Steinbach MLA and Education Minister Kelvin Goertzen announced that the province is expanding its partnership with InformNet to increase access to summer school programming for grade 9 to 12 students in Manitoba.
Steinbach MLA and Education Minister Kelvin Goertzen announced that the province has partnered with the Pembina Trails School Division and the St. James-Assiniboia School Division to offer expanded access to InformNet online courses during the suspension of in-school classes due to COVID-19.
Steinbach MLA and Education Minister Kelvin Goertzen announced that the province is providing a supplemental online resource for Manitoba families whose children are learning at home during the suspension of in-school classes because of COVID-19.
At the advice of the chief provincial public health officer, Manitoba is suspending classroom learning for kindergarten to Grade 12 students indefinitely for this school year to help ‘flatten the curve’ and reduce the impact of COVID-19 throughout the province.
Steinbach MLA and Education Minister Kelvin Goertzen announced that the Manitoba government is investing $60,000 to expand the highly successful Families and Schools Together (F&ST) program, bringing the total to nine schools benefiting from the initiative.
On February 28, 2020, Steinbach MLA and Manitoba Minister of Education, Kelvin Goertzen, will celebrate Canadian Agriculture Literacy Month with grade 2 students at Mitchell Elementary School in Mitchell, Manitoba.
Steinbach MLA and Education Minister Kelvin Goertzen announced that the Manitoba government is striving to improve student attendance at school by examining best practices in other provinces.
Steinbach MLA and Education Minister Kelvin Goertzen announced that the Manitoba government will increase funding for public schools by more than $6.6 million for the 2020-21 school year to a record total of $1.33 billion.
Steinbach MLA and Education Minister Kelvin Goertzen announced that students and families in La Salle and the surrounding communities are now benefiting from an $11-million addition and renovation at La Salle School that includes a new stand-alone child-care centre.
Steinbach MLA and Education Minister Kelvin Goertzen announced that the Manitoba government is investing $4.4 million to enhance access to school-based mental health and addictions supports, beginning in Steinbach, Brandon and Portage la Prairie.
