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Jun 18, 2013
West Alternative Program Arms Students with Real World Skills

Students were all smiles at the West Alt Ed Graduation Ceremony on Tuesday, June 4. During the ceremony, students were individually honoured for their hard work and diligence in completing the unique program, which blends an intimate community with activity (both inside and outside the classroom), business savvy lessons and real-life learning that incorporates arts, sciences, physical activity and math.

 
Jun 10, 2013
Seymour Heads South for Immersed in the Arts Program

On Friday, May 31, students from Seymour Elementary and Richmond's Westwind Elementary celebrated the end of a successful and meaningful learning experience for both Vancouver and Richmond kids.

 
Jun 4, 2013
Trudeau Elementary Musical Revives Classic Oldies

On Thursday, May 16, 2012, students from Trudeau Elementary thrilled hundreds as they sang and danced their way through an updated version of John Jacobson’s musical “Rock and Roll Forever”.  Bringing classics to life for a new generation, students performed songs such as:  “Surfin USA,” “Blue Suede Shoes,” and “Stop! In the Name of Love” before an audience of family and friends.

 
May 29, 2013
Hamber ENIGMA Fashion Show Marks Debut of District Fashion Program

On Thursday, May 9, Eric Hamber Fashion Department hosted their 22nd annual fashion show ENIGMA 2013. The show featured innovative "up-cycling" of alternate materials in clothing, including paper, film strips, coffee bags, street banners, among other materials. 

 
May 29, 2013
Queen Mary Helps Kick Off Drinking Water Week

Queen Mary Elementary was visited by UBC Engineering graduate students and other VIPs for the kick-off of Drinking Water Week on Tuesday May 21.

 
May 28, 2013
Van Tech Poet Wins National Poetry Prize

Poetry In Voice/Les voix de la poésie recently announced the winners of its third annual poetry recitation competition, held at Toronto’s Isabel Bader Theatre. In the inaugural country-wide competition, students competed for $25,000 in prizes and school stipends.

 
May 24, 2013
Byng ELL Students Team Up with Musqueam for Harmony in Action

Inspired by the City of Vancouver’s Dialogues Project launched two years ago, the VSB SWIS Program: Byng Inclusion Project 3B has been collaborating with the Musqueam Indian Band to host an aboriginal and immigrant engagement project with the theme “Harmony In Action”.

 
May 24, 2013
Macdonald "Ancient Here to Now" Art Show Comes to Britannia Art Gallery

Macdonald Elementary students put some top notch art on display earlier this month at the Britannia Art Gallery. The exhibit Ancient Here to Now showcased paintings created under the supervision of Artist-in-Residence Susan McCallum, who worked closely with Grade 7 students to develop their water colour skills.

 
May 23, 2013
University Hill Secondary is the Future Home of Vancouver Whitecaps FC's Residency Program

The Vancouver School District and Vancouver Whitecaps FC are pleased to announce that University Hill Secondary School will become the academic home for the club’s full-time Residency program.

 
May 22, 2013
Pinnacle Program and Future Hair Training Centre Provide Better Future for Students

Even though she is still so young, 19 year-old Kaleigh Dufresne has overcome many obstacles with the help of the Pinnacle Program and the Future Hair Training Centre, in order to become the successful person that she is today.

 
May 16, 2013
Windermere and Magee Secondary Schools Get Into the Election Spirit

Over the past few weeks many schools (both elementary and secondary schools) have been getting into the election spirit. Nowhere was this better illustrated than at Windermere and Magee Secondary Schools.

 
May 13, 2013
Killarney Music Teacher Collects Instruments for Change

When a person thinks of beautiful orchestral music, the image of a landfill seldom comes to mind.  However a children’s orchestra from Cateura, Paraguay is beginning to challenge this notion.

 
May 13, 2013
Nelson Teacher Plugs into Learning Technology to Engage her Students

Nelson Elementary teacher Margie Trovao says since she got the Templeton Family of Schools iPad cart, there’s been a huge learning difference for all her kids – especially those with special needs.

 
May 10, 2013
"Speaking From Our Art" Fair Showcases Incredible Creativity

On Tuesday April 23, the Vancouver Alternative Secondary School kicked off their Art Fair with a comprehensive mixed media exhibit of artistic work from dozens of students from all the VSB’s alternative programs.

 
May 9, 2013
Pilot Project Connects Emily Carr Students with 8J-9J at Britannia

ALT is a pilot project that brings Emily Carr students together with students from the Britannia Secondary School Alternative program to make art and learn together.

 
May 8, 2013
Grandview and Quilchena Elementary Schools Join Forces with Box Theatre

This year, 18 students from two different and diverse neighbourhoods in Vancouver came together to create a show at The Fire Hall Arts Centres, B.C. Buds Spring Festival.  It was the third year that the students of Grandview have been asked to take part in the festival and the first year that Quilchena participated.

 
May 2, 2013
Jamieson Elementary Pioneer the (High Tech) Button Blanket

Two teachers at Jamieson Elementary, Nadine Rodriguez and Liesl Jaeger, decided to start a new project with an Aboriginal twist. Incorporating the talents of Artist in Residence Anastasia Hendry along with iPAD technology, Rodriguez and Jaeger had their classes working away to produce Button Blankets.

 
May 1, 2013
Maple Grove Destination Imagination Team Heading to Global Competition

A team of students from Maple Grove Elementary school no longer has to use their imaginations when thinking about competing in the Global Finals of the Destination Imagination competition.

 

 
May 1, 2013
Simon Fraser Elementary Students Learn to Dance and Dance to Learn

Bright orange, vibrant blue and rich green shirts flashed throughout the gymnasium at Simon Fraser Elementary on April 18, 2013, as energized students spun and twirled their way through a dance performance in front of their entire school.

 
Apr 29, 2013
VSB, VPD and Special Olympics Partner on Club Fit Program

Club Fit is a new initiative pioneered by the Vancouver Police Department, Special Olympics BC and the Gladstone Community School Team. The program is aimed at facilitating special sports programs for athletes of all ages. Running since October of last year, Club Fit engages Special Olympics athletes in a wide-range of calisthetics, creative fitness drills, excersies and games.