Board of Education Highlights for December 2025

‍At their December 16 meeting, the Sun West delegation to the Canadian Student Leadership Conference (CSLC) made a presentation to the Board of Education about their conference experiences. In the picture above, the group in the room are (left to right) Chris Oscar (Superintendent responsible for Student Leadership Program), Ryan Smith (Superintendent of Business), Terry Hall (Trustee), Holly Goddard (Trustee), Ivan Taranukha (Biggar Central School 2000), Cathy Laventure(Trustee), Yevheniia Taranukha (Biggar Central School 2000), Michele Whitfield(Trustee), Jennelle Minish (CSLC Adult Advisor), Wade Halliday (Rosetown Central High School), Vanessa Lewis (CSLC Adult Advisor), Michelle Zacharias(Trustee), Karen Blackwell Jones (Trustee), Fritz Eckstein (Trustee), and Darryl Seguin (Director of Education). The group online, (top, left to right)Finn Low (Davidson School), Peighton Oickle (Kenaston School), Trudy Wiebe(Westcliffe Composite School, Marengo), (middle, right to left) Elizabeth Oakland (Eston Composite School), Matthew Possberg (Loreburn Central School),Lindsay Shaw (Trustee) (bottom, left to right) Cathy Morrow (Trustee), Julia Wiens (Beechy School), and Kristin Sampson (CSLC Adult Advisor).

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The Sun West Board of Education held its regular meeting on December 16, 2025.Highlights of the meeting included:

The Trustees heard a report from the Sun West delegation to the Canadian Student Leadership Conference that took place October 4-7 near Halliburton, Ontario. Nine students from eight schools and three adult advisors attended CSLC and provided an extensive report about speakers, activities, and the value of the learning and skills they acquired at CSLC to their schools, the division, and themselves.

The Trustees received the Home-based Education Report. Currently Sun West has just over 240 students who are home-schooled. Although they do not attend schools, Sun West still has a variety of responsibilities for these students.

Earlier in December, the Trustees held a special meeting to consider the Sun West Mission and Vision statements and the Sun West Values. The Trustees drafted a new preliminary Mission, Vision, and Values and these will be distributed to staff, students, and families in the new year along with surveys to get input prior to these being finalized.

Trustees were kept busy throughout the holiday season attending and helping out at school Christmas concerts and feasts as well as other special events. One Trustee even played Santa Claus at a local Christmas pageant. Below are pictures from a few of these events. (Left to right) Subdivision 5 Trustee Terry Hall (left) helps at the Elrose School Community Council Christmas lunch, Subdivision 3 Trustee Cathy Laventure (centre) with two students during the Sun West Division Office Christmas lunch, and Subdivision 8 Trustee Michelle Zacharias during the Sun West Division Office Christmas lunch.

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