Festive Crafting for Kids

Festive Crafting for Kids

The holiday season is upon us! The community school will be hosting two crafting workshops in December. We will be making festive luminaries, simple cards, and other decorations. The first workshop on Dec. 7 is for grades K-2 and the second workshop on the 14th is for...
Thinking about Emergency Preparedness

Thinking about Emergency Preparedness

International Great Shakeout Day is on Thursday, October 21. Courtenay Elementary will be practicing its earthquake drill on that day. While your kids may know what to do in the event of an earthquake, do you know the school’s policy on releasing students to their...
CECSS Awarded Grant for New Garden Shed

CECSS Awarded Grant for New Garden Shed

The Courtenay Elementary Community School Society is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a $3,000 grant from Peninsula Co-op. The funds will go toward building a new garden shed for the primary-side garden adjacent to the visitor parking lot. Thanks to a...
The Results of a Budding Partnership

The Results of a Budding Partnership

Under pleasant weather on May 10, 2021, Courtenay Elementary School, the Lake Trail Community Education Society (LTCES), the Healthy Families Program of the Comox Valley Family Services Association, and the Courtenay Elementary Community School Society (CECSS) cut the...
Creating Sound F/X for Video Games

Creating Sound F/X for Video Games

Note: This program is not hosted by the Courtenay Elementary Community School Society, but Beau Stocker has done events at Courtenay Elementary in the past, so I’m passing this along as this program looks like a lot of fun! Ever wondered how the sound of horse...