Let’s all take a moment to recognize how inspiring students at New Westminster Secondary School are.
Since April, the NWSS Environment Club has been meeting with kids at Lord Kelvin Elementary School to teach them about food sustainability.
The first lesson was on April 26, when the high school students dropped by the elementary school to help 72 Kelvin kids plant their own sustainable vegetable garden. On May 17, the Kelvin students were invited to the high school to take part in several workshops on topics such as gardening, locally grown foods and water sustainability, according to a press release from the club.
On Wednesday, June 8, the students will gather once more, this time at Kelvin, to transfer the veggies from the school garden into pots for the Kelvin kids to take home with them.
Keep up the good work everyone!
Grants open to 2006 babies
Children who were born in 2006 are now eligible to apply for a $1,200 grant from the provincial government. The B.C. Training and Education Savings grant was originally offered to kids born in 2007 or later, but last week the province announced children born in 2006 will also be able to apply for the grant as of Aug. 15, noted a press release.
Parents of kids born in 2006 have until August 2019 to apply for the grant at any participating financial institute. In order to apply, parents and kids must be residents of B.C., and the child must have a Registered Education Savings Plan.
For more information, including a list of the participating financial institutes, visit tinyurl.com/savings
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More inspiring high school kids
Another batch of New Westminster Secondary School students will also be making a trip to a local elementary school this week.
Grade 11 and 12 carpentry students will be at Queen Elizabeth Elementary Wednesday, Thursday and Friday afternoon to guide a group of Grade 4 kids as they make musical instruments. The three-day pilot project was organized by Karen Crosby, the career programs coordinator at the high school, and her colleague Gary Pattern.
Their intention is to offer a “maker-style” event, a hands-on, do-it-yourself movement that focuses on problem solving and design. The elementary students will go through a design and build process culminating on Friday, when, with the help of the carpentry students, they will actually build their instrument.
(Check out next week’s Record for more on this event.)
CPA students graduate
Four New Westminster residents were among 768 chartered professional accountant (CPA) students who crossed the floor at a convocation ceremony last month. CPA students Robin Ensom, Jonathan Gibson, Maja Ivkovic and Nicole Koehle were recognized at the event, held in Vancouver on May 21, and are now eligible to join the Chartered Professional Accountants of B.C.
“To qualify as a CPA, students must complete rigorous course work, pass the national Common Final Examination, and fulfil relevant practical experience requirements,” noted a press release.
