The Grove
1033 Nagle Street V9L 2E6 Duncan, BC, Canada

Swallowtail students have been passionately working hard to move these fry into the main river now that the side channel pools have nearly dried up.

The hills are alive with fawn lilies at Swallowtail!

The Board of Education for the Cowichan Valley School District has launched their annual budget survey and is hoping the public will help guide the budget proce...ss by sharing their thoughts. ** Take the budget survey now: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/LNNPJQY ** This year’s survey focuses on ‘Beyond Education’, the Cowichan Valley School District’s Strategic Plan, and asks for the public’s guidance on budgeting for the path forward. In addition to asking for feedback in these areas, the Board is reporting back to the community on the advances made as a result of last year’s responses. The School District’s budget is the financial plan that resources our schools and allows us to deliver programs that helps prepare our learners for a world they will create. This year is so much different than those before as we are contending with the realities of a year-long worldwide pandemic, said Candace Spilsbury, Chair of the Board of Education for the Cowichan Valley School District. We are asking for your feedback as community engagement around our budget is a key aspect of determining where we put our resources. The survey is available at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/LNNPJQY and can be found here on the Cowichan Valley School District’s Facebook page and also on our Twitter account and website (www.sd79.bc.ca). If you do not have access to a computer, hard copy surveys can be printed for you at your school. Survey responses will be collected until Tuesday, April 20, 2021.

If you are interested in space in one of the Swallowtail programs for 2021/22, please make sure you have filled out and returned a questionnaire that gets you on the waitlist. Spaces are being filled and we are moving through the list You never know when a space may open up at the right time for you! email [email protected] or Ann [email protected] for more information about these blended learning K-9 outdoor classes.

Fawn lilies are in bloom at Swallowtail. Welcome, Spring!

Last night our District received the updated Health and Safety guidelines for K-12 schools from the Ministry of Education. The changes to the new guidelines foc...us on masks, and the requirements for all students in Grades 4-12 to wear them at all times while in a school building and on the bus. The guidelines strongly encouraging mask wearing for our K-3 students as well. While this change has been talked about over the last two days, we now have the documents in hand that provide clarification and further direction for us. The two documents are linked here for your reference. An updated letter (below) is being sent to all families today. An abbreviated explanation for the new guidelines can be found here: https://www2.gov.bc.ca//educati/k-12/covid-19-safe-schools BC CDC guidance document: http://www.bccdc.ca//Addendum_Public_Health_Guidance_K-12. Ministry guidance document: https://www2.gov.bc.ca//k-12-covid-19-health-safety-guidli