Education

Alpenglow School in Canmore has been awarded a $125,000 Community Facility Enhancement Program (CFEP) grant to help it develop an outdoor learning centre

“Instead of getting that mad rush of people getting to class, they’re coming in, slowing down a little bit, having a bite to eat, mingling with different groups than they normally would so that’s kind of nice to see… You plan for one thing and then you get all these beautiful ripple effects that impact school culture.”

Banff Elementary School has been “adopted” by Cascade Malls’ Indigospirits store, which will help the school to fundraise for new library resources.

"Going to Higashikawa was amazing and meeting the students there and then having them come here really makes it a full circle."

"It is time to learn our history, time to learn about us ... and time to be proud of our people."

Introduced in 2016 as an educational partnership between the two schools, the idea was born in an Alpenglow classroom when the teacher and students started talking about what animal the class pet should be.

BOW VALLEY – School boards across the province are required by legislation to pass their budgets for the next year by the end of May, but without a budget tabled by the provincial government many are struggling to predict funding levels – including C

BOW VALLEY – The Canadian Rockies Public School Board (CRPS) is reeling after receiving the largest one-time donation the board has seen in its history on Thursday (June 20).

CANMORE – Navigating gigantic canoes through rocky terrain under the bemused and watchful eyes of visiting British military forces was just another day in the life of the educational coordinators for the Canadian Rockies Outdoor Learning Centre (OLC)

BOW VALLEY – A collaborative opportunity for students at two local schools to share their knowledge on the local wildlife bear population left no room to paws.