Salt Spring Elementary

About

Salt Spring Elementary is located at 112 Rainbow Rd, Salt Spring Island, BC V8K 2K3. The school states that it cultivates a safe and caring environment, involving parents and the local community to promote and inspire active learning and social responsibility. The school also acknowledges that it lives and learns on the shared, traditional, unceded territories of the Coast Salish Peoples, specifically the Hul'qumi'num and SENCOTEN speaking peoples.

At a Glance

School type: Public School (Gulf Islands)

Education language: Salt Spring Elementary is a district site for Late French Immersion in Grades 6–7, where students learn in a French immersive environment across all subjects (with instruction in French for the majority of instructional time up to Grade 7). No additional information about the school’s general language of instruction or English-language learner supports is provided in the sources.

Religious affiliation: None / Secular

Grades: K-7

Phone: 250 537-9928

Email: sse@sd64.org

Principal: Amy Dearden

Education Languages

Salt Spring Elementary is a district site for Late French Immersion in Grades 6–7, where students learn in a French immersive environment across all subjects (with instruction in French for the majority of instructional time up to Grade 7). No additional information about the school’s general language of instruction or English-language learner supports is provided in the sources.

Programs and Services

French Immersion (Late French Immersion) Salt Spring Elementary offers Late French Immersion for Grades 6–7 as part of SD64’s program. The program is intended for students who have completed Grade 5, and instruction takes place in an immersive French environment across subjects. Student nutrition The district offers the Feeding Futures School Program, intended to help ensure students are fed and ready to learn. Transportation (bus / water taxi) School District 64 provides student transportation services (including buses and water taxis), with annual bus registration required for students who intend to ride. The district publishes expectations for safe conduct on buses and at bus stops, and notes that bus schedules may be modified for early dismissals, inclement weather, or route changes.

School Culture and Expectations

Salt Spring Elementary emphasizes a “safe and caring environment” and highlights partnership with parents and the local community to promote active learning and social responsibility. The school’s three main expectations are: Be Caring, Be Respectful, and Be Safe. The district also sets expectations for parent/guardian/caregiver conduct, including respectful communication and modelling behaviour that supports safe, caring, and orderly learning and working environments.

Transportation, Parking, and Getting Here

SD64 provides student transportation by bus and water taxi, and families who need bus service are asked to complete annual bus registration. The district’s bus code of conduct includes expectations such as listening to the driver, remaining seated, keeping aisles clear, and following loading/unloading safety procedures; video surveillance may be used on buses per policy. Parents/guardians are responsible for a student’s safety until they board the bus and after they disembark, and Kindergarten/Grade 1 students must be met by a parent/guardian at drop-off. SD64 also notes that transportation for out-of-catchment French Immersion students is not guaranteed, and route changes may occur (for example, due to road closures).

Enrollment

For Late French Immersion (Grades 6–7), applications may be submitted in person to Salt Spring Elementary School or emailed to sse@sd64.org; students new to the district must also complete a student registration form (the district refers families to its Student Registration page and related administrative practice). The French Immersion program is subject to space availability and uses a priority/lottery process when needed. The Salt Spring Elementary website also indicates that registration is open and promotes kindergarten registration.