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Planning for September 2020
Posted (Wednesday) June 24, 2020The Government of BC has released its province-wide plan to bring K-12 students back to class full time in September. For specific details: See the BC Government Return to […] -
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Celebrating Burnaby’s Class of 2020
Posted (Tuesday) June 23, 2020This year’s Grade 12s most certainly have a graduation story to tell their grandchildren. Grad ceremonies were very different this year with social distancing and restrictions on gathering sizes, […] -
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Celebrating Indigenous Culture with Students During the Pandemic
Posted (Tuesday) June 23, 2020With COVID-19 making it difficult for students to gather and celebrate together, the District’s Indigenous Education Program has joined together with Elders, other leaders and educators to find new […] -
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Anti-Racism: Letter and Resources
Posted (Tuesday) June 23, 2020The Burnaby Board of Education sent a letter to families, students and staff regarding anti-racism. Click here for a printable pdf of the above letter. Additionally, for easy […] -
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Helping Others: Student-led and School Food Efforts
Posted (Wednesday) June 17, 2020With demand at food banks growing over the course of the pandemic, food insecurity has become a reality for more families, as COVID-19 has impacted people’s livelihoods and sources […] -
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Student and Teacher Share Learnings as Part of National Speaker Series
Posted (Monday) June 15, 2020A national speaker series featured two of the District’s very own: teacher Clifton Huxtable from the Burnaby Youth Hub and his student Izzy, along with headliner speaker Angela Duckworth – […] -
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Students Use “Back to School” to Market Their Homemade Masks
Posted (Monday) June 15, 2020What do you do when your class business ideas are foiled by COVID-19? If you’re part of the Grade 6/7 class at Sperling Elementary, you turn it into inspiration […] -
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Students Create Illustrated Maps of their Pandemic World
Posted (Thursday) June 11, 2020Grade 9 and 10 students from Alpha Secondary created maps of their lives during the pandemic. In a visual art assignment, students were asked to explore how they have […] -
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School Project Leads to Student Publishing a Book
Posted (Monday) June 8, 2020You might think this ten-year-old holding a book is smiling because she likes the story. But it’s more than that. Kiana Sosa, Grade 4 student at Brentwood Park Elementary […] -
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Students Win at BC Winter Games
Posted (Sunday) June 7, 2020Forty-one athletes from Burnaby Schools competed at the BC Winter Games held in Fort St. John in February, with 25 of our students taking home medals (see the full […]