Pursuant to Section 12(a) of the British Columbia policy on half-masting, flags will be flown at half-mast at the legislature in Victoria and on all British Columbia government buildings in the City of Vancouver from sunrise to sunset on Sunday, April 26, 2026, to mark the one-year anniversary of the tragic deaths that occurred as …
The Ministry of Children and Family Development has completed a revision of Everyday Anxiety Strategies for Educators (EASE) for educators supporting K-7 students, in collaboration with B.C. educators, families, and experts on childhood anxiety. In response to educator feedback and to ensure its ongoing relevance, EASE K-7 was revised to reflect current themes in B.C. …
A Letter of Permission (LOP) is an authorization that allows an uncertified person to teach in a particular school district or independent school authority or for a First Nations School. Generally, the Director of Certification issues an LOP for one school year. Beginning in May 2026, and in limited circumstances, the Director of Certification may …
The Learning in Motion program is a school-based health promotion initiative to support First Nation schools and elementary school educators (K-7) in building their knowledge, skills and confidence in delivering quality physical activity and physical literacy opportunities during the school day, with the goal of increasing student physical activity levels. Explore the links below to …
The Ministry of Agriculture and Food has developed a new Local Food In K-12 video series to highlight local food in school food programs. Check out the video series on the Feed BC in K–12 web page to see how school districts throughout the province are strengthening their school food programs by sourcing B.C. foods, …
Please remind graduating students to make their post-secondary institution selections in the StudentTranscripts Service (STS). Most public colleges and universities in Alberta and B.C., and the Ontario Universities’ Application Centre, can retrieve ongoing transcript updates as soon as authorized by the student in STS. More information is available online.
Discipline outcomes are posted to enhance the transparency of the processes and decisions made with respect to complaints and reports about educators. Recently, an outcome was posted regarding Peter William Gentile who agreed to a reprimand.
The Healthy Schools BC website is now hosted and maintained by HealthLink BC under the Ministry of Health for easier access to provincial school health promotion information and resources alongside other evidence-based health information. Additional information is provided in these FAQs.
A new guide to reporting summer marks is available on the GRAD Information website. The summer marks reporting process runs from the end of July through September; however, with the launch of EDX Graduation, there are changes to the process to consider ahead of time. For example, schools that use spreadsheets for their submissions should …
The 2025-26 Student Learning Survey (SLS) is currently available until May 1, 2026. The survey is open for students in grades 4, 7, 10, 11 and 12, as well as parents, staff, principals and vice-principals. To help monitor survey participation, districts can view their SLS participation rates (updated weekly) through the SLS Participation Dashboard within the BC K-12 Education Data …
