On
November 30, Wild Rose Public Schools was
awarded a Minister’s Education Leadership
Recognition Award (MELRA). The award recognizes
significant improvement or very high achievement
at district level. Of the ten possible
categories, Wild Rose Public Schools was awarded
a MELRA for recognized improvement in five
areas: Safe and Caring, School Improvement,
Healthful Living, Citizenship and Practical
Arts.
2010
Olympic & Paralympic Winter Games - Vancouver
The communications toolkit for the 2010 Education
Programs can be found at
http://www.vancouver2010.com/en/culture-and-education/education/about-edu/-/61876/tmugcj/index.html
Please use these tools to promote the Canadian school
portal for the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic
Winter Games.
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Since 1989 the Excellence
in Teaching Awards Program has recognized the
innovative and outstanding teaching that takes
place every day in classrooms across Alberta.
This program provides Albertans with a wonderful
opportunity to celebrate the many contributions
teachers make to student learning.
Parents,
teacher-colleagues, principals, superintendents
and all Albertans are encouraged to show their
appreciation by nominating an outstanding
teacher or principal for an Excellence in
Teaching Award.
Excellence In Teaching
Award nominations open October 20th, 2009. For
more information and nomination forms please
visit the Alberta Education website at
http://www.education.alberta.ca/teachers/excellence.aspx
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Welcome to Wild Rose Public Schools
Greetings and welcome to Wild Rose Public
Schools (WRPS). Wild Rose Public Schools takes pride
in its tradition of excellence and past
accomplishments. We acknowledge and celebrate our
growth while we embrace the challenge of continuous
improvement to shape our future. The process of
authentic reflection enables us to pull threads from
the future (foresight) into the present in a
meaningful (insight) and actionable way (action).
Wild Rose Public Schools is charged to create
powerful learning environments that lead to success
for all students and are characterized by high
expectations, ongoing assessment, and data driven
decision-making. The staff of Wild Rose is committed
to providing the best educational experience to each
of our students and we are very proud of the
successes that our students have enjoyed.
Wild
Rose Public Schools serves the communities of Rocky
Mountain House, Drayton Valley, Caroline,
Leslieville, Condor and Breton. We have 16 schools
and three alternate programs that serve
approximately 5400 students. We are a strong
professional learning community that is committed to
an excellent education for all of our students and
we encourage all our parents and community
stakeholders to get involved in the educational
process of our students as we believe that the
success of our students is a shared effort between
the schools, the home and the community.
Wild
Rose Public Schools employs over 650 full time and
part time staff members. Including 319 teachers and
350 support, maintenance, IT specialists, and bus
driving staff. Each one of our staff is committed to
providing a positive quality educational experience
for our students. We take pride in the fact that we:
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reflect best practices for instruction and
assessment
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provide safe and caring schools
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focus on literacy
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provide and use the latest technology in our
instruction
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recognize and accommodate individual differences,
interests and abilities
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provide equity and access for all our students
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are continually growing and learning as a
professional learning community.
