The Community of Galiano School
We’re a little rural school that believes little rural schools
have some big advantages. Having several
grades in our classrooms makes stimulating learning environments. Having small numbers of students means lots of
resource use for each one. Having small
numbers also gives added reason to truly solve social problems, with family-like support. 
Beyond being a rural school, we are a community school and
that’s huge. The involvement of parents,
relatives and friends takes us to a level of richness that makes wonderful things
possible. Parents put serious time into our
garden, where students plant, tend, harvest and reap the culinary rewards. Our recycling is a passion of our custodian who
gives extra time to teach us about “less garbage, more recycling, better
recycling”. The Men’s Soccer
Association works with our maintenance department to give us an unbelievably fine soccer
field.
We have a family trust fund called the Mabberley Trust that
allows us to have special annual projects in the arts and PE. This year we had a week-long  roller-blading course and an eight week drama production. We have the Galiano Activity Center Society that
fills our week with after-school activities…from basketball to Spanish lessons.
Galiano Island is home to Gulf Islands Film and Television
School, and we’re the public school that benefits.
GIFTS has gifted us with week-long adventures in writing, shooting and editing
video stories. Urban Ink, a Vancouver
multi-cultural theater arts company with strong ties to Galiano has given us a couple of
incredible twenty-week programs. The one we
are now involved in includes two week-long writing intensives, a three-day ancestor study
called “Personal Legacy” and weekly workshops with noted aboriginal artists and
story-tellers.
Many
years ago, the pioneer Robson family deeded fifteen acres to the children of Galiano. We’re surrounded by a gift and every day is
enriched by gifts. We are a little school in
the heart of a rural community that cares. We
celebrate that.
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