Have you often wondered what to do with all those previously read books that now take space on the shelf and are no longer of value for your family? Consider donating them to a good cause.
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Approximately 2,100 Vancouver Island grade four students are set to discover the magic of symphony music this January, through the Vancouver Island Symphony’s music education program.
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Comox Valley Schools Careers Department will host an information
evening January 21 at G.P. Vanier Secondary on the Dual Credit Academic certificate programs
and courses and Youth Train in Trade programs available to all grade 12 students.
A number of free or by donation events and workshops promoting inter-generational learning
and community building are lined up including a Waste Free Lunches workshop, guided walking
tours in Morrison Creek, a Watershed Café where participants learn about our watershed and
participate in a fun and interactive community mapping and art project, artist talks, and our
quarterly community potluck.
“Each year that we have hosted this event, we have doubled our local filmmaker content. This event continues to grow and we love being able to provide a venue for filmmakers to feature their work” said Kate Ashton, Program Coordinator for CCSS. “Please help us spread the word to as many youth filmmakers as possible.
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Students who complete 900 hours toward a Level 1 apprenticeship receive bonus funding from
the Ministry of Education and the Industry Trade Authority (ITA). The intent of the educational
incentive is to encourage and support students in the province to pursue a trade career in effort to
address the work shortage throughout the industry.
A total of 150 Canadian Indigenous youth from as far as Nova Scotia, Toronto, Thunder Bay,
and the Yukon joined students from the mainland and Vancouver Island to listen to and engage
with a line up of CBC’s Indigenous journalists and veteran hosts including Duncan McCue and
Ian Hanomansing. The seasoned journalists imparted a message about their life journey and how
it brought them to their chosen vocation today
The Ministry of Education released the 2018 – 2019 graduation rates November 29 reporting that
over the past two years, the six-year school completion rate is at historically high levels for
Indigenous students; up 8 percent overall since 2013-14.
Funding will allow for the creation of 20 additional childcare spaces for children ages 12 months
to 5 years and alleviate the increasing demand on the Denman Island Preschool Society
(Blackberry Lane Children’s Centre), the island’s only official childcare centre operating out of
the Community Hall.
During the first round of consultation sessions that concluded 13 November, a total of 350
individuals attended school meetings and over 2,000 completed the online survey. The
participation level was precedent setting for the school district and a reflection of how engaged
this community is with the delivery of public education for children.
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