Bowen Island Community School

Our School

Our mission is to meet the educational needs of our Community of Learners, so that members will be inspired to pursue lifelong learning. We will do this by providing diverse, stimulating learning experiences in a supportive environment which fosters mutual respect and shared responsibility.

Our Location

Bowen Island Community School (BICS) is situated in an idyllic setting just a short walk from picturesque Snug Cove. The school is the hub of the island as it provides a stimulating learning environment for students from Kindergarten to Grade 7 as well as a variety of community services and programs.

School Publications

Click on the button below to access our School Publications page where you can find various documents and other important files.

Publications

Multicultural Week | March 12-16, 2019

Published on March 7, 2019

A group of BICS educators and parents/guardians formed the BICS Diversity Group several years ago with the intention of its participants learning more about diversity and inclusivity and contributing to making BICS a more inclusive school.

Grandfriends Program Stitches Together Inter-generational Learning Opportunities

Published on March 3, 2019

Blog Post from Community School Coordinator, Sarah Haxby
The BICS Grandfriends program has run at BICS for twenty-four years and each year it seeks to activate the community school principle of taking the students out into the community and bringing the community into the school by making social connections,