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2018 Leaders of Tomorrow: Olivia Torgerson – Fairview
Browse our retrospective feature, which captures district highlights from the 2018/19 school year
2018 District Highlights
2018 Leaders of Tomorrow: Olivia Torgerson – Fairview
December 25, 2018
During the 2017/18 school year, Olivia was a Grade 7 student at Fairview Elementary. Olivia always has a smile on her face and an unfailing positive attitude contagious to everyone around her. Olivia is a wonderful role model with an incredibly kind heart who has a strong presence throughout... read more
Golden Ears primary students perform holiday musical Elflandia
December 21, 2018
Santa’s elves took centre stage at Golden Ears Elementary this week during a pair of crowd-pleasing performances of the holiday musical Elflandia. All primary students at the school took part in the production – around 250 children in kindergarten to Grade 3 in total, plus another 60 intermediate students... read more
SD42 educator receives Loran Teachers Building Leaders Award
December 21, 2018
Former MRSS student Annie Russell and Loran award-winner Kristi Lauridsen. Maple Ridge – Pitt Meadows School District educator Kristi Lauridsen has been honoured with a 2018 Loran Teachers Building Leaders Award. The award, presented by the Loran Scholars Foundation and sponsored by the McCall MacBain Foundation, recognizes primary and secondary teachers... read more
2018 Leaders of Tomorrow: Lily Currie – Fairview
December 18, 2018
During the 2017/18 school year, Lily was a Grade 7 student at Fairview Elementary. Lily is an active participant throughout the school and her natural leadership qualities allow her to be counted on for anything. read more
SD42 six-year grad completion rates continue to improve
December 14, 2018
Superintendent Sylvia Russell recently shared the school district’s six-year grad completion rates for 2017/18, which show three years of steady improvement across all areas for the district. Completion rates for all students have gone up from 87.8% in 2016/17 to 91.4% in 2017/18, which is well above the provincial... read more