About Us
School District 51 is located across the southern edge of
the province on the BC and Washington border nestled between
the Okanagan Valley and West Kootenays. Approximately 67 percent
of the District is considered rural.
We serve a student population of 1,742 students including
those registered as Distance Electronic Learning students.
Like many other rural communities, we continue to face the
challenges associated with declining enrolment due to a weak
primary industry based economy. The fiscal reality facing
the District has been how to keep small rural schools open
with a full range of programs and services. During the 2002-2003
school year, the District moved to an altered calendar as
well as the four-day school week to save costs. The adoption
of the Four Day Week has permitted the District to move from
a deficit to a surplus situation and this has allowed the
District to fund programs targeted to early literacy and student
achievement.
School District 51 has also partnered with other community
agencies; Ministry for
Children and Family Development, Public
Health, and Boundary
Family and Individual Services Society to create an
integrated service model (Boundary Integrated Services Model
or BISM) for each of its community catchment areas. As a result
of this model every elementary school in the District has
a Family Center located in the
school or on the school property. Family Centers provide a
variety of community services for families and children including
parenting programs, pre-school literacy programs, health and
nutrition counseling, etc.
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Find out More
School
District #51 Website (www.boundaryschools.com)
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Important Links
BC
Ministry of Education
Phoenix
Program - Distance Education (www.phoenixprogram.com)
BC
School Trustees Association (http://www.bcsta.org/main/)
BC
Confederation of Parent Advisory Councils (http://www.bccpac.bc.ca/)
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