Rainy River District

As children are settling into the new school year, it’s important that they are seeing properly. With October being Children’s Vision Month, the Rainy River District School Board wants to remind parents and guardians to ensure their child is ready to learn – and this starts with an eye exam from an optometrist.

Learning how bicycles operate, and understanding how to repair them, can be key to helping students explore different educational pathways.

Last week during a conference entitled "Culturally Responsive Teaching and Learning," educators from across the province got to see the effects of an outdoor classroom first hand.

Mike Lewis, Atikokan's trustee on the Rainy River District School Board since December 2011, is stepping down effective Sept. 30.

The 2017-2018 Education Quality and Accountability Office (EQAO) results have been released. School and system leaders of the Rainy River District School Board have met to analyze and interpret the results. These results, along with other assessments, help the School Board to develop and refine strategies for achievement in all areas of the curriculum, including Literacy and Math.

The Rainy River District School Board has taken a stand for diversity and inclusivity in its classrooms. Last Tuesday, it passed a motion to write the premier an minister of education a letter in support for the recently-scrapped 2015 sexual health curriculum.