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Friday Night Badminton at Lake Trail Community School
Looking for a fun way to stay active, improve your game, or try something new? CECSS and Lake Trail Community Education Society are teaming up to bring badminton every Friday from 6:00–8:15 PM, starting October 10, at Lake Trail Community School! All skill levels...
Registration Open for After School Clubs
You can now register for after school clubs. This year, registration is online to ensure that no club is beyond capacity. Take note of the startup date for each club. All the fun begins the week of October 6! Here are the links to register online. MONDAYS...
Announcement: Hot Lunch on Hold
Welcome back to school, everyone! Sadly, we have to kick off this year with some unfortunate news. As you may know, the school's usual Food Service Program Worker, Ms. Masako, went on leave in mid April but is not quite ready to return. Unfortunately, the school...
Spirit Wear on Sale!
It's that time of year again! Time to show some school pride with Spirit Wear! This year, we've added a few new designs to change things up! The community school society will in front of the school during morning and afternoon drop off and pick up next week to take...
Gratitude
Can you believe school is just 18 days away? Are you ready for it? Are you even thinking about it? We are. As we look ahead, we look back on an eventful 2024/25 school year. Last year, the school served 2,441 breakfasts (an average of 14 served /day) and 19,911...
Announcement of 2025 AGM
Join us for our Annual General Meeting at Courtenay Elementary on Friday June 20 where we'll discuss the year in review, with a particular focus on the lunch program. We look forward to seeing you there! Please RSVP contact@cecss.org so that we can prepare the venue!...
Your thoughts on the lunch program 2024/25 edition
The hot lunch program at Courtenay Elementary officially started in March 2023 thanks to funding from the Province of BC's Feeding Futures funding. School District 71 has been allocated $1.14 million each year for the next three years to create or expand local food...
Good News: Province of BC Signs on to Federal School Food Agreement
This is good news! The Province of BC announced an agreement with the federal government in their national school food program. According to the agreement: "As part of this agreement, the Government of Canada will invest approximately $39.4 million over the next three...
Call to Action: Tell Premier Eby that We Want our Share of National School Food Funding
From Vancouver DPAC. Please consider signing and submitting a letter to the premier! Dear Parents and Caregivers, Please help us get our share of National School Food Program funding! The federal government is funding $1B for a National School Food Program. The...
Courtenay Elementary Community School Society Supports Team Canada’s Efforts to Buy Canadian
February 4, 2025 Courtenay Elementary Community School Society (CECSS) announces its commitment to Team Canada's initiative to prioritize Canadian-made products in response to the United States’ recent threat to impose a 25% tariff on all Canadian goods. Although a 30...
Register for After School Clubs
You can now register for after school clubs. This year, registration will be online to ensure that no club is beyond capacity. Take note of the startup date for each club. All the fun begins after Thanksgiving. Here are the links to register online as spots are...
Spirit Wear Now on Sale!
It's that time of year again! Time to show some school pride with Spirit Wear! This year, in addition to hoodies and T-shirts, we are offering sweatshirts! We have a small stock on hand so you won't have to wait! Royal blue Courtenay Elementary sweatshirt. Also...
Hot Lunch FAQ
Hot Lunch FAQ Courtenay El has historically fed kids with Community Link funding that went to help pay an EA for a few hours to put together simple breakfasts and lunches. Up to 30 kids/day were fed. When Shelly Waterfield took over and started to cook for the...
What People Think: Opinions about the Hot Lunch Program
In June, we asked students and parents/caregivers about what they thought about the hot lunch program. These are the results. The purpose of this survey is measure the level of satisfaction and interest in the program so that we can improve it. On the whole, it is...
We want to hear from you!
The hot lunch program at Courtenay Elementary officially started in March 2023 thanks to funding from the Province of BC's Feeding Futures funding. School District 71 has been allocated $1.14 million each year for the next three years to create or expand local food...
Announcement of 2024 AGM
Join us for our Annual General Meeting at Courtenay Elementary where we'll discuss the year in review, with a particular focus on the first full year of the hot lunch program. Mark your calendars and don't miss out. We look forward to seeing you there! Please RSVP via...
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2025 Year in Review
2026 is upon us. It's time to take a quick look back at everything we did in 2025. https://youtu.be/yO1B_LmndUc
Friday Night Badminton at Lake Trail Community School
Looking for a fun way to stay active, improve your game, or try something new? CECSS and Lake Trail Community Education Society are teaming up to...