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District News highlights the latest announcements, information, events, or stories that are happening in or around the Cowichan Valley School District (SD 79). Check this page often for updates!

Feature Story: Roots of Empathy

Kindergarten  Roots Of Empathy  Bench Elementary  ROE  

Posted: May 7, 2018, 11:33am

Children learn about emotional literacy from tiny teachers Children in the Cowichan Valley School District are learning about empathy and understanding from the tiniest of teachers—babies. [capt[...]

Cowichan students take home top spots at Skills Canada!

Skills Canada  SkillsBC  Dual Credit  DL  Distributed Learning  

Posted: April 19, 2018, 1:28pm

The Skills Canada BC’s 2018 Provincial Competition took place on April 18, 2018 at the Tradex, in Abbotsford. More than 600 competitors in 58 competition areas competed in fields as diverse as aeros[...]

Volunteer Week

National Volunteer Week - Thank You!

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This week is National Volunteer Week in Canada (April 15-21, 2018), and we want to take a moment to say thank you to every single person in our community who volunteers their time to make our chil[...]

Come work for us: On-call school bus drivers needed!

Transportation  Bus  Careers  Bus Drivers  Jobs  Employment  

Posted: April 17, 2018, 3:14pm

Are you looking for an opportunity to work with the Cowichan Valley School District? Do you have your Class 2 drivers license with air brakes endorsement, and a clear drivers abstract? If so, we are l[...]

Public Budget Meeting: Come Learn and Provide Feedback

Budget  Board Of Education  

Posted: April 11, 2018, 9:35am

Do you want to learn more about the annual budget development taking place in the school district right now? Do you have some ideas that you want to share with the Board, or some feedback on some o[...]