Education - 2001
January,
February, March, April,
May, June,
July, August,
September, October, November,
December
March
March 9
Minister
announces reading contest winners
March 15
Ministerial
Statement - Comprehensive Early Literacy Strategy
March 22
Education
- An Investment in our province's future
Reinvestment in
school board budgets continues
218 teaching
units added back into system
New money for
school construction and renovations
School boards'
utility budgets balanced
Professional
development funding for teachers maintained
Busing for
junior and senior high students in St. John's
$1 million for
library books
New money for
provincial literacy initiatives
Government
implementing ministerial panel recommendations
Appendix
Ministerial
Panel on Educational Delivery in the Classroom
March 27
Ministerial
Statement - Skip-a-Lunch Day
April
April 11
New school for Lawn
April 12
Final phase of renovations to Fatima Academy going ahead
May
May 2
Ministerial Statement - Library week, April 29
to May 5
May 3
Focus on literacy in primary classroom proceeding as planned
May 9
IT career awareness and educational software
donated to province's schools
Ministerial
Statement - School construction and renovations
May 10
Ministerial Statement - School board elections
May 16
Minister gives reasons for amendments to
Schools Act, 1997 (Bill 8)
Ministerial
Statement - Provincial Teacher Job Fair
May 17
Atlantic Provinces Education Foundation
assessment resource
May 22
Renovations and extension to Rocky Harbour
school
May 29
Lester B. Pearson Scholarship winners
May 30
Minister
announces literacy funding
June
June 15
NOTE TO
EDITORS: Early childhood development initiative news conference, June 18
June 18
$36.6 million for early childhood
development initiatives
July
July 19
Minister
releases June 2001 high school exam results
August
August 8
Students
can look forward to new curriculum in September
August 13
Minister
updates school construction projects
August 21
Minister and chair of school board announce
start of construction of two new K-12 schools
September
September 5
Minister, Federation of School Councils
support payment of school fees
September 6
NOTE TO EDITORS: Minister to launch province-wide reading promotion campaign
September 7
Province's youth get message on drugs and
violence
September 8
New reading campaign launched
September 13
Minister expresses gratitude for efforts to
assist stranded travellers
September 21
School board elections, September 25
Minister announces province�s latest
scholars
Minister
calls on parents to keep children in school
September 26
Minister expresses appreciation to school
board trustees
October
October 5
Minister applauds province�s
teachers
October 10
New francophone school for St. John�s
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Version fran�aise
Minister
comments on recent developments regarding strike
October 15
NOTE TO EDITORS: News conference, October 15, St.
John's, Subject: Current status of school support workers job action
NOTE TO EDITORS: Education minister attending
plastics workshop at Cowan Heights Elementary October 15
October 16
Minister encourages students to take part in
National Students Against Impaired Driving Day
October 22
NOTE TO EDITORS: News conference, October 22, St.
John's, Subject: Labour dispute between NAPE and school boards
October 29
Tentative
agreement to end NAPE labour dispute
October 30
NOTE TO EDITORS: Minister to attend Canada Post
2001 Literacy Award presentation, October 30, St. John's
November
November 2
Minister celebrates Canadian
Children's Book Week
November 6
NOTE TO EDITORS: Minister to participate in
activities for Canadian Children's Book Week, November 7, St. John's
November 19
Minister recognizes National Child Day
November 28
NOTE TO EDITORS: Atlantic provinces education
ministers to launch booklets on reading literacy, December 7, Moncton -
Version fran�aise
December
December 4
Minister applauds volunteers
December 7
Education minister announces new teacher
recruitment policy
Atlantic Provinces Education Foundation - Atlantic provinces acquire tools to promote
reading literacy - Version fran�aise
December 19
Minister announces Safe and Caring Schools
Initiatives
NOTE TO EDITORS: Minister attends School for
the Deaf drama production, December 20
December 21
Minister reconfirms commitment to construct a new
school in L'Anse au Loup
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