Latest News & Announcements

Since January 22, 2025 the following have occurred:

January 20, 2025 - Tender closed. 4 bids received with prices ranging from $3.1 to $4.9 million
January 23, 2025 - Engineer, Director of Operations, Facilities Manager and Secretary-Treasurer  met to review the 4 bids.
January 24, 2025 - Director of Operations met with the Ministry to provide an update. Director of Operations and Facilities Manager met with the City of Dawson Creek to discuss the building permit process.
January 29, 2025 - Engineer recommended SD59 award Fort Modular for the modular portion of the project.
January 30, 2025 - Director of Operations, Facilities Manager and Secretary-Treasurer (SD59 Project Team) reviewed Engineer’s recommendation and agreed.
February 4, 2025 - Modular portion of project was awarded to Fort Modular. Our Completed Projects | Case Studies | Fort Modular 
February 10, 2025 - Project kick off meeting with Fort Modular, Engineer and SD59 project team, including Principal Richer.
February 13, 2025 -Director of Operations met with the Ministry to update progress.

Please follow https://www.sd59.bc.ca/district/capital-projects for updates on these projects.

Below are the significant developments in the Child Care Facility Projects since January 22, 2025. 

Next Steps:
January 6, 2025 - Architect and Engineer continued working on civil and structural drawings.

January 28, 2025 - Architect completed costing for stick building the childcare facilities

• Tumbler childcare stick build cost $ 5.6m
• Dawson childcare stick build cost $ 5.0m

January 30, 2025 - Architect and project team met to discuss costing and next steps.  Architect still awaiting modular build costing to compare to stick build.

February 3, 2025 - Project team begins licensing applications with Northern Health for both locations.

February 12, 2025 - Architect and Director of Operations met with the City of Dawson Creek to discuss fire hydrant requirements and next steps in the building permit process.

Please follow https://www.sd59.bc.ca/district/capital-projects for updates on these projects.

Schools in SD59 are now accepting Kindergarten registration for the 2025-2026 school year.

Starting Kindergarten is an exciting time for everyone. We look forward to welcoming you and your child into our learning spaces. All children who will be five years old by December 31, 2025 (children born in 2020) are eligible for the Kindergarten program beginning September 2025.  Please visit the Kindergarten Registration page for more information.

Please call your local school to set up an appointment for Kindergarten registration. If you are unsure about what school to register at please use the catchment area map.

Dawson Creek and Rural Area residents have an option to register in the French Immersion Kindergarten Program at Ecole Frank Ross. Please contact Ecole Frank Ross for more information - 250-782-5206. 

When registering your child, you will need to provide your child's birth certificate, healthcare card, and proof of residency.

We need your input! 

Please tell us how SD59’s next budget can help support your children, students, family, business or community by completing our survey.

2025-2026 Budget Survey Link

Closing date for the survey is March 4, 2025.

Join leading adolescent Clinical Psychologist Dr. Hayley Watson for an online event that aims to help parents, guardians and caregivers gain a deeper understanding of substance use prevention and learn practical tools for supporting youth mental health. Dr. Watson will focus on skills and strategies that will help you equip your child and youth with the tools they need to prevent substance use and mental health needs.

The focus will be on prevention rather than intervention/response, and this presentation applies to parents, guardians and caregivers of all age groups (youth aged 0-5, 6-10, and 11-18).  As part of the presentation, you will also learn ways that these skills can be applied to yourself and the rest of your family to support the mental health of parents, guardians, and caregivers.

This presentation will build on the previous presentation in 2024 (Substance Use Prevention: A Guide for Parents), which focused on practical conversation tools for speaking about substance use prevention with your children. 

Choose one of the following session dates:

February 20th - Click her to Register

February 25th - Click here to Register

February 26th - Click here to Register