Friday Night Badminton at Lake Trail Community School

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

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

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!

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...
Gratitude

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

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...
Your thoughts on the lunch program 2024/25 edition

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...
On composting

On composting

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...