by admin | Apr 1, 2024 | News
The federal government has committed to a national school food program! The federal government says it will launch a national school food program, hoping to deliver meals to an additional 400,000 children per year. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Finance...
by admin | Mar 29, 2024 | News
Last year, the Courtenay Elementary Community School Society was awarded a grant from the Community Services Recovery Fund to do some significant work in the school’s gardens. Last summer, the grant funding was used to install a concrete pad in the outdoor...
by admin | Mar 29, 2024 | News
In the early fall of 2023, The Old Farm Market Courtenay gifted the Courtenay Elementary Community School Society over one thousand seed packages left over from the growing season. It was a generous donation, but what were we going to do with all these seeds? Handing...
by admin | Mar 18, 2024 | News
Thanks to the support of Courtenay Elementary, PAC, SD71, and the parents and caregivers of the students, the new hot lunch program at Courtenay Elementary is a year old, starting a year ago on March 11, 2023. That day, we served a tomato chicken pilaf to 35 kids. The...
by admin | Dec 24, 2023 | News
We are almost done with 2023! It’s that time of the year to look back on what we have accomplished and say thank you to all of the people and organizations who help make things happen! The first day of school is Monday, January 8. After school clubs will start...
by admin | Nov 26, 2023 | News
The hot lunch program started by Courtenay Elementary and the Courtenay Elementary Community School Society in March has served nearly 9,000 lunches to date. We are humbled by the success of this program. As great as those numbers sound, Courtenay Elementary is just...
by admin | Jul 26, 2023 | Events, News
Part of this update should have been posted months ago, but now that we are about halfway through summer, many parents have probably heard the refrain, “I’m bored,” from their kids. Back in May, the community school hosted a watch party titled,...
by admin | Jul 8, 2023 | Events, News
As far as anyone knows, the garden at Courtenay Elementary hasn’t had any substantial maintenance since it was created over 7 years ago. Luckily, that will change this year. CECSS has received funding to do some outdoor upgrades, and showing the garden some love...
by admin | Jul 4, 2023 | Events, News
Just before the school year finished, we received pleasant surprise in our inbox. A team of students from Royal Roads University wondered if CECSS would be interested in teaming up on a project they were working on. The students are currently engaged in a Venture...
by admin | Jun 21, 2023 | News
Today was a special day. The community school originally planned to serve salmon and rice for lunch, but when the school’s Indigenous Support Worker realized that this lunch would fall on National Indigenous Peoples Day, plans for lunch got big real fast....
