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Eastern School District
The Eastern School District was a Canadian school district in Prince Edward Island, from the 1990s to 2012. The Eastern School District was an English Canadian, Anglophone district operating 43 public schools (gr. 1–12) in Queens County, Prince Edward Island, Queens and Kings County, Prince Edward Island, Kings Counties with its headquarters in Stratford, Prince Edward Island, Stratford. Current enrollment was approximately 14,300 students and 700 teachers. The Eastern School District was created in the 1990s when Regional School Unit 3 and Regional School Unit 4 were merged. *In 2012 the English Language School Board was created when the Eastern School District and Western School Board were merged. Bluefield Family *''Bluefield High School (Prince Edward Island), Bluefield High School'' *Central Queens Elementary School *East Wiltshire Intermediate School *Eliot River Elementary School *Englewood Consolidated School *Gulf Shore Consolidated School *Westwood Primary School Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Eastern may refer to: Transportation *China Eastern Airlines, a current Chinese airline based in Shanghai *Eastern Air, former name of Zambia Skyways *Eastern Air Lines, a defunct American airline that operated from 1926 to 1991 *Eastern Air Lines (2015), an American airline that began operations in 2015 *Eastern Airlines, LLC, previously Dynamic International Airways, a U.S. airline founded in 2010 *Eastern Airways, an English/British regional airline *Eastern Provincial Airways, a defunct Canadian airline that operated from 1949 to 1986 *Eastern Railway (other), various railroads *Eastern Avenue (other), various roads *Eastern Parkway (other), various parkways *Eastern Freeway, Melbourne, Australia *Eastern Freeway Mumbai, Mumbai, India *, a cargo liner in service 1946-65 Education *Eastern University (other) *Eastern College (other) Other uses * Eastern Broadcasting Limited, former name of Maritime Broadcasting System, Canada * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prince Edward Island
Prince Edward Island (PEI; ) is one of the thirteen Provinces and territories of Canada, provinces and territories of Canada. It is the smallest province in terms of land area and population, but the most densely populated. The island has several nicknames: "Garden of the Gulf", "Birthplace of Confederation" and "Cradle of Confederation". Its capital and largest city is Charlottetown. It is one of the three Maritime provinces and one of the four Atlantic provinces. Part of the traditional lands of the Miꞌkmaq, it was colonized by the French in 1604 as part of the colony of Acadia. The island was ceded to the British at the conclusion of the French and Indian War in 1763 and became part of the colony of Nova Scotia, and in 1769 the island became its own British colony. Prince Edward Island hosted the Charlottetown Conference in 1864 to discuss a Maritime Union, union of the Maritime provinces; however, the conference became the first in a series of meetings which led to Canadi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English Canadian
English Canadians (french: Canadiens anglais or ), or Anglo-Canadians (french: Anglo-Canadiens), refers to either Canadians of English ethnic origin and heritage or to English-speaking or Anglophone Canadians of any ethnic origin; it is used primarily in contrast with French Canadians. Canada is an officially bilingual country, with English and French official language communities. Immigrant cultural groups ostensibly integrate into one or both of these communities, but often retain elements of their original cultures. The term English-speaking Canadian is sometimes used interchangeably with English Canadian. Although many English-speaking Canadians have strong historical roots traceable to England or other parts of the British Isles, English-speaking Canadians have a variety of ethnic backgrounds. They or their ancestors came from various Celtic, European, Asian, Caribbean, African, Latin American, and Pacific Island cultures, as well as French Canada and North American Ab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Queens County, Prince Edward Island
Queens County is a county in the province of Prince Edward Island, Canada. It is the largest county in the province by population with 89,770 (2021) and land. Charlottetown is the county seat of Queens County, and is the largest city and the capital of Prince Edward Island. The county is located in the centre of Prince Edward Island, and the geography varies from relatively flat plains to rolling hills in the central interior lands known as the Bonshaw Hills. The coastline features sandstone cliffs and sandy beaches, with numerous sheltered bays on the Gulf of St. Lawrence and Northumberland Strait. The most important geographic feature of Queens County is the Hillsborough River and its extensive estuary, which almost cuts both the county and Prince Edward Island in half. Queens County was formed in 1765, and was named by Captain Samuel Holland in honour of Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, then queen consort of the United Kingdom. Historically the economy of the county has b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kings County, Prince Edward Island
