From agriculture to reconciliation: Horizon School Division reflects on busy school year

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Another highlight for Garinger this past school year was the Christmas Hamper Project, which supported almost 150 families during the holiday season.  

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“It’s about our commitment to caring for one another and caring for those in need,” Garinger said. “That’s been a really important project, and it continues; it just completed its 12th year.” 

The division also continues their work for the Saskatchewan Student Assessment Program that was put forth by the provincial government. Garinger said they are in favour of the new assessment protocols, which will help them understand how they can help support students in reading, writing, and other areas. 

Major projects undertaken in the division included the consolidation of schools in Lanigan and Kelvington, with grand openings held during the school year. Despite the consolidations, the division is now up to 43 schools with the addition of Watson Colony School in the fall. 

There is also some good news when it comes to learning. 

“As we look at our student data, we’re almost back to pre-COVID [results],” Garinger said. “We were on a great trajectory that way and then, of course with COVID, we didn’t see it right away but then soon we saw the impact that it had in terms of student learning.” 

Garinger credits the work of teachers and support staff in helping to turn things around. 

The division also had classroom complexity teachers in schools, and Garinger said he is excited about the work they’re doing with the classroom teachers. The board will add what are now called classroom support teachers to all schools with over 60 students that didn’t already have them. Garinger said the division has also added additional counselling supports to help students on an individualized basis. 

“Our job is to help them through resilience training and a number of other pieces, and to just be there to hear and to listen and point them in the right direction in terms of getting any other level of support that’s required.” 

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cam.lee@pattisonmedia.com