On the morning of October 14th Trevor along with Blythe Hartley sat down with The Early Edition radio host Rick Cluff to discuss the Strachan Hartley Legacy Foundation annual run and its partnership with Streetfront. The 10th Annual SHLF Run happened on Oct. 16th Click here to listen to the interview that starts at 51:20... Continue Reading →
Congratulations to Streetfront student Emily Lloyd on representing herself, her classmates, her family, and Streetfront well while telling her story on Breakfast Television. Way to promote Streetfront and the Street2Peak Project! Watch for yourself here...
October 3, 2016 Being a kid is tough. It always has been. Sierra Sidwell, a grade 10 student at the Streetfront Alternative Program knows all about that. Sierra’s sitting behind the Streetfront portable, on a beautiful Wednesday afternoon. The garden is starting to fade into its fall colours. The sunflowers are starting to droop and... Continue Reading →
September 26, 2016 “My other teachers never really took the time to get to know me,” Emily Lloyd, a grade 10 student at the Streetfront Alternative Program told me after school on Friday. “They taught you but if you didn’t understand or get it, they moved on and just left me. Streetfront’s totally different. They... Continue Reading →
September 16, 2016 Abdi Ahmed is an easy kid to like. You see his smile before you see anything else. Always happy and always inviting you into his life, Abdi is an amazing and resilient young man. Abdi was born in war-torn Ethiopia. His family was able to flee the conflict and arrive in Canada in... Continue Reading →
By Eleanor Boyle, contributing writer Cody Price comes across as quiet and a little shy, so you wouldn’t know to meet him that he competes in marathons and plays a leadership role in the running program at his school. But Cody is one of the impressive students at Streetfront, the alternative Vancouver high school program... Continue Reading →
July 29, 2016 / By Eleanor Boyle, contributing writer Two years ago, teenager Harmony Satori was aimless, skipping school, doing drugs, and having trouble imagining a positive future for herself. Then she found herself beginning her Grade 10 year at Streetfront, an alternative program at Britannia High School in Vancouver, that helps young people build skills and confidence through physical activities. Today, at 16, Harmony has run two half-marathons, is a straight-A student, and feels like a different... Continue Reading →
Please consider joining us for this great annual run. This year will be the first year that ALL monies raised comes to Streetfront. If you can't make the run consider making a donation in support of our students and our Street2Peak Project. http://shlf.cmail20.com/t/ViewEmail/r/216E29BC2BEF85342540EF23F30FEDED
It was a dark week for Britannia Secondary, considering the speculation of a possible closure but this Sunday the Streetfront Alternative Program decided to focus on what we do best, getting kids to find the strength and determination to show the world how great they really are. Thanks to all 29 kids who once again... Continue Reading →
For our final camp trip of the year we headed over to Indian Arm to canoe the fjord for four days. We had great weather for most of the trip, lots of black flies in the Bishop Creek campsite, seen lots of wildlife, had the wind and tide in our favour and not so much... Continue Reading →
