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UPDATE: Much-anticipated McAdam Elementary playground opens for fun

McAdam Elementary School’s new playground opened on Thursday, Nov. 7 to the delight of the school’s students. Students enjoyed themselves on new equipment purchased to replace older items, some dating...

18 Nov 2024 District News

The ASD-W 2024-2025 Council of Student Leaders.

Council of Student Leaders selects officers, sets direction for the school year

The third iteration of the Council of Student Leaders got back to work at Fredericton’s Kingswood Lodge on Oct. 29, choosing officers and setting a direction for the rest of...

18 Nov 2024 District News

Cuffman Street Elementary Vice-Principal Mali Coulombe greets Royal Canadian Legion Branch 4 members Bob Griffin, center, and Noah Starr, right. Both men are veterans who attended the new school's first Remembrance Day ceremony, on Thursday, November 7, 2024.

Our newest school continues the Remembrance Day tradition

The piper led honoured guests into the gymnasium, after which everyone in attendance remained standing for “Oh, Canada.” And with that, the district’s newest school, Cuffman Street Elementary, began the...

8 Nov 2024 District News

Students from Woodstock High School's dragon boat team enjoy themselves during the Race by the Sea in Saint Andrews this past September. Photo Credit: Lisa Porter

Teacher’s dragon boat team stokes a passion for paddling in students, senior citizens

New Brunswick’s natural beauty offers ample opportunity for recreation. But when avid kayaker Lisa Porter returned to her hometown of Woodstock in 2021, after teaching for 20 years in Ontario,...

6 Nov 2024 District News

ASD-W Digital Learning Lead Yvette Seeley-Jones teaches coding to Grade 1 and 2 students at Lincoln Elementary Community School.

Fun coding projects give district’s youngest a jump start on their digital present, future

In a month that featured both a week and a day promoting digital citizenship—Oct. 14-18 and Oct. 23, respectively—the district’s commitment to developing cyber-savvy students remains strong. We brought you...

31 Oct 2024 District News

Priestman Street Elementary School students take part in Student Vote NB on Monday, Oct. 21.

Student Vote NB activities teach students the importance of an informed electorate

Well, the 2024 provincial election is over, and the winners are… our students! Thanks to an innovative civics education program called Student Vote New Brunswick, students in ASD-W, and throughout...

25 Oct 2024 District News

Saint Mary's Academy (SMA) students work with artist Jean-Pierre Arcand to create a mural as part of the Create to Get Closer mural painting project at the school in Edmundston on Oct. 7, 2024. Photo Credit: Emily McLaughlin-Toner

School mural activity strengthens community ties across official language lines

For students of Saint Mary’s Academy in Edmundston, relating across cultural and language differences is a part of life. With roughly half the student body speaking a language other than...

17 Oct 2024 District News

Keynote speaker John Fletcher addresses anglophone principals and vice-principals at the LEAD 2024 professional learning (PL) seminar on Oct. 9 and 10 at the Fredericton Convention Centre.

Anglophone principals gather for LEAD 2024

Principals from the province’s four anglophone school districts, as well as directors from the districts and the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development (EECD), gathered, on Oct. 9 and...

11 Oct 2024 District News

The Family of 2024 Youth Human Rights Award winner Merrit Johnson. (L-R) Doug Johnson (father), Alisa Weyman (grandmother), Debra Weyman (mother), Merrit, Celia (sister), Karen Weyman (aunt). Johnson was honoured for her advocacy for 2SLGBTQIA+ students.

Supportive family is key to FHS student’s Youth Human Rights Award win

Fredericton High School senior Merrit Johnson received the New Brunswick Human Rights Commission’s Youth Human Rights Award in September in recognition of her passionate advocacy for 2SLGBTQIA+ students. Johnson, described...

3 Oct 2024 District News

Grammy Award-winning bassist Victor Wooten playing in Officers' Square on Sept. 12. Wooten and his brothers Regi, Roy, and Joseph--The Wooten Brothers Band--held a musical masterclass for middle- and high-school students as part of the annual Harvest Music Festival.

Wooten brothers’ Harvest workshop inspires the district’s next generation of musicians

“Music is…?” That’s the seemingly simple question Grammy Award-winning bassist Victor Wooten posed to roughly 800 district middle- and high-school students, and the general public, during a Harvest Music Festival-sponsored...

1 Oct 2024 District News

McAdam Elementary School Principal Scott Cousins and several students inspect the new equipment being installed on the school's playground.

In McAdam, a community’s generosity benefits the local elementary school and more

McAdam Elementary School’s playground has hosted countless childhood thrills and spills throughout the decades. But after years of use, some of its equipment needed a refresh. Its 40-year-old monkey bar...

18 Sep 2024 District News

ASD-W’s Facilities Management Team uses summer break to prep for the new school year

While ASD-W’s students and faculty enjoy a well-deserved summer break, our facilities department works hard to ensure they return to clean, comfortable, and modern buildings in September. Routine building maintenance...

4 Sep 2024 District News

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