Clearview School Division officially launched their fully redesigned website on Monday, Sept. 21.
At the school board meeting on Thursday, Sept. 17, Clearview School Board Superintendent Peter Barron, along with Associate Superintendent Peter Neale and the board of trustees announced the soft launch for Friday, Sept. 18, followed by the official launch earlier this week.
Located at www.clearview.ab.ca, some of the exciting new features of the new website include a section for parents with helpful information including accessing learning resources for students and the ability for parents to pay school fees online.
There is a new section on bus route, where parents can subscribe to be notified immediately of any bus delays or cancellations by email or text.
With the new website, Clearview staff will also be able to access all staff resources easily, including information and a portal to Google Apps for Education (GAFE), all employment forms, and safety information.
There is a search button at the bottom of the page, which will help all visitors to look up for any information or document that they might want to find.
With social media becoming an integral part of the education landscape, the new website has also provided direct links to follow Clearview on Twitter and Facebook.
“The new website will help to increase communication and showcase the great things Clearview is doing for learning success,” said Barron. “Over the next year, schools and teachers will have their websites updated to the new look and increase our connections to communities and parents.”
William E. Hay Stettler Secondary Campus receives $2,000 from local radio station Q93.3
Band director and teacher Eric Rahn, along with Vice-principal Warren Aspenes and Superintendent Peter Barron received a donation of $2,000 for third year in a row from Vicki Leuck, manager, local radio station Q93.3.
The funds will be used to support the band program at William E. Hay Stettler Secondary Campus.
“The program is very appreciative of this generous donation,” said Barron.
International school trips scheduled
The board of trustees was requested by some of the Clearview schools to approve school trips abroad for short periods.
These requests have been given a preliminary nod, and include Gus Wetter and Coronation schools’ trips to Italy from March 4 to April 2, 2016, William E. Hay Stettler Secondary Campus trip to New Orleans, from May 8 through 13, 2016 and William E. Hay Stettler Secondary Campus trip to Cuba in December 2016.