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Schools open doors for athletes Surrey schools will provide a home away from home for athletes attending 2021 Games
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n July 2021, Surrey will be host to the Special Olympics BC Summer Games – and Surrey School is thrilled to be able to contribute to such an exciting and inspirational event. More than 1,000 athletes with intellectual disabilities will be competing in 10 events: 10-pin bowling, soccer, athletics, basketball, bocce, golf, powerlifting, rhythmic gymnastics, softball and swimming. “Our schools are not only centres of learning, they are neighbourhood hubs and community centres – places where people gather – and where we welcome children, youth, adults and families every day,” said Surrey Board of Education chair Laurie Larsen at the city announcement earlier this month. “That’s why in July 2021, we will enthusiastically open our doors to athletes and coaches participating in the Special Olympics BC Summer Games.” About 120 classrooms in a few of Surrey School District’s secondary schools will be provided rent-free for athletes and coaches
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Rhythmic gymnasts Krista Milne and Jennifer Utendale performed at City Hall to announce Special Olympics BC Summer Games coming to Surrey in 2021. to stay. They will, of course, also have access to school shower facilities, washrooms, change rooms and cafeteria areas during their stay, as well as perhaps using some district buses. “We hope our schools will feel like a temporary home-away-from-home for athletes and coaches as they both gear
up for, and recover from, competition – as well as enjoy the sites of our beautiful city,” said Larsen. In 2021, the SOBC Games Opening Ceremony will be held on July 8, followed by competition throughout July 9 and 10. A Closing Ceremony open only to Games competitors will be held on
July 10. Approximately 1,100 community volunteers will be needed to run this empowering event. Volunteer registration details and Games venues will be announced in the weeks to come. Surrey School District
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hough it has been open for a year, École Salish Secondary held its official opening Nov. 12, unveiling a Coast Salish welcome post that will open its arms to students and visitors to the school for years to come. Katzie First Nation Band Councillor David Kenworthy welcomed guests and dignitaries to the territory prior to a witnessing ceremony involving École Salish Secondary teacher Crystal MacInnis and students Bree Bridgen and Diego Wolfvillage. The red cedar figure was carved by Gary Leon (“Talekwitsen”) and stands just inside the school’s main entrance facing a wide-open common area. “I sure love the energy in this school. It’s a beautiful school,” Gary Leon told the hundreds of students prior to his welcome post being unveiled. “When I worked on the post, I’d work on it early in the morning… and I always made sure I had a clear mind. When we chose the post out in the forest, we did a prayer for it because I knew it was coming into a school. “Once I started, everything just flowed.” The figure is female, rep-
a great example of that.” École Salish Secondary, a French Immersion school, opened in September 2018 with 850 students from Grades 8-11. This fall, following the addition of Grade 12, there are about 1,050 students and the school is excited to have its first graduating class of 2020. Principal Sheila Hammond noted what an honour it is to have been given permission to use the Salish name by Katzie, Kwantlen and Semiahmoo First Nations, noting the school is also home to several other PHOTO: SURREY SCHOOL DISTRICT pieces of Indigenous art. “The school district comArtist Gary Leon, left, at the unveiling of his Coast Salish welcome missioned nine local Salish post on Nov. 12 at École Salish Secondary, along with Surrey Board artists to provide pieces to of Education chairperson Laurie Larsen. be put on glass panels all around the school, signifycome post at the entrance resenting a mother of children, with arms extended to of this beautiful new school, ing the coming together of the Cloverdale and Clayton welcome and give gratitude welcoming our students to all learners in the school’s every morning,” said Surrey communities to form our unique Salish community,” Board of Education chaircare. Hammond explained. person Laurie Larsen. She is wrapped with a With its modern design “I thank the Coast Salish traditional Coast Salish people for being so welcom- and flexible learning spacblanket, woven by senior es, École Salish Secondary Aboriginal support worker ing and so willing, to not features innovative science, only share the Salish name Paula James, which serves with this school, but also to wood and metal labs, as well as a protective garment. as a learning commons and share your culture, to the The figure also wears a fitness studio. traditional skirt made from benefit and enrichment of Larsen thanked staff, our students and indeed, the the bark of a red cedar – students and parents for entire school community. considered a tree of life by their efforts during the past It’s vitally important that First Nation peoples. “It is so appropriate – and all of us respect, engage and year in establishing a strong honour Indigenous commu- school community. significant – to have this Surrey School District wonderful Coast Salish wel- nities, and this event is such
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AEDs to be installed in all Surrey secondary schools Surrey Schools is installing Automatic External Defibrillators (AEDs) at all secondary schools, plus four other district sites. The Surrey Board of Education approved installation of the AEDs in the spring of 2019. Since then, district staff have worked to develop a detailed implementation plan. AEDs are portable devices that are applied to a person’s chest to treat sudden cardiovascular arrest, caused when the heart’s electrical impulses become abnormal and life threatening. They are used to deliver an electric shock that can restore normal rhythm to a heart. In addition to having the devices at all 20 Surrey secondary schools, the district will install one each at the Bell Performing Arts Cen-
