Light of Christ hopes new program will help students reach potential

The belief is the Clifton Strengths program will have a positive trickle-down effect on everyone involved with students, teachers and parents.

“The whole idea behind the strengths is that if the teacher knows their top five strengths and understands how to utilize them and become the best version of who they are, the kids can do the exact same thing,” Rideout said, adding this will help develop more supportive, caring relationships between the staff and the students, and parents as well.

Enrolment steady

When looking at numbers for the year, Light of Christ school division’s projected enrolment for the 2018-19 school year was on target.

The division projected 2,044 students when making its estimates in January, and as of Sept. 30, 2018 the actual enrolment number is exactly 2,044.

Rideout said it’s important to be as close to projections as possible so the division can budget accordingly, since enrolment is tied to funding received from the province.

Staffing needs met

Rideout said the division is fully staffed, and hasn’t experienced any shortages.

“Everything is fine,” he said. “Our French immersion program is fully staffed as well. We have no issues with our staffing.”

Budget funding as expected

The school division received added funding of $83,000 for the 2017-18 school year, from the $7.5 million in additional funding the province provided school divisions across Saskatchewan in early 2018.
For the 2018-19 school year Light of Christ school division received $19,957,000 in operating funding from the province.

“We made out where we thought we would be,” Rideout said. “It’s better than what we had in the past.”

He said the added funding that came in around March for the prior school year was also well received.

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by Angela Brown

Light of Christ hopes new program will help students reach potential

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