The Prairie Spirit School Division (PSSD) Board of Education held its annual organizational meeting on November 29 and elected its Chair and Vice-Chair for the upcoming year.
Bernie Howe was re-elected as Chair, while Kate Kading was named Vice-Chair.
As part of the organizational meeting, all Prairie Spirit Trustees were assigned to a variety of roles on Board Committees for the 2021/22 year.
Bernie Howe has served as a Board of Education Trustee since 1991, representing Delisle, Vanscoy, Perdue, Pike Lake and Willow Park Hutterite Colony. Bernie served his first term as Prairie Spirit Board Chair in 2020/21.
Howe thanked his fellow Trustees for his re-election as Board Chair for a second consecutive one-year term.
“It is important to recognize how we have moved forward over the past year,” he said. “We all want to provide the best education for our students.”
Kate Kading has served as a Trustee for Subdivision 2 (Duck Lake, Hague and Rosthern) since Board elections in November 2020.
“I look forward to working with this strong leadership team to continue to build relationships that benefit our students and their families,” Kading said in accepting the role of Board Vice- Chair for the 2021/22 term.
Provincial Board involvement
Kimberly Greyeyes, Prairie Spirit Trustee, was re-elected to lead the Indigenous Constituency at the Saskatchewan School Boards Association (SSBA) annual general meeting in November. In this role, she is also part of the SSBA’s provincial executive and is the first Indigenous woman to be part of this leadership team.
Prairie Spirit School Division serves over 11,000 students in 47 schools and 28 communities surrounding the City of Saskatoon.