Feb 13
On Thursday morning we celebrated the completion of Sangster Elementary school’s seismic upgrade! Education Minister Peter Fassbender, SD62 school trustees, students and staff joined us in the updated four-classroom annex for the celebration. The Honourable Peter Fassbender also played a game of basketball with our grade 2/3 students! Sangster’s upgrade project is a part of …
Jan 20
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 …
Apr 16
While Assistant Superintendents Dave Betts and Roberta Kubik & myself were in Vancouver at the BC School Superintendents Association annual conference last Thursday, Minister Ida Chong (on behalf of Minister McRae) presented $2.1 million for seismic upgrades to Sangster Elementary. The $2.1 million will go into reconstructing certain parts of the school to make sure …
Dec 14
A grade 5 class at Sangster Elementary is THE ONLY class in BC to participate in a country-wide video conference with Parks Canada! Classes from five different provinces will interact with each other LIVE via video conference to discuss how Canada’s National Parks fit into our Canadian identity. Spearheaded by educators from the Palisades Stewardship …
Sep 11
It’s no surprise that SD62’s Nature Kindergarten is featured in the news again. With such creativity and learning opportunities, it’s no wonder Nature Kindergarten is gaining a lot of attention. (Please note, link to Chek is not working, we’ll link it as soon as we can).
