Due to the impacts of the current snowstorm, the Langley Board of Education’s regular board meeting will be cancelled this evening (Tuesday, November 29, 2022). Agenda items will be deferred until the next regular board meeting on December 13, 2022. Please check the website under the Board News section the day prior to the meeting…

Aldergrove Community Secondary School principal Mike Palichuk (left) and former ACSS soccer coach Brian Hunter stand with former student Joel Waterman’s Montreal soccer jersey, which hangs in the school’s Athletics Wall of Fame. When the Canadian national men’s soccer team hits the pitch at the World Cup this week in Qatar, there will be much…

Last month, the District held a community resource fair at H.D. Stafford Middle School in conjunction with parent-teacher interviews, as a way to help students and families become familiar with, and connect to, resources in the community. Organizations that took part in the event included Ishtar Women’s Resource Society, Langley Hospice, The Foundry, Big Brothers…

Remembrance Day – and its importance – can be a difficult concept for young children to grasp, but students at Gordon Greenwood Elementary have an excellent person to teach them in Deanna Forrest. Forrest, a Grade 6 teacher at the Walnut Grove school, spent a dozen years in the Canadian Army Reserves before trading in…

With this week being a time of reflection and appreciation for Canada’s veterans – Remembrance Day is Friday – it’s also an opportunity to honour the sacrifices made by our country’s Indigenous veterans.   National Aboriginal Veterans Day is Tuesday, Nov. 8, and is meant as a day of remembrance for those veterans – not just for their contributions to…

Agenda The Langley Board of Education held its inaugural meeting in front of an in-person and online audience. This meeting was the official swearing in of the newly elected Board of Education.   Singing of the National Anthem The meeting opened with the singing of the national anthem “O Canada” by Langley Fine Arts student…

Witches, pirates, and princess galore! Students, staff, and school community members celebrated Halloween in style. There were many spooky activities and costume parades taking place all over the District. Students from Noel Booth Elementary spent the day carving and decorating pumpkins. It is an activity that happens every year. “It’s a long-standing tradition here at…

The route to school for students at Topham Elementary looks a lot different, and in a good way. Sidewalks in front and adjacent to the North Langley school are painted with bright, coloured shapes like circles and squares. On Friday, October 14, students, staff, and families at Topham Elementary took part in a tactical urbanism…

On Saturday, October 15, many school gyms across the District, specifically in the Township of Langley, will be used as local election polling stations from 8am – 8pm. As guided by Section 81 of the Election Act “accommodation in a school that is the property of a board of school trustees under the School Act must be…

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