Category: Blog Post

Feb 11

Bedtime Shenanigans – Feb 12, 19, 24

Check out our upcoming story times with Bedtime Shenanigans. No pre-registration necessary. Events are free!

Feb 11

Belmont Designs Pink Shirts For Anti-Bullying

The Sooke School District Supports Pink Shirt Day On Friday, Belmont’s gay-straight alliance students unveiled their anti-bullying t-shirts made in partnership with the Department of National Defense. Students, teachers, and Principal Ray Miller all gathered around as they opened boxes containing 600 shirts! The shirts are selling for $10 to the public and $5 for …

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Feb 07

BC Family Day

  Ready, Set, Family! Enjoy BC Family Day on Monday. Kids in SD62 are out of school on Monday. Do you need help with ideas or finding events? The BC Government has a webpage dedicated to Family Day – Free events included! Event Ideas Sleep in! Enjoy a family swim, Sooke, 1-3:30 p.m. at SEAPARC’s Pool …

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Jan 30

Ready, Set, Learn at WestShore Town Centre

 Hands-On Learning! Invalid Displayed Gallery On Wednesday, SD62 hosted Ready, Set, Learn, with community partners at WestShore Town Centre and Sooke Community Hall. Parents, along with their kids, ages three and four, experienced hands-on learning activities. Parents also had the opportunity to meet some of our educators and discover how they can support their child’s …

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Jan 29

Ecole Poirier Literacy Day

On Tuesday, I was invited to Ecole Poirier to celebrate their literacy day. I read the book “Wolf” by Becky Bloom to Grade 1,2,4 and 5 French Immersion students at Ecole Poirier. The story is about a wolf who learns to read in order to impress a group of farmyard animals he has met.   ABC …

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Jan 28

Ready, Set, Learn!

On January 29 drop into one of School District 62’s Ready, Set, Learn events and meet some of our educators!

Jan 23

Spencer Middle School Poets

  Eight grade 8 students at Spencer Middle School are soon to be published authors thanks to their meaningful poetic verses and thanks to their English Language Arts teacher Mrs. Nixon. A part of the curriculum in the English Language Arts class is to write free verse poetry. After reading her students creative writing, Mrs. Nixon …

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Jan 21

K-12 School Registration

It’s that time of year again parents! September registration for the 2014/2015 school year is coming up the week of January 27-31.  Here is what you need to know.       Student registration takes place at your local Neighbourhood school from 8:00 – 3:00 p.m. Find your neighbourhood school online under the Catchment Area …

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Jan 20

Nature Kindergarten

Invalid Displayed Gallery After a successful pilot of Nature Kindergarten at Sangster Elementary, the Board of Education at School District 62 is continuing to support the program into the 2014/2015 school year. At SD62 we recognized that emotional intelligence is an important tool in education. Nature Kindergarten allows children to be immersed in nature where …

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Jan 17

No Strike at SD62

As you may have heard in recent news, there is a possibility the Greater Victoria school district may strike on Monday. Naturally, there have been similar questions concerning a strike at School District 62. We want to let you know there will be NO strike or job action in SD62. Our CUPE local 459 has …

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