School & Education News
Ash Lee Jefferson’s Annual Spring Fair Delivers Plenty of Fun
Joanne Jordan - Reporter: May 22, 2010
Fall River, Nova Scotia (D2N) – Residents of Fall River and people from the surrounding areas have proven once again how supportive they are of their schools. The Auction held recently to raise funds for the Ash Lee Jefferson School raised over $11,000, and the annual Ash Lee Jefferson Spring Fair held on May 15th [...]
Sexual Education and Parental Rights – Who Should Decide?
Joanne Jordan - Reporter: April 14, 2010
Fall River, Nova Scotia (D2N) – One extremely frustrated mother says she wants answers as to how schools can be permitted to override the rights of parents in deciding what non-curricular information on puberty and sex their (parents) 10 year old children receive. Denise McEachern has expressed disappointment and shock, and is questioning what she [...]
New Arts & Cultural Centre Proposed as part of New C.P. Allen High School Build
Joanne Jordan - Reporter: April 11, 2010
Bedford, Nova Scotia (D2N) – An Open House and Public Presentation was held at the LWF Community Hall in Fall River in early March, to provide information on a proposed Arts and Cultural Centre that may be built in the new C.P. Allen High School, Bedford, when the new school is constructed, tentatively dated for [...]
Ash Lee Jefferson students show they have big hearts for Haiti
Joanne Jordan - Reporter: February 22, 2010
Fall River (D2N) – Children from local schools in the Fall River community, put forth efforts recently to raise funds for Haiti. Ash Lee Jefferson school was one of the schools involved; their fund-raising campaign was called Hearts for Haiti – an idea put forth by two grade six students. Vice-principal Adena Leslie-Cole spoke of [...]
Interim Boundary Review for Local Schools
Joanne Jordan - Reporter: January 29, 2010
Fall River (D2N) – A meeting was held recently, disclosing newly proposed boundaries for schools in the Fall River/Waverley area. According to the plans presented, there will be changes in the boundaries which will affect where students who live in Fall River and Windsor Jct. will attend school next year. Some streets in the Fall [...]
School Tender Good News for Waverley Parents
Joanne Jordan - Reporter: April 17, 2009
On April 14, the province announced plans to invest $145.3 million to build eight new schools, and to renovate forty-one existing schools in Nova Scotia at a cost of $162 million. The recipients and the details of which school boards will benefit, have now been made public. Although the plans are good news to many, [...]
Lunch Fees Abolished At Ash Lee Jefferson Elementary School As Of September 2008
Joanne Jordan - Reporter: June 11, 2008
Fall River, Nova Scotia (D2N) – The long and controversial battle over lunch fees in HRM has finally ended for students attending Ash Lee Jefferson Elementary School in Fall River. Their parents will not be required to pay fees for lunch hour supervision as of this coming Sept., 2008. It is news that has the [...]