Message from School Principal

For the 2020-21 school year, many of us are reflecting on the Covid Challenges we’ve been experiencing in the world around us. At École Edwards, we have been working to support our students, staff and parents to continue striving to make learning engaging, and to just not survive but to find creative ways to use this to build resiliency in our community together while maintaining our desire to grow as a community of learners. We are very excited to continue the work we began last year to develop strong connections between students, staff, and the community while recognizing that the landscape in which we began this work has shifted, in small ways for some, and dramatically for others. While doing the art of transformation we are focused on the social/emotional well-being of each child, their teachers, and their families.

This is why during this year the Edwards Team is using this time to focus on building a school that meets the needs of all children. The ‘Whole Child’ approach is an effort to transition from a focus on narrowly defined academic achievement to one that promotes the long-term development and success of all children under our care.

One of the foundations that will help to bolster this growth is continued development of our House Teams program. Each student and staff member will belong to a team for the length of their time at Edwards and beyond. This program will go hand in hand with the Positive Behavior Intervention System (PBIS) that teaches students the importance of our three pillars of being RESPECTFUL, SAFE, and RESPONSIBLE in every aspect of our school life.

To support the social/emotional needs of our students we will continue to work collaboratively to implement the Circle of Courage that is the foundation of our school’s character-building program. Our School Culture Committee will be teaching the virtue of belonging and the importance around the desire of all children to feel like they belong and are respected in their school community. All children have the desire to be loved and find a place where they fit in. At École Edwards we value each child, and it is so important for students to feel like they have a supportive community around them at school. This strong sense of community will give our students and staff a sense of belonging in the class with their peers, on the playground and in their school community.

We are also revisioning who we are as a school and what it means to be a part of team  École Edwards Team. We look forward to working with students, staff, families, the community, our Tri-school partners, and Rocky View Schools to build the spirit of collaboration and to embrace our goal of learning, leading, and succeeding. We have been very intentional in meeting with students, parents, and the Tri-School Team to work at meeting the needs of all three schools and the all the students under our care.

We are proud to be a bilingual school and to offer quality programming in English and French. Our staff work together to ensure students are supported in both languages in all subject areas including literacy, numeracy, and social emotional well-being. At Edwards our whole child approach, ensures that each student is healthy, safe, engaged, supported, and challenged, we believe that this sets the standard for comprehensive, sustainable school improvement and provides for long-term student success.