News & Events

Pre-primary Program registration

The Pre-primary Program is a provincial program offering a play-based learning environment for four-year-old children to help them transition more easily into school. Families who would like to enroll their children in a Pre-primary Program at Chester District School or West Northfield Elementary School should contact the Pre-primary Program Facilitator, Gillian Kiely at 902-521-3203 or […]

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Petite Rivière Elementary School is a prize winner!

This year, Petite Rivière Elementary School participated in the 2017 Plastic Bag Grab challenge along with 541 schools from across Canada. In total, 2,339,717 plastic bags were collected for recycling. By collecting 2096 bags, Petite Rivière Elementary School diverted 16.8  kilograms of plastic from landfills and waterways. The plastic bags will be recycled domestically into […]

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On June 21, celebrate the heritage, diverse cultures and outstanding achievements of First Nations, Inuit and Métis!

What is National Aboriginal Day? June 21 is National Aboriginal Day. This is a day for all Canadians to recognize and celebrate the unique heritage, diverse cultures and outstanding contributions of First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples. The Canadian Constitution recognizes these three groups as Aboriginal peoples, also known as Indigenous Peoples. Although these groups […]

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Bridgewater School Counsellor Honoured with National Counsellor Practitioner Award

Bridgewater, NS (June 8th, 2017) The Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association (CCPA) was proud to honour Belinda Josephson, Counsellor at Bridgewater Elementary School, with the CCPA Counsellor Practitioner Award at a ceremony recently held during its annual conference in St. John’s, NL. The CCPA awards program acknowledges unsung heroes and persons worthy of recognition in […]

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