Private, In-Home Tutoring in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

Ernest Lindner School is located on 1087 Hampton Cir, Saskatoon, SK S7R 1E9, Ernest Lindner School covers grades K-8 and can be contacted at 306-683-7560.  Opening in 2017, Ernest Lindner School is one of the newer schools in the Saskatoon Public Schools District. The school was named after Ernest Friedrich Lindner, who was a nationally respected landscape artist and a long time teacher with Saskatoon Public Schools. Lindlar’s paintings are on display at the Saskatoon Board of Education Office, and in many schools. Like other students in Saskatchewan, students at Ernest Lindlar School are taught a curriculum that includes the Saskatchewan Curriculum Standards. These standards emphasize fostering a community of lifelong learner, a sense of self, community and place, and encouraging students to be engaged citizens. According to the Saskatchewan Curriculum Standards the goal of the English Language Arts curriculum is to help students understand and appreciate language, and use it to confidently and competently to communicate, and in work and life. In the English Language Arts curriculum, reading comprehension and response are emphasized. Students develop their abilities to comprehend and respond to a variety of texts, including oral, print and other media. For more information on the English Language Arts tutoring SchoolTutoring Academy offers, please contact.

École River Heights School is located on 60 Ravine Dr, Saskatoon, SK S7K 1E2, École River Heights School covers grades PreK-8 and can be contacted at 306-683-7430.  The school offers both a French Immersion Program for its students along with an English Program. École River Heights School’s motto is “Reaching Greater Heights”. Staff at the school provide opportunities for students and allow them to grow in the areas of athletics, art, citizenship and community. In addition, the school organizes an annual Science Fair / Heritage Far, along with Arts Exploration Day, Band Programs, and Fitness Focus opportunities. Extracurricular activities at École River Heights School include sports such as volleyball, basketball and track, choir, student leadership club, and jazz band. According to the Saskatchewan Learning Standards, the goals for the mathematics curriculum are to encourage logical thinking, number sense, spatial sense, and to understand that mathematics is way a of knowing the world and relating it to their lives. In grade 6 mathematics, the curriculum is grouped into 4 strands, including number, patterns and relations, statistics and probability, and shape and space. These strands are interrelated, and the concepts taught in each are integrated into the teaching of the other strands. For more information on the Mathematics tutoring SchoolTutoring Academy offer, please contact us.

Centennial Collegiate is located on 160 Nelson Rd, Saskatoon, SK S7S 1P5, Centennial Collegiate covers grades 9-12 and can be contacted at 306-683-7950. The school originally opened in 2006 and is located in the Northeast Part of Saskatoon. Centennial Collegiate has a partnership with the Sasktel Sports Centre and the City of Saskatoon, making it a shared use facility. Students at the school have access to the school’s full sized gym, a large multi-use auxiliary gym, and fitness centre in the soccer centre in the Soccer Centre, which is adjoined to the school. In addition to these athletics facility, the school also contains a 450 seat theatre, band room, state of the art library, and dance studio. Students at Centennial Collegiate have the opportunity to take a French Immersion Program, a History Study Tour Program, and attend the Soccer Academy or the Dance Academy. The school also offers Advanced Placement (AP) courses in Calculus, English and Studio Art. In high school, students begin to take classes in more specific subject areas. For example, mathematics in grade 12 is divided into Precalculus and Calculus. For more information on the mathematics tutoring SchoolTutoring Academy offers, please contact us.

Educating Our Parents: Understanding the Saskatoon District Curriculum

Public schools in Saskatoon use the curriculum developed by the province, which is now called the Renewed Curriculum. This curriculum was crafted by researching curriculum used across Canada and in other nations. The Renewed Curriculum provides a framework for the subject areas and details the standards of learning for each grade level in the subject matter. It describes what a child should know or be able to do in the process of becoming proficient in a subject.

The Curriculum additionally describes the conceptual foundations within the different subjects and also provides Broad Areas of Learning that are expected outcomes for students. Standardized assessments that students take on a provincial-wide basis are aligned to the standards of learning within the Renewed Curriculum.

