province last month at Fredericton’s Cuffman Street Elementary to learn strategies to discourage tobacco use and vaping among their...

24 Mar 2025 District News

During a visit to Mactaquac Provincial Park on Feb. 20, ASD-W students learn to spot the tell-tale signs of nearby—though well concealed—animals from park Guest Service Educator Rae Sharp. The visit was part of the district’s Feb. 19-26 collaboration with the Centre of Excellence for Health called Wildlife Learning – Take It Outside Week.

Students explore outdoor careers and nature during ‘Wildlife Learning: Take It Outside Week’

You only know what you know when you know it. This basic truism guides the teaching profession, and it was the impetus behind the district’s recent week-long collaboration with the...

18 Mar 2025 District News

Students congratulate each other on a well-played game at the annual FEC/OEC high school chess tournament at Hanwell Park Academy, on Feb. 20.

Students bring their passion for chess to championship challenge

On Feb. 20th, 30 of the most ardent chess fans in the Fredericton and Oromocto-area student community gathered at Hanwell Park Academy for the annual FEC/OEC high school chess tournament....

10 Mar 2025 District News

Students from Townsview School and Meduxnekeag Consolidated School have fun at a family game night last April, as part of Planet Youth drug and alcohol abuse prevention activities. Members of the Woodstock High School Planet Youth student club planned the event. Photo Credit: Alyson Ross.

Planet Youth: Connection, community are keys to problematic drug and alcohol use prevention

The “just say no” approach to problematic drug and alcohol use prevention has delivered mixed results over the last 40 years or so. While it’s been successful for some, the...

24 Feb 2025 District News

Hubbard Elementary School students take part in unstructured, student-led play time during a Global School Play Day, on Wednesday, Feb. 5.

Global School Play Day strengthens the skills kids need to succeed

Our teachers are dynamic in assessing student needs and adapting lessons to meet those needs. They noticed the addictive algorithms of today’s technology reducing both student physical activity and attention...

11 Feb 2025 District News

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