Apr 06, 2023 – Jane Seyd/North Shore News Parents whose kids attend school in the central city area of North Vancouver say they’re still dealing with overcrowded schools five years after the school district put a new elementary school at …
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Mar 31, 2023 – BC Government News Students, staff and community members at Mountainside Secondary School are benefiting from the recent seismic upgrades to the school. “Mountainside Secondary provides unique, individualized and innovative learning experiences for a uniquely diverse student …
🏫 K-12 Back-To-School during COVID-19
Dear Community Member, As schools gear up to welcome students back for full-time classes around the province, I know that many North Vancouver families are feeling simultaneously anxious and relieved (to varying extents of each) at the prospect of sending …
Province inches forward on Cloverley school approval
May 8th, 2020 – Jane Seyd/North Shore News Although the ministry hasn’t announced funding for the school, Ma said only projects that have been given preliminary approval by the province – and have had money set aside for them – …
Local MLA Bowinn Ma welcomes annual PAC funds, thanks volunteers for their dedication
NORTH VANCOUVER – MLA Bowinn Ma is welcoming over $100,000 in Community Gaming Grant funding to local Parent Advisory Councils that will benefit students in North Vancouver-Lonsdale. “PACs are some of this province’s greatest unsung heroes,” said MLA Ma. “They work …
RE: North Shore News article about request for new Cloverley School
Dear Community Member, I wanted to acknowledge an article that will likely be printed in the North Shore News on Wednesday, March 26, 2019, titled “Province shoots down North Van School District’s request for new Cloverley school” and assure all …
MLA Ma welcomes new playground for Larson Elementary School in North Vancouver
NORTH VANCOUVER – North Vancouver-Lonsdale MLA Bowinn Ma says students at Larson Elementary School will soon enjoy a new accessible playground, thanks to $105,000 in new provincial funding. “Playgrounds encourage outdoor physical activity, help students learn how to share, and …
More North Vancouver students soon will have a safer school
Students attending a unique North Vancouver school soon will have a safer learning environment with provincial government funding of $23.7 million for seismic upgrades at Mountainside Secondary school. “We’re taking quick action to let students at this school know they …
Letter in support of a new K-7 school at the Cloverley site
Honourable Rob Fleming Minister of Education, Government of British Columbia PO Box 9045, Stn Prov Govt, Victoria, BC V8W9E2 Dear Minister Rob Fleming, I am writing in support of North Vancouver School District 44’s decision to prioritize the new K-7 …
Jewel Jacobs receives Bowinn Ma MLA North Van Community Scholarship
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