The Department of Education has released its first online back-to-school newsletter - It provides helpful tips on how to have a healthy, safe and active year, information on government programs and important dates.

New Video Promotes Options and Opportunities for Students - The video, produced by the Department of Education's Learning Resources and Technology Division, shows how the O2 program connects high school students with employers and offers them meaningful hands-on learning in schools and in the community.

Students Honoured for Making Positive Difference in Schools, Communities - Premier's Power of Positive Change award winners with Premier Darrell Dexter and Minister of Education Marilyn More (front). Winners are (from left): Nam Ong, Tucker Mertens, Claire Mercer, Jenna Cormier, Spencer MacKay, Carsten MacLean, Ira Archibald-Faloon, Breanna Fitzgerald, Cassandra DeWolfe and Mallory Borden.
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Success of Computers for Schools Initiative Minister of Education Marilyn More gets a lesson on how to refurbish a computer from the lead technician with the Computers for Schools program Brandon Maclean during a showcase event in Halifax on June 2.

Student Delegates meet at 8th Annual Model Legislature - Student delegates meet in session at eighth-annual Model Legislature at Province House on May 29, 2010. The students debated bills on off-shore drilling and emergency health care at the three-day gathering.

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