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...
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.
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...
VIDEO: 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.
NB Innovative Immersion Program not moving forward
Today the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development announced that the proposed framework for the NB Innovative Immersion Program will not move forward. More information in the GNB press...
Geary students honour and charm seniors
Thanks to a $25,000 grant from the federal New Horizons for Seniors Program, the school could purchase computer and audiovisual equipment, which students in kindergarten through Grade 5 used to participate in a virtual meetup on Valentine's Day with residents of Enhanced Living Oromocto. Enhanced Living residents took student questions on several topics, including favourite foods and how they were feeling. And in a move contrary to the norm, students read a story to the seniors.
February 13-17 is Teacher and Staff Appreciation Week!
Once a year, we dedicate a week to celebrating the tremendous work our teachers and staff do each day. We greatly value their unique skills, talents, and strengths and appreciate...
VIDEO: District leads by example on literacy
“You can observe a lot by just watching,” quipped baseball hall-of-fame legend Yogi Berra. And on Friday, Jan. 27, Oromocto’s Hubbard Elementary School put Berra’s famous truism into action to...
Garden Creek Elementary School receives $100 thousand private donation for playground project
Fredericton, NB – Lee MacPherson, grandfather of a Garden Creek Elementary School student, recently donated $100 thousand to the school’s Lilypad Legacy Playground Project in honour of his wife Dianna, who recently passed away in the fall of 2022.
Site chosen for new ASD-W school
Anglophone West School District is looking forward to seeing the new Kindergarten-to-Grade 5 school on Fredericton’s northwest side being built on McAdam Avenue School’s current site. The new school will...
First Annual Fall Festival at Perth-Andover Middle School
On Wednesday, October 20th, over 200 people attended the first PAMS Fall Festival. Students, staff, families and community members enjoyed apple cider and roasting marshmallow around a rock-seating firepit. Decorated...
Ribbon-cutting Ceremony and Open House for New Hanwell Park Academy
The official ribbon-cutting ceremony for Anglophone West School District’s (ASD-W’s) newest school, Hanwell Park Academy, took place on September 28. Students, families, teachers, school staff, municipal officials and representatives of...