Oct 30
Happy Halloween! The costumes are out and the candy is ready, but are you set to have a safe Halloween? Health Canada has some great food safety tips– especially for people with food allergies and sensitivities. The RCMP covers more safety tips such as: Making yourself more visible with reflective strips on costumes or by …
Oct 25
This week’s guest blogger is SD62’s Public Relations Coordinator, Lindsay Vogan. What a fantastic evening yesterday at the Family Fall Gathering at Saseenos Elementary! Thank you to all the families and children for attending and celebrating student success in SD62. Aside from the delicious harvest stew dinner, the Tzinquaw Dancers stole the show with their …
Oct 16
SD62 is preparing for this Thursday’s Great British Columbia Shake Out! While we have yet to experience “the big one”, earthquakes happen in our region nearly every day. SD62 schools and students will be prepared to “drop, cover and hold-on” at 10:18 Thursday morning. Sign-up your household, company or organization to participate in …
Oct 11
Today is the first ever international Day of the Girl! This year focuses on equal opportunities for girls everywhere to access education. Read more about this theme. Today we advocate and recognize girls’ rights globally. For activities, short videos, toolkits and pledges, check out dayofthegirl.org Canada’s own “Because I am a Girl” campaign gained international …
Oct 10
Having two ways out is the theme of this year’s Fire Prevention Week. There are a lot of great tips and information about how to get your family involved in preparing in the event of a fire available from Fire Prevention Canada. Here are some of the PSA’s to go along with this year’s theme. …
Oct 10
Couldn’t resist posting this great coverage of our Nature Kindergarten Program. Shaw TV did a great job on the visuals and story.
Oct 04
Cop’s for Caner’s Tour de Rock riders sped past schools in SD62 yesterday. Hundreds of students cheered on the riders as they rode by. Thank you to all the schools and students for participating and encouraging these riders along their island-long journey. Check out the Tour de Rock website to find route information and stopping …
Jun 27
A representative from Royal Roads University speaks with professor Enid Elliot and SD62’s Francis Krusekopf about what the 21 students in Nature Kindergarten can expect to learn during this exciting pilot project. The students will attend Sangster Elementary and explore the forests of neighboring Royal Roads University each morning, rain or shine. Click the photo …
Jun 22
Students from Dunsmuir and representatives from SD62’s Nature Kindergarten and Aboriginal Education programs were at Royal Roads University yesterday to celebrate National Aboriginal Day. With lot’s of traditional drumming, dancing and performance, it was great to be part of celebrating and recognizing the Aboriginal groups in and around the West Shore! Thank you!
Jun 14
Congratulations to Grade 12 Belmont student, Taylor Bourne on his fantastic essay A Personal Approach to Education! Not only is Taylor a finalist in the Vancouver Island Chapter of the BCSSA Grade 12 Essay Scholarship Program, he also takes home a $200 award! Here’s a small snip bit of Taylor’s award-winning essay: “With personalized learning …