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Superintendent's K-12 Mask Update

April 01, 2021

March 31, 2021 Dear Students, Parents/Guardians and Staff, Earlier this week Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry amended the existing provincial public health orders . The strengthened orders and guidelines are in effect through April 19, 2021 at 11:59 p.m., and details are included in this news...

Summer Learning connects concepts

August 01, 2019
​Studying mathematics in the summer is time well spent for many students across North Vancouver.
"Having the course condensed makes it easier. I don't forget as much because I'm taking the class every day," said Will, a Sutherland Secondary student who signed up for Pre-Calculus 11.
  
Pre-Calculus 11...

Summer Learning registration – Grades 7-11

April 30, 2019

Registration for Summer Learning programs and courses opens on May 1, 2019 and closes on June 21, 2019. On Wednesday, May 1, 2019, parents of all students in grades 7 through 11 will receive an email from School Cash Online advising that they have an item ready to be...

Summer school in North Vancouver attracts academic keeners

August 01, 2018
​By Jane Seyd, North Shore News
Callum Findlay, 16, Ethan Yuen, 16 and Sunny Tanchev, 16, chat outside during summer classes at Carson Graham Secondary. Summer school is hugely popular in both North Vancouver and West Vancouver, attracting about 2500 students across the two school districts. Many of those students...

How do we know?

July 24, 2018

How do you know what you know? How do you process new information? How do you interpret that information? What happens in your learning progression to get you to a place of understanding?  
These are the types of questions that roughly 1,000 students have been tackling this summer...

Summer Learning Registration Opens May 1, 2018

April 18, 2018

Online registration for Summer Learning courses opens on May 1, 2018 and closes on June 29, 2018 at 12:00 pm (noon). Summer Learning offers a variety of in-person courses both advance credit and remedial. For detailed information about course offerings and to register, please click here: https://www.sd44.ca/school/summer/Registration.
Summer...

Parent Consent Forms Are Officially Online!

September 15, 2017
​ We are pleased to announce that four parent consent forms are officially available via School Cash Online. We kindly request all parents/guardians to login, fill out the forms and submit before September 21, 2017. Click here: https://sd44.schoolcashonline.com.

Registration Deadline - Tuesday, June 30 at 12:00 noon

May 26, 2015
Don't delay registering for Summer School 2015.  Classes fill and you might lose an opportunity that you were counting on!  Registration Information is posted here.  Questions?  Try the Search box on the top right-hand corner of your screen.  If you can't find the answer to your question, please e-mail summer@sd44.ca

Distributed Learning Summer Session NEW UPDATE on July 2, 2014

June 30, 2014
Due to the limitations of the Labour Relations Board Essential Services Order, we have made adjustments to the delivery of our online courses.  All DL courses will be open and available to currently registered students during the summer months so they may continue toward completion. Students have a year from their...

Summer School NEW UPDATE on July 2, 2014

June 30, 2014
Due to the limitations of the Labour Relations Board Essential Services Order, the restrictions on Summer School will prevent us from offering our planned educational programs. Students enrolled in both Review and Completion and Full Credit Summer School will be receiving full refunds over the next 4-6 weeks. These students should...

Grades 8 to 12 Final Reporting

June 27, 2014
​Dear Parents and Guardians of Grade 8 to 12 Students:     The ongoing labour dispute has seriously impacted our ability to provide final reports for students this school year.  Without the availability of teachers to assess, evaluate, and report student learning, we are unable to provide final reports in the usual format.  We...

Board urges BCTF and BCPSEA to reach an agreement or settlement

June 25, 2014
Dear Minister Fassbender, Mr. Iker and Mr. Marchbank:   The North Vancouver Board of Education is writing you today to urge both parties to reach a negotiated agreement or mediated settlement as soon as possible. The bargaining impasse is directly impacting our students, parents, teachers, administrators, and support staff within our community....

BCTF Strike Action - Provincial Exams - Year-end Procedures

June 12, 2014
June 12, 2014 - Letter to Parents and Guardians:      I am writing to you with an important update on the BC Teachers’ Federation declared withdrawal of services and several changes that will affect our end-of-year procedures, including Provincial Examinations, Grade 12 final grades, and the return of textbooks and resource...

