EDUCATION MINISTER WELCOMES CLASS OF 2023
Sept 7, 2010 – Education Minister Margaret MacDiarmid went back to Kindergarten today to welcome the Class of 2023 to Walton Elementary in Coquitlam. She painted, did puzzles and joined in circle time on the first day of school for nearly 90 students – many of whom will participate in one of the first bilingual Mandarin programs in B.C. – to officially launch full-day kindergarten for 20,000 new students across the province.
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EDUCATORS GO BACK TO SCHOOL TO HELP KIDS WITH FASD
PRINCE GEORGE – MLAs Pat Bell and Shirley Bond congratulated the Prince George-based team of educators who helped train more than 1,000 of their colleagues last year to better assist students with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder.

EDUCATORS GO BACK TO SCHOOL TO HELP KIDS WITH FASD
VICTORIA – Education Minister Margaret MacDiarmid sends her thanks to more than 1,000 educators who trained last year to better assist students with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder.

EDUCATION MINISTER WELCOMES CLASS OF 2023
COQUITLAM – Full-day kindergarten launched today for 20,000 new students, including nearly 90 young learners at Walton Elementary in Coquitlam, many of whom will be part of one of the first bilingual Mandarin programs in B.C., announced Education Minister Margaret MacDiarmid.

CLASSROOMS FOR FULL-DAY KINDERGARTEN MOVE FORWARD
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