We had our first session in the garden this school year with Ian (Britannia Food Security Co-ordinator) and Matthew (Environmental Youth Alliance) who guided us through the importance of seed collection. We learnt many cool facts about seeds like the majority of our food plants require human intervention for propagation and have lost the capability... Continue Reading →
Today Streetfront students (current and former), staff, family and friends participated in the annual Strachan Hartley Legacy Foundation run. SHLF is our single biggest financial supporter of Streetfront and we always look forward to their 5 km and 10 km fundraising run. If you want to support a Foundation that supports youth through sports then ple... Continue Reading →
Streetfront took 11 students on a three-day backpacking trip to Tetrahedron Provincial Park which is located just north of the town of Sechelt on our beautiful Sunshine Coast. This park boasts four wilderness cabins on a network of ex-logging roads and trails. It has been 15+ years since I backpacked here and I must not... Continue Reading →
The Vancouver School Board and Britannia Community Services Centre in partnership have a carving pavilion on the Britannia campus. One of the first creations to come from this pavilion was a wonderful traditional First Nations canoe. On September 21 Streetfront & Outreach Alternatives joined VSB representatives and First Nations community members at Cates Park in... Continue Reading →
We start every September off with a camp trip to bond as a class/family/team. The school year looks very promising with this great bunch of youth!
Softball is the first of several sports tournaments that brings together some of Vancouver's Alternative School together for friendly competition. Our Streetfront students did outstanding winning the Junior division and second overall against the winning Senior team! Well done all!
With glorious weather Streetfront returned to one of our favourite trails - Mt. Seymour. It was so warm on this October day we didn't even have to put a jacket on at the Seymour's "First Pump"!!
Trevor Stokes Teacher - Streetfront Alternative Program Department Head - Alternative Programs, Britannia Secondary 604-506-9131
It doesn't take Streetfront long to get back into high gear. On only the 2nd Friday back with only 3 training runs prior, 11 allstars got their gear on, ignored the rain and hammered out a run from Britannia to Deep Cove, North Vancouver. Special thanks to Constable Brandon Steele for running alongside us and... Continue Reading →
Well it didn't take long for the Streetfront kids to get back at it. Trevor Stokes Teacher - Streetfront Alternative Program Department Head - Alternative Programs, Britannia Secondary 604-506-9131
