Ellie, a certified Therapeutic Paws of Canada dog, visits Amy Woodland on a weekly basis.  Ellie loves when students read to her!

Eight students with vision impairments from around BC participated in a pilot project at the Marine Science Center in Bamfield, BC. Students spent a week on the coast learning about marine life and marine conservation. During the week students took part in labs which included touch tanks, seaweed exploration, beach cleanup, rainforest exploration and even got to see a grey whale up close while out on a whale watching boat. 

​Staff at Amy Woodland Elementary participated in a Project Learning Tree Workshop on May 3, 2019.

​ Amy Woodland has started up the third year of the Forest Kindergarten Wilderness Wednesdays.

​Amy Woodland's Reading Club is held every Tuesday and Thursday from 12:40-1:05.  Students from Grades 1 to 6 are invited into the Library to share the love of reading.

Drumming is open to all students and staff every Monday at lunch at MBSS.  Thank you to Eagle Bear Spirit Singers for facilitating this opportunity.

​The Mount Baker Music Department has just returned from participating in the 2019 Cantando International Music Festival in Whistler BC. The festival hosts almost 4,000 students from all over Canada and the U.S. Mount Baker brought 95 students to the festival, performing in the Concert Choir, Vocal Jazz, Concert Band and Vocal Jazz categories.

​ Students have been busy creating projects at the Design Lab in Fernie.  They've been especially intrigued with the 3D printer and they enjoy seeing their designs being made in front of their own eyes!  

MBSS became the only high school in Canada to have a full teaching lab of Reason 10 Music Composition software!   This software puts MBSS at the top nationwide for implementing current music education technologies.    

On April 9-10 th students from Gordon Terrace, Highlands, and Frank J. Mitchell elementary schools experienced Goalball, a Paralympic sport played by individuals with visual impairments. Goalball is played on a court with tactile markings to enable players to determine their location on the court and the direction he/she is facing at any time. Silence during playtime is critical to allow the players to listen for the ball which has noise bells to help orientate, concentrate, and react during the game. 

​Happy faces from Mrs. Smith's Kindergarten class at Kootenay Orchards.

​At the end of April the MBSS Photography 12 class spent a morning outside at Fort Steele taking photographs with digital and 35 mm film cameras. Students have also had a presentation on lighting from Wells Photographic in Cranbrook, and a video call presentation on commercial photography and what is involved in a pitch and show setup for the Scotia Bank Contact Photography Festival with Toronto photographer and MBSS grad Seth Stevenson.

​School District Board of Trustees toured the Fernie Design Lab.  Rocky Mountain Elementary School's Grade 3 class were in the Design Lab creating and learning during the tour.

​Gordon Terrace students help clean up around Elizabeth Lake during Earth Week.

​ In early March, Mr. Gulyas’ Grade 10 English class at Elkford Secondary School was experimenting with the new Creative Writing curriculum and bridging experiential learning with PE 10. 

​ Photography 12 students from MBSS enjoyed beautiful weather and photographic opportunities at Elizabeth Lake on May 13.

Ms.  Barras ' Gr 4/5 Science Outside class spent time with Mr. Wrigglesworth from Xylem Water Technology and Solutions learning about the importance of and method for monitoring water. They then took the water monitoring kits he brought along to sample Maiden Lake and the Elk River as part of Earth Echo’s water challenge - testing for the temperature, turbidity, dissolved oxygen and pH. It was an amazing hands on experience and they were excited to be a part of the 1.5 million people who have contributed their water monitoring data to Earth Echo’s database.

​Mr. Hammond shared this photo of Steeples Elementary students enjoying sledding on Wilderness Wednesdays.

​On the morning of April 23 (before classes started) the hallway by the music room was filled with music. Mount Baker Tour Jazz Band held their last jam together before they left for the Whistler International Music Festival!

​ Kicking off Earth week with a Virtue Assembly on Respect and Helpfulness.   

​Students in Grade 5 at TM Roberts (Mme Gauthier & Mrs. Reinarz) were out skiing on the amazing new Fischer skis from the District Resource Centre.

​Mrs. Conroy's Kindergarten class from Pinewood Elementary School go for a walk each Monday.  This time is used to look to nature for inspiration for writing in their journals.

​ Mr. Gulyas’s PE 10 students experienced how people live with animals, the physical demands of living on a ranch, and food collection from livestock.