Northland School Division Daily Wildfire Update

Attention Parents and Guardians:

Please review the following information on how wildfires are impacting Northland schools:

Bishop Routhier School:

The school facility remains closed.

The Peavine Métis Settlement is still under a 4-6 hour evacuation alert.

Staff distributed homework packages. If you have any questions please contact Principal Sheldon Bossert at sheldon.bossert@nsd61.ca.

The staff will continue to prepare for an eventual return to in-school learning.

Hillview School:

The school facility remains closed.

The East Prairie Métis Settlement has lifted the four-hour evacuation alert.

Online learning continues for students. If families have any questions, please email Principal Rosalind Best at rosalind.best@nsd61.ca.

The staff will start preparing for an eventual return to in-school learning. We will keep you posted on when in-school learning will resume at Hillview School.

Chipewyan Lake School:

The school facility remains closed. The community is still under a mandatory evacuation order.

Arrangements have been made to resume learning for Chipewyan Lake School students. Kindergarten to grade 5 students will continue to attend classes at St. Theresa School. A classroom has been set up for students in grades 6-9 at Mistassiniy School. Ms. Lyon will be teaching the class.

For those requiring school bus transportation, Route 467 (Eagle) Sandra McLeod will pick up students between 8:05 a.m. to 8:10 a.m. at the Nova Inn and near the Riverside Inn.

Nova Inn: The bus will stop at the Nova Inn turnoff.

Riverside Inn: The bus will stop along Mistassiniy Road which is near Riverside Inn. Students attending St. Theresa School will be dropped off first, followed by students attending Mistassiniy School.