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BTPS PINK SHIRT DAY T-SHIRT DESIGN LOGO CONTEST!

The BTPS Pink Shirt Day Logo contest opens on May 1, 2022!

 

To enter, please use this google form.

 

This year we would like our shirts to feature artwork created by our students

 

This is a fun, exciting activity and way to get your individual classes and students involved in Pink Shirt Day. Our suggestion is that each student designs a t-shirt with the theme of Anti-Bullying in mind.

 

Entries must be submitted via Google Form and include the student’s full name, school, and grade.

 

For more information and contest details, please click the poster below.

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Annual Superintendent's Public Speaking Competition

 

The Buffalo Trail Public School Superintendent’s Public Speaking Contest provides an opportunity for students in BTPS to be involved in an event that will display their public speaking abilities. The competition is meant to acknowledge the importance of public speaking as an essential skill for today’s youth.


Date: Friday, April 29th, 2022 @ 9:30 a.m.

Place: Virtual Contest 

 

School Representatives: You will be receiving the google link to join the main event. Please watch for this email.

 

Anyone who is not a judge, competitor or supervisor can look for the livestream link on our website in the morning. Both the link for BTPS and non-BTPS viewers will be posted the morning of the event.

 

PRACTICE EVENT

 

Any students who wish to join a practice session, to make sure their microphone, camera, etc.. is working with the central office team, can join on Monday, April 25th at 11:00 AM. Ms. Blackie will keep the link open and will be online until 1:00pm. Students can check in any time during this time slot.

 

The link to join the practice session has been sent out to all the school representatives and principals.Please let Bri (bri.blackie@btps.ca) know if you are unable to access the link. 

 
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Buffalo Trail Public Schools requires a full time qualified individual to join the Learning Services team in the role of Innovation Coach for the 2022-2023 school year.  This is a 1.0 FTE probationary/continuous position.

 

The successful candidate must have Alberta Teaching Certification with experience as a classroom teacher, a strong knowledge of curriculum and instruction, understanding of concept-based learning, strong skills in assessment, teaching literacy and numeracy, and a demonstrated commitment to life-long learning.  The ability to work with and directly support teacher colleagues in designing learning, to support students, is essential.

 

Please visit the full ad on our website for more information.

 

Please email resumes, complete with a list of references and their phone numbers, by 4:30 p.m. on April 29, 2022 to:

 

James Trodden

Assistant Superintendent of Learning

james.trodden@btps.ca

 

Bus Driver Appreciation Day

 

May 2, 2022 is Bus Driver Appreciation Day! 

 

We would like to thank all the hardworking bus drivers at Buffalo Trail Public Schools who transport students to and from school every day. We appreciate all that you do. You make a difference. Thank you Bus Drivers!

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Most Popular Easter Candy

 

Results are in from the Most Popular Easter Candy Survey!

First Place with 61.8% goes to: Cadbury Mini Eggs!

Second Place goes to: Solid Milk Chocolate Bunnies!

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Women in STEM Scholarships

 

The Government of Alberta announced April 7, 2022, $732,500 in new scholarship funding for women studying in the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields. Grade 12 students entering post-secondary in the fall may apply for a grant valued at $2,500 to engage in a STEM-related program. Part of Alberta’s Recovery Plan, this one-time top-up funding aims to advance gender equality and support women to succeed in the fulfilling career of her choice. The next application intake for the Women in STEM Scholarship Program will open in fall 2022.

 

Curriculum Information

 

Letter to Parents/Guardians - K-6 Curriculum Implementation

 

This letter will be going out to parents and guardians this morning, Monday, April 25, 2022.

 

K-6 Curriculum Implementation and Supports Timeline 

 

BTPS Walking Challenge - May

 

Start gathering a team! (Try for a team of 5, but any number will work!)

 

Back by popular demand, in May we will be once again embarking on the team BTPS Walking Challenge!  Start stretching and gathering members for your team now.  Feedback from the September Challenge was taken into consideration and the number of people on your team is more flexible.  The goal will continue to be an average of 10,000 steps/team member so some may walk more and some may walk less. 

