News & Announcements

In light of the recent flooding all over BC, K1 students in Mrs. Yates class were challenged to become engineers. They used critical and creative thinking, as well as turn taking, communication and sharing to figure out how to get their “citizens” across the raging river.

We have our fourth and final Cross Country race of the season at Squamish Elementary School on Wednesday. Twenty-seven grade 3 to 6 students raced the 1.7km to 2.7 km loop around the surrounding area of SQE. The race was very well organized by the coaches at Squamish Elementary as well as the HSSS Leadership students, we saw many Mamquam alumni supporting the race. It was great to race at home and have so many parents, grandparents and neighbours cheering on our runners. We had many top ten finishes in all grades. We are so proud of the growth in mindset, fitness and community that the Cross Country team has shown throughout the past 6 weeks. Way to go Mamquam!

Students gathered today outside in the sunshine to honour and pay tribute to the 1.7 million Canadians who fought during the world wars, and the 110,000 who did not return. It was a day to remember the sacrifices others have made for us. It was a day to remember.

I was so proud of our student leadership team for running this assembly and delivering a somber and powerful message of why this day is so important.

Click the link for more information about the Babysitting course with Sea2sky Services.

We had artist Natasha Louise in this week to paint a new mural in our staff room. This mural will be the new home to our “data dashboard”. This is a place staff can continue to look and examine how our school is doing in relation to academic progress, social/emotional wellbeing and examples of progress in career and life development. In this way, the triangle represents our need to “triangulate” that information and ensure that one element of progress is not more important that the other. All three areas lead to student success, and all need to be embedded in place. The mural represents our place under the chief and at the foothills of the Mamquam river.

Our team at Mamquam is working hard to make our school learning plan more visible to staff and to families. We are committed to making our school the best it can possibly be.
Click the link to see a short video.

Please enjoy our trailer for the upcoming release of S. Fonseca's Mamquam Musical "First Day". The full 8 min musical will be released soon.

Dear Parents,
The stats and figures for adolescent anxiety are on the rise, and researchers are beginning to understand why. Follow us in this months’ Squamish thrive blog as we take a deep dive into some of the work from Madeline Levine from her book Ready or Not: Preparing Our Children to Thrive in an Anxious and Uncertain World.

Everyone was in full Halloween spirit today! Click on the link to watch our "Spooky Video" of the day and a special thank you to Mrs. Sissons class for putting on our first Haunted House in the gym! It was amazing!