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After just one week of in-person learning since winter break, COVID-19 cases are already rising rapidly in Calgary schools, with public high schools shuttering classes until next week and some junior high grades moving online until the end of the month.
Schools with the Calgary Board of Education are reporting at least 66 new cases of COVID-19 for the month of January so far, forcing up to 2,400 students and 200 staff into quarantine.
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Alberta schools with private rinks, sports facilities can continue training despite restrictions
Students attending Calgary s Edge School are some of the only people in the province allowed to continue playing hockey and skating at an indoor rink.
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Edge School students in Calgary are some of the only people in the province playing hockey and skating indoors
Posted: Jan 13, 2021 6:00 PM MT | Last Updated: January 14
Recreational and competitive sports have been shut down since the end of last year as part of restrictions introduced by the province to limit the spread of COVID-19.(Shutterstock)
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Bishop McNally students ended their October 2020 anti-racism walkout with a peaceful sit-in outside the Calgary Police Service s Westwinds headquarters. (Nassima Way/CBC)
The Calgary Catholic School District is working with an expert from St. Mary s University to address systemic racism within its jurisdiction.
Together, they re implementing an equity framework meant to empower educators and administration to not only have meaningful conversations about race, but address issues of inequality appropriately. There s a book that we re using written by Glenn Singleton, and it s called
Courageous Conversations About Race, and that provides us a theoretical framework and helps us learn more about what we can do in this whole area, said chief superintendent Bryan Szumlas.
Calgary school boards increase technology loans as majority of students learn from home
Calgary school boards say they re doing everything they can to ensure students have the appropriate access to technology while they learn from home, but one local charity says many students are still in need.
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Calgary leans on technology to continue mission December 12, 2020
As much as the current landscape enables, Calgary Bishop William McGrattan is keen on being a vibrant presence this Christmas season by engaging in key charity and goodwill campaigns.
McGrattan himself was a central participant in one of these campaigns, the Calgary Catholic Education Foundation’s (CCEF) inaugural fundraising telethon, which was livestreamed Nov. 17. In his keynote address, McGrattan underscored the importance of Catholic education.
“The most important message I wanted to convey was that Catholic education is a gift that we cannot take for granted,” said McGrattan. “Many people in Alberta sacrifice for this education system. We need it to continue in this same spirit especially during this pandemic where our teachers have been challenged and are responding in often heroic ways.”