The Christmas Carol orchestra is made up of 21 students from the Mount Baker concert and jazz band program, as well as a small group of auditioned vocalists who will be forming the Christmas Carol choir. The musicians will be accompanying the action throughout the production. The music features authentic Victorian carols that have been specially arranged and transcribed by the music composition students and orchestra members of Mount Baker music program.

​Students at Elkford Secondary use technology to create amazing art!

​ On December 11, 2019  grade 7/8 students from Fernie Secondary School, led by Harmony Lloyd, participated in the Hackergal Hackathon.  The theme of the day was, "Leaders in HERstory". Students were challenged to collaborate with their teammate to code a game or story using the Lynx platform.  

The Inclusive Education sessions with ​Shelley Moore started on October 10.  Teams of four from all of the School District 5 Elementary Schools will meet four times during the year.

​Mr. Gulyas' PE 9 students were given the opportunity by the Fernie Nordic Center to try their trails this January 16th and 17th. Students were very lucky with conditions being so perfect.

​Mount Baker Music Composition and Production students made a field trip to Parkland Middle School on December 2.  The students talked about recording arts and performance and also recorded the audition of the  Parkland Grade 9 Band for Disneyland.  The Grade 9 Band was amazing and the recordings sounded phenomenal.  Great collaboration!

​On Wednesday December 4, Fernie Secondary students visited Calgary to watch watch the musical, Mamma Mia.

​Art Students at Elkford Secondary work on perspective drawing of still life.

Students were given some hands-on learning about the importance of being safe in the backcountry and making smart decisions.