Tag Archives: Education
Familiar face returns as new superintendent for SD68
NANAIMO - A new administrative leader to take the helm at School District 68 is assuming the same position from a neighbouring district. Robyn Gray, the current superintendent for the Cowichan Valley ...
Sep 18, 2024
Mental health/substance use services ramp up in Nanaimo area
NANAIMO - Over the past several months a team of professionals has begun tackling expanding and complex health challenges impacting youth and their families on the mid-Island. Following a B.C. governm...
Sep 16, 2024
SD68 moving ahead with boundary shifts for Rutherford re-opening
NANAIMO - District staff and trustees are attempting to walk a fine line between quickly populating a new elementary school and inconveniencing as few people as possible.School District 68 trustees to...
Sep 12, 2024
Six new prefabricated 'modern classrooms' planned for Nanaimo's Wellington Secondary
NANAIMO - New classrooms are coming to Wellington Secondary School.The provincial government, in partnership with School District 68, announced 150 new seats will be added to the school, pushing offic...
Aug 30, 2024
'I really look forward to the day where we put ourselves out of business:’ new releases boosts marmot population
NANAIMO - Rebuilding the endangered Vancouver Island marmot received a boost with about 60 of the herbivores strategically released into the wild lately. Nanaimo based Marmot Recovery Foundation (MRF)...
Jul 14, 2024
Superintendent of Nanaimo Ladysmith Public Schools retires
NANAIMO - Following a long career as a teacher and administrator with the Nanaimo Ladysmith Public Schools (NLPS), its top official is calling it a career. NLPS announced on Friday, May 31 that Supt. ...
May 31, 2024
'It's a tough conversation:' SD68 to launch catchment adjustment consultations
NANAIMO - Formal public consultations are set to begin to reshape catchment areas for north Nanaimo elementary schools. Rutherford Elementary School's September 2025 re-opening as a K-7 school led to ...
May 23, 2024
‘I’m pretty proud of the kids:’ underwater art display lights up Nanaimo school
NANAIMO - A local school gym transformed into a florescent underwater Indigenous art show has made for a proud educator. Nearly 400 students at Forest Park Elementary School contributed to the biolumi...
May 22, 2024
Nanaimo students produce award-winning comedic workplace safety video
NANAIMO - A fiery video by a trio of Nanaimo Christian School (NCS) students turned out to be an explosive hit in a WorkSafeBC video contest. The tenth graders landed first place in an annual contest ...
May 21, 2024
Trustees endorse draft changes to Nanaimo elementary school catchment boundaries
NANAIMO - With Rutherford Elementary School scheduled to re-open in the fall of 2025, local district officials are on board with proposed new catchment zones. At a Wednesday, May 15 special school boa...
May 16, 2024