By Hanna Thomson Who would have thought that part of my school work this year would include sorting through thousands of photos of mountain goats? I am a grade 12 student at the RSS and am currently taking a Work Experience course. It involves going into a workplace and completing 90 hours of volunteer work. [...]

Arrow Heights Elementary School has entered Blue Imp’s Wee Play Contest for a chance to win new play equipment. “We need your help,” says Principal Todd Hicks. “Starting May 3 through to June 3 please vote for our entry at www.blueimp.com. “The more votes we get, the better our chances to win!” You can vote every [...]

By David F. Rooney The four art exhibitions that open at the Revelstoke Art Gallery on Friday evening will by turns inspire and excite local art patrons. “We’re showing 142 pieces by 73 artists — 50 of them are from the high school and altogether they account for 71 pieces,” said Jackie Pendergast, executive director [...]

By David F. Rooney The SD 19 Board of Trustees made it public: There will be no early French Immersion in Revelstoke. “CPF parents have to ask themselves if it’s early French Immersion or nothing,” Board Chairman Alan Chell said. He said the board is open to discussing different ways to enhance French language instruction [...]

By David F. Rooney Ten Revelstoke parents, with support of many others, have formed the first Revelstoke Chapter of Canadian Parents for French. CPF Revelstoke was formed to unite parents in the community interested in seeing a French Immersion (FI) program created and sustained within School District No. 19. Canadian Parents for French is a [...]

Editor’s note: As he states in this letter to French Immersion supporter Giles Shearing, MLA Norm MacDonald supports such a program RE: Early French Immersion in Revelstoke The development of an Early French Immersion program provides tremendous opportunities for a community and its residents. Increasing a child’s knowledge and understanding of other languages and cultures [...]

Children in Sue Leach’s Grade 5 class at Columbia Park took advantage of the North Columbia Environmental Society’s Farm to Table program and visited Cooper’s to find out all there was to know about making healthy food choices. Here are a few photos from their trip:    

By David F. Rooney School District 19 finally has approval from the Ministry of Education to dispose of its three surplus schools: Big Eddy, Mountain View and Mount Begbie. In a February 27 memo to the Board of Trustees, Associate Superintendent Anne Cooper said she received approval from the Ministry on February 15 for the [...]