Blog Posts

In our school district's four-year strategic plan, we have targeted improved early learning as a means of impacting student success. At Mathxwí Elementary, all primary classrooms have committed their year to explore practical ways to improve early literacy learning.

“Now let us begin. Now let us re-dedicate ourselves to the long and bitter, but beautiful, struggle for a new world.” -- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

(email sent to families on January 20, 2023)

Hello Auguston Community,

Students were invited to participate in Twins Day "No Uni for a Toonie" by dressing alike as twins (or triplets, quadruplets, etc.) on Friday, January 20.

Congrats to Div. 10 & 12 classes who were rewarded with a pizza party for being the top two classes in our school-wide food drive in December!

The Ministry of Education and Childcare is looking for your input on student learning in our province.

Over the coming weeks, students in Grade 4 here at Auguston Traditional will be completing a Satisfaction Survey put out by the Ministry. This will give them a chance to report on their experience in school and what sorts of after school activities or experiences they may have. The surveys take about half an hour to complete and students will be working on during class time.

Noticing a shift in literacy instruction across the district? Wonder what is going on in the classroom down the hall?  

It has been my practice for the last few Januarys to make predictions about possible changes in the K-12 sector. This practice goes back as far as 2015 when I highlighted the top ten issues facing our education system and some things to watch for as we sought to transform it.

Our Food Drive was a HUGE success! Way to go Auguston! They had to use a second bin to contain it all!

Winners of pizza contest will be announced - TBD.

We walk into our schools each day and meet with faces, a multitude of beautiful faces behind which there are stories, personalities, interests, skills, hopes and values. And each day, we are lucky enough to have these children share pieces and layers of themselves in what might seem like surface-level interactions. A welcoming smile can draw someone in and engage them in conversation, and taking some time to listen to a child's story gives insight into their identity and, in turn, gives them the confidence they need to share with others.