Brookswood Secondary hosted this year’s TEDx Youth at Langley event on November 24. Student volunteers from REMSS and BSS organized the event along side sponsor teacher, Lorna Goulet. Speakers, funding, and promotions are all organized by the student volunteers. They had the opportunity to learn the ins and outs of event planning, including following the planning rules for…

Students gathered in the gym at Noel Booth for a special volleyball game on November 23. Teachers from the school, including Assistant Superintendent Woody Bradford and Noel Booth’s principal Esther Schmidt, played the girl’s and boy’s volleyball team in a game of four matches. The games were just for fun.   Teachers won three out of…

Aboriginal students from across the Valley and the Fraser-Cascade came together for a three day conference starting November 21. The Strengthening the Circle Conference is organized by Siyá:ye Yotes (Friends Working Together). It’s vision is to “empower Aboriginal youth to become healthy, responsible leaders who value the knowledge and traditions of Aboriginal worldviews.”   Students from many…

The Brookswood senior Leadership Team has taken on the role of instructing the seniors residents from the Peninsula Retirement Home on how to use the internet, iPad cameras, and other technologies. The course consists of 8 to 9 monthly lessons that will run until April of 2018. By the end, the senior residents will have their…

Secretary Treasurer’s Reports Action Item: Policy No. 3850 – Conveyance of Students The Board of Education passed a motion to adjust the wording of Policy No. 3850 – Conveyance of Students to reflect current practice. Specifically, reference to payment of fees for busing of students was removed as this is no longer applicable. Action Item:…

Brookswood Secondary’s Junior Leadership team visited Nicomekl Elementary on November 17 to engage Grades 3 to 5 students in a series of community building activities. Classes came out in blocks to partake in several organized activities, such as hockey, soccer, crafts, and various other ‘ice-breaker’ style games. The games and lessons were designed to bring…

Schools across the district gathered this week to remember the fallen. A moment of silence was recognized at each school to the Last Post, the trumpets call to mark the end of a person’s service to their country. Presentations were made, decorating schools with poppies, music, and poetry.   In remembrance of the one hundred year anniversary…

Pictured, Left to Right: Charlie Fox (Rotary), Captain Dan Rowbotham (JPFK), Dianne Chretien (Principal), Ulla Thomas (Youth worker) Thanks to the contributions by Jazz Airline Pilots for Kids, North Otter is now able to provide 10 Starfish Packs to kids in need. The generous contribution of $3,150 was made earlier this month. The packs were presented…

Brookswood Secondary and District Aboriginal Program graduate Wayne Wapeemuka has won awards for his latest film Luk’ Luk’l (pronounced ‘luck lucky’). Wayne won the City of Toronto Award for best Canadian First Feature Film at the Toronto International Film Festival and Best BC Feature Film Award at the Vancouver International Film Festival. You can read…

Presentation: Regional Emergency Communication Operations Plan Langley School District Communications Manager Ken Hoff and regional Emergency Program Coordinator Ginger Sherlock addressed the Board and updated them on recent completion of the Emergency Communications Plan annex to the comprehensive Langley Emergency Response Plan. Over the last year information officers from the City of Langley, the Township…