News & Announcements

Secondary students at G.P. Vanier are raising awareness on a little-known organization in the Comox Valley that has been steadily growing in notoriety over the past three years.
The organization is known as Jack Dot Org (www.jack.org), and this week students participated in the Smash the Stigma event that involved the annihilation of several pumpkins.Jack.org is now in its third year at Vanier, and school counselor Heather Riedle has been overseeing her young leaders apply the principles of the program to heighten awareness.
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October's Board meeting was an opportunity for senior staff and incumbent trustees to say farewell to the departing board of education members Cliff Boldt, Tom Weber, Peter Coleman, and Vickey Brown.
New trustees will join Board Chair Caton, Vice Chair Hargreaves and Trustee Mcdonnell to commence a new four-year term at the inaugural meeting 13 November.
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Highland Secondary music teachers Nancy Cox and Dale Hallier were recent recipients of the British Columbia Music Educators Association (BCMEA) Award for their dedication to the fine arts. Ironically, the nomination was from a former student and now a district music teacher herself.
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In advance of the cannabis legalization, which comes into effect Wednesday 17 October, the following school bulletin has been created to keep our school communities well informed on the district’s position regarding the use of cannabis on or in school property. We have included a few helpful links regarding the new legislation that can be of value in having conversations with students and among employees in the workplace.
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This month's Education Committee meeting was dedicated to celebrating four years of public education success in the Comox Valley. Trustees reflected on the many innovative, inquisitive and inclusive ways in which education is designed and delivered Iin our schools to help students achieve their very best. We shine the spotlight on one of those incredible success stories happening at Arden Elementary.
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In a recent community publication called The Exchange, produced and distributed by Best Buy, Courtenay Elementary school is featured for being one of the company's 2017 tech grant recipients. The grant is to help equip classrooms across Canada with technology to enhance learning and to inspire students in STEAM activities.
Find out how they used their grant and its impact on a Grade4/5 class.
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Due to a power outage, Hornby Island Elementary will be closed today (Oct 25, 2018)
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Staff and students are gearing up for celebrations to acknowledge 50 years for Georges P. Vanier Secondary and to officially unveil their new school design to the community.
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Premier’s Awards for Excellence in Education were announced 5 October naming all the 2018 winners from a list of finalists who were nominated from districts across the province. Two Valley educators made the list of finalists, Jeannine Lindsay and Kirsten Tancon.
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Not every school-age child has the chance to see the CFL Grey Cup up close let alone hold it, touch it and have their picture taken with it. For students at Airport Elementary School having CFL Hall of Fame​ pay a visit with the Grey Cup was more than extraordinary. It was a chance of a lifetime that gives them full bragging rights, as no other school in the district had the opportunity.
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