Westmount School

Extendicare Moose Jaw

Each week, a small group of students from the Grade 5/6 class at Westmount visit residents of the Extendicare nursing home. The students participate alongside the seniors in activities like bingo and board games, and spend time just visiting and sharing stories. Recently, the students were excited to teach the residents how to use a Nintendo Wii gaming system.

Wakamow Valley

William Grayson School and RBC Royal Bank (Mall Branch)
Prairie South School Division and Moose Jaw Family YMCA

Sunningdale School

Bank of Montreal

Staff from the Bank of Montreal have been ready and willing to help Sunningdale School with a variety of activities: they have acted as ushers at concerts, chaperones for field trips and active listeners for the school’s primary reading programs. During the school’s 20-year birthday celebration, BMO staff helped barbecue and serve cake to more than 400 guests. The partnership is relatively new, having begun in 2005, and the branch manager has also offered to visit the school to speak with students about the banking industry.

Riverview Community Collegiate

Moose Jaw Toyota

Thanks to a partnership that’s been in place since 1997, Riverview students have the opportunity to participate in work education placements at Moose Jaw Toyota. As well, the business recently supplied program material and provided learning opportunities at the dealership to students participating in a Small Engines course.

Bombardier Aerospace

Bombardier has strongly supported the school’s fundraising and awareness efforts for Spinal Muscular Atrophy, through donations of cash and other items since the partnership began in 2001. More recently, the school and Bombardier are working in conjunction with 15 Wing to develop opportunities for Bombardier employees to help with Riverview’s new Wildlife Management Course, since it’s envisioned that many of the program activities will take place in the river valley between 15 Wing and the school.

Moose Jaw Humane Society

Riverview students have participated in many of the Human Society’s fundraising campaigns since the partnership began in 2003. Recently, students helped prepare thousands of brochures and envelopes for the society’s lottery campaign. Volunteers from the society visit the school – bringing pets with them – to talk about responsible pet ownership and volunteer opportunities for students. Students are encouraged to volunteer for the society in any way they can.

Prince Arthur Community School

Supreme Basics

In place since 2002, the partnership between Prince Arthur and Supreme Basics provides the school with an excellent source of support for many of the school’s activities. A recent example was the business’ donation of items to include in conference bags for a Grade 8 girls’ conference that Prince Arthur hosted.

Moose Jaw Kiwanis Club

The Kiwanis Club supports the school’s swimming program by providing a grant that is used to ensure all students can take part in school-sponsored swimming lessons. The lessons promote the development of a lifelong skill, increased physical activity and the prevention of water-related injuries or death. The swimming program is a consistent favorite of students at the school. The partnership between the school and the club dates back to 1996.

Palliser Heights School

Pioneer Lodge

The partnership’s successful Adopt-a-Grandparent Program brings students and Lodge residents together monthly, providing students with time to read and visit with their ‘grandparents’. As well, students take advantage of special occasions and other opportunities to sing and perform for the residents. Recently, the school hosted the residents at a tea in celebration of the many wonderful friendships and lasting memories.

Empire Community School

RBC Royal Bank (Main Branch)

Employees at the Royal Bank’s main branch in Moose Jaw have been active supporters of Empire School since 1998. Employees are often available to help with after-school club activities and recently helped students plant and maintain the school’s garden at a community garden site. Staff and students harvested the produce, donating most of it to the Food Bank, while keeping some to use in classroom projects.

Moose Jaw Humane Society

Empire School and the Moose Jaw Humane Society have had a partnership since 2003. Students are encouraged to volunteer for the society in any way they can, regularly raising money for the society’s operations through a “Pennies for Pets” campaign. Recently, students also helped prepare thousands of brochures and envelopes for the organization’s lottery campaign. For its part, volunteers from the society visit the school – bringing pets with them, of course – to talk about responsible pet ownership and volunteer opportunities for students.

Central Collegiate

SaskWater

Central Collegiate and SaskWater are actively working together on a partnership to expand learning opportunities for students in the upcoming year. The goals of the proposed partnership are to involve SaskWater in the Grade 9 Career Education component; provide practical skills in the Grade 10, 11 and 12 Career Work Experience program; provide senior students with the opportunity to learn valuable interviewing skills; provide students with information on the range of careers and opportunities within SaskWater Corporation; and to integrate curriculum content with purposeful projects that apply to SaskWater.

A. E. Peacock Collegiate

DynaIndustrial

DynaIndustrial, a new partner in 2008, offers two-day work-based learning assignments to students in Peacock’s Machining program. The students are contracted to produce screw jacks, with the company supplying the tooling and material.

Bombardier Aerospace

This program-based partnership, in place since 2004, recently had students designing, constructing and finishing hand carts to safely transport pilots’ seats removed from the Hawk jet trainers. Future projects will include similar carts for the Harvard trainers.

Saskferco

Peacock and Saskferco began their partnership in 1996, with the objective of providing educational opportunities, while developing human and material resources and a spirit of community involvement. Recent activities have included: a 4-H lottery project, job resumé reviews, mock interviews, Skills Canada support, job experience placements, job shadowing, class tours, charity fundraising and guest speakers.