School District 70 Alberni

School District 70 Pacific Rim (formerly School District 70 Alberni) is a school district on the west coast of Vancouver Island in British Columbia. The board office and the majority of the schools are located in Port Alberni but the district extends to the west to include Ucluelet, Tofino, and Bamfield.

School District 70 Pacific Rim
Location
Port Alberni
Port Alberni, Tofino, Ucluelet, Bamfield on Vancouver Island
Canada
District information
SuperintendentGreg Smyth
Schools15
BudgetCA$35.2 million
Students and staff
Students4589
Other information
Websitesd70.bc.ca/Pages/default.aspx

At the request of the Board of School Trustees, the name of the district was changed from School District 70 Alberni to School District 70 Pacific Rim by the Province of British Columbia through an Order-in-Council on September 20, 2020.[1]

Schools

School Location Grades Notes
A W Neill Middle School Port Alberni K-7 The School offers a number of innovative programs including a series of exploratory courses such as Technology Education, Music, First Nations’ Studies, Boating, and Home Economics (cooking and sewing).
Alberni District Secondary School Port Alberni 8-12
Alberni Elementary School Port Alberni K-7
Alternate Schools Port Alberni K-12
Bamfield Community School Bamfield K-11
Eighth Avenue Elementary School Port Alberni K-5
Eric J Dunn Middle School Port Alberni K-7
Gill Elementary School Port Alberni K-5
John Howitt Elementary School Port Alberni K-7
Kakawis Family Development Program Tofino
Maquinna Elementary School Port Alberni K-7 This school is named for Maquinna, the powerful Mowachaht Nuu-chah-nulth chief during the peak of the maritime fur trade in the 1780s and 1790s.
Ucluelet Elementary School Ucluelet K-7
Ucluelet Secondary School Ucluelet 8-12
Wickaninnish Elementary School Tofino K-7 Wickaninnish was a chief of the Tla-o-qui-aht people of Clayoquot Sound in the 1780s and 1790s.
Wood Elementary School Port Alberni K-7
CHOICES DL Port Alberni K-5

See also

References

  • Province of British Columbia Order-in-Council 528/2020 dated September 20, 2020


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