Today from Alberta Education: “In October 2016, Alberta Education released the Standards for Home Education Reimbursement. This document was intended to assist school authorities in determining which parental expenses are eligible—and ineligible—for reimbursement on behalf of students in home education programs. When the Standards for Home Education Reimbursement was released, I committed that the department would continue to work with
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Homeschooling is a term that applies to a wide variety of options. Here in Alberta it can mean anything from a home education program which a parent designs and implements to an online program that the school delivers or a Blend Ed program that is part online, part at school, part in print and part in the community. The reasons
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You know the story of stone soup? Where everybody from the village contributes something and in the end there is a rich flavourful soup that fills everyone. Here is our stone soup club kids working on a delicious wonton soup this week – some for them, some for others and some to take home!
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The Grade 1-6 program guide is now available at the front desk or for download here! We would like to thank Miss Vanessa for all here help in getting the guide out sooooooo early! Usually it is done in July. So what does next year hold . . . all kinds of fun! Our themes for next year will be:
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Our very own, Founder and Executive Director, Diana Stinn joined Denise Dutchuk-Smith from Delta West Academy to discuss the facts around independent schools in Alberta. Do We hire Alberta certificated teachers? Do we follow the Alberta program of studies? Are we financially accountable and professionally accountable to Alberta Education? Are we accountable to our families? Are our families Elite or
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The little school that could celebrates 13 years of helping families in their educational journey. Thanks to our Founders, Administration and Board, Phoenix has been able to flourish and grow over the last 13 years with many firsts. We have the ONLY kindergarten dedicated to Home Schoolers in the province. We were the first school to introduce iPads to our
Read moreAs a staff we are reading “Option B” by Sheryl Sandberg and Adam Grant. Sheryl is the author of the fabulous leadership book for women called “Lean In”. I thought this book (Option B – Facing Adversity, Building Resilience, and Finding Joy) might be a great addition to our caring skills especially after 5 of our amazing Phoenix Staff lost
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