Oki, Tansi, Abawashded, and Welcome to Mother Earth’s Children’s Charter School

Alberta’s first Aboriginal Charter School

A place where:

… children are loved

… families are welcome

… connections are made to grassroots

… staff are sensitive to students’ needs

… students are respected for their individuality

… mainstream education and traditional Idigenous teachings meet

Understanding the importance of finding ways to connect with students, MECCS offers a broad range of programming through a unique culturally enriched curriculum. It is through these experiences where we see students learn to respect one another and themselves, they learn to care, they learn to learn, they learn to lead, and they learn to dream.

It is often said that the classroom is a place where miracles happen. It is a place where children from various backgrounds and cultures with differing personalities and differing learning styles and abilities come together to gain valuable life lessons that enable them to prosper in society. The classroom is a magical place filled with young minds just waiting to rediscover who they are and what they are truly capable of.

Knowing that we are impacting children positively, influencing students to stay in school, preventing cases of bullying, connecting children to their roots, teaching kids the importance of love and respect, receiving a “good morning” with a smile, we see our journey a success and our efforts more than worthwhile.

It is an honor and a privilege to be the principal of Mother Earth’s Children’s Charter School. It is an exhilarating experience working together with parents, extended families, and school staff who truly care about the growth, development of our children and our future generations. Recognizing that we are a newly developing school, the learning curve is steep, the journey is long and windy and many mile stones have yet to be reached; we remain hopeful and committed to our purpose which is to provide students with a balanced, sound, culturally infused, fun-filled program.

In kind spirit,

TJ Skalski