November 16, 2012
Province Offers Additional After-school Support to Students, Families
Aboriginal and Northern Affairs Minister Eric Robinson today urged First Nation and federal officials to come to an agreement on the resumption of classes as soon as possible for students of Lake St. Martin First Nation and offered new after-school program support for students and families.
“As soon as we were notified of the school closure, we arranged and offered alternate class space in the provincial school system to allow students to continue their studies together as a community,” said Robinson. “Allowing the students to fall further behind with this offer sitting on the table would be nothing short of irresponsible.
“We have also offered to work with the community to quickly develop a program that would provide students with activities in the critical after-school hours and help them get through this difficult time.”
The after-school program would be modeled after the province’s successful Bright Futures program that partners with community organizations to deliver individually tailored supports including tutoring, outreach to increase family involvement in schools, mentoring, goal-setting, career exploration and bursaries in order to improve graduation rates and increase access to post-secondary education.
The provincial offer to work with the community to develop after-school programming could result in organized activities in areas such as:
URGENT ACTION NEEDED TO GET LAKE ST. MARTIN FIRST NATION STUDENTS BACK TO SCHOOL: ROBINSON
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“As soon as we were notified of the school closure, we arranged and offered alternate class space in the provincial school system to allow students to continue their studies together as a community,” said Robinson. “Allowing the students to fall further behind with this offer sitting on the table would be nothing short of irresponsible.
“We have also offered to work with the community to quickly develop a program that would provide students with activities in the critical after-school hours and help them get through this difficult time.”
The after-school program would be modeled after the province’s successful Bright Futures program that partners with community organizations to deliver individually tailored supports including tutoring, outreach to increase family involvement in schools, mentoring, goal-setting, career exploration and bursaries in order to improve graduation rates and increase access to post-secondary education.
The provincial offer to work with the community to develop after-school programming could result in organized activities in areas such as:
- sport, recreation and physical activity,
- arts and cultural appreciation,
- education and career exploration,
- health awareness and life-skills development, and
- leadership and service to community.
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