The achievements of B.C. students and the province’s world-class education system will be in the international spotlight as top education policy-makers gather in Vancouver next week.

A 90-minute education session is being offered in Kelowna as part of a new school-based gang prevention program to provide parents with practical knowledge on how to help prevent their children from getting involved in youth gangs.

Seismic upgrades are on the way for Chief Maquinna Elementary school, which will allow parents to send their children to a safer school.

Students at Manoah Steves Elementary will have a safer school in case of an earthquake with seismic upgrades and a partial replacement now approved.

Students and families in the Eagle Mountain area of Abbotsford can look forward to a new elementary school in the near future, providing more classroom space for one of B.C.’s fastest growing communities. 

To help students understand the importance of being better prepared for everything from buying a car and household budgeting, to getting a credit card or saving for the future, April 17, 2019, has been proclaimed Financial Literacy Day.