The B.C. government's comprehensive approach to crime received a boost, including a significant contribution to the successful Surrey Wraparound Program (Wrap), which reduces gang-related activity among youth.

A brand-new high school and additions to three elementary schools will add more than 1,800 spaces for students in Surrey.

Goldstone Park Elementary was filled with the sound of music as students and teachers, along with Education Minister Peter Fassbender and the Surrey board of education, officially opened the school.

Premier Christy Clark, Education Minister Peter Fassbender and 600 students from Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley have teamed up today on a common goal: erasing all forms of bullying, including cyber-bullying, in B.C.

A new era for Sunnyside Elementary was celebrated with the official opening of a $14.9-million replacement school which will serve families in the Grandview Heights area for generations to come.

There was story-telling magic, face painting and reading galore as Surrey Libraries kicked off a month-long celebration of family literacy activities at the Guildford Town Centre today.

An innovative approach launched last year to increase the number of B.C. children who are engaged, competent readers is seeing great success.

The province's largest school district officially unveiled 180 new student spaces as Education Minister Peter Fassbender and Surrey-Panorama MLA Marvin Hunt helped open a nearly $6-million, eight-classroom addition to T.E. Scott Elementary.

School may be out for the summer but construction work on Surrey school projects is full speed ahead. Five projects totalling nearly $59 million are under construction and when completed will create 1,840 new, much-needed student spaces for fast-growing communities in the district.