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STUDENT SPOTLIGHT: Fredericton High School’s student technical crew thrives on challenges

The young people in Fredericton High School’s student technical crew are developing valuable life skills while getting a leg up in show business production. Their behind-the-scenes work on productions in...

3 Apr 2023 District News

Michelle Alcorn, host of Atlantic Canada Cooks and president and CEO of Atlantic Canada Language Academy, giving students guidance on pizza toppings. On Wednesday, March 22, students at Hanwell Park Academy demonstrated their love of pizza by participating in a livestreamed pizza-making class. Thanks to the livestream, approximately 600 students within the province tuned in, as did students from 11 countries, and residents of two care homes.

That’s Amore!: Hanwell Park Academy students learn the art of pizza making

On Wednesday, March 22, students at Hanwell Park Academy demonstrated their love of pizza by participating in a livestreamed pizza-making class under the guidance of two generations of one family:...

24 Mar 2023 District News

Forty-three Grade K-12 students across the district came to Hanwell Park Academy on Saturday, March 18, to showcase their passion for Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Mathematics (aka “STEAM”) with expertly developed projects.

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

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

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

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

Launch of enhanced co-op program for heavy equipment operating

High school students across the province who are interested in operating heavy equipment can now gain more experience through an enhanced co-op program. The program is the result of a...

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

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