Merritt school PACs get funding
Merritt students are benefiting from a number of grants to School District 58’s Parent...
by Jake Courtepatte | Dec 22, 2023
Merritt students are benefiting from a number of grants to School District 58’s Parent...
by Laísa Condé | Dec 19, 2023
Concerned parents were able to attend a virtual presentation on teenage vaping brought by School...
by Jake Courtepatte | Dec 12, 2023
Christmas came early for the students of Bench Elementary, with a brand new playground on site for kids to be kids.
by Laísa Condé | Nov 17, 2023
Merritt’s French immersion program students might be heading out east next spring. At the latest...
by Laísa Condé | Nov 16, 2023
Nicola-Canford Elementary School students, staff and local commuters will now have a short-term...
by Laísa Condé | Nov 16, 2023
The First Nations Schools of Choice Policy will allow Indigenous communities to decide if the current school catchment is the one they wish to continue with.
by Laísa Condé | Oct 19, 2023
The new configuration includes a new driveway into the school’s parking lot and a new area where the buses will be able to stop safely.
by Laísa Condé | Sep 27, 2023
SD58 has received a six-figure grant to battle food insecurity within schools.
by Marius Auer | Sep 11, 2023
A new member of the Merritt RCMP is looking to remind residents that failure to yield for a school bus with its stop sign extended can result in hefty penalties.
by Marius Auer | Aug 15, 2023
A local resident and mother is calling for more action on tagging and graffiti after her child’s school was defaced early last week.
by Marius Auer | Jun 28, 2023
Highlighting student success locally and across the province, Merritt’s own distance education school hosted a sunny outdoor ceremony to celebrate their class of 2023.
by Merritt Herald | May 5, 2023
Raising awareness and educating youth about the MMIWG2S+ movement is a community effort, and School District 58 has been working for years from a collaborative approach.
by Marius Auer | Apr 26, 2023
A group of six Merritt Secondary School students made their way to the Lower Mainland recently for a week of career exploration and learning experiences, taking part in the first ever Merritt Junior Police Academy.
by Marius Auer | Apr 5, 2023
A number of local organizations are partnering up to bring both education and employment resources to the community through a career fair at the Nicola Valley Institute of Technology in the coming weeks.
by Lane Robinson | Mar 7, 2023
The Board of Education of Merritt’s School District No.58 (Nicola-Similkameen) has announced that childcare will be coming to a select few of their school locations.
by Marius Auer | Feb 7, 2023
The next Board of Education meeting for Merritt and Princeton’s School District 58 will see board members discuss recent challenges and concerns around the district’s French Immersion Program, which is delivered through two schools in Merritt.
by Marius Auer | Jan 17, 2023
A new year brings along new changes, and 2023 is no exception to that rule for School District 58, who made changes to their leadership teams at a number of Merritt schools.
by Izaiah Reyes | Dec 27, 2022
Following the announcement of Teck’s $500,000 support for Earth Rangers initiatives, the conservation group has already confirmed its visit in early 2023.
by Marius Auer | Dec 26, 2022
Six local Parent Advisory Councils (PAC) in Merritt will receive funding from the provincial government to purchase equipment, fund activities, and put on extracurricular events.
by Izaiah Reyes | Dec 14, 2022
Local elementary schools in the Nicola Valley participated in a back-to-back volleyball tournament old Coquihalla Middle School gym. The contest marks the end to the schools’ volleyball season.