Prairie Rose Pubic Schools is a fairly rural district in southern Alberta, Canada. Several of our schools are starting on an exciting project venture called Prairie Rose Possibilities. These mini podcasts will be a snapshot of these projects as they navigate new areas of student engagement.
Seven Persons is one of our K-9 schools and it has 275 students. The Academy of Fine Arts serves students from grades 4 to 6 and specializes in Music, Drama and Visual Art. Academy teachers Mrs. Moli…
In this episode of the Prairie Rose Possibilities podcast, Kirby Stensrud, the principal of Jenner, School, talks about the innovative options available to Junior High students at this K-9 school wit…
Join us for an update on the Timeless Tales project, an intergenerational storytelling initiative that pairs grade nine and ten students with seniors in care facilities. Led by Kelli-Ann Nixdorf, the…
In this episode we meet Principal Scott Raible, the new principal of Burdett School ... and his 🐓chickens!
The project aims to engage the K-9 students, who come from a low German Mennonite background…
In this conversation, Kirsten McCurdy, a makerspace teacher at Warren Peers School, discusses the unique challenges and opportunities of teaching Makerspace in a small, multi-grade environment.
She s…
In this episode of Prairie Rose Possibilities, we talk with school principal Jason Duchscherer about the innovative Learning from the Land project at Ralston School. Ralston is a unique JK-9 school w…
In this episode of Prairie Rose Possibilities, host Cammie Kannekens interviews Jamie Didychuk, a junior high math teacher and archery coach at Warren Peers School. They discuss the growth and impact…
Starting with beautiful pictures, students from 3 PRPS schools worked with seniors in their communities, sometimes at care facilities, to write stories. The story of this BRAND NEW Prairie Rose Possi…
Here’s another new Prairie Rose Possibilities Project focusing on Robotics. Lead teacher Jeff Buckle introduces our newest Possibilities project for students in grades 4-6 as they gear up to kick off…
Listen in as we check in with Wade Carrier, one of the Ralston teachers involved in Ralston School’s Learning from the Land project. Students are learning about plants - from a brand new greenhouse t…
Teacher leader and coach, Jaime Didychuk from Warren Peers School in Acadia Valley, tells about taking students to Archery Nationals for the first time and about how the skills necessary for competi…
Principal Jason Duchscherer updates us on projects and skills for students as part of the Quad-School project around Agriculture in the northern part of our district. Schools are located in and aroun…
Listen in as Foremost principal Corey Steeves outlines successes, iterations and how the soon-to-arrive greenhouse kit will bring growth to the Foremost FARM (Foremost Agriculture Resource Model) p…
We catch up with Warren Peers School Maker Space teacher leader Kirsten McCurdy. We talk about how the maker mindset is impacting learning in other subjects and the quest to find meaningful projects.
…Check out this brand new Possibilities project led by Ralston School Science teacher, Jocelyn Encinas. She explains how using VEX robotics across the grades at Ralston will eventually lead to roboti…
Teacher-leader Lynnette Copeland tells how the Outdoor Leadership program in Junior High at Seven Persons School has evolved over the seasons. She explains how leadership skills gained in this cours…
Learn more about REIN - Rodeo and Equine in the North - one of our multi-school Prairie Rose Possibilities in the North with students from Warren Peers School, Oyen Public and South Central High Scho…
Seven Persons is one of our larger K-9 schools in Prairie Rose Public School
Listen in as teachers in the Seven Persons Academy of the Fine Arts update us on this opportunity for grade 4-6 students …
Introducing another NEW Prairie Rose Possibilities Project! We chat with Seven Persons School kindergarten teacher and project lead, Natasha Finnie, about this upcoming project which will set Kinder …
Principal Scott Angle provides an update on the multiple growing spaces at both Bow Island Schools - Senator Gershaw and Bow Island Elementary. We discuss how to keep projects alive when the “champio…