Good News Stories
GNS Evansview Students Build Community One Kindness at a Time
Posted on: Jan 16, 2025Evansview School works to develop community within the school so everyone feels welcomed, cared for, respected and safe. They believe that students are able to achieve and succeed at higher levels when they feel these emotions…
GNS: Food Explorers
Posted on: Mar 21, 2024Mrs. Walker and Miss Marshall's Junior-Kindergarten-Grade 2 students are learning about nutrition and cooking from a program called "Food Explorers", sponsored by the Dairy Farmers of Canada. Students…
GNS: Bucket Filling
Posted on: Mar 18, 2024All year, Evansview students have been very keen to fill their school's bucket by acts of kindness that "fill someone else's bucket". So what is bucket filling? Inspired by the story, "How Full is Your…
GNS: Learning New Cultures
Posted on: Mar 14, 2024École Westhaven School has been busy this month with learning about different Asian cultures, traditions, and celebrating Lunar New Year. Mr. Meier’s Kindergarten and Ms. MacPhail’s Grade 1 classes…
GNS: Exceptional First Year Teachers Recognized
Posted on: Mar 11, 2024Attendees at February's Public Board Meeting were able to see why first-year teachers Mack Holden (pictured eft) and Paige Ekdahl (pictured right) caught the attention of their principals, Jillian Hammer…
GNS: Retracing the Steps of the Voyageurs
Posted on: Mar 7, 2024Ms. Gunderman’s Grade 5-6 class from Wildwood School went on an amazing field trip to Eagle Point in February! The theme of the day was the History of the Fur Trade. In the old rustic cabin, students…
GNS: Seven Sacred Laws
Posted on: Mar 4, 2024École Westhaven Elementary School uses the Indigenous Seven Sacred Laws to help students develop positive virtues and understanding about Indigenous foundational values and beliefs. The Seven Sacred…
GNS: Young Entrepreneurs at Work
Posted on: Feb 26, 2024If you have ever dreamed of owning your own business, with hard work, solid experience, analytical skills, and a well-designed business plan, you can succeed. École Westhaven Elementary School's Grade…
GNS: RAK Week Activities
Posted on: Feb 22, 2024Random Acts of Kindness Week was the perfect time to #MakeKindnessTheNorm; sharing some of our students' stories of kindness shows the big difference they can make through small acts. GYPSD schools…
PR: Literacy and Numeracy Practices
Posted on: Feb 15, 2024Assistant Superintendent Carra Aschenmeier recently shared an information report identifying the specific programs and practices engaged by teachers not only for literacy but numeracy as well at the…
PR: New Principal for École Mountain View
Posted on: Feb 14, 2024Please read the latest staffing announcement for École Mountain View School in Hinton....