News Releases
Superintendent’s Report to the Board | October 2021
Circle of Care: Students
1. a) Mentoring Club for Girls at Elphinstone Secondary: Tea Time is a new club created this year by senior students to build a safe place for the junior students to ask questions, meet new people, play games, and drink tea, of course. (1a, 1b)
Board Advocacy – Provincial Budget Consultations
Near the end of August, Vice-Chair Maria Hampvent advocated for additional funding and supports for schools as part of the provincial budget consultation. View Vice-Chair Hampvent’s presentation to the Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services here.
West Sechelt Elementary Celebrates New Space
On Tuesday, September 21st, West Sechelt Elementary celebrated the completion of their school expansion project with a moving ceremony on the unceded and traditional shishalh territory, a ribbon cutting, and cupcakes for all! shishalh Nation members and the SD46 Indigenous Learning staff opened the event with a welcome song and a teachable moment as they honoured the
Flags at Half-Mast
September 9th, 2021 SD46 Announcement We will lower all flags starting today until September 30th. The flags will be half-mast for an extended period of time because the mourning of, the reflection on and the still pause for the experiences that children endured in residential schools commands is more than a day. Education and schools
Board of Education welcomes new student trustee to the table
NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release 2021SD4605 September 9, 2021 SD46 Board of Education welcomes new student trustee to the table SUNSHINE COAST, BRITISH COLUMBIA – The trustees of School District 46 (SD46) are very pleased to welcome Matthew Douglas to the role of student trustee for the 2021-2022 school year. Matthew Douglas was sworn in