Education Week in Saskatchewan is October 16-22, 2011. Chinook School Division strives to provide an engaging environment that meets the holistic needs of children while achieving curriculum expectations. In alignment with this mission, Chinook is taking the opportunity to promote “Learning for All” during Education Week, emphasizing the Math Momentum and Balanced Literacy initiatives.

Chinook has identified literacy and math as priorities for curriculum focus, stemming from assessment results in those subject areas. Recently, Math Momentum was announced as the new initiative with a plan that will be carried out for the next three years. The goal of Math Momentum is to have 25% more students meeting or exceeding Chinook expectations in math by June 2014. The Balanced Literacy initiative was implemented in schools over the past three years, resulting in 79% of students meeting expectations, and is now in the maintenance phase.

Below is an brief overview of some of the Education Week activities happening at Chinook Schools:

Success School  Activities throughout the week, including a family pancake breakfast, “Get your groove on” dance activities, Rainbow day, team building with Science Olympics, and math games night for families

Burstall School  Willow Awards Kick off, Learning for All colouring sheets to decorate the halls, Reading buddies, SCC BBQ to meet staff and introduce students to community and hand out Literacy Celebration packs from Chinook, parent open house, anti-bullying spirit day, a Parents/SCC vs Gr 5-8 Volleyball game, K-4 sports camp, and a Hutterian Author visit.

Ecole Oman School  Students are making stars with one thing they wish to learn for display, Parent lunch and math games, Junior concert, staff Lunch & Learn with guest speakers, sharing activities between classes (poems, songs, dances, etc). 

Hazlet School  Celebration of Education evening, with presentations by Literacy personnel from Chinook; breakout sessions for parents and community members that include Science lab demos, math lessons, art projects, guided reading lessons and making words lessons; juggling workshop for students; and a performance at the end of the evening.

Ponteix School  Full week of activities, including Muffin Monday with education themed crafts and reading mentorship program; Predator Pride Day – dress in Ponteix Predator colours and athletic gear, parent participation in Phys Ed class, lunch-hour jump off (team jump rope); Community Photo shoot – Gr 6-12 students will tour around the community & take photos for their Ponteix brochures; LGBT Awareness Day/Purple Shirt Day; and Volleyball games.

Gull Lake School  To kick of Education Week, they are launching the “Loading a Pizza” reading program to celebrate Literacy. Senior students (gr.9-12) will kick off the return of house teams, and the ability to get points for being on the honour roll.

Ashley Park School  In Motion activities, Math trail activities with a buddy classroom, junior concert, presentation from Taylor Vause about his journey as a hockey player with junior diabetes, math and muffins activity with parents, Zumba class

Fox Valley  Held annual Open House and Awards Night on Monday, with an awards ceremony, followed by parent discussion sessions and breakout learning sessions, a book fair, and math games.

Central School  School Wide Bingo, Book Fair, Missoula Children Theatre Workshop, Junior Concert, Multicultural Potluck, noon hour Open House, Broncos Visit (read with students), Rainbow Dress Up Day, and Literacy Celebration.