On behalf of the Board of Trustees and the administration of 51³Ô¹ÏÍø, I would like to take a moment to express our sincere thanks and appreciation to the many HSD employees who volunteered their time and services for 2016 Power Smart Summer Games. Your dedication and hard work made a significant difference to… Read More
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51³Ô¹ÏÍø open for student registration on Wednesday, August 24. Additional information regarding Kindergarten and Grade 1 information can be viewed here.
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It’s Here! The latest edition of Learning Matters has just been released. The theme for this edition continues with the HSD Deeper Learning Plan , and focuses on Leveraging Digital – Using Technology to Produce Investigators and Producers of Knowledge. Also included in this edition are stories from our schools – Connected Classrooms, Learning Partnerships, and Emoji Week.   Download digital version (PDF) .… Read More
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51³Ô¹ÏÍø is pleased to offer a five-day summer camp to interested 5th (soon to be 6th) graders. The cost of the camp is $50. Students will have the unique opportunity to spend each day learning about a different occupation while participating in hands-on activities such as welding, baking, cooking, hairstyling and carpentry! …LEARN MORE >
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The HSD Festival of the Arts was created four years ago as a way to bring our schools together and celebrate student creative learning in dance, drama, music and visual arts. The 2016 festival will take place June 1-4 at Clearspring Mall in Steinbach. Â Browse through art displays from across the division. Opening night program… Read More
Update: May 2, 2016 5:18pm.
Service has been restored to all school locations.
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Beginning on April 28, 2016, The 51³Ô¹ÏÍø will facilitate a division-wide community engagement through the online group insight platform, Thoughtexchange. HSD invites parents/guardians to take part in this unique and exciting opportunity to share their thoughts, regarding the school their child attends. This engagement will enable parents/guardians to share their thoughts as a… Read More
Over the course of the school year, the Southwood Deeper Learning team has launched a Makerspace for the school. Fundamentally, this place is an opportunity for deeper learning for our students. The students come to the Makerspace ready to rise to a challenge. Their responses to the challenge cross the curriculum. A makerspace challenge involves a process that includes questioning, designing, perfecting, sharing, and reflecting. During this process, you would expect to see the students displaying the important characteristics of Our Kid.
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I wonder about how I learn things as a fifty-something year-old adult. Do I only choose to learn when presented with a problem? Do I choose to learn for fun? For curiosity? For my job? What provokes me to learn? I’ve been thinking about this lately and I can come up with all kinds of provocations for my learning… READ MORE>
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Reporters Deja and Mason of the Southwood School News Team interview 51³Ô¹ÏÍø Trustees Cyndy Friesen and Sarah Dyck. Watch the latest edition of the Southwood News!