Windspeaker, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
What do Inuit throat singing, playing spoons and jigging have in common? They are examples of the rich cultural connections early childhood educators are making with children attending Aboriginal Head Start programs.
Continue reading Program builds strength in the young by making connections to cultureNine Cortes Island students are waiting to hear whether they will have to move to Campbell River during their high school years. This has been the norm for many Cortes families. Others sent their children to a boarding house in Campbell River during the week. The parents of nine Cortes students found another option. They send their children to a Powell River school two days a week, through the Partners in Education program (PIE), and teach them at home the other three days.
Continue reading Can Cortes Island students continue their schooling in Powell River?CKTZ News, through an LJI grant from Canada-info.ca
Cortes Island School just started its new twice weekly program called Nature As Teacher, providing unique experiential learning to the students, and is enthusiastically seeking guest presenters.
Continue reading Hands-on learning welcomes Nature As TeacherCKTZ News, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The Cortes Island playschool is still seeking to fill two vacancies and has a lot of support and flexibility for the right candidates.
Continue reading Playschool program on hold due to lack of staffIs reading a lost art? Not on Cortes Island and the surrounding Salish Sea communities! What then are some great and popular reads to inspire you..
This week Juli Nelson of B.C. tiniest bookstore, Marnie’s Books, and Bernice McGowan of the Louise Tooker bookmobile lending library will join host Manda Aufochs Gillespie to talk more about these tiny and inspiring sources of books as well as to share more about what they and your neighbours are reading. Juli will also share more about the new Literary Arts Journal being published on Cortes.
Continue reading Folk U: The lost art of Reading
