News Stories

Abbotsford Senior Secondary becoming an ITA designated training centre

River Charlie, a recent graduate of Abbotsford Senior Secondary is back at school this year, but now as an employee, working alongside Chef Scott Roberts in the Professional Cook training program!

K-12 educational staff are among more than 300,000 front-line workers who will be eligible for COVID-19 vaccinations in the coming weeks.

The provincial government announced on March 18 that beginning in April, people in priority groups identified by public health and the COVID-19 Workplace Task Group will start to receive their first vaccine dose. These groups include:

In a special Abby News section, “Above and Beyond, Heroes in Education”, you’ll read about educators, administrators, custodians, youth care workers and language instructors who all make an impression on their students, colleagues and community.

We’re proud to see a number of our #AbbySchools staff highlighted from:

Enhanced safety measures and $121.2 million in federal funding are on the way, as the Province continues to strengthen health and safety plans in K-12 schools to keep students, teachers and staff safe during the pandemic.

All middle and secondary students and K-12 staff will now be required to wear non-medical masks in all indoor areas, including when they are with their learning groups. The only exceptions are when:

When Abbotsford, B.C., teacher Nerlap Sidhu met her Grade 6 social studies students at the beginning of term last September, she knew right away she wanted to do a class project with them about anti-racism and inclusion.

Last spring, Black Lives Matter protests had ramped up in the U.S. following the killing of George Floyd during an arrest in Minneapolis.

Conversations about police violence and racism were also heating up in Canada. 

The Abbotsford School District was the recipient, this week, of two art pieces entitled, “Walking Together, Building Connections.” Designed by local artist Linda Klippenstein, this cut-paper project celebrated community diversity and was created by a combined group, 75 women in all, of locally resident Abbotsford women and newcomer women. They gathered over a series of ten informal, inclusion-focused, art-making sessions at The Reach Gallery Museum, Archway Community Services, and W.J.Mouat Secondary.

After months of significant and dedicated consultation and dialogue, the 2019-2024 Education Enhancement Agreement for Indigenous Students was signed on June 12th, 2019, by Chief Dalton Silver of Sumas First Nation, Chief Alice McKay of Matsqui First Nation, Lisa Hendry, President of the Fraser Valley Metis Association, Dr. Gwendolyn Point, advisor from Sto:lo Nation, Stan Petersen, Chair for the Abbotsford Board of Education, Superintendent Kevin Godden of the Abbotsford School District and Darlene MacDonald, District Principal for Aboriginal Education.