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.
Learn from project lead Nichole Neubauer about how the Irvine Agriculture Discovery Center is using the cold winter months to expand programming around agricultural career opportunities, farm safety,…
Listen in as Foremost teacher and Rodeo Academy facilitator Michelle Cowie tells about the genesis of the Rodeo Academy and some of the exciting big next steps as it shifts from Club to Academy.
Fore…
Drones. Worms, Chicks. Greenhouses. Careers…
Listen in as principal Jason Duchscherer fills us in on exciting developments with the Quad-School project around Agriculture in the northern part of our …
Program Lead, Linda Kraft, from Irvine School’s Equine Interaction program gives an update on a significant shift that has happened in the project for this school year.
Irvine School is a K-9 School …
Listen in as we check in with, Lisa Dixon, one of the Ralston teachers involved in Ralston School’s Learning from the Land project as she tells about specific cross-curricular learning opportunities …
We chat with Warren Peers School Maker Space teacher leader Kirsten McCurdy and discuss the importance of cultivating cognitive flexibility, as shown in the 4 goals of this Makerspace: flexibility, p…
Listen in as teachers in the Seven Persons Academy of the Fine Arts update us on this opportunity for grade 4-6 students to take a deep dive and explore the Visual and Performing Arts.
Seven Person…
Join principal Simon Moreton as we discuss how the PMAS Prairie Rose Possibility Project brings new cultural, trades and educational experiences to students from low-German-speaking Mennonite familie…
We’re excited to kick off Season 3 by talking to principal Kirby Stensrud as she updates us on the exciting options and trade courses that Junior High students are able to experience.
Jenner School …
Listen in as Lynnette Copeland, Junior High teacher at Seven Persons School (K-9) talks about a Prairie Possibilities project that features a partnership with Outward Bound to teach students the res…
Listen in as Foremost School (K-12) principal, Corey Steeves gives an update on one of two Prairie Rose Possibilities projects at Foremost School: the Foremost Rodeo Club.
Foremost is a Prairie Rose …
Farmer Nichole takes us through some of the exciting things happening as the animals move into Irvine School's Agriculture Discovery for the first time this spring and as the garden is established wi…
The Irvine Equine Interaction Program is one element of the Irvine School Equine Program. Listen in as Education Assistant Keri Gold tells about her experience with students in the program. We hear a…
Listen in as Sarah Hagens tells how the new Junior Badgers school baseball program fits with other programs. Dyson & Kailyn fill us in on the value of being able to practice their favourite sport at …
Lead teacher Jaime Didychuk provides an update on the recent tournament successes of our district’s only archery team and students Mackenzie, Reese, and AJ add their thoughts about competing as arche…
Listen in as lead teacher Kameko Ballantyne tells us what the multi-site Jr/Sr High Art Institute is currently working on and what exciting things are coming up. We will learn how the students are gr…
Seven Persons Academy of the Fine Arts is geared for grades 4 to 6 students as they get to learn deeply in music, art and drama. The three lead teachers in the Academy tell us what exciting things th…
Mrs. WIlliams is the Foremost Garden expert. She leads us into the F.A.R.M. plans for spring. Students Daina and Vaera explain some of the student roles in the garden project.
Listen to their first i…
Prairie Mennonite Alternative School is a grade 1-9 school whose students are all German speaking from Mennonite families that have come to Canada from Mexico. These families are often very tradition…
Senator Gershaw is a grade 4-12 school in the community of Bow Island in Southern Alberta. A few years ago they built a fabulous greenhouse that sits between the school and the prairies. They are now…