The Fort McMurray Catholic Board of Education welcomes the announcement of Premier Redford to invest an additional $107 million for Education in the Province.  This reverts the cuts announced in the Spring Budget which led the Board [ Read more ]]]> New funding for Education

The Fort McMurray Catholic Board of Education welcomes the announcement of Premier Redford to invest an additional $107 million for Education in the Province.  This reverts the cuts announced in the Spring Budget which led the Board to approve a deficit budget of $2.9 million in June 2011.

At that time, the Board decided against laying off teachers and made reductions in non-essential services outside the classrooms.  However, the projected deficit of $2.9 million was not sustainable and would have impeded investment in the future of education in our region.

Fort McMurray Catholic Schools will receive $1.06 million this year which will allow schools to address the most urgent shortfalls in instructional services and reduce their projected deficit.  More importantly, the Premier announced that the second phase of education cuts planned for next school year were cancelled which would have decimated eduction in Fort McMurray.

Fort McMurray Catholic Schools has designated extra funding beyond the 475 hours per year funded [ Read more ]]]>

Fort McMurray Catholic Schools is excited to announce the expansion of the Father J.A. Turcotte Kindergarten program to a full day Kindergarten program in September 2011.

Fort McMurray Catholic Schools has designated extra funding beyond the 475 hours per year funded by Alberta Education to provide a full-day Kindergarten program in Father Turcotte School. This school has been identified as having many children who could benefit most from additional time at school to help them achieve the learning outcomes of Alberta Education’s Kindergarten curriculum. Many other Alberta School Jurisdictions currently offer the option of full day Kindergarten programs and these programs have demonstrated the documented researched benefits for children

Registration at taking place at the Catholic Education Centre during the summer and at Father Turcotte School starting on August 15th.  Priority will be given to students who live in the downtown area. A maximum of 22 students will be accepted into the program for September.  Although the program is open to children from anywhere in Fort McMurray, transportation can only provided to eligible students residing in the Father Turcotte designated area (downtown and Draper Road).