The Grade 4’s and 5’s at Noel Booth Elementary have created a video for ‘Brave’ (original song by Sarah Bareilles) highlighting the school, students and culture of Noel Booth. Themes include kindness, sharing, anti-bullying and having fun together! Teacher Tasha Close spearheaded the project as part of the ‘Digital Literacies’ initiative in the District which…

Jordyn Laird was the only student sponsored in Langley to take part in the Rotary International Adventures in Citizenship Awards and was provided an all-expenses trip to our nation’s parliament buildings to meet with other young people and leaders of our country. Learning about democratic operations with political leaders – including a meet with Prime…

Presentation: DW Poppy Secondary Musical Theatre Production of Footloose, the Musical Students from the Musical Theatre Academy at DWPS provided the Board of Education with a sneak peek of their presentation of Footloose, the Musical. The show runs February 23-27 and tickets are available here. Presentation: Langley Secondary Musical Theatre Production of The Pajama Game The…

Students of the District Hairdressing course at ACSS visited Douglas Park Elementary recently to help take their ‘Crazy Hair Day’ to the next level. Originally just a couple of students from Douglas Park visited ACSS and the hairdressing program to get some ideas and talk to the students there but that visit sparked an offer from…

For the first time a student from WGSS has been selected as a national finalist for the prestigious Loran Scholar Award. Grade 12 student Nicholas Ouellette is in the running to receive the award which is presented to just 30 students across Canada. National selections will be made February 5-6, 2016. The Loran Scholar Award…

Eight Langley School District schools are participating in an energy conservation project called Unplug before you Unwind this holiday season. Basically, students are making sure that all electronic equipment around the school is unplugged before the Christmas break as they will not be used for a couple of weeks and this will reduce ‘standby’ power consumption….

There’s more in store at Blacklock than you can imagine! Each year Blacklock Elementary collects donated items for their Christmas store that are then set out for students to shop for Christmas gifts for their whole family. Items are priced from 10 cents to 3 dollars, though most are 1 dollar. Each class spends some…

Presentation: James Kennedy Elementary Christmas Carols The choir from James Kennedy Elementary provided some Christmas cheer to kick off the final public meeting of the Board of Education for 2015. Many parents crowded into the Boardroom with trustees and District staff to enjoy the carolling and Christmas spirit of the youngsters. Enjoy a short clip…

Fort Langley Elementary participated in the Indigo Adopt-a-School campaign this year and was lucky enough to have Coles Books adopt the school for the program. The giving began this past summer when Coles gave the students of Fort Langley Elementary 4 boxes of brand new books – sets of 6 of some of their most popular books – mostly…

Students at James Hill Elementary had a little fun with Movember by donning mustaches and gathering for a photo! Movember is a yearly event in November that ‘puts a face on men’s cancers’ – more information may be found here.