Most young people know a thing or two about battling the aliens, warlords and assorted bad guys that populate the virtual universe. But what of the real-life conflicts that inhabit their history books? Is war a game? That’s the big question Cycle Three teachers at two Riverside School Board elementary schools asked their classes.
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Teachers Ask Students: “Is War a Game?”
Tags: Arts Ed, Languages, Military, RSB, Social Sciences
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Why Students are Big on Entrepreneurship
Watch as these Secondary I students at Beaconsfield High School explain how entrepreneurship goes hand-in-hand with 21st century learning.

Empowered Kids Transform Learning into Action
A wildlife specialist’s visit exposed Dorset students to career possibilities and got them asking how they could make a difference. (more…)
Tags: Animals, Community Engagement, Languages, LBPSB, MST
·All Those Little Steps Open Doors for Students
Principal Corinne MacDonald is passionate about giving children in her Jonquière school a head start exploring different career fields, in part because of her own experience as a parent. “I was completely blown away when my mechanical-engineer son announced he was moving to Vancouver to pursue his real passion—acting,” she relates. “I wondered whether I […]
Tags: Community Engagement, CQSB, Languages, PD, Work Placements
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