Grad Season Advisory for Students and Parents

June 10, 2014
In the coming weeks, many high school students will be participating in both school-sanctioned and non-sanctioned graduation and after-prom festivities.  While this is an exciting and important time in a Grade 12 student’s life, the North Vancouver RCMP Youth Intervention Unit would like to remind students and their parents of the...

Schools not in session on Tuesday, June 3, 2014

May 30, 2014
​As you may already know, the British Columbia Teachers’ Federation announced that a second week of rotating, one-day strikes will take place throughout the province next week. The BCTF’s decision reflects a continuation of their job action related to teacher contract bargaining. Locally, the Teachers’ Federation has directed its members in our...

May 29, 2014 - BCTF Rotating Strike Action

May 20, 2014
Schools are not in session on Thursday, May 29th due to BCTF Rotating Strike Action - Letter to all North Vancouver School District Parents and Guardians on May 20, 2014:

As you may be aware, the British Columbia Teachers’ Federation announced this morning a series of rotating, one-day strikes to occur throughout the...

Summer School - Elementary Program

April 30, 2014
​Please be advised that the continuation of the North Vancouver School District's elementary summer program is currently under review in conjunction with budget planning for the 2014/15 school year. A decision on whether or not the elementary program will be offered this summer is expected to be made at the May...

Some Grad Events Are Not Sanctioned

March 27, 2014
Press Release from the North Vancouver RCMP:  ​Historically in North Vancouver, the high school classes that graduate in June hold unsanctioned Pre-Graduation events. They have been held in North Vancouver and various locations throughout the Vancouver area. These events often represent adolescent behaviour primarily under the influence of alcohol, states Cpl....

Land, Learning and Livability Public Open Houses

February 07, 2014
Lucas Centre Site and Cloverley School Site
The Board of Education is seeking public input as it undertakes a land management process that will identify options for repurposing of the Lucas Centre and Cloverley School sites.

Two public open houses will be held to inform the community on the process, and to...

Marijuana - Federal Controlled Drugs and Substances Act

February 03, 2014
​ The North Vancouver RCMP Youth Intervention Unit would like to remind students of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act in Canada. The recent change to some laws in several American States regarding marijuana has caused some confusion in British Columbia. Marijuana is illegal in Canada and is listed in Schedule...

Superintendent's K-12 Mask Update

April 01, 2021

March 31, 2021 Dear Students, Parents/Guardians and Staff, Earlier this week Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry amended the existing provincial public health orders . The strengthened orders and guidelines are in effect through April 19, 2021 at 11:59 p.m., and details are included in this news...

Summer Learning connects concepts

August 01, 2019
​Studying mathematics in the summer is time well spent for many students across North Vancouver.
"Having the course condensed makes it easier. I don't forget as much because I'm taking the class every day," said Will, a Sutherland Secondary student who signed up for Pre-Calculus 11.
  
Pre-Calculus 11...

Summer Learning registration – Grades 7-11

April 30, 2019

Registration for Summer Learning programs and courses opens on May 1, 2019 and closes on June 21, 2019. On Wednesday, May 1, 2019, parents of all students in grades 7 through 11 will receive an email from School Cash Online advising that they have an item ready to be...

Summer school in North Vancouver attracts academic keeners

August 01, 2018
​By Jane Seyd, North Shore News
Callum Findlay, 16, Ethan Yuen, 16 and Sunny Tanchev, 16, chat outside during summer classes at Carson Graham Secondary. Summer school is hugely popular in both North Vancouver and West Vancouver, attracting about 2500 students across the two school districts. Many of those students...

How do we know?

July 24, 2018

How do you know what you know? How do you process new information? How do you interpret that information? What happens in your learning progression to get you to a place of understanding?  
These are the types of questions that roughly 1,000 students have been tackling this summer...

Summer Learning Registration Opens May 1, 2018

April 18, 2018

Online registration for Summer Learning courses opens on May 1, 2018 and closes on June 29, 2018 at 12:00 pm (noon). Summer Learning offers a variety of in-person courses both advance credit and remedial. For detailed information about course offerings and to register, please click here: https://www.sd44.ca/school/summer/Registration.
Summer...

