Canoe project receives grant
School District 47 superintendent of schools Jay Yule announced a new $70,000 grant from Canada Council for the Arts for the Hɛhɛwšɩn (the way forward) canoe project. The Tla’amin Nation cultural tradition will involve the community and school district in transforming a raw cedar log into a canoe. In March, Powell River Educational Services Society was awarded $23,500 by First Peoples’ Cultural Council’s Aboriginal Arts Development Awards Program for carvers to make a traditional dugout canoe and hold storytelling and talking circles within the community.
Phases out paper report cards
School District 47 continues to develop consistency in elementary schools with baseline, minimum standards for student reporting that provides parents with a minimum number of reports on their child's progress during the school year. The district is working with schools and teachers during the month of September to develop a consistent reporting system for the end of the 2017/2018 school year. Most schools and teachers already use some type of reporting portfolio in compliance with BC Ministry of Education policy that came into effect on July 1, 2016. The new ePortfolio assessment system coincides with redesigning the provincial education curriculum.
