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Vote for South Canoe!

The outdoor learning program at South Canoe Elementary is nominated as one of six finalists in BC for $100,000 from BCAA. There are three winners! South Canoe Elementary wants to build a commercial kitchen for intergenerational farm-to-school cooking programs and to use it as a community hub for cooking and …

Gold medal!

Congrats to Aidan Eglin who won GOLD in website design at Skills Canada in Halifax today (May 30)! Aidan, a Grade 11 student at Pleasant Valley Secondary School, competed May 28-29 in the technology division at Skills Canada in Halifax. His website entry on a Maritime Seafood Restaurant was judged …

Restoring a watershed

Planting trees, restoring habitat, and identifying and weeding out invasive species will be just some of the activities being held May 29 through May 31 at the RJ Haney House Park.   Students from South Canoe Elementary continue to work with a team of three biologists to monitor and restore the health of …

Budget approved

With an increase in the funding from the Ministry as well as an increase in enrolment, the School District No. 83 Board of Education gave three readings and approval to a $83,352,048 budget for 2019-20, which is up from last year. The majority of this budget, $67,584,768 is the district’s …

Focus on numeracy

There were some positives and some challenges confirmed after analyzing the most recent results from two provincial standardized tests, reported Assistant Superintendent Carl Cooper to the SD83 Board of Education at Tuesday’s meeting. On the positive side, the district’s performance on these tests show an upward trend in reading and …