http://ww.wsd1.org WSD News Releases Education K-12 en Copyright 2010 communications@wsd1.org (Communications) communications@wsd1.org http://ww.wsd1.org/images/banner.jpghttp://ww.wsd1.org Mon, 07 Nov 2011 16:20:55 GMT Mon, 07 Nov 2011 16:20:55 GMT RSS DreamFeeder v 2.2.0 Prime Minister’s Award to be presented to Elmwood teacher Elmwood-Transcona MP Lawrence Toet will present Elmwood High School teacher Chantelle Cotton with one of Canada’s highest educational honours: the Prime Minister’s Award for Teaching Excellence. The presentation takes place Tuesday, Nov. 8, 10: 15 a.m., in Elmwood’s multipurpose room. Ms. Cotton, who is one of six Manitoba educators selected for the honour, is known for using relevant literature and world issues as a starting point for projects that encourage further exploration and critical analysis on the part of students. The teacher was a key member of a team that earned the school the prestigious HP Innovations in Education technology grant. As the teacher-leader of the school’s middle-years’ student council, she motivated students to support humanitarian endeavors such as the Pakistan Relief Effort, Free the Children’s Brick-by-Brick program (in which Elmwood successfully fundraised $10,000 to build a school in Sierra Leone) and the Adopt-A-Village program. Ms. Cotton’s students—many of whom she has helped to find their own voices as young global citizens—will also play an important part in the presentation ceremony. Prime Minister’s Award to be presented to Elmwood teacher Elmwood-Transcona MP Lawrence Toet will present Elmwood High School teacher Chantelle Cotton with one of Canada’s highest educational honours: the Prime Minister’s Award for Teaching Excellence. The presentation takes place Tuesday, Nov. 8, 10: 15 a.m., in Elmwood’s multipurpose room. Ms. Cotton, who is one of six Manitoba educators selected for the honour, is known for using relevant literature and world issues as a starting point for projects that encourage further exploration and critical analysis on the part of students. The teacher was a key member of a team that earned the school the prestigious HP Innovations in Education technology grant. As the teacher-leader of the school’s middle-years’ student council, she motivated students to support humanitarian endeavors such as the Pakistan Relief Effort, Free the Children’s Brick-by-Brick program (in which Elmwood successfully fundraised $10,000 to build a school in Sierra Leone) and the Adopt-A-Village program. Ms. Cotton’s students—many of whom she has helped to find their own voices as young global citizens—will also play an important part in the presentation ceremony. http://ww.wsd1.org/news/documents/Nov7PrimeMinisterAwardElmwood.pdf Mon, 07 Nov 2011 16:14:26 GMT manual:1320682811145:0:http://ww.wsd1.org/wsdnewsrss.xml A group of students from two inner city schools, along with their family members and school staff, will head to Chapters Polo Park on Wednesday to pick out books for their classrooms. All books that the children choose for their schools are part of generous literacy grants received this year. Dufferin and Sister MacNamara schools were awarded Indigo Love of Reading Foundation Literacy Fund grants over three years totalling $53,000 and $105,000 respectively. The grants support literacy programs, the purchase of new books and are intended to help improve literacy rates. A group of students from two inner city schools, along with their family members and school staff, will head to Chapters Polo Park on Wednesday to pick out books for their classrooms. All books that the children choose for their schools are part of generous literacy grants received this year. Dufferin and Sister MacNamara schools were awarded Indigo Love of Reading Foundation Literacy Fund grants over three years totalling $53,000 and $105,000 respectively. 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