Merritt’s graduating class of 2022 will have the normal fanfare and celebration of years past, with School District 58 (SD58) and the Nicola Valley Institute of Technology (NVIT) planning graduation ceremonies that mark a return to a “new normal.”
On May 4, Monic Charity Foundation delivered close to 1000 donated books to CES.
School District 58 and The Nicola Valley Metis Association hosted a Metis Culture Camp at Rotary Park on Friday, May 6.
Over 200 students from both Merritt and Princeton attended and learned more about the Metis culture.
Plans are moving forward for a new Indigenous centre that will move the current NVIT Burnaby campus.
As many charitable organizations have stepped up to help the community through donating goods and volunteering labour to help clean out flood-damaged homes, one Vancouver group by the name of Monic Charity Foundation has decided to host a book drive to help restore the CES library.
Merrittonians looking to learn guitar playing need not fret, as the Thompson Nicola Regional District’s library system has now placed guitars available for borrowing in all its locations, including the Merritt Library.
The Province of BC is launching a review of block funding provided to NVIT and other public post-secondary institutions.
Merritt Secondary School is back together under one roof. Since April 4, students, teachers, and faculty members have all reported back to the MSS campus at it was finally restored after the big flooding event back in November.
The Merritt Herald has reached out to Central Elementary School and asked students of different grade levels about their thoughts on being together once again.
Merritt Secondary School (MSS) senior Diya Chhabra is organizing a fundraiser to assemble educational packages for students.
NVIT hosted an opening ceremony for the new Red Dress Memorial Garden on Monday, March 21.
In the March 9 meeting of School District 58, MSS Principal, Leroy Slanzi proposed a partnership with NVIT to help fast track students in their trades program.
In School District 58’s March 9 board meeting, Assistant Superintendent, Jameel Aziz said that students from Merritt Secondary and Diamond Vale Elementary will return to their schools after spring break.
The Youth Futures Education Fund has raised $600,000 for BC students attending a post-secondary institution and were previously in government care
Teachers at Collettville Elementary School were welcomed to school on Thursday, May 6 with a message of appreciation from their students.
The BC Teachers’ Federation (BCTF) is calling upon the Provincial Health Officer and Minister of Health to plan in-school vaccination clinics.
BC Teachers’ Federation (BCTF) President, Teri Mooring is asking parents to speak to their children and create a “respectful culture of mask wearing” in response to masks not being made mandatory at all times in schools in Provincial Health Officer, Dr. Bonnie Henry’s latest restrictions and guidelines.
Amid the COVID-19 outbreak, NVIT has decided to keep its campuses open for the time being, but they have paused all face-to-face teaching.
School District 58 is working towards a local education agreement (LEA) with the Nooaitch and...
Thanks to a new partnership with the University of British Columbia (UBC), faculty at the Nicola...
