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District Parent Advisory Council
- Chair: Carmen Sundstrom
- 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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- Contact Us
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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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- News
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- Calendars
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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
- 2026/27 School Calendar
- 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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Board / Authority Authorized Courses
Board/Authority Authorized (BAA) courses are developed to help meet local community needs while providing choice and flexibility for students. Secondary schools offer a variety of board authorized courses that provide unique opportunities for students to explore particular subject areas in greater depth.
Process for submitting a new BAA proposal:
- Identify a unique opportunity for students to explore a particular subject area that cannot be explored in a current Ministry course.
- Review the Ministry of Education’s BAA Requirements & Procedures guide.
- Consult with your school administration.
- Determine the appropriate course category using the Core Course Categories guide.
- Download the BAA Course Template to create the new course framework.
- Develop the completed BAA application with a team, and submit to your school administration for review.
- Upon approval, the administrator will submit the BAA application to the Director of Instruction for review with the District Learning Team.
- Finalized new BAA courses are presented to the District Board and Superintendent for approval and signing.
- The new BAA Course form is sent to the Ministry of Education.
- A course code is determined, entered into MyEd and schools are informed of the new course for their course calendars.
- The district website is updated with the new BAA course.
For a new BAA course to be approved, the development team must demonstrate how the course differs from currently available Ministry curriculum, and that there is a need for the area of learning for students. There should be minimal curricular overlap between a BAA course and a standard BC curriculum course.
BAA Course List
Registration Timeline
The deadline for submission is April 30 for the new BAA course to be considered for the course selection package the following school year.
BAA Sharing Platform
For ideas and examples of BAA courses offered in other districts in the province, FocusEd has created a searchable BAA Sharing Platform.
BAA courses in other districts can not be pulled into our District course catalogue. Each course must be developed specifically for our local context.