Board of Trustees Meeting October 9, 2013 PLRD Achievement Exam & Diploma Exam Results PLRDs achievement on the provincial exams has improved this year by about 5% overall. We continue to focus on improving these results at both the standard of excellence and at the acceptable standard. This year, PLRD’s student achievement at the acceptable standard exceeded provincial achievement in all subjects except in grade nine social studies where we matched the provincial achievement levels. In keeping with the inclusive education mandate, PLRD’s participation rate on these exams also exceeded provincial participation. PLRD’s achievements at the standard of excellence were within provincial achievement levels for all subjects. PLRD will continue to focus instruction on higher order thinking skills that include application, analysis, synthesis, and evaluation in order to continue to see improvements in student achievement at the standard of excellence. On Diploma Examinations, PLRD students achieved equal to or higher than the province at the acceptable standard in Biology 30 (97.1%), English 30-1(91.4%), English 30-2 (100%), Physics 30 (96.2%), Social 30-1(100%), and Social 30-2 (96.7). PLRD will continue to focus on improving student achievement in Chemistry and Mathematics, and in all subjects at the standard of excellence. A comparison of the accountability pillar results from last year to this year shows dramatic improvement overall. Note that PLRD has achieved a rating of “excellence” in safe and caring schools, compared to “acceptable” the previous year; “acceptable” in student learning opportunities compared to issue; “good” in student learning grades K-9, which remains the same as the previous year’s rating; “good” in grades 10-12 learning achievements rated last year as an issue; and, preparation for life-long learning remained at a rating of “good”; We went from “issue” to “excellent” regarding parent involvement; and from “concern” to “acceptable” regarding continuous improvement. PLRD has done very well refocusing our schools and division on both excellence and continued improvement. PLRD’s results can be viewed at plrd.ab.ca/node/56 . 2013 - 2014 September 30 Final Enrolment This year’s total student enrolment is 1389.0 as of September 30, 2013. This number is 2.5 up from the final September 30, 2012 total of 1386.5. The division has decreased by 6.5 full time equivalent students (FTE) from the March 2013 projected enrolment of 1395.5 FTE, so some budgetary adjustments will need to be made. J.C. Charyk Hanna School Modernization An opening will be held for the modernization of both the J.C. Charyk Hanna School career and technology studies (CTS) facility, and school cafeteria and student lounge area. The date for the opening has been set to October 30 at 10:00 a.m. Invitations have been distributed to the Ministers of Education Jeff Johnson and Infrastructure Wayne Drysdale, MLA, Rick Strankman, Alberta Education, J.C. Charyk and Hanna Primary School Council Chairs, Special Areas, and Town of Hanna Mayor and CAO, and media. These facilities will serve the long term needs of our students and community. The CTS facility has added a lift to improve our instructional capacity in automotive repairs and maintenance, new equipment with modernized safety features have been added for most program components, and newly acquired equipment in green technologies and robotics have been added to this facility in order to offer a wider range of CTS modules. Trustee Long Service Awards Trustee long service awards were presented during this final meeting of the current Board included: Ed Brinkman – 6 Years, Lyle Cawiezel – 3 Years, Elaine Horner – 9 Years, Duane Roy – 9 Years, Vern Thuroo – 6 Years, Marsha Tkach – 6 Years, Sam Vogel – 7 Years, and Angie Warwick – 6 Years. Combined, trustee D. Roy served 15 years as trustee of PLRD. The Board Chair thanked the trustees for their service and commitment to the Board over their term. He thanked incumbent trustees D. Roy, E. Horner, and S. Vogel who did not put their name forward for another term and wished them the best in their future endeavors. He also extended good luck to the trustees and candidates participating in the Hanna election. For additional information please contact: Dr. Wes Neumeier, Superintendent of Schools, Prairie Land Regional Division #25 403.854.4481
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