Education

SD68 poised to re-open Rutherford elementary & adjust catchment to address enrolment crunch

NANAIMO - Continued growth in the city's north end will likely force the re-opening of a school closed just a few years ago.School District 68's business committee voted unanimously for a proposal to ...

Jun 09, 2022

Nanaimo Christian School buys adjacent property for future expansion plans

NANAIMO - Additional land across the street from Nanaimo Christian School (NCS) is envisioned to help address rapidly expanding demand for the local K-12 private school.School principal James Sijpheer...

Jun 08, 2022

Nanaimo students land life-changing scholarships

NANAIMO - A pair of Nanaimo students about to graduate high school have even more of a reason to celebrate.Cailey Munroe of John Barsby Secondary School and Nanaimo District Secondary School's Rylie L...

Jun 05, 2022

'It's about walking together:' new Coast Salish names proposed for NDSS Community Field & Coal Tyee elementary

NANAIMO - It's two small steps towards reconciliation which are poised to have a big impact. Under a proposal from School District 68 staff, the current NDSS Community Field on Third St., would be ren...

Alex Rawnsley Jun 02, 2022

'This is a human need;' United Way partners with VIU to provide free menstrual products

NANAIMO - Mid-Island university students now have access to a variety of menstrual products, all free of charge. Vancouver Island University (VIU) has partnered with the United Way's Period Promise ca...

May 13, 2022

New tax adopted to help pay for future District 68 school capacity

NANAIMO - School District 68 has a new tool to help close a significant gap in providing necessary future classroom capacity on the mid Island.Nanaimo Ladysmith Pubic Schools (NLPS) enacted a tool emb...

May 11, 2022

Elementary school students halfway to $60K library refit at Departure Bay

NANAIMO - Fundraising for a long-overdue renovations to Departure Bay Elementary Eco-School's library is well ahead of schedule.The school's Parent Advisory Council (PAC) has raised just over $31,000 ...

May 02, 2022

Reannounced child care spaces in Nanaimo won't open imminently

NANAIMO - Additional child care options announced at a trio of Nanaimo schools won't be ready for the foreseeable future.The ministry of education and child care recently announced financial support f...

Apr 27, 2022

'Never really had time to learn because you're looking out for yourself:' residential school survivors learning vital literacy skills

NANAIMO - "We never really had time to learn because we always had our guards up."Often, self-protection and survival took precedence over reading, writing and arithmetic for residential school surviv...

Apr 21, 2022

Funds delivered for accessible playground at Nanoose Bay Elementary School

NANOOSE BAY- Supporting an active and inclusive school community has gotten much easier at Nanoose Bay Elementary School.The province officially revealed $165,000 at a Tuesday, April 12 ceremony towar...

Apr 12, 2022