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Nutrition is a big deal at Courtenay Elementary School. The school's kitchen co-ordinator whips up fantastic snacks and meals for any student who feels hungry. A local realtor, who wishes to remain anonymous, recently donated $2,000 to the Courtenay Elementary...

Thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic, Courtenay Elementary's school garden was left unattended for a year. However, the CECSS brought together the school and other stakeholders to revive it. This is a work in progress between CECSS, Courtenay Elementary, the Lake Trail...

Can you help? The Courtenay Elementary Community School Society has been helping with the activities of Sunday Station since the start of the school year. The most recent Sunday Station was an eye-opener as it saw a pretty large crowed of people without proper shelter...

The Courtenay Elementary Community School Society (CECSS) became involved in Sunday Station in September 2020 when they put out an email asking for help. Sunday Station is the non-profit organization created by Angela Anderson and her daughter which provides...

On January 27, on behalf of Courtenay Elementary School, the Courtenay Elementary Community School Society (CECSS) attended a socially-distance version of the 2021 Community Enrichment Awards hosted by the Comox Valley Community Foundation on Zoom. Courtenay...

The weather was almost too good to be true! Courtenay Elementary's Strong Start, kindergarten and Gr. 1 classes enjoyed picking and decorating their pumpkins in a sunny and mild afternoon on Thursday.

Courtenay Elementary and the Courtenay Elementary Community School Society would like to extend our sincerest thanks for the generosity of Sieffert's Farm Market.  The COVID-19 pandemic has squashed many school field trips to local pumpkin patches this year, but...

The Courtenay Elementary Community School Society was busy helping with Sunday Station on the evening of October 4th. Sunday Station is the non-profit organization created by Angela Anderson and her daughter which provides individuals with a sandwich, coffee, articles...

Courtenay Elementary School has received a $1,500 donation from the Morson Carson Advisory Group of CIBC Wood Gundy for its food programs. In a small ceremony held in front of the school on September 30, Susan Carson and Rick Morson presented vice principal Andrew...

Courtenay Elementary has been out for quite some time, but that does not mean that the community school has been idle. In January, the community school helped Courtenay El apply for a Community Enrichment Grant from the Comox Valley Community Foundation. This money...

Executive director of the Courtenay Elementary Community School Society, Shawn Thir, gave a presentation in the Courtenay Elementary School library on March 11, the ninth anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake, on the triple disaster of the earthquake,...

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...

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...

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,...

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.