It was another challenging year for many school boards across the region because of COVID-19.
Jackie Robinson is the Education Director for the Northwest Catholic District School Board and she still calls this year a success.
She says the pandemic changed the delivery of instruction and support services.
“This year we had the opportunity to really focus on varied ways to connect with our students and their families beyond the traditional. In many ways using online platforms may have even brought us closer together as a board than we had been able to in the past.”
Robinson says there was plenty to celebrate this school year.
She says, “We grew as a board. We grew in our skills and our ability to connect in non-traditional ways. To deliver instruction in non-traditional ways. And our children were able to learn those skills as well.”
Robinson adds the ability to open their schools to a pre-pandemic level was among the highlights.
(With files from Randy Thoms)