Announcements

All Student Transportation Cancelled

December 20, 2022 -- Due to extreme temperature and windchill, all student transportation is cancelled.

If students will be absent, please report absences to school.Please note that today is also the last day of school before the holidays. Please have a safe and restful break.

Note our procedures below.

If wind chill is colder than -40C, student transportation will be cancelled for those requiring specialized buses with wheelchair lifts. If wind chill is colder than -46C, all student transportation will be cancelled.

Planning Begins On New Joint-Use Elementary School

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020 -- On the front lawn of McDermid Community School,  Deputy Premier and Minister of Education, Gordon Wyant announced a new joint-use public and Catholic school to serve the McDermid, Imperial school communities, as well as the Regina Catholic Schools St. Peter and St. Michael communities. The event was emceed by area MLA Mark Docherty. Attendees included members of the Legislative Assembly. Chairperson Katherine Gagne spoke on behalf of the Regina Board of Education, and Regina Catholic Board Bob Kowalchuk spoke on behalf of his board. Representatives of both school divisions' administrations, including Director Greg Enion and Subdivision Four Trustee Cindy Anderson were also present for the event.

New School Announcements

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020 -- On Wednesday, September 16, 2020, Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe announced a new joint-use public and Catholic school in the Harbour Landing community. The announcement, which took place behind the existing Harbour Landing and Regina Catholic St. Kateri Tekakwitha joint-use school was emceed by area MLA Muhammad Fiaz and included Premier Scott Moe and Deputy Premier/Education Minister Gordon Wyant, among other members of the Legislative Assembly. Chairperson Katherine Gagne spoke on behalf of the Regina Board of Education, and Vicky Bonnell, Regina Catholic Board of Education Deputy Chair, also spoke.

Changes to Expect at Elementary Schools

August 14, 2020 -- The return to school is just around the corner and parents, caregivers and students are preparing for a school year that will be like no other. Regina Public Schools administrators and staff are also planning, preparing and getting ready to re-open schools and restart education in a way that is as safe as possible for students and staff and that honours the guidelines and direction provided by the Government of Saskatchewan, as well as by local and provincial health and public health authorities.

Masks Required in Schools

Regina Public Schools will be requiring all Grades 4 to 12 students to wear non-medical masks while at school.  We are also recommending that all Pre- kindergarten to Grade 3 students wear non-medical masks while at school.  This will apply when physical distancing is not possible.

All staff and visitors in our schools will be required to wear masks.

Scheduled Network Maintenance

June 29, 2020 -- Regina Public Schools will be conducting routine network and computer system maintenance and testing on August 5 and August 6, 2020. On these two days, many Regina Public Schools school division office-based applications may not be operational, this includes websites, email and telephone access to the school division office. Please note telephone access to schools will continue to be operational, as may email contact. All services will be restored for business as usual by Friday, August 7, 2020. Any emails during the testing period will be answered as soon as possible. Thank you for your understanding.

Disclosure of Privacy Breach in June 2019

June 30-2020 - The Saskatchewan Office of the Information & Privacy Commissioner (IPC) has released an Investigation Report regarding a privacy breach that occurred in June 2019 in Saskatchewan school divisions. The breach followed a  Saskatchewan Teachers’ Federation (STF)-commissioned survey asking for student information from teachers. 

The full IPC report is available at:  https://oipc.sk.ca/assets/lafoip-investigation-211-2019-215-to-241-2019.pdf.

Key points relating to the breach: