Soon babies and toddlers who attend StrongStart centres in the Langley School District will be getting exposure to some new Aboriginal content. On Monday, facilitators of the free, play-based, drop-in early learning program, took part in a workshop on a resource that will help deepen their understanding of Aboriginal culture and history, and also help…

The Special Meeting of the Langley Board of Education will be streamed live beginning at 5:00pm. A link to the video feed will be posted here in Board News just prior to the start of the meeting. Agenda The Board of Education approved the District Calendar for 2019-20 Appendix B, 2020-21, and 2021-22 school years,…

“The phrase cancer changes everything resonates deeply with me.” Ellie O’Brien is a cancer survivor, so is her son. She’ll be sharing her story at this year’s TEDxLangleyED event at Chief Sepass Theatre, April 6. Here’s a preview of her story. I’m pleased to have the opportunity to share how our family of four faced…

Dear Parents/Caregivers,  RE: BC Government’s Measles Immunization Catch-Up Program For School-Aged Children from April to June 2019 As you may have heard, the BC Government has announced an initiative to catch up all school-aged children (K-12) with measles vaccines. This is an opportunity for unimmunized and under-immunized children to catch-up on their vaccinations. There is…

It was hard to contain the excitement felt by the kids at Langley Fundamental Elementary on Tuesday. The school held their first ever entrepreneurship fair. The gym was made up like a small market space with the school’s grade 5 kids selling products that they had been working tirelessly to produce. There was some amazing…

The Regular Meeting of the Langley Board of Education will be streamed live beginning at 7:00pm. A link to the video feed will be posted here in Board News just prior to the start of the meeting. Agenda     Delegations Exclusion Tracker Reporting – Members (Juliet Henderson-Rahbar and Sandra Schmidt), from BCEdAccess which is…

“They’re five and six years old.  Their hearts are so big,” said Kindergarten teacher Ms. Laura Baird.  The James Hill Elementary teacher helped inspire her class to put kindness into action with an initiative she refers to as “Coins for Kindness.” “They were having a conversation in Social Studies class about different types of families….

It’s a big deal when a primary kid stands up in front of their classmates to sing. But, this is just some of the courage and amazing talent being shown by kids at Blacklock Fine Arts Elementary. On the afternoon of March 7, Blacklock’s Got Talent opened, with a rehearsal presentation to peers in the…

So many teacher jobs available throughout the province, but which one to choose?  That’s what many new education graduates are thinking about right now. Given the employment climate in school districts, teacher candidates have many options on where they can work. On Wednesday, the Langley School District hosted an info session for prospective teachers to…

“This is our cul-de-sac,” said Vice Principal, Mark Touzeau, “This is the lemonade stand.” He was referring to the market stands being set up in the school’s small gym for their entrepreneurship fair, which ran for two days over Wednesday and Thursday this week. Kids turned out some amazing products and worked very hard construct…