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Jun

Summer Break

Jun
27
School Holidays & Closures
Event
Three children leap off a dock into a lake at sunset

Jul

Canada Day

Jul
1
School Holidays & Closures

Happy Canada Day! 

This is a statutory holiday when all SD8 facilities and offices will be closed. 

Event
A red maple leaf laying against some mossy stones with a fern frond showing.

Aug

B.C. Day

Aug
4
School Holidays & Closures

Happy B.C. Day! 

Today SD8 celebrates the wonderful province we call home. 

This is a statutory holiday when all SD8 facilities and offices are closed. 

Learn more about the history of British Columbia

Event
The B.C. provincial flag showing the union jack at the top, at the centre of which is the crown of King Edward and the bottom of the flag shows wavy blue lines representing the Pacific ocean with a yellow setting sun at the bottom.

Sep

Labour Day

Sep
1
School Holidays & Closures

Today SD8 celebrates all employees whose work inspires and supports each learner to thrive in a caring learning environment. 

SD8 also recognizes union partners and partner organizations and associations whose work supports SD8 employee groups.  

This is a statutory holiday and all SD8 facilities and offices are closed. 

Event
A faded Canadian flag with the words, "Labour Day" in black on top of the flag, in an old typewriter font.

First Day of School

Sep
2
General

Welcome back! 

September 2 is the first day of the 2025-2026 school year. 

Students will be dismissed three hours early, and buses will be scheduled accordingly. 

Event
A handwritten "Welcome Back" poster on a hallway wall, with colorful balloons. The festive, celebratory of a school event or the first day back, with a blurred background of a school

Orange Shirt Day

Sep
30
Special Events

SD8 joins the rest of Canada to mark the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation and Orange Shirt Day. September 30 honours the children who never returned home and Survivors of residential schools, as well as their families and communities.

Event
Orange t-shirt with white text saying "Every Child Matters"