If you are a student who is required to take a Provincial Exam this summer, please read the information below. Additional information can be found on the Ministry of Education website.

Since all exams are electronic, you can locate the sample exams through the Ministry website link shared above.  If you have never attempted an electronic exam, it is suggested that you take the time to practice with the ‘past exams’.

Electronic Exams:
All Grade 12 required Provincial Exams will be administered electronically.

Exam Centre Location:
Northwest Trades & Employment Training Centre (NTETC), 3120 Highway 16 East, Terrace

Important Notation:
For complete information about changes to the 2017 Graduation Program, please visit https://curriculum.gov.bc.ca.

August Exam Schedule:
August 14 and 15, 2017 – access the following link for information regarding the August 2017 Provincial Exams Information.

Please email Mr. Geoff McKay, District Technical Skills Administrator at the Northwest Trades & Employment Training Centre (geoffery.mckay@cmsd.bc.ca), to inform him you wish to write an exam.  Include the following information in the email:

• Full Name
• Home phone number
• PEN (Personal Education Number provided by the Ministry of Education)
• School currently attending (school of record)
• Exam intending to write (course name)

Students must show up one half-hour (30 minutes) ahead of the scheduled exam time with:

• Photo ID
• Your PEN (Personal Education Number provided by the Ministry of Education)

For further information, please contact Mr. McKay at 250-635-7944, ext. 8467 or toll free at 1-800-663-3865, ext. 8467.

The school district’s School Calendar Committee was reconvened on January 24, 2017 to revisit the 2017-2018 School Calendar in relation to the Ministry of Education requirement to add 5 hours of non-instructional time to the 2017-2018 school year designated for the redesigned curriculum. This addition of hours will reduce instructional hours equivalent to one regular school day. The 2017-2018 School Calendar was previously recommended by the School Calendar Committee in spring 2015 to the Education Committee, approved by the Board of Education and submitted to the Ministry of Education.

The following specific changes were made to the Amended 2017-2018 School Calendar as recommended by the School Calendar Committee in collaboration with the Coast Mountain Teachers’ Federation:

• September 5, 2017 will be designated as a full Curriculum Implementation Day
• April 13, 2018 will be designated as a full Curriculum Implementation Day
• April 20, 2018 Professional Development Day will be re-designated to May 18, 2018
• May 25, 2018 District Planning Day will be designated as a Regular Day of Instruction

The Board of Education approved the Amended 2017-2018 School Calendar at its February 22, 2017 Regular Board Meeting with final approval recently received from the Ministry of Education.

Kindly note the first day of school for the 2017-2018 School Year will be Wednesday, September 6, 2017.

To view or download the Amended 2017-2018 School Calendar and Backgrounder, please access the following links:

CMSD82 Amended 2017-2018 School Calendar

CMSD82 Amended 2017-2018 School Calendar – Backgrounder

A letter to parents/guardians from our Superintendent of Schools, Katherine McIntosh along with the Amended 2017-2018 School Calendar and Backgrounder will be sent home with students this week.

Further information regarding the Amended 2017-2018 School Calendar can be obtained by contacting Carole Gagnon, Executive Assistant at the School Board Administration Office at (250) 638-4401.

The National Day of Mourning is observed annually in Canada on April 28 to honour those who have lost their lives while working on the job. The purpose of the National Day of Mourning is two-fold … to remember and honour those lives lost or injured and to renew the commitment to improving health and safety in the workplace … to prevent further deaths, injuries and diseases from work.

Every year workers, families, employers, and others come together at ceremonies held around the province and the country to remember those who have lost their lives to work-related incidents or occupational disease, and to renew their commitment to creating safe workplaces. Since its inception, the observance has spread to over 80 countries around the world, but is known in most other countries as the Workers’ Memorial Day.

The Canadian flag on Parliament Hill is typically flown at half-mast on April 28, and workers and employees observe this day in various ways including observing moments of silence.

To mark our school district’s commitment in observance of the National Day of Mourning, Coast Mountains School District flags will be lowered to half-mast before the start of school on Friday, April 28 and raised at the end of the school day on April 28.

For more information, please visit the BC Day of Mourning website at dayofmourning.bc.ca.

A reminder that all schools within Coast Mountains School District 82 and the Board of Education Office will be closed for Good Friday, April 14 and Easter Monday, April 17.

All schools will be back in session on Tuesday, April 18 as regularly scheduled.

Wishing all of our students and staff a safe and happy Easter long weekend!

CMSD82 News Release – Hazelton Secondary School Fire Incident – April 12, 2017  (PDF Format)

A fire occurred at our Hazelton Secondary School this morning, April 12. The fire originated in the washroom area located in the A wing section of the school. Students and staff were quickly evacuated from the school. The fire was contained immediately with no injuries sustained to students or staff.

The Hazelton Fire Department attended to the fire and the Fire Marshall cordoned off the A wing section of the school for the completion of an investigation and related fire remediation. Fire damage was limited to the washroom area where the fire occurred. The impact to the air quality of the school will be assessed this afternoon to ensure safety prior to the return of students and staff.

Hazelton Secondary School students are being dismissed from school for today. Parents/guardians have been contacted to pick up their children at the school where students are waiting in the non-cordoned area of the school. Bussing arrangements are in place to transport students home.

Hazelton Secondary School’s principal and vice principal will be connecting with students, parents/guardians and staff via their school email distribution list and the school’s Facebook page noting that students should expect to be in attendance at school tomorrow, April 13. Some areas of the school may remain closed, but we expect the majority of the classroom areas will be open.

Our appreciation is extended to the Hazelton Secondary School staff for their quick and efficient response in handling this incident.

Katherine McIntosh
Superintendent of Schools