Mental Health & Well-Being
MARCH 29, 2022 -- Keilyn Howie, Grades 1/2 teacher at Thomson Community School, was recently interviewed on CBC Radio about the importance of teaching Black history. The episode, entitled “Teaching Black History to Grades 1 and 2 Students,” aired on March 6, 2022 on “Saskatchewan Weekend” with Shauna Powers.
Program description: Growing up in Regina, Keilyn Howie didn't see many other Black kids in her classroom. Now as a teacher with Regina Public Schools, she’s sharing Black history with her students. They might just be in Grades 1 and 2, but as you’ll hear, Keilyn has found a way of bringing history to life in fun and accessible ways. She joins host Shauna Powers to explain.
March 28, 2022 -- Every Regina Public Schools web page has a translate function. It is located on the bottom right of every web page. Use this function to translate an entire web page to a preferred language.
To translate a document from a link - these documents are either Word or PDF documents.
MARCH 28, 2022 -- In a recent school assembly at The Crescents School, Principal Ian Mitchell challenged staff and students to level up in literacy. Through strategic planning and in-school professional development, staff have been innovating to support all students to level up in literacy and math throughout the school year.
Sandra Shakepeare’s Grades 1/2 students have been using personal dictionaries in their daily writing activities to level up. Students are challenged to level up by using the words they discover in reading to add details to their writing!
MARCH 25, 2022 -- On March 11th and 12th, Thom Collegiate’s cheer team competed at the Warman Cheer Classic Competition in Warman, SK.
They dominated the floor, coming in first in their division! They also received the Scholastic Grand Champion Award for the highest score across all scholastic divisions. Staff are so proud of the team and would like to recognize their hard work and determination.
March 22, 2022 – Notice to Regina Public Schools Families.
Due to a technical error, school families may have received one or several emails from donotreply@rbe.sk.ca
March 21, 2022 -- The Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission (the Commission) is working on a systemic initiative regarding the Rights of Students with Reading Disabilities. The Commission is studying how children with reading disabilities, including dyslexia, experience and receive accommodations in Kindergarten to Grade 12 classrooms.
As part of this systemic initiative, the Commission has prepared surveys for stakeholders with personal or professional experience.
One survey is designed for students/families who have lived experience with system navigation, accommodation, and other aspects of learning to read in the context of reading disabilities.
