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Parent Resources
- Career Programs and Dual Credit
- Child Care Programs
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- Homeschooling Requirement
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- Winter Weather Information
- Welcome to the 2026-2027 School Year!
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Student Resources
- Provincial Assessments
- Career Programs and Dual Credit
- Digital Resources
- District Moodle
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- Erase
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- Reset Office 365 Passwords
- Resources
- Scholarships
- Student Literacy and Numeracy Dashboard
- Student Learning Survey
- Safe, Caring, Inclusive Schools (Anti Racism and SOGI)
District Parent Advisory Council
- Chair: Keirsten Tymko
- Email: cowichanvalleydpac@sd79.bc.ca
- Website: dpac.sd79.bc.ca
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Employment Opportunities
Join the Cowichan Valley School District and have the career you want that supports the life you have.
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Welcome to Cowichan Valley School District
The Cowichan Valley School District proudly serves learners across many diverse communities. We offer world-class instruction and a rich diversity of engaging programs to help prepare our learners for a world they will create.
Contact District
Phone: (250) 748-0321
Fax: (250) 748-6591
Email: info@sd79.bc.caMailing Address
- 2557 Beverly Street
Duncan, British Columbia
V9L 2X3
- 2557 Beverly Street
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- Schools
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Welcome to Cowichan Valley School District
There are 17 Elementary schools and 5 Secondary schools in the Cowichan Valley School District.
Catchment School
To learn what your catchment school is and to obtain school contact info please use the School Locator tool.
Framework for Enhancing Student Learning (FESL)
Each school has their own plan on how to serve our learners. These plans align with the district-wide FESL and Beyond Education, you can find individual school FESL’s with the below
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View 2024-2027 School Calendars
- 2024/25 School Calendar – finalized (the non-instructional and professional development days have been confirmed) and includes Early Dismissal days. Early Dismissal days added for PLCs.
- 2025/26 School Calendar – finalized (the non-instructional and professional development days have been confirmed) and includes Early Dismissal days. Early Dismissal days added for PLCs.
- 2026/27 School Calendar – finalized (the non-instructional and professional development days have been confirmed) and includes Early Dismissal days. Early Dismissal days added for PLCs.
- School Calendar Holiday Breaks (2024/25 to 2026/27)
Frequently Asked Questions
Do you have questions about how the school calendars are created? Please read our Frequently Asked Questions.
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Full List of Support Staff
District Leadership
- Tammy Renyard
Assistant Superintendent
trenyard@sd79.bc.ca - Ann Kissinger
Director of Instruction
akissinger@sd79.bc.ca
Administrative Assistants
- Rhonda Hodgkin
sss-1@sd79.bc.ca
(250) 748-0321 Ext. 226 - Jen Milley
sss-2@sd79.bc.ca
(250) 748-0321 Ext. 286
District Itinerant Staff
- Candace Seaby
Teacher of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing/Itinerant Resource Teacher
cseaby@sd79.bc.ca - Jinder Dhami
Resource Teacher: Visual Impairments
jdhami@sd79.bc.ca - Linda Maslen
Co-ordinator for Inclusive Learning
lmaslen@sd79.bc.ca - Lindsay Hartshorn
Co-ordinator for Inclusive Learning
lhartshorn@sd79.bc.ca
School Psychologists
- Lila Boulet
lboulet@sd79.bc.ca - Rhonda Geres-Smith
rgeres-smith@sd79.bc.ca - Kelly McManus
kmcmanus@sd79.bc.ca
District Elementary Counsellors
- Dianne Herdman
dherdman@sd79.bc.ca - Cara Whalen
cwhalen@sd79.bc.ca - Joel Smith
jcsmith@sd79.bc.ca - Nicole Trotter
ntrotter@sd79.bc.ca - Heather Oosten
hoosten@sd79.bc.ca - Thomas Longridge
tlongridge@sd79.bc.ca
Speech Language Pathologists
- Danielle Rankin
drankin@sd79.bc.ca - Laurel Cosford
lcosford@sd79.bc.ca - Michelle Andrews
mandrews@sd79.bc.ca - Kelsey de Kleer
Speech Language Teacher
kdekleer@sd79.bc.ca
English Language Learning
- Cindy Nadon
drankin@sd79.bc.ca - Joeleen Achurch
jachurch@sd79.bc.ca - Jill Hillbrecht
jhillbrecht@sd79.bc.ca - Tracy Cameron
tcameron@sd79.bc.ca
Occupational Therapists
- Susan Stacey
sstacey@sd79.bc.ca - Allison Murray
amurray@sd79.bc.ca
District Collaborative Support
- Megan Coleman-Wong
Behaviour Interventionist
mcolemanwong@sd79.bc.ca - Christina Pasanen
cpasanen@sd79.bc.ca