District Highlights

More families in the Maple Ridge – Pitt Meadows School District will have access to childcare spaces after a new facility was opened at Davie Jones Elementary. The centre will  read more

A group of Maple Ridge – Pitt Meadows School District English Language Learners (ELL) teachers and their students have put together a video explaining their personal experiences observing Ramadan and  read more

École Laity View Elementary teacher-librarian Natalie Clark recommends The Smart Cookie by Jory John and illustrated by Pete Oswald. I fell in love with Jory John and Pete Oswald’s The  read more

Eric Langton Elementary recognized Earth Day last week with a new 3D art display called Eye Spy that highlights the importance of the natural environment. The piece uses recycled and  read more

When Maple Ridge Elementary student Daniel Paczolay saw images of war-torn Ukraine on the news, he felt he had to do something to help. With his mom and fellow students  read more

Thomas Haney Secondary students learned the art of patience when they created a new Métis legacy project beadwork display, which was unveiled at the school last week. Titled ‘This is  read more

Alouette Elementary teacher-librarian Jennifer Waterman recommends Pony by R.J. Palacio. We all know that the path to a lifelong love of reading is through amazing books – the ones that  read more

Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows residents do not need to travel far if they are looking for employment-focused post-secondary educational opportunities. Ridge Meadows College is increasingly the school people are  read more

A School District 42 teacher is getting some attention for her environmental sustainability leadership. Carla van der Pauw was recently featured in the Today With Science World online publication for  read more

Kelvin Dueck calls himself a nerd, but his teaching methods are getting some attention from the cool kids. The Canadian Association of Physicists recently awarded the Pitt Meadows Secondary instructor  read more