In response to the many challenges facing BC teachers, the British Columbia Teachers Federation has issued its members to to let their creative juices flow through a video challenge. “Feel free to address any issue that’s on your mind or in your heart,” BCTF President Susan Lambert said in a statement on the union’s website. [...]

Arrow Heights Elementary School once again participated in the Canwest Spelling Bee.  The School Bee included the top three spellers from Grades Four to Seven.  The winner of the Bee, Erin Behncke, is off to Kamloops on March 3 to compete in the Regional Bee. Here are some photos from the Spelling Bee and this year’s Family [...]

By Ariel McDowell Columbia Park Elementary School Principal All last week week, Columbia Park Elementary School students participated in a book drive to fill up our free school Book Swap. The school Book Swap lives in our main entrance and students, parents and visitors are encouraged to help themselves to books and to donate books [...]

Chilly winter days are a perfect time for young children to cozy up with book, and Okanagan Regional Library branch in Revelstoke has two special programs for free family entertainment. All programs are free, and you must register in-person at the library located at 605 Campbell Avenue inside the Recreation Complex. Storytime is for children [...]

Local schools may look a tad, well, funereal on Friday. Teachers are being encouraged to wear black in order to mark the 10-year anniversary of what the BC Teachers Federation is calling “A Dark Day for Public Education in BC.” “Saturday, January 28 marks the 10th anniversary of our day of protest of Bills 27 [...]

The Revelstoke Current is pleased to list new course offerings at Okanagan College courtesy of the college’s Revelstoke Centre. Course listing updates will be posted by about 5 pm as they become available. People interested in these courses, or those shown on previous weeks, are strongly encouraged to contact Okanagan College. Its Revelstoke Centre is [...]

In an effort to break the logjam in the ongoing labour dispute, today the BC Teachers’ Federation is bringing a new reduced package of proposals to the provincial bargaining table. With this package, the BCTF has dropped some initial proposals altogether and trimmed others. “Ever since bargaining opened last spring, we have clearly expressed to [...]

By David F. Rooney A couple of hundred parents and children celebrated the rights of children in Revelstoke at a special ceremony organized by the Early Childhood Development Committee (ECDC) at RSS on Thursday evening. Preceded by entertainment from local preschoolers and elementary school students and the presentation of the Most Family-Friendly Business Award to [...]

Music, art, light refreshments and the presentation of an award recognizing the most family-friendly business in town will mark the signing of the historic Revelstoke Children’s Charter at RSS late Thursday afternoon. The Children’s Charter has been developed to raise awareness and understanding of the roles people play in striving for the best outcomes for [...]

By David F. Rooney The Revelstoke Teachers Association is frustrated with a BC Public School Employers Association application to the Labour Relations Board asking it to compel the teachers’ union to remit 15% of teachers’ salaries and benefits, to school districts because of their work-to-rule job action. “This is without precedent,” RTA President Jennifer Wolney [...]