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Highlights from the latest Creighton School Board meeting, held Jan. 18: The board offered congratulations the senior boys' volleyball team for receiving the Sask-atchewan High School Athletic Association Sportsmanship Award at the recent Boys' 4A Provincial Volleyball Championship in Wilkie. This award goes to the team that best represents the ideals of sportsmanship at the provincial championship. The team will be recognized for this award at an upcoming school assembly. Trustees commended both the coaches and the players for being what they view as exemplary representatives of the school division. It was announced that the Creighton School Division will host its annual meeting at the school board office on Wednesday, Feb. 1 at 7 p.m. The public will receive information on the division's financial statement, and a report on the how the division is doing in regards to student achievement. All members of the public are invited to attend and learn about the division's accomplishments and challenges. Principal Jane Dupre presented the board with the School Learning Improvement Plan. High-lights include a continued focus on staff development in the area of assessment for learning practices to improve student achievement; and the development of a new report card to convey to parents student achievement. A working group that includes both staff and students are developing a long-range technology plan focusing on what it means to be a 21st Century learner, and how technology will be infused into the curriculum to improve student learning. The board discussed a keynote presentation made by Ray McNulty on Nov. 29 at the fall assembly of the Saskatchewan School Boards Assoc-iation. McNulty is president of the International Centre for Leadership in Education. A highlight of his presentation was the identification of the gap that is occurring between school improvement efforts and the changes in societal expectations. The challenge for schools is not only to be accountable for improved student learning, but to prepare students for the lives they will lead in an ever-changing world. McNulty's advice to school boards was to expand the definition of learning to include adults, and to invest in the development of staff capacity to provide a rigorous and relevant curriculum to students. _ Compiled from a Creighton School Division meeting summary
