Every year, the Louis Riel School Division puts on a Seniors’ Day where we invite students’ grand-parents (or senior friends or relatives) to join us in order to take a closer and more personal look inside the schools of today. Today was the big day, […]
Over two years ago, I wrote about the importance of social emotional learning and empathy, and also shared a follow up lesson where my students had created calm down strategies in order to help themselves self-regulate. Unfortunately, as I transferred my blog over and bought […]
Anyone who’s ever been to an Ignite knows how fast, furious, and totally inspiring they can be. I’ve been lucky enough to attend several, and earlier this year, I took a leap of faith and accepted to present at our divisional Ignite evening: LRSD Ignite. […]
Last year was the first year that École Sage Creek School was open, and with that, we had our first ever Exhibition Evening, which you can read about here. Last year’s evening was a huge success and as we began planning for this year’s, I […]
Your words matter. To others. And to yourself. But being mindful of this isn’t necessarily an innate skill, it’s one that’s learned from a very young age, and habits are hard to break. I’ve recently watched the documentary “Heal” on Netflix which was completely eye […]
Last weekend, my oldest son Caden, had his last regular season hockey game. I was sad that I wasn’t able to make it to cheer him on and encourage him, but I had already committed to something else and I couldn’t back down. I wanted […]
Not only is today Valentine’s Day, but it was also our 100th day of school! For those who don’t teach the little ones, believe me when I say that day 100 is a BIG deal and that it must be celebrated! Naturally, 100 becomes the […]
About a month ago, George Couros sent me a DM on Twitter asking me if I’d be interested in helping to lead a second round of an Instagram Book Study based on his book, The Innovator’s Mindset. Although his message kind of caught me off […]
Yesterday, 2000 educators from the St. James-Assiniboia School Division and the Louis Riel School Division got to spend an incredible day of learning together, facilitated by James Nottingham. I didn’t know a whole lot about James before the day began, other than the fact that […]
Last week at the beginning of our staff meeting, our vice-principal, Harry Bell, told us a moving story that spoke directly to my soul. This man is truly filled with wisdom and I love to hear what he has to say as it’s always so […]