Parkland Secondary School
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Parkland Secondary joined the SHS Network in 2006, and was once of the first 5 schools to pilot it! Students Olivia Guerra and Lara Casciola contributed the successes and challenges to the discussions of the SHS Youth Steering Committee. Teacher Tracie Ashcroft acted as our "Transportation Goddess" during the SHS Youth Action Gathering, hauling all the Victoria participants' bikes to and from Wildwood so that we could reduce overall emissions by cycling throughout the week. Focus shifted from volunteer student efforts to curricular projects when the new and ambitious Global Studies course was launched in 2007-2008.
Contact:
Staff Email: Tracie_Ashcroft@sd63.bc.ca
Student Email:
School Address: 10640 McDonald Park Rd., Sidney BC, Canada, V8L 5S7 Voice (250) 655-2700, Fax (250) 655-2701
Click here to check out our school's website.
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Sustainability Advisory Committee
Parkland's Global Awareness group has invited parents, staff, students and the general public to attend their annual Enviro Info night.Durin the evening in 2007-2008, school community members were encouraged to contribute their ideas about Parkland's current and future level of sustainability and invited to help establish a Sustainability Advisory Committee to coordinate and carry out the great ideas brainstormed that night.
Sustainability Assessment
Parkland has not embarked on the assessment quest yet, focusing on the Global Awareness club and class projects instead.
Sustainability Initiatives
The Global Awareness group hosted their second annual Enviro Info Night (with a presentation made by SHS Staff!), a fundraiser for the Cool Aid Society, a Sustainability Feast, a Dance a Thon Fundraiser for the Women's Artisan Co-op in Pamparamas, Peru, Check out our Global Awareness Group activities in 2007-2008!
Engaging Classes with the Sierra Club's Education Program
In 2006-2007, Parkland hosted the SHS Class program on Energy with 2 Science 10 classes. In 2007-2008, Parkland shifted the work the Global Awareness group had been doing into a class so that students could get credit for all the fantastic learning and projects they had previously been volunteering to do. Ms. Ashcroft's new Global Studies Class went on field trips to the Shoal Harbour Seniors Centre, the Hartland Landfill, and a Habitat Walk.
