by admin | Mar 1, 2022 | News
The weather is warming up and COVID-19 appears to be fading away thanks to a successful vaccine campaign. Ever so slowly, it feels like things are returning to some kind of normalcy. While the community has largely been kept out of the school, lots has been happening,...
by admin | Feb 1, 2022 | News
Happy New Year! Today is the Chinese Lunar New Year and 2022 is the Year of the Tiger. We wish everyone a happy Lunar New Year filled with luck, prosperity, and happiness. As part of the festivities, some students had fun learning how to write “tiger” in...
by admin | Dec 15, 2021 | News
The Community School Society held its second festive crafting session at the school Tuesday afternoon. This session was for kids in grades 3-5. Between gulping down hot chocolate and taking bites of cookies, they made mason jar luminaries, cards, and a paper...
by admin | Dec 8, 2021 | News
The Community School Society held the first of two festive crafting sessions at the school. This first session was for kids in grades K-2. They had a blast making mason jar luminaries, cards, and pricking an orange with nutmeg! It was just the right amount of messy...
by admin | Oct 7, 2021 | News
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...
by Shawn Thir | Oct 1, 2021 | News
The Courtenay Elementary PAC and CECSS knew they wanted to do something for the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation but were unsure what that would look like. They ultimately came together to honor the Indigenous community by painting orange hearts on the front...