With three elementary school expansion projects now complete and construction underway on a new secondary school in the Clayton North area, 380 new seats are ready for Surrey students and 1,500 more are on the way.

A group of kindergarten students who will be the graduating class of 2029 are B.C.’s first students whose education will be entirely under B.C.’s new curriculum.

Vancouver Technical Secondary graduate Bronwyn Vaisey is an accomplished culinary arts student, advocate for climate action and food sustainability, food-service worker, community volunteer and student council representative. This year, she added “prestigious scholarship recipient” to the list.

Students have many decisions to make leading up to graduation. Now is the time they start thinking about what they want to do in life after high school.

B.C.’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer students will now see themselves together with other groups reflected in anti-bullying policies in school districts and independent schools throughout the province.

Teachers at Burnaby’s Learning Instruction for Newcomers to Canada (LINC) program are being recognized on International Literacy Day as the B.C. recipient of the Council of the Federation Literacy Award for their efforts to connect immigrants and refugees with literacy skills they need to get involved in their community.

The world is changing and parents expect their kids to be taught the skills they need to succeed in that changing world.

As families get ready to send over 600,000 students back to school, there are many great resources available to make the transition to the classroom easier – and to get a head start preparing for life after high school.

Education Minister Mike Bernier toured the construction site of the almost $20-million Delta Secondary school seismic upgrade project with school district staff and officials, as well as construction representatives.