News Archive

New Westlock North School Name Announced

June 12, 2013 The Pembina Hills Board of Trustees and the Westlock North Transition Team is pleased to announce t...

Superintendent Message to 2013 Graduates

June 11, 2013 On behalf of Pembina Hills Regional Division No. 7, congratulations graduates!  You should be very p...

PHRD Students Compete at Skills Canada

June 4, 2013 PHRD Students Compete at Skills Canada Provincial Competition - Two Advance to Nationals   700 High...

PHRD Attends ASBA Spring General Meeting

June 4, 2013 PHRD Attends ASBA Spring General Meeting June 3-4, 2013 The Alberta School Board Association (ASBA) ...

PHRD Board Adopts 2013 - 2014 Budget

May 27, 2013 The Board of Trustees of Pembina Hills Regional Division No. 7 adopted the 2013-2014 budgets for Pem...

Education Week - Message from the Superintendent and Board o...

As Superintendent, I'm pleased to invite you to celebrate Education Week in our many schools. So many events are occur...

Surprise...New School for Neerlandia

Early this morning Education Minister Jeff Johnson and M.L.A. Maureen Kubinec met with Pembina Hills Board of Trustees...

Assistant Deputy Minister Visits Pembina Hills

Pembina Hills was pleased and honored to host and tour Assistant Deputy Minister, Dean Lindquist on Friday, April 19,...

Changes to Student Fees in 2013-14

As a result of questions brought forward by parents last fall, a review of the fee structure was conducted in the 2012...

PHRD Schools Celebrate Education Week 2013

Education Week provides all Albertans with an opportunity to highlight the important role education plays in shaping...

News Release

Pembina Hills offers support of draft framework agreement The Board of Trustees of Pembina Hills Regional Divisio...

PHRD Students Shine at Edmonton Regional Science Fair

Twenty students from Pembina Hills went to NAIT on April 6th and 7th, 2013 to showcase their science projects at the E...

NOTICE - Change to Board Meeting Schedule

  NOTICE - The Regular Board Meeting for April 24th has been rescheduled to Monday, April 22nd. The meeting will...

Westlock Local Science Fair

Students from Dapp, Westlock Elementary, Dunstable, Busby, Eleanor Hall and St. Mary’s schools recently participated...

Barrhead Elementary School Science Fair

  The students at Barrhead Elementary School recently had their Annual Science Fair on March 8th. Students in grade...

Japanese Vistors at PHRD

Delegates from Barrhead’s sister city, Tokoro, Japan made a trip to Barrhead this past week. The group consisted of...

PHRD Robotics Team

  PHRD Robotics Team  Saturday, February 16th, 2013 VEX Robotics Competition at NAIT In October of 2012...

NOTICE - Board Meeting Schedule

  NOTICE - The scheduled Regular Board Meeting for March 13th, 2013 has been cancelled. The Regular Board Meeting...

Thank Your Substitute Teachers This Week

March 11-15, 2013 is Substitute Teachers Appreciation Week. Substitute teachers are an integral part of the education...

PHRD Attends 2nd Annual Rural Education Symposium

Trustees, School Council representatives, Teachers, Principals, and Superintendents, along with Alberta Education came...

PHRD Wears Pink to Support Anti-Bullying

Pembina Hills students and staff dressed in Pink yesterday to show their support for a National Anti-Bullying Campaign...

Minister of Education Visits Pembina Hills

  The Minister of Education, Honorable Jeff Johnson, and Barrhead-Morinville-Westlock MLA, Maureen Kubinec met w...

PHRD Well Represented at AISI Conference 2013

  The 2013 AISI (Alberta Initiative for School Improvement) Conference on February 11th and 12th was attended by AI...

Learn to Change, Change to Learn - Planning for 2014

February 14, 2013 - PHRD Administrators spent the day planning for the upcoming school year and exploring how our comm...

PHRD's Education Partners Contribute to the Planning Process

At PHRD, we value our education partners and their involvement in the education planning process. On January 21, 2013...

The Excite Learning Environment is here

Learn more about how this exciting new initiative from Alberta Distance Learning Centre connects learners with experts...

Excellence in Teaching Awards

Since 1989 the Excellence in Teaching Awards Program has recognized the innovative and outstanding teaching that take...

Pembina Hills officially reprimands Trustee Dale Schaffrick

Pembina Hills Regional Division No. 7 officially reprimands Trustee Dale Schaffrick. The Pembina Hills Regional Div...

Swan Hills Teachers Raise Money for "Movember"

Six teachers from Swan Hills School decided on a whim in early November to grow their mustaches in support of the “...

Chair's Response

  I want to be very clear that Mr. Schaffrick’s comments in no way reflect our school boards view on this matter....

Apology

I want to apologize for my remarks at the ASBA Fall General Meeting. They were inappropriate and offensive. I apologiz...

Growing Opportunities School Expo - A Big Success!

  Hundreds of students and parents visited the Pembina Hills booth during the Growing Opportunities School Expo...

Growing Opportunities School Expo Today!

  GROWTH Alberta is once again hosting the “Growing Opportunities School Expo” which will take place on W...

The Wizard of Oz Lands in RF Staples

  This year RF Staples High School in Westlock is putting on a production of The Wizard of Oz. The school only p...

Neerlandia School Works Together to Drive Away Hunger

  The annual Drive Away Hunger campaign just wrapped up at the Neerlandia School, and once again it was a huge s...

Board Announcement: Election of Chairman & Vice Chairman

  Pembina Hills Regional Division No. 7 is proud to announce that Trustee Sharon Volorney was re-elected to the...