News Stories

January 17, 2023

Highlights - Board Meeting - January 17, 2023

The Abbotsford Board of Education regularly meets throughout the school year. Agendas and minutes from the public Board Meetings can be accessed through the District's Electronic School Board. Below is a summary of highlights from the meeting. 

Presentations

Robert Bateman Timberwolves – AA Varsity Provincial Champions

Students from Robert Bateman Secondary’s Boys Football Team share with the Board their exciting season after winning the AA provincial title early in December 2022.

January 13, 2023

Joint Statement on Black Excellence Day

Premier David Eby; Mable Elmore, Parliamentary Secretary for Anti-Racism Initiatives; and Rachna Singh, Minister of Education and Child Care, have released the following statement in honour of Black Excellence Day:

Today, we celebrate the many contributions of Black people and communities throughout our province.

December 14, 2022

Christmas Workshop

The Youth Transition Program is holding a Christmas workshop for all youth aged 12-19 during the winter break! 

The workshop will include a 4-day series from December 19th to December 22 based on Anger Management and Emotional Regulation. All youth will learn constructive ways to express emotion, gain knowledge of triggers & insight, acquire beneficial tools to use as well as improving self-awareness. 

December 13, 2022

Highlights - Board Meeting - December 13, 2022

The Abbotsford Board of Education regularly meets throughout the school year. Agendas and minutes from the public Board Meetings can be accessed through the District's Electronic School Board. Below is a summary of highlights from the meeting. 

Presentations

ASIA Sumas Mountain: Jazz Ensemble

 A small cohort of students from The Abby Flats, the school’s big band and vocal jazz ensemble presented some holiday cheer to trustees for the last board meeting of 2022.

December 11, 2022

News From the Nest - December 12 - 16

Spotlight on Learning: Career - Life Education

Thank you to Ms Fillion for inviting us into her classroom this week.  She writes:

It’s the first day of school and as the latest CLE 10 students tumble into the portable, you can feel the room filling with anxiety.

“Why do we have to learn about careers?”

“I’m too young to know what I want to be when I grow up!”

“How am I supposed to know what career I want?”

“What if I don’t end up being what I pick right now?!”

December 6, 2022

Day of Remembrance & Action on Violence Against Women

On the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women, flags at all Abbotsford schools and district sites are lowered at half-mast.

On this day, over 30 years ago, an act of violence shook our country and led Parliament to designate December 6 as The National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women. As we mourn the ones we lost and remember their lives, we reaffirm our commitment to creating workplaces and schools free from gender-based violence.

December 3, 2022

News from the Nest - Dec 5 - 9

Spotlight on Learning: Modern Languages

FRAL 12 Objective: Compare the roles that stories, and the oral tradition play in Francophone and First Peoples cultures