Education

Two former École Notre-Dame des Monts students from Canmore – Lorien Monteith and Jordan Olsthoorn – were awarded $1,000 national scholarships in October

Jenni Sidey-Gibbons, a Canadian Space Agency (CSA) astronaut, spoke with students at the Exshaw School last week about the ins and outs of travelling to space and introduced a new Junior Astronaut program

The Canadian Rockies Public School division was recently informed its property insurance premium is to rise 217 per cent, resulting in a $166,000 increase to its budget

“The 2013 Floods” and “Moss in the Rocky Mountains” are among some of the newly named interpretive signs adorning the popular trail that students from Exshaw School created and then presented during its grand opening on Tuesday (Oct. 22)

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.