tre, the District Education Centre (DEC), the District Facilities Centre and the Resource & Education Centre (REC). “While not required by legislation, the Surrey Board of Education wanted to take a proactive approach on AEDs,” explained Surrey Board of Education chairperson Laurie Larsen. “We made our decision to install these devices in
the spring of this year. The motion was quickly passed as the safety of everyone in our buildings is our top priority. These devices need to be accessible when they are needed.” Installation of cabinets to house the AED devices has started and staff training and orientation is well underway. The AEDs will be placed at each site on the day training is completed. It is expected that by the end of November, staff at all secondary schools in the Surrey School District will be trained on the appropriate use of the devices and each school will be equipped with a defibrillator. The total cost for purchase and installation in all 24 sites was just over $50,000. Surrey School District
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ing school-based mental a portion of the funds, health programs focused with the Surrey school on prevention, wellness district receiving $21,833, Lauren Collins promotion and early inaccording to the Ministry lauren.collins@surreynowleader.com tervention.” of Education. “We are supporting Surrey Board of Eduschools to create better cation trustee Terry Allen The Surrey School District is access to mental health receiving a little more than $21,000 said the funding will be supports for students,” used to offset the district’s for mental health programs. said Rob Fleming, Miniscurrent program costs. The province is investing $2 Fleming ter of Education. However, Allen said, million B.C.-wide in school-based “We are ensuring no “it is well below what we student mental health programs should have received,” adding that matter where students live in B.C., that “will help ensure kids can access support when they need it and $50,000 would have made a “great- they have access to effective and community-based preventative that they feel safe and connected at er difference.” programming that will set them on The funding is allocated as a school.” school capacity-building grant “to positive paths to mental health and The 60 school districts throughwellness.” support new and enhance existout the province will each receive
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‘Special’ soccer win for Panorama Ridge in all-Surrey final at B.C. championships Tom Zillich tom.zillich@surreynowleader.com
In an all-Surrey battle for the AAA Boys high school soccer title, Panorama Ridge climbed a mountain again and won it all. Undefeated this season, the Thunder earned a 3-0 victory over LA Matheson in the championship final game on Nov. 23 at Burnaby Lake Sports Complex West. The victory was a sweet one for Panorama Ridge, who placed second at provincials last year. “It’s special,” said Darryl Vanderark, who co-coaches the team. “I mean, it’s a long year, because last season we made the final, too, and lost. So coming back this year, you just know how hard it is to get back there. “Even getting out of Surrey and making the provincials is extremely difficult,” he added, “because there are so many good teams here. It’s just a matter of keeping everyone focused, and all the kids knew
what the goal was this year, but we didn’t want to talk about it – it was one game at a time, that kind of a thing.” For LA Matheson, it was the first time in 50 years that a team representing the school had made a provincial final in any sport, according to coach Manmeet Sahota. “Obviously it’s a really big deal for the school to make it this far,” he said. “Four years ago we had never made provincials for any sport, ever, until our team went there. And we’ve now been to provincials four years in a row, so that first year, four years ago, was a really big deal for us, and part of that was just getting out of Surrey because the competition is so tough,” Sahota explained. “That’s an achievement on its own. And getting there four years in a row has been an amazing thing, and now getting to the final is just one step more for us.” In the provincial semifinal last season, the Mustangs lost 1-0 to
Panorama Ridge, who scored with about a minute left in overtime. “That was very heartbreaking for us last year,” Sahota said, “so our motivation this year was to get to the final, which we did.” The team lost a significant number of Grade 12s from last year’s squad. “The makeup of the team this year was quite different,” Sahota said, “and the guys this year have had so much heart and determination, it’s unbelievable. I’m not sure where other teams are, in terms of where they play, but (BCSPL) is the highest level of (club) soccer here, and we have zero (BCSPL) players on our team, so that says something about our guys, how hard they worked to get to the final. They have talent, but it’s just that heart and determination that got them there, and they never second-guessed what they wanted to achieve, no fear.” He said the team’s success at provincials has helped build school
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The Panorama Ridge team with their Boys AAA high school soccer provincial championship banner and trophy in Burnaby on Nov. 23. pride at LA Matheson. “Our school hasn’t done so well athletically in its history, so it’s been really, really cool and the school has gotten behind it, and it’s developed a strong sense of culture, and even other teams in the school are inspired by this, to keep it going, to compete at the highest level. It’s neat to see, and it’s a bigger-picture thing at our school.” Players on the Panorama Ridge roster are Rosedeep Dhanoa, Miyab Fujii, Tajvir Hehar, Samir Dhaliwal, Saeed Khan, Avkaran Gill, Jeevan Dhaliwal, Gulshan Josan, Hargun Sidhu, Agam Grewal,
Armaan Bhagwani, Justin Pannu, Jora Duhra, Gurman Gill, Sevak Lehal, Manmeet Jhutty, Veer Sandhu, Bhavish Deo, Harjap Dhanoa, Arjun Cheema, Zubair Khan and Karmveer Rai. The LA Matheson roster includes Dapinder Singh, Parnoop Shergill, Aman Sidhu, Opi Dhillon, Ratish Chand, Mohkam Sivia, Jovan Samra, Sharif Taybur, Harvir Gill, Jujhar Gill, Yamen Natour, Hardeep Thandi, Moe Abdi, Shakeel Rai, Calvin Ayidan, Arpan Sangha, Prabdeep Mallhi, Harman Gill, Balraj Atwal and Maninder Randhawa.
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