STEM 8 students were treated to guest speaker, Tina Watters, giving an engaging presentation about her role as a Wildlife Biologist studying bats. Students had the opportunity to ask questions, test out research equipment, and touch real (stuffed) specimens!
A big thank you to Sound Factory for teaching our afterschool community school guitar program again. Our group performed during the Fine Arts Evening. Thank you Conner & Aidyl Jago! Thanks for your support Vanessa Keitha. @SD57PG
This holiday season, consider donating your bottles towards the graduation hoodie fundraiser so that every DPSS graduate can get a free graduation hoodie! Please, take your empties to the Nechako Bottle Depot and give toย the Duchess Park Secondary School Grade 12 Grads account!
Leadership students were busy bright and early this morning organizing Christmas Hampers for families at Duchess Park. Thank you to all the community members who supported this initiative! @SD57PG
Leadership students raised over $1600 to supports kids in the pediatric ward at University Hospital. Thank you to this awesome group of young leaders who took on this initiative! @SD57PG
Have you ever chewed on some Spruce pitch or tasted Lodgepole Pine needles? Have you munched on Cottonwood buds or immature Douglas Fir cones? Did you know that many urban trees and shrubs have anti-microbial properties?STEM 8 students recently had the opportunity to experience..
Thank you so much to Hub City Volkswagen for the generous donation. This will allow Ms. Therrienโs newly developed Community Schools Hockey Team to purchase jerseys for the year! Ms. Therrien was able to start this program thanks to the Imagine Grant. @SD57PG
Thank you to Mr. Wesley Mitchell and the Associate Superintendent of Indigenous Education Brad Baker for coming to Duchess Park and sharing their stories with students. The messages were powerful and extremely impactful during this week of reconciliation. @SD57PG@bcedplan
Great to see students back in the school today. Thank you to all the leadership students and teachers who made the annual grade 8 camp one to remember! @SD57PG
WALL OF HONOUR!
Sam Raphael, a @DPSSCondors grad, had one of the finest @UNBCMBB careers in green & gold history.
A defender. A scorer. A teammate. A champion.
Join us in welcoming Sam to the @UNBC TWolves Wall of Honour, right where he belongs!
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Families are starting to pour in for Duchess Parkโs annual Flight of the 7th Grader. Come on down for a great meal with future classmates across Duchess Parks family of schools!! @SD57PG
French Immersion teachers at Duchess Park got together with French Immersion teachers from our family of schools to put on a sports day with the Grade 7/8s! Thank you to all the volunteers and teachers who made this event happen @SD57PG