​ Wilderness Wednesday continues to transform Amy Woodland Elementary School.  This school-wide program is in its ninth year.

​Students and staff continue to LOVE learning outdoors.

​This year in English 11 at Elkford Secondary, students students watched and reviewed the film "Indian Horse."  They went through a blanket ceremony, completed research with an annotated bibliography, and then wrote a creative writing piece relating to residential schools. The central themes was empathy as well as finding a connection to our history through artistic reflections; such as film and creative writing. 

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

​Ms. Ruoss' class at Gordon Terrace has been involved in a study of the water at Elizabeth Lake.  The students have tested the pH, temperature, turbidity and dissolved oxygen of the water.

Grade 4/5's from FJMES came to the Design Lab in Fernie to see their bubble wand prototypes being printed. They tested them outside during lunch. Most of the wands made bubbles!

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

​Ms. Vording's Grade 4 class visited a goat farm in June.

Students in Mr. Pasivirta's class walk to Joseph Creek to continue their outdoor learning.

​ Beautiful photography by Jaffray students in Ms. Lochrie's Art Class.

​ 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.

​Grade 8 Math/Science classes created solar ovens at Parkland.  The ovens were tested, revamped and then used to make s'mores., 

​ Grade 9 students form Parkland conducted stream invertebrate assessments.

The 2019 Learning Symposium was held at St Eugene Mission on June 16 & 17.  There was a full full slate of presentations, discussions, and guided walking tours on the role of place in teaching and learning  ... and life. The keynote speaker was Dave Quinn, renown wildlife biologist, outdoor educator, and wilderness guide.

​ 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. 

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.    

Mme. Victoria and Mme. Hart’s grade 2/3 French Immersion class won a trip to Blue Lake for 2 nights from CBEEN.  The students thoroughly enjoyed their time there and engaged in a variety of place-based lessons.  

The Pizza Farm program offers Grade 3/4 students a chance to visit a farm and learn about the foods that go into making a pizza (for example tomatoes).  The students learn how the food is planted, cared for and harvested.  

​ Another day of collaborating with a community organization, mountain biking, stewardship and service learning in Elkford with Mr. Gulyas' PE 10 class.

​ 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.

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

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

​On Thursday, May 23 the ninth MBSS Trash Fashion show held at the Tamarack Center.  There was a collection of over fifty designs created by Visual Arts students turning trash into treasures.  In addition to artists modelling their own design,  models of all ages volunteered to support the show.