Category: Blog Post

Jul 18

Celebrate Mandela Today!

[pullquote align=”left|center|right” textalign=”left|center|right” width=”30%”][/pullquote]Take Action; Inspire Change; Make Every Day a Mandela Day.” Find out what you can do today to help inspire change.

Jul 12

Great free reads for the weekend

[pullquote align=”left|center|right” textalign=”left|center|right” width=”30%”]StarWalk Kids Media has hundreds of ebooks online and they are free to access for the month of July![/pullquote] One of the best things parents can do over the summer holidays is infusing learning with fun! And as always, reading books is both easy and effective. So why keep your child learning …

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Jul 10

SD62 Student Achievement Plan

This is the 2011-2014 Student Achievement Plan. In detail, it will tell you everything you need or want to know about student success in our District. See where we are now and find out how we are going to ensure a great future for students in SD62. Click the image to open the entire document.

Jul 09

Top 3 websites to help you find activities for kids this summer

Jun 27

Have a Fantastic Summer!

Jun 25

You’re Invited!

In attendence: Wendy Hobbs,SD62 Board Chair; Mayor Stu Young, City of Langford; Peter Fassbender, Minister of Education

Jun 21

Capturing Stories- Premiere Screening

At the end of each school year, students in the Aboriginal Digital Storytelling Program share their work with everyone. With professional help, these projects are brilliant and not to be missed! See the premiere screening from Dunsmuir Middle School students! Refreshments will be served. Date: Monday, June 24th Time: 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. Location: Dunsmuir …

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Jun 17

Take Student Genius Global!

As parents and teachers, we are always trying to find ways to help our kids take on challenges and find solutions so that they can see how their resolutions help to make change. I just came across Quest 2 Matter by Angela Maiers (also behind Choose 2 Matter). This idea and contest does exactly that- …

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Jun 14

And the winner is: Royal Bay Secondary School!

The name for the new high school at the Royal Bay site has been chosen! Royal Bay Secondary School brought in 46% of public votes. Read more about the naming process.

Jun 13

International in SD62

Miles catches a BIG crab with his hostdad

I realise haven’t posted much at all about a large department here in SD62. Our team in the international Schools program is so amazing and connects so well with our new students. Here are just a few photos from some of their experiences here over the past school year.