Welcome to School District No. 42

Our vision is for every individual to feel valued and for all learners to reach their full potential.

School District No. 42 meets the learning needs of approximately 15,000 students of all ages in Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows. The District is committed to educational choice and an inclusive, local approach to special education,  and has developed numerous skilled trades training partnerships with colleges and universities.

 

Budget 2013/14
 

At its regular public meeting on May 8, 2013, the Maple Ridge - Pitt Meadows School District Board of Education approved the 2013/2014 Annual Budget Bylaw. To review the budget and to find out more about the budget process, visit the 2013/14 Budget Process Page.

 

Upcoming: 

Odyssey Registration: Considering home-schooling or looking for flexible educational options? SD42 Odyssey Program registration is now open. Learn more.
Victoria Day (no school): May 20, 2013. 
Non-Instructional Day: May 21, 2013. 
George Orwell's 1984: Starting May 22nd @ Thomas Haney Secondary. Learn more.
MRSS Show and Shine: May 26, 2013, 9 am - 11 am @ Maple Ridge Secondary. Learn more.
DSAC COR project 2013: May 28, 2013 @ Greg Moore Youth Centre. Sign-in 8:30 - 8:45 am. Dismissal @ 2:15
Ready, Set, Learn: Online registration now OPEN.

 

Announcements and Accolades:

bullet_ball_glass_green.png The Maple Ridge Fire Department joined Glenwood Elementary students in an egg dropping competition last week. Students had to build contraptions to prevent their eggs from breaking. The final drops were launched from the fire truck ladder at over 100 feet in the air. Remarkably, three groups were able to get their eggs to survive. Congrats student inventors!

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Grade 5 students at Yennadon Elementary proudly display their DARE graduation certificates. DARE teaches children about the perils of drug and alcohol abuse, and encourages them to resist peer pressure and to be proud of who they are.

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Alouette Elementary School's Odyssey of the Mind team won GOLD at the Provincial Championships! Another outstanding win in the Maple Ridge - Pitt Meadows School District. Congratulations team! 

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Congratulations to students at Webster's Corners Elementary School, who collected $2,756 for the Heart and Stroke Foundation during their Jump Rope for Heart Campaign!

bullet_ball_glass_green.pngMaple Ridge Secondary School basketball coach, Don Herman, has received a Coach of the Year nomination in The Province's Reader's Choice Awards. Cast your vote for coach Herman here!

bullet_ball_glass_green.pngCongratulations to SD42 French Immersion students Allakrea Condon ($8000 to Université d'Ottawa) and Claire Liversidge ($4000 to Université d'Ottawa) for their wins in the national video contest by ACPI. Bravo les filles!

bullet_ball_glass_green.pngSD42 Social Justice students Angel Makaro, Lisa Kobelka, and Danielle Atkison present defibrillator to VANDU director, Marion Allard. Riverside Centre's Social Justice 12 class raised over $2000 to pay for the defibrillator.

bullet_ball_glass_green.pngSD42 students did an outstanding job at the Fraser Valley Student Leadership Conference on April 29, 2013. A big thank you to all participants from our six secondary schools for representing our school district so well!

bullet_ball_glass_green.pngCongratulations to SD42 teacher Ed Dumas, recipient of the National Inclusive Education Award for his exemplary practice of including students with disabilities in his music program!

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In the News


Project Hello reconnecting families

May 19, 2013 - 3:36pm — admin

By Neil Corbett, Maple Ridge News

Students from Thomas Haney secondary walked around Vancouver’s notorious Downtown Eastside neighbourhood on the occasion of Mother’s Day.

They had handmade Mother’s Day cards, which had been created by students from Glenwood elementary, and they offered the people living on the streets the chance to send one of the cards to their mom.

They took what information they could, often just a name and a city, and promised to try and get the card to their mothers, sisters, daughters and wives.

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Chowing down at chowder festival

May 18, 2013 - 8:52pm — admin

The savoury scents drifting from the Garibaldi secondary cafeteria on Thursday afternoon spoke of the quality of competition in the eighth annual Chowder Festival.

Sixteen teams from the school district’s teaching kitchens came to strut their culinary stuff. Along with the hosts were teams from Thomas Haney, Samuel Robertson Technical and Maple Ridge Secondary School.

There was clam chowder, sparerib chowder, citrus-cured salmon chowder, Cajun chowder, smoked chicken and bacon chowder, and many other varieties of thick, chunky, creamy stew.

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Arts council hands out 2013 scholarships

May 9, 2013 - 10:00am — admin

by Maple Ridge News

Five deserving Grade 12 students in Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows have received scholarships from the Maple Ridge Pitt Meadows Arts Council. The $1,000 scholarships can be used at any accredited post-secondary institution to support their continued education. The students were chosen from 18 applications sent in by students from across the school district.

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Schools engaging young voters

May 6, 2013 - 9:14am — admin

By Neil Corbett, Maple Ridge News

The ripples of the provincial election are being felt in high schools in Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows this May. There are, of course, some graduating students who will be old enough, at 18, to cast a ballot for the first time this May. 

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Students help build Westview Park BMX track

May 3, 2013 - 12:36pm — admin

By Neil Corbett, Maple Ridge News

District parks staff has been removing makeshift ramps and other obstacles from Westview Park on a regular basis for a long time. But now, with the help of students from Westview secondary, they are building a whole BMX course in the park.

“We’ve been tearing out jumps here for years – just because they weren’t built to a proper standard,” said Geoff Mallory, district manager of parks and open spaces.

On Friday, the district held its second work party with Westview students.

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Maple Ridge & Pitt Meadows

VLower Mainland - Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows

Located an hour's drive east of Vancouver, the communities of Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows share a combined population of just over 90,000 residents.

Facts and figures - 2011

Students 14,791
Aboriginal 1087
ESL(English as a Second Language) 320
International Students 508
French Immersion 1452
Montessori 112
Adult Learners 86.5
Special needs 1586
   
Teachers 940
Support staff 675
Principals/Vice Principals 55
Exempt staff 28