December 2011

Cake cutting

Félicitations La Boussole!

On December 6, 2011, La Boussole, Centre de la petite enfance et de la famille de Richibucto celebrated its first anniversary. The Hon. Margaret Norrie McCain and Jane Bertrand sent the following message to La Boussole on this occasion:

Together you have accomplished much in the past couple of years. You are building a strong platform of early childhood and family programs aligned to the public education at Soleil Levant School. Since the opening of La Boussole in the fall of 2010, you have continued to build partnerships, expand services and meet the needs of ...

Margaret McCain accepts gift from children at the opening of the Holland College Early Learning Centre

CHARLOTTETOWN: Friday, Dec. 2/ The Honourable Margaret Norrie McCain joined Premier Robert Ghiz here today for the opening of a newly expanded Smart Start program at West Kent School and a new early learning centre at Holland College.

Smart Start includes a range of enhanced services for children and families transitioning from the province’s Best Start Program. Mrs. McCain announced a four-year, $600,000 pilot that will provide preschool programming for children transitioning from Best Start along with continued resources for parents. The ...

Smart Start PEI joins new Preschool Excellence Initiative

Smart Start, the integrated service model demonstrating best practices in early childhood service delivery, is becoming part of the PEI government’s new Preschool Excellence Initiative.

Four Smart Start programs have been selected to become Early Years Centres in phase one of implementation. Early Years Centres are the core of the new preschool initiative. They follow a common curriculum, have mandated parent committees and are operated by non-profit organizations. Staff salaries and parent fees reflect a province-wide grid.

Chosen as Early Years Centres are the Smart Start sites at St Jean and ...