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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.

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,...

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...

Comox Valley Drum And Movement Classes held its first session at Courtenay Elementary School on Tuesday, September 24.  Hosted by Beau Stocker, students groove to the beat in a weekly class that combines drum performance with inner pulse through foot taps, steps,...

Today is National Indigenous Peoples Day and Courtenay Elementary's Indigenous support staff were at the school first thing in the morning to offer parents some fresh bannock. CECSS was also there with coffee and tea in the glorious morning sunshine. The kids had...

Courtenay Elementary School held its Fun Fair on Friday, June 14. CECSS participated by running the BBQ for students and parents. Thanks to the generosity of Costco, there was plenty of sides and strawberries for all to enjoy. Courtenay Elementary and CECSS are deeply...

CECSS held its second "Chill in the Garden" on Tuesday the 11th. This time, the weather was hot-- perfect for sitting in the shade with a cold drink. CECSS served up iced coffee, iced tea, lemonade, and mango-lemon infused water. There was plenty to go around and...

Courtenay Elementary will be holding its Fun Fair today from 3 PM. CECSS will be there grilling hamburgers and hot dogs and serving up cold drinks. The PAC put their cupcakes in our office as it seems to have good air conditioning and is always cool.