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  • Dog Hired As Assistant Teacher In Reykjavík School

    Dog Hired As Assistant Teacher In Reykjavík School

    A Labrador Retriever named Orka has started working as an assistant teacher in Rimaskóli primary school. The dog helps teaching students in third grade, and doubles as a therapist, its owner and Rimaskóli teacher Dagný Gísladóttir told RÚV. Orka is part of…

  • Firearms Discovered By Children On School Roof

    Firearms Discovered By Children On School Roof

    On the evening of February 13, a group of children discovered wandering about Laugalækjarskóli primary school roof found a bag containing a gun, RÚV reports. The weapon was not loaded, and no ammunition was found in the bag. The school’s principal notified parents…

  • Kópavogur Headmaster Urges Parents To Mind Their Manners

    Kópavogur Headmaster Urges Parents To Mind Their Manners

    On January 22, the headmaster of Kópavogur primary school Hörðuvallaskóli sent a mass email to parents of the school’s students. In it, principal Sigrún Ólöf Ingólfsdóttir encouraged adults to mind their manners and language when communicating with the school’s faculty, RÚV reports. …

  • Elementary School Teachers Sign A Deal

    Elementary School Teachers Sign A Deal

    Elementary School Teachers signed a new collective bargaining agreement last night, ending a long and strained negotiation, reports RÚV. Elementary schools will therefore reopen this morning and lessons will resume at the usual time. As reported, Elementary School Teachers went on strike May 15 and…