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Feb 8 - Pinto Visit

To promote Bow Island's 100 year celebration, Pinto visited the school last week.  Pinto distributed candy and posed for a few photo opportunities with the Grad class. (read more)

Feb 7 - Elks Bring Us Closer to Our Goal!

The Bow Island Elks Club #440 recently made a very large donation to our renovation project.  The picture shows members of the local club presenting a cheque in the amount of $20 000 to Vice Principal Bill Ressler and a group of present and fut... (read more)

Nov 22 - Double Zone Banners

This past weekend the Senior Boys and Girls volleyball teams were crowned zone champions.  The boys were victorious over St. Mary's Taber in the final and the girls were successful against Foremost.  The boys advance to Provincials in... (read more)

Nov 18 - Design Unveiling Evening

The design unveiling evening was an overwhelming success.  Generous donations from the arichitects (Ferrari, Westwood, Babbits) $10,000 and Cenovus of $20,000 kicked off the evening.  Approximately 430 people attended the silent and... (read more)

Oct 14 - Design unveiling live and silent auction dinner.

Everyone is invited to attend this very important event.  Get your ticket. See you there. (read more)

Oct 7 - Encounters With Canada

We are excited to announce that four of our students have been accepted to take part in Encounters With Canada.  Each week about 100 students from across Canada, travel to Ottawa to learn about our great country and tour many of the sites around ou... (read more)

Sep 27 - Rachel's Challenge

Rachel's Challenge presentation was held today for Junior and Senior High students.  Elementary presentation will be tomorrow.  Training for Rachel's kids continued in the afternoon.  The program teaches us about positive attitude,... (read more)

Sep 19 - Renovation Fundraising Committee Meeting

The first formal meeting of the fundraising committee will be Wednesday, September 21 at 7:00 pm in the library at Senator Gershaw.  Time is short to get some plans in place.  The architects will need a commitment of funds necessary to enhance... (read more)

Sep 6 - Hour Zero Parent Letter

Dear Parent/Guardian: RE:     School Emergency Procedures As you already know, from previous correspondence, Prairie Rose has adopted a District-wide Emergency Response Plan, which would be implemented in the event of a local... (read more)

May 26 - Funding announcement from Prairie Rose Board Chair

On May 25, 2011, the Hon. Dave Hancock, Minister of Education, announced a funding adjustment for Prairie Rose School Division.  In recognition of the hardship faced by the Division in trying to adjust to the previously-announced funding reductions... (read more)

May 13 - The Prairie Rose Perspective - Edwin Parr

Please take a moment to watch the most recent edition of The Prairie Rose Perspective.  This video blog is designed to keep school communities and parents informed about recent division-wide events and activities.  The May 13th&n... (read more)

May 11 - Board Highlights - May 10, 2011

Board Highlights - May 10, 2011 Meeting Find out what's happening around the Division and what decisions are being made at the Board level.  Check out this month's Board Highlights newsletter to learn more.... (read more)

May 10 - Junior High Zone Badminton Banner

Congratulations to the Junior High Badminton Team who won the Junior High Zone Banner this weekend in Medicine Hat. (read more)

May 6 - Around the School Yard - April 2011 Edition

The Around the School Yard video newsletter features different Prairie Rose schools every month and highlights some of the interesting and innovative activities taking place in those school communities.  Schools featured in the April 2... (read more)

May 3 - The Prairie Rose Perspective - Budget Task Force Update

Please take a moment to watch the most recent edition of The Prairie Rose Perspective.  This video blog is designed to keep school communities and parents informed about recent division-wide events and activities.  The May 2nd&nb... (read more)