 

Also please let Michelle Webb (michelle.webb@btps.ca) know if you need a pedometer ASAP and we can get you one prior to May 1.

 

Once you have a team, please submit your team members and team name to Michelle (michelle.webb@btps.ca) If you want to participate but do not have a team, please let us know and we will find you a group of walkers. 

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Student Infographic Poster Activity and Giveaway Contest 

 

Continue the learning with your students!  Create student infographic posters and submit them for sharing with other schools around the province. 

 

In the months of December, February, April and June, three posters from each division level will be selected to receive a prize! Prizes will support continued classroom learning about the history and legacy of residential schools and will be purchased through Indigenous vendors.

 

Posters can be submitted as .jpeg or .pdf files. Email your submissions to dross@crcpd.ab.ca.

 

Click here to download the Infographic Lesson Plan for Kindergarten to Grade 12.

 

Student posters will be displayed here beginning in the month of December.

 

Visit back often to see what students create and use student posters for discussion in your classrooms.

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Scholarships & Bursaries

 

www.BTPS.ca > Parents > Resources & Links > Scholarships & Bursaries

 

https://www.btps.ca/parents/alberta-education-resources

 

www.scholarshipscanada.com 

www.schoolfinder.com 

www.studentawards.com 

Advancing Futures Bursary

The Loran Scholars Foundation

 

Alberta Foundation of the Arts

 

Artists and Education Funding

 

This funding supports Alberta schools by subsidizing fees of professional Alberta artists of any artistic discipline that provide interactive arts residency projects for grades K-12.

 

https://www.affta.ab.ca/funding/find-funding/artists-and-education-funding

 

APPLICATION DEADLINE

May 2, 2022

 

Healthier Together Schools


The Healthier Together Schools website is a hub for school health and wellness information, resources, and support from Alberta Health Services.


schools.healthiertogether.ca

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Resources


Bullying Helpline
1-888-456-2323
to get help anonymously in more than 170 languages or find other supports.
Online chat

Bullying Helpline Chat: to get help anonymously in English.
Available 24 hours a day in English only.
Talk anonymously with trained staff/counsellors.

First Nations, Métis, Inuit Resources

Indigenous Canada - University of Alberta (Free Course)
https://www.ualberta.ca/admissions-programs/online-courses/indigenous-canada/index.html


Indigenous Canada is a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) from the Faculty of Native Studies that explores Indigenous histories and contemporary issues in Canada. 

From an Indigenous perspective, this course explores key issues facing Indigenous peoples today from a historical and critical perspective highlighting national and local Indigenous-settler relations.


Indigenous Canada is for students from faculties outside the Faculty of Native Studies with an interest in acquiring a basic familiarity with Indigenous/non-Indigenous relationships.


Office of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion - University of Calgary

EDI Workshops

  • A compilation of workshops focusing on issues related to equity, diversity and inclusion

OEDI delivers workshops on various diversity and inclusion topics to student, faculty and staff. Literacy and education are crucial mechanisms used to ignite change and foster inclusion. The impact of training and education depends on community members' understanding and committing to life-long learning, practicing mindfulness and taking responsibility for building an inclusive university.
https://www.ucalgary.ca/equity-diversity-inclusion/literacy-and-education/edi-workshops

 

www.goodminds.com

http://nctr.ca/education/

https://www.canada.ca/en/canadian-heritage/campaigns/national-day-truth-reconciliation.html

https://www.aboriginalsportcircle.ca/

https://www.portageandmainpress.com/Books/T/Truth-and-Reconciliation-in-Canadian-Schools

https://newsroom.tiktok.com/en-ca/celebrating-the-impact-and-creativity-of-indigenous-creators-on-tiktok

 
 
BTPS LEARNING MENU
 
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Buffalo Trail Public Schools

 

Email: central_office@btps.ca

Website: www.BTPS.ca

Phone: 780-842-6144

1041 10A Street, Wainwright AB, T9W 2R4

 

 
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