• It's Family Literacy Day!

    Taking time every day to read or do a learning activity with children is crucial to a child's development. Even just 15 minutes a day can improve a child's literacy skills dramatically, and can help a parent improve their skills as well. For more information visit FamilyLiteracyDay.ca

    There are a variety of activities happening at Prairie South Schools, and within our communities, for Family Literacy Day.

    We are excited to have some of our students from Empire Community School reading stories on 800 CHAB during the week of January 23 to 27. Tune into School News at 7:50am and the Heartland at Noon to hear a different story featured each day.

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  • Myths, Truths and Reality – First Nations Symposium

    In the spirit of peaceful co-existence and mutual respect" Chief Perry Bellegarde

    Chief Perry Bellegarde delivered a message of hope in his dynamic and informative presentation which opened the First Nations Symposium on January 16, 2012 at Assiniboia Composite High School. The symposium was organized under the direction of Vivian Gauvin, First Nations, Metis and Inuit Consultant with Prairie South Schools, teachers Al Wandler and Melanie Delorme, the support of Principal Brent Chadwick, and the students of the SHIFT class (combination of History 30 & ELA A30) at Assiniboia High.

    Chief Bellegarde opened the keynote address with the question, "What should we call them?" explaining the distinctions between the many terms that are currently used to refer to Canada's Aboriginal peoples, and at the same time throughout the discussion, noting the depth of cultural diversity within the seventy-four First Nations in Saskatchewan which include the Woodland Cree, Swampy Cree, Plains Cree, Saulteaux, Dene, Dakota, Lakota and Nakota First Nations.

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  • School bus cancellations

    Please refer to the green Bus Route Information button at the top of the page for our most current information.

    Prairie South operates and maintains its own fleet of school buses. We strive to provide safe, efficient and on-time transportation for students in both the rural and urban areas.

    Student safety is paramount and the division reserves the right to cancel routes when weather or road conditions make it unsafe to travel. The Board's policy states that buses will be cancelled:

    • when the temperature drops below -40C
    • when the wind chill factor drops below -45C

    Given the size of the division and the varying weather we experience, it is possible for routes in one area of the division to be cancelled, while service is maintained elsewhere. Our transportation blog (see link at top right) is updated as early as possible to reflect any cancellations or delays for the day.

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  • Project of Heart

    According to the "Project of Heart" (P.O.H.) mission statement, P.O.H. is a hands-on, collaborative, inter-generational, inter-institutional artistic endeavour. Its purpose is to commemorate the lives of the thousands of Indigenous children who died as a result of the residential school experience. Read more.

    Students at Central Collegiate will soon be starting their own Project of Heart to learn about the Indian Residential Schools (IRS). They will research to learn about the IRS, and use the information to create a painting on a wooden tile representing the death of one Aboriginal child due to the IRS experience.

    The project is being showcased in the second episode of the CBC's "8th Fire" – a four-part series on Aboriginal Issues in Canada called "It's Time" – on Thursday, January 19th (EST) at 9:00 pm.

    For more information please contact Vivian Gauvin at Central Collegiate, 693-4691, or go to projectofheart.ca

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  • Exam Schedules

    Please check school websites for exam schedules.

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