by admin | Mar 28, 2020 | News
Earlier in February, the Courtenay Elementary Community School Society invited back environmental educator Tina Willard-Stepan to give an encore of her trash audit workshop. We audited a single 2.5 kg bag of trash during the workshop. Watch the video to find out how...
by admin | Mar 27, 2020 | News
These are challenging times and coping with the COVID-19 pandemic is stressful for parents and children alike. Determined to make the best of the situation, one of our PAC members encouraged others to put up hearts and rainbows on their windows so our kids can enjoy a...
by admin | Feb 11, 2020 | News
This year, the community school society decided to do something a little different for the Chinese New Year. With the help of Masako Thir, the community school society the grade 4s and 5s how to write Year of the Rat in Chinese characters. There was a catch, however,...
by admin | Jan 22, 2020 | News
Courtenay Elementary School was awarded a $10,000 grant from the Rotary Club of Courtenay Foundation Fund to be used to upgrade the school’s kitchen facilities. On January 21, Courtenay Elementary School and the Courtenay Elementary Community School Society...
by admin | Oct 3, 2019 | News
How much trash do you think a typical person creates in a day? How about in a school? Do you separate and recycle? Did you know that there are certain types of plastics that can and cannot be picked up via Courtenay’s curbside pickup program? Despite our best efforts,...
by admin | Oct 3, 2019 | News
Kids need exercise. Courtenay Elementary School Society has arranged an open gym on Tuesdays and Thursdays after school from 2:35-3:30. Play is unstructured and the kids are encouraged to dig into the gym equipment. The first open gym was on Tuesday, October...
