by admin | Aug 16, 2025 | News
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...
by admin | Jun 10, 2025 | Events, News
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...
by admin | Jun 10, 2025 | News
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...
by admin | May 11, 2025 | Blog
Composting is easier said than done. When we started the new lunch program, we wanted to reduce as much kitchen waste as possible. The school already had three large Speedibin compost bins and we were ready to use them. The lunch program “produces” about two to three...
by admin | Mar 8, 2025 | News
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...
