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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
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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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Full List of Support Staff
District School Counsellors
- Diane Herdman
dherdman@sd79.bc.ca - Richard Matthews
rmatthews@sd79.bc.ca - Nicolas Schofield
nschofield@sd79.bc.ca - Joel Smith
jcsmith@sd79.bc.ca - Curt Knippelberg
cknippelberg@sd79.bc.ca - Nicole Trotter
ntrotter@sd79.bc.ca - Susanna Longridge
slongridge@sd79.bc.ca
District Itinerant Educational Assistants
- Bren Pavitt
Complex Needs EA
bpavitt@sd79.bc.ca - Naomi Barclay
Complex Needs EA
nbarclay@sd79.bc.ca - Michelle McKay
Behaviour EA /Assistive Technology
mmckay@sd79.bc.ca - Anna Scouten
Behaviour Interventionist
ascouten@sd79.bc.ca - Dana Cowan
EA Interpretor
dacowan@sd79.bc.ca - Hannah Gilbert
Behaviour Interventionist
hgilbert@sd79.bc.ca
District Zone Itinerant Education Assistants
- Kelsie Jevons
kjevons@sd79.bc.ca - Sue Livingston
slivingston@sd79.bc.ca - Kim Cote
kcote@sd79.bc.ca - Daniel Wilson
dwilson@sd79.bc.ca - Chiara Gibbings
cgibbings@sd79.bc.ca - Kjersten Herkel
kherkel@sd79.bc.ca - Kerrie Hydes
khydes@sd79.bc.ca - Kathryn Andrews
kandrews@sd79.bc.ca - Deborah Clarke
- dclarke@sd79.bc.ca
District Leadership
- Darlene Reynolds
Assistant Superintendent of Inclusive Learning
dereynolds@sd79.bc.ca - Tammy Renyard
District Principal of Inclusive Learning
trenyard@sd79.bc.ca - Kim Darbyshire
District Vice-Principal of Inclusive Learning
kdarbyshire@sd79.bc.ca
District Itinerant Resource Teachers
- Deaf & Hard of Hearing
Fiona Young
fyoung@sd79.bc.ca - Visual Impairments
Lynn Langille
lynn@eyeseeyoucounsulting.ca - Resource Teacher: Visual Impairments
Jinder Dhami
jdhami@sd79.bc.ca - Co-ordinator for Inclusive Learning
Linda Maslen
lmaslen@sd79.bc.ca - Co-ordinator for Inclusive Learning
Carmen Barrack
cbarrack@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 Itinerant Educational Assistants
- Complex Needs EA
Naomi Barclay
nbarclay@sd79.bc.ca - Complex Needs EA
Bren Pavitt
bpavitt@sd79.bc.ca - Behaviour EA with
UEB/Assistive Technology
Michelle McKay
mmckay@sd79.bc.ca
Speech Language Pathologists
- Danielle Rankin
drankin@sd79.bc.ca - Laurel Cosford
lcosford@sd79.bc.ca - Michelle Andrews
mandrews@sd79.bc.ca - JiJi Pyles
jpyles@sd79.bc.ca
English Language Learning
- Cindy Nadon
drankin@sd79.bc.ca - Sonia Caetano
scaetano@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
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 - Amy Baker
sss-3@sd79.bc.ca
(250) 748-0321 Ext. 238