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May 28, 2012
Ride for Recess Challenges Cyclist to Ride Mount Seymour

Parents and administrators at Tillicum Community Annex Elementary School are challenging community members to ride to the top of Mount Seymour to help raise funds to build a new playground and community gathering space at their small inner city school.

 
May 28, 2012
CLICK Tug-a-War a Big Success

This month, CLICK (Contributing to Lives of Inner City Kids) and the Vancouver Police Department (VPD) launched Vancouver’s 8th Annual Inner City Kids Week. The week went from May 14 – 18, 2012 and was designed to raise awareness and funding for a wide range of programs supporting children who live in poverty in the city.

 
May 25, 2012
VSB Gets Greener with Car Sharing

The Vancouver School Board has just launched a car-sharing program at the Education Centre as an initiative to promote sustainable transportation in the school district. Senior Management staff and Board Trustees were present at the launch on May 24 to show support for this sustainability initiative. 

 
May 23, 2012
Ecole Bilingue Hosts Over One Hundred Bikers for Breakfast

On the morning of Wednesday, May 16 at 8 AM over 100 students arrived by bike at L’Ecole Bilingue for a Biker’s Breakfast aimed at celebrating Bike to School Week. The event featured bike decorating, a bicycle-powered smoothie machine, a nutrioutious breakfast for the bikers and some prize giveaways.

 
Apr 26, 2012
Titanic Day at David Livingstone Elementary

Students from David Livingstone Elementary got a crash course in Titanic history this month. The whole school was transformed (including the school gym, which was decked out completely) for the theme day as students and staff dressed their parts. Some Livingstone students were dressed to the nines as "first class passengers" while others wore more simple outfits of "third class passengers".

 
Apr 23, 2012
Lord Byng Students Raise over $28,000 for children in Kenya

After a year of planning and eight months of fundraising, Lord Byng Secondary School is pleased to announce that students raised over $28,000 towards the building of a boy's dormitory for the Mully Children’s Family (MCF), an orphanage in Ndalani, Kenya.

 
Apr 20, 2012
Help Influence the Future of Public Education in Vancouver

 

These days the district faces big challenges and opportunities. To chart a way forward, in December of 2010, the Vancouver Board of Education decided to embark upon a district-wide analysis of our programs and facilities aimed at answering the big question: What programs and opportunities should we provide to our students now, and into the future?

 
Apr 20, 2012
District Secondary Students Get Lessons on Sustainability at CIRS/UBC

Over 50 Students and staff from 12 secondary schools across Vancouver attended a Sustainability Workshop on April 13 at the Centre for Interactive Research on Sustainability (CIRS), at the University of British Columbia. The students learned from UBC researchers about cutting-edge technologies and research and to see real-life applications of sustainability in action.

 
Apr 16, 2012
Earth Day Parade Planned for Sunday

This Sunday, thousands of youth from across Vancouver and led by Windermere Secondary student leaders are expected to march up Commercial Drive as part of the Earth Day Vancouver Celebration.

 
Apr 4, 2012
Two Vancouver Students Receive Massive Scholarships for Community Leadership

Two Vancouver School District students have been recognized on a national level through their community initiatives, pursuit of engagement and level of involvement. Each student will receive up to $70,000 from the TD Scholarship for Community Leadership awards program.

 
Apr 3, 2012
Lord Beaconsfield Evening of the Bands Draws Dozens of Musicians of All Ages

This year Beaconsfield Elementary hosted the Evening of the Bands, a collaborative music concert featuring talent from over half a dozen schools and instructors from Capilano University. The evening featured special lessons from music tutors and band practice with students from all schools.

 
Apr 2, 2012
Compassion Transcends Generations

 

It takes one simple act of compassion to make a monumental change in someone’s life. That was the key message for attendees of Tuesday night’s Compassion in Action: Intergenerational Forum with Karen Armstrong, author of Twelve Steps to a Compassionate Life. 

 

 
Mar 29, 2012
CBC News Day a Big Hit for VSB Students

This Wednesday, Kitsilano Secondary Grade 11 student Bryn Shaffer and dozens of other students from across Metro Vancouver had their voices broadcasted across BC as part of CBC News Day.

 
Mar 9, 2012
UBC Students Descend on David Lloyd George Elementary

During the UBC Reading Week in late February, Queen Alexandra and Mt Pleasant Elementary weren't the only schools to benefit from UBC volunteers. 27 first and second year UBC science students also visited David Lloyd George to work with 220 students in the primary classes and one Grade 4 class. DLG students rotated through 10 science stations in the 3 days and participated in various hands-on Science activities led by the UBC students.

 
Mar 5, 2012
David Lloyd George Students Dance Up a Pink Storm

Last Friday David Lloyd George and Churchill dance leaders continued to rock their message of acceptance - this time for the CBC's Ian Hanomansing. The award-winning journalist was on site to do a story about the school's viral video.

 
Mar 2, 2012
Video Message to Parents from Superintendent Steve Cardwell

Superintendent Steve Cardwell speaks directly to parents about the upcoming strike in a short video.

 
Mar 1, 2012
Letter from Superintendent Steve Cardwell Regarding the Escalation of Job Action this Monday

Click on your language of choice for translations of the letter: English, Spanish, Filipino, Punjabi, Korean, Chinese (traditional),Chinese (simplified) or Vietnamese. Teachers have chosen to escalate the job action that has been in place since September. A recent ruling by the Labour Relations Board (LRB) allows teachers to withdraw services for up to three days in the first week of the strike, provided that they give two school days’ notice before striking. Since that ruling, the BC Teachers‘ Federation (BCTF) has given notice that it intends to strike for three days starting on Monday next week.

 
Feb 29, 2012
Pink Project 2012 Celebrates Acceptance

Over the past two months, over 1500 students from 11 schools (from as far away as New York) have collaborated to create a new choreographed video for Pink Day 2012. The video features students from Vancouver, Burnaby, Roberts Creek, West Vancouver and Richmond dancing to Lady Gaga’s “Born this Way”. Producers say it is designed to celebrate diversity and promote acceptance in school districts. 

 
Feb 28, 2012
UBC Students Partner with Schools across the District to Pioneer Innovative Projects

In collaboration with a UBC community learning project, Mt Pleasant, Queen Alexandra and a number of other elementary schools around Vancouver were joined by dozens of students from both UBC and the University of Guelph who were home for reading week.

 
Feb 27, 2012
Fleming Jump Rope for Heart a Blast

This February was a busy time for many Vancouver schools. At Fleming Elementary, February 16 was marked by the annual Jump Rope for Heart. The event was fun times for the hundreds of students involved.