Kelly Creek Community School

About

Kelly Creek Community School is located at 2341 Zilinsky Rd, Powell River, BC V8A 0N8. The school highlights a range of student supports and enrichment opportunities, including literacy and numeracy supports, counselling, speech and language services, and outdoor learning opportunities such as an outdoor classroom and an intermediate outdoor adventure program.

At a Glance

School type: Public School (Qathet)

Education language: English

Religious affiliation: None / Secular

Grades: K-7

Phone: 604 487-9022

Email: michael.hilleren@sd47.bc.ca

Principal: Michael Hilleren

Programs and Services

Early learning, literacy, and numeracy support Kelly Creek Community School lists an Early Reading Intervention Program, Literacy Student Support, and Numeracy Student Support. Indigenous education support The school lists Indigenous Student Support. Library and technology The school notes new titles and collections and “literacy enrichment through school library,” as well as interactive whiteboards and other technological services. Student support services The school lists Counselling Student Services and Speech and Language Student Services. Nutrition programs The school offers a Breakfast bowl and Hot Lunch Program (in partnership with the KCSSA) and a Healthy Snack Program. Outdoor learning and enrichment The school offers intermediate Outdoor Adventure programming (including biking, hiking, and kayaking) and an outdoor classroom in its own forest, with access to the Lang Creek estuary and hatchery.

Transportation, Parking, and Getting Here

Students who live within the school boundary and are more than 3.2 km (“as the crow flies”) from the school may be eligible for transportation; applications and passes are required. Students attending a school outside their catchment area are not eligible for regular transportation or transportation assistance, but may be eligible for courtesy ridership (per SD47 transportation criteria and annual review). The school site also provides a link to the Kelly Creek Community School boundary map.

Enrollment

Student registration in School District 47 is governed by Administrative Procedures 300 and 305 (Admission of Ordinarily Resident Students and Student Registration and Catchment Area Boundaries).