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CTV News
3 days ago
- General
- CTV News
Indigenous graduation in N.B. school district
Atlantic Watch 24 students walked the stage at the Indigenous graduation celebration in NB's Anglophone East School District.
CTV News
4 days ago
- General
- CTV News
Anglophone East School District marks third annual Indigenous Grad Celebration
Twenty-four students from the Anglophone East School District walked the stage for the third annual Indigenous Grad Celebration on June 2, 2025. (CTV Atlantic / Alana Pickrell) It was a significant day within the Anglophone East School District as 24 students from high schools in the area walked the stage for the third annual Indigenous Grad Celebration. 'We've helped support them grow as people and as individuals and when we go to the high school graduations they're dressing in regalia as they walk across the stage and very proud of who they are as individuals, who they are as people, who they are as citizens of their community and citizens of the world,' said superintendent and CEO Randolph MacLEAN. As part of the district's call to action for Truth and Reconciliation, MacLEAN says work is being done to make sure the district is both 'academically responsive and culturally responsive to indigenous students.' This includes cultural support workers in schools and an Indigenous Services Team to ensure daily education and support throughout a student's entire educational journey. 'I see it here today, but I see it in classrooms,' he said. 'I see it in classrooms as we do cultural events and students are wearing ribbon skirts or in our peace and friendship spaces in schools and students are proud of their cultural identities and we support them. We see it in our classrooms as we intertwine our Indigenous learnings with the way we teach.' He says the first year had just three to four students take part in the culturally responsive graduation celebration. The Legend Catering room at the Moncton Coliseum was packed full of students, their families, school officials and Indigenous spiritual leaders. Ceremonial Elder Donna Augustine says this event is important because students are being honoured in a traditional way with an opening song, prayer and honour song. 'In the schools, the regular school system, they've learned academically, but in our way, it's just as important or even more important to know your roots, your heritage, who you are,' she said. Augustine is the Elder in Residence for the AESD and goes to various schools to share culture with students throughout their time at school. 'We don't want our youth to go out there in the world and hold their heads down, we want them to go out there and be proud of their heritage and who they are,' she said. 'When they walk out into this world, they're armed with their culture, their base, their root is that strong culture so as they go out into the world, they're going to excel at everything they do and so we encourage them all along the way.' MacLEAN says the district will continue to grow and foster this program and way of teaching in the future, bringing together education and culture in a significant way. Students will also attend their school graduation ceremonies to celebrate their accomplishments as they say goodbye to high school. For more New Brunswick news, visit our dedicated provincial page.
CBC
26-05-2025
- Business
- CBC
New Shediac anglophone school location announced, with room for growth
Social Sharing The site of a new school in Shediac has been selected, leaving the district and province hopeful it will relieve enrolment pressures. The province is budgeting $105 million for the school, which will be located on the west side of Ohio Road, next to Route 15. With construction starting this fall, the school is expected to open its doors in January 2029. It will replace Shediac Cape School, located roughly six kilometres away. Randolph MacLean, the superintendent and CEO of Anglophone East School District, said Shediac Cape School has doubled in size in the last four years. Shediac Cape School is a kindergarten to Grade 8 school that has added 10 portable classrooms to accommodate its 565 students. The new school will be kindergarten to Grade 12 and intended for 930 students, which will also take pressure off Moncton High School. Students who travel from Shediac to Moncton High School will now be able to attend school in their own community. WATCH | New school will have capacity for more than 900 students: Goodbye portables? New Shediac school to ease student 'overpopulation' 32 minutes ago Duration 1:38 The New Brunswick government is budgeting $105M for a new K-12 school in Shediac, The province says this will allow hundreds of students who travel to Moncton for their education to stay in their home community instead. MacLean said about 400 students from Shediac are transported to Moncton High School and that the school is "bursting at the seams." "We're able to reverse that and educate students in their home community of Shediac, which is incredibly exciting," said MacLean. He said the bus ride is about an hour each way and he's excited to give that time back to students. "Now we've just given students back two hours of their lives and that time can be invested in extracurricular activities," he said. The new Shediac school will feature music, visual arts and middle school technology rooms. There will also be a theatre, computer and science labs, and vocational shops. It will also have a library, cafeteria and two gymnasiums that will be open for community use after school hours. Education Minister Claire Johnson said the school will be "surrounded by nature in a beautiful piece of land." She also said when the school is built it will be ready for more population growth. "We always plan for a little bit of projection for growth. ... we expect when it opens that we'll be able to welcome more people," said Johnson. She said the southeast New Brunswick region is the fastest growing and that Anglophone East has seen a 20 per cent increase in student enrolment since 2021. As for the current Shediac Cape School, where the announcement was made, its future use is to be determined, MacLean said. "As we get down the road and we put shovels into the ground, we'll continue that conversation." He said his district is also working on more schools. Last year, two schools were approved by the province in his region, while more in Moncton and Dieppe have been approved at the district level.
