On Wednesday October 2nd, Bowen Island students participated in a Truth and Reconciliation program at The Cape school.

They had 4 stations for students to rotate through, which included:

- The reading of "Phyllis's Orange Shirt" by Phyllis Webstad at the log stump circle.

- A fireside reading of "The Three Sisters" by E. Pauline Johnson.

- 4 directions environmental Art response.

- Cedar tea under the cedar tree and reading of "Stand Like Cedar" by Nicola I. Campbell

Below are some photos of t-shirts that students designed!

qathet students participated in four sessions of Destination Imagination (DI), a dynamic program that encourages students to "work together in teams to solve open-ended STEAM challenges designed to teach the creative process".

Check out some of their creations below! ⬇️ If you're interested in participating as a parent / student, please take a look at some of the DI promotional media.

The sun was shining for SD47 students while they competed in the first cross country run of the school year. Check out some of our students below! 🏃‍♀️

Students and families in the qathet Region enjoyed a visit to the Lang Creek Fish Hatchery. Why not try to match the salmon species life cycle below? ⬇️

Comox Valley students and staff celebrated 'Halloweek' by wearing costumes on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. There were a mixture of events and lots of fun was had by all.

Check out this incredible traditional introduction of PIE student James. James recorded himself delivering a fabulous traditional introduction for English First Peoples 12. Have you ever done a traditional introduction?

Please click on the link below ⬇️

Jackson visited the Horne Lake Caves and did an amazing caving tour. Some things that he learned included:

• “Karst Landscapes” are formed by limestone and made up of sinkholes and underground caves.
• Limestone is made from millions of years of tiny sea creatures settling at the bottom of the ocean and turning into rock.

• Be naturally made
• Fit a 6 foot tall human being in it
• Be deep enough that no light reaches in

He saw lots of cool features in there, including a “flowstone waterfall” of calcite, the result of the calcium dissolved out of the limestone depositing on itself very slowly. And on top of everything else he got a ton of exercise! Thank you for sharing your adventure, Jackson!

Finley and Dax both represented PIE at the Island Zone Cross-Country Running Championships in qathet on October 23rd, 2024. They both ran personal bests on their race courses. Finley was selected to represent PIE at the BC Provincials that took place on November 2nd, in the lower mainland. We are so proud of all of our PIE Athletes and already looking forward to track and field season this spring!

Finley did an excellent job of representing PIE at BC Provinicals on November 2nd. Congratulations, Finley!

Grade 12 qathet student Mary created a stunning PowerPoint for Physical Geography 12. She focused on three major volcanoes: Mount Saint Helens, Yellowstone Caldera, and Poas!

The next PIE PAC meeting will be held virtually on January 29th at 1:00pm (more details to be emailed soon). Please contact stephanie.hall@sd47.bc.ca to receive a link if you would like to join the meeting. All PIE parents are members of the PAC.

November 🍂

8: Remembrance Day Assembly

11: Remembrance Day

29: Term 1 Submission Deadline

December 🎅

6: National Day of Remembrance & Action on Violence Against Women

10: Sharing & Caroling (CV)

10: Human Rights Day

11: Winter Wonderland Skate (qR)

20: Term 1 Learning Updates Published & Last Day Before Winter Break

January ☃️

6: First day back after the winter break

26 - Feb 2: Family Literacy Week

Email: stephanie.hall@sd47.bc.ca
Website: https://www.sd47.bc.ca/pol
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