Kings County (2021 population 18,327) is located in eastern Prince Edward Island, Canada. It is the province's smallest, most rural and least-populated county. Kings County is also least dependent upon the agriculture industry compared with the other two counties, while being more heavily dependent on the fishery and forest industry. Comparatively large parts of the county are still forested and it hosts the province's largest sawmill. The only heavy industry, aside from forestry and industrial farming, is a small shipyard, although secondary manufacturing has been established in recent years. The county was named by Capt. Samuel Holland in 1765 for King George III (1738–1820). As such, Kings County's shire town is Georgetown. The largest community within the town of Three Rivers. Demographics As a census division in the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Kings County had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stratford, Prince Edward Island
Stratford is a town located in Queens County, Prince Edward Island. Situated immediately southeast of the city of Charlottetown, Stratford recorded a population of 10,927 in the 2021 census. The town is the third-largest municipality in the province and has experienced population growth in recent decades since improvements were made to the Hillsborough River Bridge connecting the town with Charlottetown. Amalgamation Southport was incorporated in 1972, with a main road named "Stratford Road," after the secondary name that had competed with Southport as the village name more than a century earlier. On April 1, 1995, the incorporated communities of Bunbury, Cross Roads, Keppoch-Kinlock, and Southport amalgamated to form the Town of Stratford. At the same time, the amalgamated Stratford annexed a small portion of the Lot 48 township. The legislation designated the new town as Charlottetown South but that name did not survive long and the town's renaming became controversial ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English Language School Board
Public Schools Branch (PSB), formerly the English Language School Board or ELSB, is a Canadian school district in Prince Edward Island. The Public Schools Branch is an Anglophone district operating 56 public schools (gr. K–12) in Prince County, Queens County and Kings County. It maintains offices in Stratford and Summerside with the current enrollment at approximately 20,000 students and 3500 employees. History The English Language School Board was created in 2012 when Eastern School District and Western School Board were merged. The Board took office on January 1, 2013. On November 5, 2015, the PEI Government announced that it would be dissolving the English Language School Board, replacing it with the Public Schools Branch. Family of Schools Bluefield Family of Schools * Bluefield Senior High School **East Wiltshire Intermediate School *Central Queens Elementary School *Eliot River Elementary School *Englewood School *Gulf Shore Consolidated School *Westwood Primary ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Western School Board
The Western School Board was a Canadian school district in Prince Edward Island, from the 1990s to 2012. It was an English Canadian, Anglophone district operating 21 public schools (gr. 1–12) in Prince County, Prince Edward Island, Prince County. It maintained offices in Summerside, Prince Edward Island, Summerside and Elmsdale, Prince Edward Island, Elmsdale. The Western School Board was created in the 1990s when Regional School Unit 1 and Regional School Unit 2 were merged. Current enrollment was approximately 7,400 students. *In 2012 the English Language School Board was created when the Eastern School District and Western School Board were merged. Kensington Family *''Kensington Intermediate Senior High School'' *Queen Elizabeth Elementary School Kinkora Family *''Kinkora Regional High School'' *Somerset Elementary School *Amherst Cove Consolidated School Three Oaks Family *''Three Oaks Senior High School'' *Athena Consolidated School *Elm Street Elementary School *Gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bluefield High School (Prince Edward Island)
Bluefield High School (BHS) is a Canadian secondary school in Hampshire, Prince Edward Island for students from the Mid-part of Queens County, including the town of Cornwall. The school is administratively part of the Public Schools Branch. Its official colours are blue and white and the mascot is a Bobcat. The sports teams from BHS are called the Bluefield Bobcats. History and characteristics *In 2000, a new $2 million addition to Bluefield High School was opened by students, staff, parents, Eastern School District representatives and government officials. The new addition at Bluefield was . It consists of seven classrooms, one special education area, a sick room, an art room, two work rooms, a general office area and a new main entrance area. The Honourable Jeffrey E. Lantz, Minister of Education, also participated in the official opening. *In 2007, Bluefield was one of three Island schools, and one of ten Canadian schools, to receive a $40,000 HP grant to improve teaching by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
