May 9, 2023, Board Meeting Highlights

event Published 2023-05-10 21:50:00.025 +0000 UTC

Additional details and full reports from the May 9, 2023, Board Meeting can be found in the Agenda Package.

 

South Alberta Flight Academy Collegiate Status
Superintendent Reagan Weeks shared that Prairie Rose Public Schools was recently awarded collegiate status for the South Alberta Flight Academy. The new collegiate status allows for expanding the flight academy program to include commercial flight training, aircraft maintenance engineering, air traffic control and drone certification. Prairie Rose’s South Alberta Flight Academy program was one of 12 other collegiate projects recently approved by Alberta Education. Full details of the announcement can be found here: https://www.myprps.com/news/new-collegiate-status-expands-aviation-career-options-for-southeast-alberta-students-1683732488164

Coulee Collegiate Presentation
Coulee Collegiate principal Tim Bloomfield provided an overview of the school and the types of programming offered to students. Coulee Collegiate is a partnership school between Prairie Rose Public Schools, Medicine Hat Public School Division and Medicine Hat College. The school operates both a distance learning model (high school and older) and face to face model for students over 18. In addition to providing students with high school courses and modules, Coulee Collegiate also offers institute sessions where high school students can earn their first aid/CPR, forklift, fall protection and confined spaces certificates at no cost. It was shared that the school is about to launch a new program called Chrome Academy that focuses on building word processing, spreadsheet, digital presentation and keyboarding skills for high school credits. Those who finish the program will get a free new Chromebook. The full presentation can be found in the Board Meeting Agenda package.

Eagle Butte Trip to Greece Summary
Superintendent Reagan Weeks provided the Board with a brief summary of the recent Eagle Butte High School field trip to Greece. The trip, which took place over the Easter break, had students visiting Greece, Turkey and Italy.

Board Planning and Monitoring Cycle
The Board approved GP06 Board Planning and Monitoring Cycle for the 2023-2024 school year as presented. A copy of the board monitoring schedule can be found in the Board Meeting Agenda package.