Earlier this year SD43 Middle School Teacher librarians selected ten new fiction titles for students to read over the school year.  After reading each book, students from Banting Middle School,  Moody Middle, Hillcrest Middle, Minnekhada Middle, Maple Creek Middle, Scott Creek Middle, Maillard Middle and Summit Middle Schools  completed a short...

For most teenagers, getting a driver's licence is an exciting milestone that represents freedom and independence.  But getting behind the wheel can also be risky.  Although youth injuries and deaths from vehicle crashes are declining, they are still unacceptably high. Unsafe choices associated with driving and being a passenger in a...

About 10,000 students from across British Columbia competed, 209 made the provincial finals, including four students from School District 43  that won at Canada's largest, annual French-language public speaking competition,  Concours d'art oratoire   hosted by the Canadian Parents for French BC & Yukon on May 4, 2019.  The competition is open to all students, grades 6 through 12,...

The School District 43 hosted yet another successful Annual KidSport Golf tournament on May 5, 2019 . The participants from the School District raised $29,000 for KidSport Tricities. 
The winning team members were Shawn Silverstone, Selwyn Tam, Jamie Askew, and Troy Cunningham. 
The Tournament committee would like to thank all of our sponsors...

​School District 43 students participated in Coquitlam Public Library's 4th annual  Science Expo on May 2nd, Thursday at the City Centre Branch library.  T he event was open to students from grades 4 to 12, where students were able to enhance their skills in scientific  thinking and communication and share their passion for science and technology!...

Terry Fox Secondary School hosted it's 3rd annual Power of Ideas Open House event on April 24, 2019, where BC's top science institutions and organizations presented interactive displays of science and technology! Organizations present were Science World, BC Hydro, Triumf, UBC, Douglas College, SFU Science Al!ve and Engineers and Geoscientists BC.
This...

On April 1 st , 2019, all 77 school sites within School District 43 implemented a new recycling program.
The new recycling program anticipates a reduced contamination rate in garbage disposal from 80% to 20%, despite an increasing amount of diversified waste products in schools.

School Readiness for Recycling
Schools have...

​Congratulations to the SD43 Terry Fox Ravens for winning the 2019 B.C. Junior Girls Basketball Championship beating the Kelowna Owls 76-36 at the Langley Event Centre March 2 nd , 2019.  A dream 35-0 season for this team of ninth graders. 

(Photo by Howard Tsumura property of VarsityLetters.ca 2019. All Rights...

On February 1, 2019, the Syntechs Robotics Club from Heritage Woods Secondary School hosted its very first VEX Competition BC Winter Qualifiers where close to 60 teams from all over BC competed to qualify for event championships and to secure a spot at the provincials. Despite the clubs first time...

Let's Think Pink! SD43 Board of Education and members of the Leadership Team wearing "It's Cool to be Kind" shirt in support of Pink Shirt Day (Wednesday, February 27). 
Here are some of the many activities at SD43 schools including students and employees proudly wearing pink to raise awareness of bullying on Pink Shirt Day. 

Kind...