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We are pleased to announce the appointment of Pete Nuij as Assistant Superintendent, effective June 16, 2025.

With more than two decades of experience in public education, Pete brings a wealth of knowledge and leadership to his new role. He has served as a teacher, school-based administrator, District Principal, Director of Instruction, and most recently, Associate Superintendent of Education Services with the Vancouver School Board.

Like many people, I enjoy a good podcast.  I was listening to Tetragrammaton the other night, and the guest was Pulitzer Prize-winning author and playwright David Mamet. During the interview, Mamet referenced his novel, "Recollections of St. Ives." More specifically, he spoke about one of his characters, Mr. Ruskin, a teacher, who suggests an innovative way of teaching history by giving students a few dollars and sending them to a vintage store to buy an item, then having them return to class and do a "show and tell" about it. You can imagine how this could work.

Mrs. Scott, Noon Hour Supervisor, took her volunteer letter to heart. She received a suggestion (instruction) from a student on the how she should get her nails done the next time and followed thru with due diligence! :D

Team building activity and a pizza party! 

On Saturday, April 12th, Auguston Traditional sent a chess team of 31 students to the Annual Chess Tournament held at Colleen and Gordie Howe Middle School. Over 120 students from Kindergarten to grade 12 spent much of the day competing for individual and team trophies. Auguston had a strong team this year. They played extremely well and narrowly finished in first place in the Elementary school category, winning by only a half point! Congratulations to all our team members.