Parent Consent Forms Are Officially Online!

September 15, 2017
​ We are pleased to announce that four parent consent forms are officially available via School Cash Online. We kindly request all parents/guardians to login, fill out the forms and submit before September 21, 2017. Click here: https://sd44.schoolcashonline.com.

Registration Deadline - Tuesday, June 30 at 12:00 noon

May 26, 2015
Don't delay registering for Summer School 2015.  Classes fill and you might lose an opportunity that you were counting on!  Registration Information is posted here.  Questions?  Try the Search box on the top right-hand corner of your screen.  If you can't find the answer to your question, please e-mail summer@sd44.ca

Distributed Learning Summer Session NEW UPDATE on July 2, 2014

June 30, 2014
Due to the limitations of the Labour Relations Board Essential Services Order, we have made adjustments to the delivery of our online courses.  All DL courses will be open and available to currently registered students during the summer months so they may continue toward completion. Students have a year from their...

Summer School NEW UPDATE on July 2, 2014

June 30, 2014
Due to the limitations of the Labour Relations Board Essential Services Order, the restrictions on Summer School will prevent us from offering our planned educational programs. Students enrolled in both Review and Completion and Full Credit Summer School will be receiving full refunds over the next 4-6 weeks. These students should...

Grades 8 to 12 Final Reporting

June 27, 2014
​Dear Parents and Guardians of Grade 8 to 12 Students:     The ongoing labour dispute has seriously impacted our ability to provide final reports for students this school year.  Without the availability of teachers to assess, evaluate, and report student learning, we are unable to provide final reports in the usual format.  We...

Board urges BCTF and BCPSEA to reach an agreement or settlement

June 25, 2014
Dear Minister Fassbender, Mr. Iker and Mr. Marchbank:   The North Vancouver Board of Education is writing you today to urge both parties to reach a negotiated agreement or mediated settlement as soon as possible. The bargaining impasse is directly impacting our students, parents, teachers, administrators, and support staff within our community....

BCTF Strike Action - Provincial Exams - Year-end Procedures

June 12, 2014
June 12, 2014 - Letter to Parents and Guardians:      I am writing to you with an important update on the BC Teachers’ Federation declared withdrawal of services and several changes that will affect our end-of-year procedures, including Provincial Examinations, Grade 12 final grades, and the return of textbooks and resource...

Grad Season Advisory for Students and Parents

June 10, 2014
In the coming weeks, many high school students will be participating in both school-sanctioned and non-sanctioned graduation and after-prom festivities.  While this is an exciting and important time in a Grade 12 student’s life, the North Vancouver RCMP Youth Intervention Unit would like to remind students and their parents of the...

Schools not in session on Tuesday, June 3, 2014

May 30, 2014
​As you may already know, the British Columbia Teachers’ Federation announced that a second week of rotating, one-day strikes will take place throughout the province next week. The BCTF’s decision reflects a continuation of their job action related to teacher contract bargaining. Locally, the Teachers’ Federation has directed its members in our...

May 29, 2014 - BCTF Rotating Strike Action

May 20, 2014
Schools are not in session on Thursday, May 29th due to BCTF Rotating Strike Action - Letter to all North Vancouver School District Parents and Guardians on May 20, 2014:

As you may be aware, the British Columbia Teachers’ Federation announced this morning a series of rotating, one-day strikes to occur throughout the...

Summer School - Elementary Program

April 30, 2014
​Please be advised that the continuation of the North Vancouver School District's elementary summer program is currently under review in conjunction with budget planning for the 2014/15 school year. A decision on whether or not the elementary program will be offered this summer is expected to be made at the May...

Some Grad Events Are Not Sanctioned

March 27, 2014
Press Release from the North Vancouver RCMP:  ​Historically in North Vancouver, the high school classes that graduate in June hold unsanctioned Pre-Graduation events. They have been held in North Vancouver and various locations throughout the Vancouver area. These events often represent adolescent behaviour primarily under the influence of alcohol, states Cpl....