ACOA will officially announce the Community-Supported Education Coordinator position Friday August 2nd. We have therefore decided to extend the deadline for applications to Friday, August 9th.
Annual General Meeting of Sackville 20/20 is coming up on May 30th. Everyone Welcome!
There are many benefits associated with K-12 schools. In the SS2020 vision, with new schools within a short distance from one another in a campus, resources can be shared, peer teaching and learning opportunities are strengthened, and teacher collaboration spanning grades is made possible, among other things.
A Sustainability Study of Sackville’s 3 schools is about to begin. The DEC has scheduled three public meetings as part of the formal consultation process, and all members of the community are encouraged to take part.
Change is on the horizon and we believe that Sackville is well positioned to be the first New Brunswick community to respond to this new, multi-million dollar provincial fund through the creation of a CEDC with education at its core. The time is right for education as the engine of our local economy.
Outdoor education does not only mean learning about nature, instead it is about learning in nature. It means taking any type of organized learning activity and doing it outdoors in our natural environment; using the outside as a classroom space instead of being indoors between 4 concrete walls for the entire day.
Building new schools can go far beyond fixing old buildings: they can create dynamic learning environments that not only better prepare students for today’s needs, but also nurture and strengthen the community as a whole. Here are a few common principles we’ve observed in examples of great 21st century school environments.
In the effort to make Sackville's public school system the best it can be, it's worthwhile to examine successful models that exist elsewhere for ideas. There has been much written lately about the successes of the Finnish education system, in which students and teachers are thriving, so let's take a closer look at some of the features that stand out about Finnish schools.
For many months now, we have been researching various approaches to education and the types of places where effective teaching and learning takes place. It is no secret that the most effective schools are places that are bright, clean, functional, and warm, and students and teachers thrive when they are there. Sackville students and teachers deserve facilities that meet these goals.
