Students

D.W. Poppy Secondary's senior choir won the Silver Award for their performance at MusicFest Canada's 51st nationals. (Special to Langley Advance Times)

Aldergrove students win awards at national competition

The choir received $13,000 after four weeks of fundraising to attend nationals in Ottawa

 

Team Astro from Walnut Grove won for their project on rezoning parts of Langley, improving the traffic light network, and incorporating dual street signs with Indigenous language. (Special to Langley Advance Times)

Local youth aim to make Langley a better place at IDEA X Challenge

Students were awarded for their innovative solutions to create a livable city 50 years from now

 

(Black Press Media files)

Central Okanagan teacher suspended for 4th time for ‘inappropriate conduct’

Most recently, Justin Enns has been suspended for five days from Jun. 5-9

 

Left to right: representative from KPU Alena Buis, D.W. Poppy Secondary student Kylah Baker, and executive director of the Langley School District Foundation Alicia Rempel. (Photo courtesy of HoneyMustardMedia)

7 Langley youth awarded for leadership efforts

Awards honour students between ages 15 and 21 who demonstrated the Rotary motto ‘Service Above Self’

Left to right: representative from KPU Alena Buis, D.W. Poppy Secondary student Kylah Baker, and executive director of the Langley School District Foundation Alicia Rempel. (Photo courtesy of HoneyMustardMedia)
Community Service Award 2022 winner Evan Dyce and the presenter, Marilyn Morgan of JD Farms. (Special to Langley Advance Times)

SASSY Awards honour Langley’s outstanding youth

Langley Rotary Clubs recognize young leaders for an eighth year

Community Service Award 2022 winner Evan Dyce and the presenter, Marilyn Morgan of JD Farms. (Special to Langley Advance Times)
B.C. teacher Deborah Laurie Croft will be suspended for two days and must undergo anti-racism training, as a result of a regulatory college investigation into her treatment of two Indigenous students. (Credit: Pixabay)

B.C. teacher fired for mistreating Indigenous students must take anti-racism course

Deborah Laurie Croft admitted to pulling one student by the arm, hitting another with a book

B.C. teacher Deborah Laurie Croft will be suspended for two days and must undergo anti-racism training, as a result of a regulatory college investigation into her treatment of two Indigenous students. (Credit: Pixabay)
Volunteers from Semiahmoo Secondary school are pictured on the school’s Mental Health Day, which students and counsellors brought back after a pandemic-related hiatus. (Contributed photo)

‘Under high pressure’: B.C. students organize Mental Health Day

Grade 12 students want to see mental health services become more accessible

Volunteers from Semiahmoo Secondary school are pictured on the school’s Mental Health Day, which students and counsellors brought back after a pandemic-related hiatus. (Contributed photo)
Ryker Ulansky (left) and Jake Ulansky (right) make up half of the U-BOTS team that built a water-powered vehicle and won the Core Values Award First Place at the FIRST LEGO League Challenge BC/Yukon Championship on March 11. (Brandon Tucker/The News)

PHOTOS: Winners of 2023 FIRST LEGO League BC/Yukon Championship heading to USA

A Nanaimo team was the top-ranked group at this year’s competition

Ryker Ulansky (left) and Jake Ulansky (right) make up half of the U-BOTS team that built a water-powered vehicle and won the Core Values Award First Place at the FIRST LEGO League Challenge BC/Yukon Championship on March 11. (Brandon Tucker/The News)
Chrissie John (ḥakaƛ) and her partner are committed to teaching their two young children their First Nations language as they grow up. The family is part of an increasing number of First Nations people in B.C. who are working to reclaim their mother tongues. (Submitted photo)

Taking back identity: New learners fight to keep First Nations languages in B.C. alive

Number of fluent speakers declining, but new learners on the rise

Chrissie John (ḥakaƛ) and her partner are committed to teaching their two young children their First Nations language as they grow up. The family is part of an increasing number of First Nations people in B.C. who are working to reclaim their mother tongues. (Submitted photo)
South Surrey Grade 3 student Zhiji Dong has been honoured by Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth as “one of the brightest students in the world.” (Contributed photo)

B.C. Grade 3 student ‘one of world’s brightest’

