News & Announcements

We are pleased to announce that the Addendum to the Provincial COVID-19 Communicable Disease Guidelines has been rescinded as of Friday, February 18, 2022, at 11:59 pm. Of note is that restrictions on school gatherings and events are easing back to Fall levels. Click the headline to read more!

School District No.48 (SD48) is welcoming new registrations for the upcoming 2022-2023 school year starting January 18th, 2021 at 8:00am.

Please read an important letter from Chris Nicholson, Superintendent of Schools, regarding the enhanced safety measures for the return to school.

Please read an important letter from Chris Nicholson, Superintendent of Schools, regarding the phased return to school.

As we are about to head into the upcoming winter break, we want to share with you a helpful and clear document regarding the return to school for students, staff, and all other adults, following international travel. If you have plans to travel outside of Canada over the winter break, we recommend that you carefully review the Vancouver Coastal Health International Travel and School document.

The evacuation alerts and orders for the Birken area have been rescinded. We are therefore pleased to announce that BWE will be open tomorrow and that the regular bus service will resume. Our thoughts remain with those families whose properties remain under alerts and orders. Thank you to our staff, students, and families for their support and understanding over the past few days.

For everyone's safety, Blackwater Creek Elementary School remains closed and school bus transportation in the affected area north of Blackwater Creek Elementary school remains suspended.

In response to continuing weather concerns and in an abundance of caution, we have closed Blackwater Creek Elementary School today, December 1st. We have temporarily suspended school bus transportation in the affected area north of Blackwater Creek Elementary school.

National Day for Truth and Reconciliation - Thursday, September 30th, 2021

Based on epidemiological data, Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) recorded a further reduction in COVID-19 transmission in Whistler compared to previous reporting periods.