News & Announcements

Indigenous students across Canada took part in a one of a kind experience with the CBC Broadcast Centre in Vancouver November 13th and seven of our Nala'atsi youth were a part of it. It was a day of inspiration by CBC's Indigenous journalists and veteran hosts, including Angela Sterritt, Duncan McCue, Ian Hanomansing, Gloria Macarenko, and more.
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The upward trend in the six-year graduation rates for Indigenous students in the Comox Valley reaches a new level higher than in previous years. Results for the 2018 – 2019 school year set a new five-year record for the District. One of the contributing factors leading to this success is the fact that the District embraces Indigenous ways and knowing in the curriculum.
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The Comox Valley Community Foundation recently presented the first distribution from the Robert L. Ash Endowment Fund to Comox Valley Schools.
Ash, a long-time supporter of secondary school athletics and a former high school wrestling coach, chose the school district as the beneficiary.
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Comox Valley Schools is focused on making a positive impact on the community it serves. One such way is in repurposing used equipment. Recently, a large stock of classroom furniture were donated to various community organizations to help in furnish their pace.
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The return of the Village People atop Comox Hill will be warmly welcomed by a community of traditionalists who wondered where had those carolers gone.
Thanks to the creative art students at Highalnd Secondary, the Victorian-style characters will be back on display this holiday season.
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The Comox Valley RCMP has been working in parntership with the school district to grab the attention of drivers as they pass through school zones by handing out drawings done by students to serve as a reminder about hazards of driving distracted.
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Comox Valley Schools has received close to $1 million in funding from the Government of British Columbia to create much-needed licensed childcare spaces on Denman Island.
As part of the new provincial program Childcare BC New Spaces Fund, the province is helping fund the creation of 22,000 licensed childcare spaces throughout the province.
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Now entering its third year, the Ocean Literacy and Leadership Camp for secondary school female students enrolled in any BC school district is getting ahead of the wave of interest. This year, NIDES allows interested participants to pre-register to reserve a spot for the July 2020 course.
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The District will reschedule the next series of public sessions on the school boundary consultation process into the new year to allow senior staff time to review input received from the community to date.
Thank you for your participation in our community consultation process on boundaries and catchments.
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G.P. Vanier's Andrew Young was announced the winner of the 2019 Alex Trebek Medal for Geographic Literacy. Among other accomplishments, Young is piloting a new geographical sciences grade 11course with David Benton that focuses on the environmental sciences aspects of geography, as well as the impact of global climate change.
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