The news coming out of Kamloops this week has deeply saddened all people from across our country. Many from our SD71 community have reached out to ask how we can respond and honour the lives of at least 215 Indigenous children cut short while living at the Kamloops Indian Residential School. What can we do […]
A mother Mallard duck at her ducklings have made a comfortable home at Mark R. Isfeld and their presence is warming hearts and minds of all staff and students. NR_IsfeldDucks.May2021
A new childcare facility located on the Denman Island Community School site officially opened Tuesday, April 6, providing 20 additional spaces for children ages 12 months to 5 years. The facility was made possible from the Childcare BC New Spaces grant, a program the province developed to fund the creation of 22,000 licensed childcare spaces […]
Valley students’ artwork is on display in a unique virtual exhibit for the second year in a row in the Capture Photography Festival, an integral part of the Flash Forward Incubator Program. NR_FlashForwardIncubator2021
G.P. Vanier Secondary students capture top placement for the province and land in the top three in the first online national competition for Destination Imagination. NR_DINationallVirtualChampionship.Apr2021
There is still time to register for the upcoming school year. We encourage families who have not yet enrolled their child for kindergarten to register before September 2021. NR_KindergartenRegistration,April2021
A grad clothing donation program, formerly known as the Cinderella/Prince Charming Project, has a new name. Staff and students at G.P. Vanier Secondary School have landed on a new title for the project, Grad “Class” Special Attire for your Special Day. NR_NewnameforGradclothingProject2021
School District 71 is pleased to announce that Dr. Vivian Collyer and Jay Dixon have been appointed as Directors of Instruction and Sean Lamoureux has been appointed as Director of Instruction – Inclusive Education, effective August 1, 2021. NR_NewDirectorsofInstruction.Apr2021