BCSSA 2010 Retirement and Awards Dinner

This year's celebration will take place on Thursday, August 19 in Kelowna at the Delta Grand Okanagan Resort and Conference Centre. Registration details will be available soon.

BCSSA 2009 Retirement and Awards Dinner

2009 Award of Recognition

The BCSSA Award of Recognition is presented to individuals and organizations for their contributions made to enhance public school education in British Columbia. The contribution may be of a local nature (i.e., to a specific district or districts) or of a general nature which has had a province-wide impact. The award recipient may be an individual, service club, corporation or non-profit organization.

The Award of Recognition was presented on April 16, 2009 to:

Dale Saip, Vice-President, The Vancouver Giants Hocky Team, "Read to Succeed program"

Dale Saip accepts the award on behalf of The Vancouver Giants. Since its inception six years ago, Read to Succeed has grown into a very successful program, last year involving over 98 schools and 10,000 students alone. "Read to Succeed is an excellent opportunity to engage children in physical activity while having fun reading," Dale explained. The program is aimed at grades four through six and encourages students with their reading and studying skills as they begin their intermediate school years. Hockey players from the Vancouver Giants, who are students themselves, visit schools and speak about the importance of education and present a reading challenge to the students.

Read the official Vancouver Giants press release regarding the BCSSA Award of Recognition .

Click here for further information on Read to Succeed.

2009 Distinguished Service Award

The Distinguished Service Award is given each year to selected BCSSA members sho have made a significant and exemplary contribution to our association and public education in British Columbia.

The Distinguished Service Award was presented on April 16 to Juleen McElgunn and Jacquie Taylor:

Juleen McElgunn, Superintendent of Schools, Okanagan Similkameen School District

Jacquie Taylor, former Ministry Superintedent, BC Ministry of Education

Retirements

Congratulations to the BCSSA Class of 2008-2009! Robin Brayne, Rosemary Burns, Pat Cassidy,Randy Cranston, Gary Doi, Christine Foster, Brian Fox, Jo-Anne Legree, Jim Martens, Des McKay, Sean McKierahan, Dave Mumford, John Phipps, Byron Robbie, Bernadette Rymer, Garth Schafer, Jacquie Taylor, Marion Turner, Stan Watchorn, John White, Richard Zigler.