Zhiji Dong was among highest scorers in Center for Talented Youth assessment

South Surrey Grade 3 student Zhiji Dong has been honoured by Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth as “one of the brightest students in the world.” (Contributed photo)
A B.C. teacher was disciplined for failing to read a student’s safety plan and subsequently triggering them during a February 2021 interaction. (Pixabay)

B.C. teacher suspended for triggering student with documented safety needs

David Reid failed to review his student’s safety and education plans prior to 2021 incident

A B.C. teacher was disciplined for failing to read a student’s safety plan and subsequently triggering them during a February 2021 interaction. (Pixabay)
Dom Geh as Mr. Krabs. (Special to Langley Advance Times)

Langley students turning their school into the famous the town of Bikin Bottom

Most of the characters from the famous animated series coming to stage

Dom Geh as Mr. Krabs. (Special to Langley Advance Times)
Students on UVic campus in Victoria. (Austin Westphal/News Staff)

Desperate B.C. students raiding dumpsters, using food banks and bartering for meals

Students at the University of Victoria are experiencing a hike in food insecurity, with little help

Students on UVic campus in Victoria. (Austin Westphal/News Staff)
A B.C. teacher who worked at two schools in Peace River was suspended for four weeks, after the commissioner for teacher regulation found he made racist comments to coworkers and yelled at students. (Pixabay)

B.C. teacher suspended over racist remarks to coworkers, yelling at students

Brent Daniel worked at two schools in the Peace River South school district

A B.C. teacher who worked at two schools in Peace River was suspended for four weeks, after the commissioner for teacher regulation found he made racist comments to coworkers and yelled at students. (Pixabay)
Trinity Western University students to showcase original plays at New Generations Festival. (Special to Langley Advance Times)

Langley students write, direct, and showcase their talent in a collection of all-new, original plays

A range of student-written stories, from fast-food heists to post-apocalyptic worlds

Trinity Western University students to showcase original plays at New Generations Festival. (Special to Langley Advance Times)
Natalie Wood-Wiens, manager of Indigenous services at KPU, and Zena Mitchell, associate vice-president of enrolment services and registrar at KPU. (Special to Langley Advance Times)
Natalie Wood-Wiens, manager of Indigenous services at KPU, and Zena Mitchell, associate vice-president of enrolment services and registrar at KPU. (Special to Langley Advance Times)
Matthew Reed created his Free Blockbuster kiosk as his Grade 12 Capstone project. It’s drawn a lot of attention since then. (Michelle Reed/Special to the Langley Advance Times)
Matthew Reed created his Free Blockbuster kiosk as his Grade 12 Capstone project. It’s drawn a lot of attention since then. (Michelle Reed/Special to the Langley Advance Times)
Tyree Buchannan, commitee chair Pamala Combs, Lily, 4, Lukas, 13, and Gavin, 10 collected Christmas trees and bottles at the annual tree chipping fundraiser on Jan. 7. The event was held to raise money for the upcoming dry grad party scheduled to take place at George Preston in about 10 months. (Tanmay Ahluwalia/Langley Advance Times)

Rainy weather doesn’t deter Langley community’s support for annual tree chipping fundraiser

D.W. Poppy Secondary’s dry grad committee on a mission to raise money for upcoming dry grad

Tyree Buchannan, commitee chair Pamala Combs, Lily, 4, Lukas, 13, and Gavin, 10 collected Christmas trees and bottles at the annual tree chipping fundraiser on Jan. 7. The event was held to raise money for the upcoming dry grad party scheduled to take place at George Preston in about 10 months. (Tanmay Ahluwalia/Langley Advance Times)
A B.C. elementary school teacher is suspended for one day after showing her Grade 2 students a horror movie and inappropriately using classroom time. (Pixabay photo)

B.C. teacher who showed R-rated film to Grade 2s suspended 1 day

Teacher also described to class how she bullied kids when she was in school

A B.C. elementary school teacher is suspended for one day after showing her Grade 2 students a horror movie and inappropriately using classroom time. (Pixabay photo)
LINC 4 and 6 evening classes sang during the evening ceremony. (New Directions/Special to the Langley Advance Times)

Langley’s adult graduates reflect on their academic journeys

Students share their immigration stories and more with teachers and guests

LINC 4 and 6 evening classes sang during the evening ceremony. (New Directions/Special to the Langley Advance Times)