South Shore Regional School Board: Annapolis Valley Regional School Board

Annapolis Valley Regional School Board: Close to 300 students in Grade 7, along with their math teachers, will receive tablets for the school year as part of a pilot project courtesy of Southwest Properties and Clearwater Seafoods Ltd, according to CBC. The four schools selected for the pilot project are from the Annapolis Valley Regional School Board, the Cape Breton-Victoria Regional School Board, the Halifax Regional School Board and the South Shore Regional School Board and A major property management company and one of Atlantic Canada's largest seafood suppliers are teaming up with the province of Nova Scotia to supply Grade 7 students at four schools with tablets next year. "I think that if Nova Scotians are better educated it makes this a way better place to do business, not just for the people who we're searching for to join our company but for the entire economy," said Jim Spatz, the CEO of Southwest Properties. Tina Broderick, a math teacher at Oxford School, along with Jacob Beaton and Olivia Singer, will get tablets next year to take home and use in class. Jean Laroche/ (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.