Trustees actively support numerous educational activities and events. In the picture above on the left, Cathy Morrow (left-Subdivision 7) and Cathy Laventure (right-Subdivision 3) listen to a teacher describing one of the programs highlighted at the iLearn Professional Development Day on August 27. On the above centre, the Board wore orange shirts to their September 23 meeting to show their support for the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. (left to right) Cathy Morrow, Fritz Eckstein, Lindsay Shaw, Karen Blackwell Jones, Michelle Zacharias, Terry Hall, Darryl Seguin (Director of Education), Cathy Laventure, Holly Goddard, and Michele Whitfield.
Trustees regularly attend school and community events in their subdivisions. On September 19, Subdivision 5 Trustee Terry Hall attended “Planting New Roots Together,” a tree-planting event held by the Elrose Composite School Community Council (SCC). All K-12 students along with community members planted 57 trees provided by Tree Canada. In the picture on the above left, Terry (right) and
In the picture above on the right, Terry and her student team pose with their fully planted tree. The students and community members worked all morning and then were rewarded by a barbeque lunch sponsored by the SCC.
Click here for a story and video about the Tree Planting event.