Edmonton Public Schools

• Edmonton Public Schools to continue to offer online learning next school year

  Edmonton Public Schools has outlined its plan for the 2021-22 school year, which provides families with the option of in-person or online learning.

  Education

  Mar 5
• ‘Hate-filled’: Pro-white Instagram account connected to Edmonton school condemned by officials

  The Edmonton Public School board is condemning a "white alliance" student group connected to Strathcona High School that appeared on social media over the weekend.

  Education

  Feb 16
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• 2 child abduction attempts at school in south Edmonton under investigation

  Two recent attempts to lure young girls away before the start of classes at a school in south Edmonton are being investigated by police.

  Crime

  Feb 12
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• 2 Edmonton high schools move to online learning for 2 weeks

  Students from both M.E. LaZerte and J. Percy Page schools will move to online learning for two weeks after a number of confirmed COVID-19 cases have been reported in the last week.

  Education

  Jan 25
• COVID-19: EPSB wants in-school transmission data, other metrics from province

  The chair of the Edmonton Public School Board says she and school trustees want more data from the province about the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on education.

  Education

  Jan 13
• Edmonton Grade 6 class gets virtual visit from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau

  The prime minister took an hour of his day to have a thorough conversation virtually with an Edmonton Grade 6 class on Tuesday.

  Education

  Jan 6
• ‘Not a standardized year’: Edmonton Public School Board decides to push province to cancel PAT, diploma exams

  The Edmonton Public School Board has moved to advocate for the provincial government to cancel diploma exams for Grade 12 students and Provincial Achievement Tests this school year.

  Education

  Oct 6, 2020
• EPCOR investigating ‘deeply unsettling’ racist incident between crew and Edmonton students holding smudging ceremony

  "During the ceremony, members of the construction crew swore, made racist remarks, and ran their equipment so that it was difficult for the participants to hear the ceremony," said the principal of Edith Rogers School in a letter to parents.

  Canada

  Sep 27, 2020
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• Coronavirus: 28% of Edmonton students enrolled in online school

  High school and junior highs seem to have the highest rates of in-person attendance, with an average of 76.8 per cent and 76.9 per cent respectively. 

  Education

  Sep 25, 2020
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• Alberta records 1st ‘likely’ case of in-school transmission of COVID-19

  On Thursday, Hinshaw announced the province was moving away from the asymptomatic testing model that offered tests to all Albertans.

  Health

  Sep 18, 2020