Good News Stories
The Seven Sacred Teachings
Posted on: Jun 25, 2025Over the past school year, Fulham students participated in a year-long school-wide project learning about the Seven Sacred Teachings. The Seven Sacred Teachings, also known as the Seven Grandfather Teachings, are a set of principles…
GNS: Students Spring ART Project
Posted on: Apr 7, 2022Spring is in the air and Mary Bergeron students have created bright and colourful murals bringing even more cheerfulness to the school. Mrs. Dennison is a dedicated advocate of art at Mary Bergeron…
GNS: Leading and Supporting
Posted on: Apr 4, 2022GYPSD's second priority is Teaching and Leadership Excellence and as evidence of that commitment, GYPSD's leaders recently presented at the Public School Boards' Association of Alberta (PSBAA) Professional…
GNS: MBE Students are Moving and Rolling
Posted on: Mar 21, 2022Grade 4 students at Mary Bergeron Elementary in Edson learned about wheels and levers in science by examining and building devices with moving parts. Through the curriculum, students learn about the…
GNS: ELITE Program's Community Project
Posted on: Mar 17, 2022The Grande Cache Community High School Elite Program has partnered with the non-profit Smoky River Nordic Ski Club on an amazing project for the community of Grande Cache. The GCCHS Elite program is…
GNS: Trauma Training for Division Staff
Posted on: Mar 14, 2022GYPSD staff and community partners had the opportunity to take the Traumatic Event Systems Model training (TES) training with Bonnie Randall from the North American Centre for Threat Assessment and…
GNS: 2022 Edwin Parr Nominees and Finalist
Posted on: Mar 10, 2022Congratulations to teacher Aimee Allers of Grande Cache Community High School - this year's finalist as GYPSD'S nominee for the Alberta School Boards Association (ASBA), Edwin Parr First Year Teacher…
GNS: PD Focus on Land-Based Learning
Posted on: Mar 7, 2022Staff at Crescent Valley Elementary School explored Land-Based Learning through an Indigenous culture lens with Jason BigCharles, an Outdoor Education teacher and Cree Culture specialist. Jason shared…
GNS: Evansview Staff Dive into New Curriculum
Posted on: Mar 3, 2022Evansview teachers started comparing and contrasting the current Language Arts curriculum with the upcoming new Language Arts Curriculum during a recent staff meeting. Both curriculums were cut into…
GNS: Tech Pilot Program
Posted on: Feb 28, 2022Students taking part in Grand Trunk High School’s new IT Specialist Pilot Program took some time to flex their Minecraft and Python coding muscles. In December, the Cobblestone Collective organized…
GNS: Three Year Education Plan
Posted on: Feb 24, 2022Each year, Alberta's school jurisdictions submit a Three-Year Education Plan that targets areas of focus and identifies strategies the staff will implement or continue to use to improve in growth areas…