UPDATE: Great Big Crunch uses fun food to push for provincewide, nationwide school food programs

The Department of Education and Early Childhood Development (EECD)’s Policy 711 provides the framework for school nutrition in the province, a framework ASD-W follows in any decision made on school...

28 Mar 2024 · 📣 District News

Astronaut visit sparks student curiosity about space exploration

“Meeting an astronaut was mind-blowing!” and “I never thought I’d get the chance to meet a real-life astronaut” were just two of the exclamations voiced by Nashwaaksis Middle School students...

22 Mar 2024 · 📣 District News

VIDEO: A Pi Day Champion

Classmates congratulate fellow George Street Middle School Grade 7 student Julian DeGuzman for winning the school’s Pi Day recitation contest on Thursday, March 14, 2024. Julian memorized 501 digits of...

15 Mar 2024 · 📣 District News

Science-minded ASD-W students excel at this year’s STEAM Expo

District students brought their knowledge, focus, and infectious curiosity to Woodstock’s AYR Motor Centre on Feb. 27 for this year’s STEAM Expo science fair and competition. The event saw students...

15 Mar 2024 · 📣 District News

Civics education workshops give district teachers tools and techniques to engage students in new curriculum

After nearly three years of planning, followed by a school year to pilot the material, the province’s new mandatory civics curriculum is in effect throughout Anglophone School District West (ASD-W)....

6 Mar 2024 · 📣 District News

Student chess champs impress at district tournament

Kudos to our Anglophone School District West chess champs! More than 50 Grade 3-5 students from nine district schools in the Fredericton and Oromocto areas gathered at Lincoln Elementary Community...

23 Feb 2024 · 📣 District News

Gibson-Neill Indigenous dance event uses fun to impart crucial learning

The drum marks time in most music we listen to, inviting us to snap to the beat or tap our feet. But in the cultures of Indigenous nations, the drum...

12 Feb 2024 · 📣 District News

Annual Hubbard Elementary Read-In continues a National Family Literacy Day tradition

No matter your age, there is something enchanting about having a story read to you. And Hubbard Elementary School’s annual Read-In was the perfect setting for members of the community...

1 Feb 2024 · 📣 District News

Students take a proactive approach to STOMP out an unhealthy habit

Emma Hovey and her friends at Nackawic Senior High School saw a trend among their fellow students during the 2022-2023 school year that concerned them: vaping. But instead of staying...

22 Jan 2024 · 📣 District News

Help us name our newest school

Northeast Fredericton is getting a new elementary school and we want YOU to help us name it! The new Grade K-5 school being built on Cuffman Street is a state-of-the-art...

16 Jan 2024 · 📣 District News

Young auteurs find inspiration, knowledge in stop motion animation project

“They would do it every minute of every day,” said Royal Road Elementary School Grade 3 and 4 Teacher Katherine Lister-Clark, “and they can’t wait to do another one.” The...

8 Jan 2024 · 📣 District News

Farm, hatchery visits offer hands-on learning for curious crew from OHS

Students from Oromocto High School (OHS) got a unique opportunity to stoke their interests, while learning about the food chain and sustainable farming, during recent visits to The Jolly Farmer...

15 Dec 2023 · 📣 District News