The city of Saskatoon is located in the province of Saskatchewan. Saskatoon is connected to the rest of the country via the Trans-Canada Yellowhead Highway, and has served as a cultural and economic hub for the province since it was founded in 1882. The city is surrounded by fields of wheat, and is divided by the South Saskatchewan River. Saskatoon is named after a berry of the same name, of which the word for was derived from the Cree Language. Nicknames for the city include “Paris of the Prairies” and “Bridge City”.

Saskatoon is also the home to the University of Saskatchewan. The economy in Saskatchewan is mainly based around potash, oil and agriculture. About two thirds of the world’s recoverable potash reserves are in the Saskatoon region. Another nickname for Saskatchewan is “Hub City”, referring to the city’s central location within Canada. Visitors to Saskatoon can enjoy a wide variety of things to do and see. The major arts venue in Saskatoon is TCU place, which hosts concerts, theatrical performances, and live events such as the Telemiracle Telethon and high school and university convocation ceremonies.

In 2016, the population of Saskatoon was 246,375, making it the most populated city in the province of Saskatchewan. According to a 2016 census by Statistics Canada, the average age of the population in Saskatoon was 38.2 years old. The median household income in the city in 2015 was $68,288.

Meewasin Valley / South Saskatchewan River Valley

The Meewasin Valley Authority manages more than 6700 hectares of land around the South Saskatchewan River Valley. The authority is dedicated to conserving the cultural and natural resources of the South Saskatchewan River Valley. “Meewasin” is the Cree word for beautiful. The area includes conservation areas, canoe launches, interpretive centres, an outdoor skating rink and over 60 km of trails. In the warmer months, visitors can observe a lot of natural vegetation and wildlife. The Meewasin Trail has also been named one of the best hiking trails in Canada and was listed by Reader’s Digest as one of the Top 10 Greatest Hikes in Canada in the fall. It is also possible to cycle this trail!

Western Development Museum

The Saskatchewan Western Development Museum consists of a network of four museums dedicated to preserving and recording the social and economic development of the province of Saskatchewan. The museums are located in Moose Jaw, North Battleford, Saskatoon, and Yorkton. Each museum is dedicated to a different subject. Moose Jaw is dedicated to the History of Transportation, North Battleford is dedicated to Farm and Village Aspects of Pioneer Life, Saskatoon is dedicated to recreating a 1910 Boomtown, and Yorkton is focused on showing the immigrant experience. The Saskatoon branch of the Western Development Museum contains an indoor exhibit of a Boomtown from 1910. There are actual buildings from the era combined with other artifacts from the time in a climate controlled environment. Buildings include a homestead, a police station, a bank, a newspaper office, a saddle shop, a general store, and a dentist’s office. In addition, the museum also showcases vintage automobiles and farm equipment.

Forestry Farm Park and Zoo

The area where the Forestry Farm Park and Zoo lies on was originally established as the Dominion Forest Nursery Station, where between 1913-1966, 147 million trees were grown and shipped across the northern prairie provinces. The types of trees grown were caragana, ash, maple, elm and willow. Today, the park is designated as a National Historic Site of Canada. The Forestry Farm Park and Zoo divided into the zoo, fishing pond, Forestry Farm House, Gazebo Pond Site, Meditation Garden, and Demonstration Forest. The zoo contains over 80 species of animals, including yaks. In addition, the Kinsmen Express Zoo Train offers a guided tour through the zoo area.

Interesting Facts

• On January 21, 2016 at the PotashCorp Wintershines Festival in Saskatoon, 7681 participants set the Guiness World Record for the largest outdoor Snowball fight.
• The city of Saskatoon is one of the sunniest Canadian cities, receiving an average of 2381 hours of sunshine every year!
• Located southeast of Saskatoon, Manitou Lake is one of the most unique lakes in the world. The lake has a mineral density three times saltier than the ocean. This allows visitors to effortlessly float on their backs, and giving the lake its nickname of Canada’s Dead Sea!
• Every year, brave cyclists participate in the annual Ice Cycle. This event is held in February, and it’s called the coldest bicycle ride on the planet.