Maquinna (K-7) is located in East Van. It strives to engage all learners to reach their academic, athletic, performing, visual and fine arts potential.
Maquinna schools have a culturally diverse population. There are over thirty languages spoken in the community, with the most predominate being English, Cantonese and Mandarin. The majority of students come from homes where English is a second language. Parents are formally involved in school planning through participation in the Parent Advisory Council (PAC). The parents of Maquinna schools are i
05/06/2014
Maquinna hosts a Ready Set Learn event to promote school readiness. Young families from the neighborhood with preschool-aged children attend the early learning event sponsored by the school. Early intervention and engaging children and literacy are keys for student success in schooling
05/01/2014
The First Nations Cultural Enhancement Project was a huge success. It was great to see so many parents, students and staff out supporting the arts. Thank you to everyone for making the event so successful.
04/19/2014
Maquinna Celebration
Please join us in celebrating our students' success as a guest at our Artshow/ Silent Auction
When: Wednesday, April 30th 6-8 pm
Where: Maquinna Gym
Why:
-To share in our students' success in creating beautiful canvas paintings
-to fundraise to purchase more speciality art supplies to continue bringing in wonderful visual artists and projects for the students at Maquinna
How: no tickets necessary. Just come as you are; enjoy the art; bid on pieces you like.
More details to come...
04/19/2014
Maquinna Celebration: coming soon (Tuesday) TheCardProject
Watch for details
04/18/2014
A musical like no other! Maquinna's "Rock the World" takes the community by storm. With shows on Tues, Wed and Thurs the community was treated to a fantabulous display of student musical and theatrical talent. Special thanks to all the parents and family members for their support. Also, a huge thanks to all the school staff for their flexibility, support and involvement. It couldn't have been done without them. Finally thanks to Ms. Wort and Ms. Arntzen for their amazing leadership and guidance- they are so creative and talented! We're looking forward to many more musicals in the future :)
03/09/2014
Student Voice
Student leaders from Van Tech work with Maquinna students on learning to use their student voice to work in leadership capacities around the school. Students have met 3 times and over pizza lunches to discuss what they like and what they want to see more of at Maquinna. They plans to continue their work through the spring.
02/28/2014
Brushstrokes with Susan
Our First Nations enhancement project has been a huge success. Susan McCallum has been working with all the students in the main school and annex. Watch for the next phase of this exciting project with an online book, the card project, and the gala evening arch show and silent auction. Details TBA
02/19/2014
TWITTER
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Dear Parents, in a effort to get information to you in a timely manner, we are continuing to explore technological means to get information directly to you. Follow us for timely updates/ goings on/ and events around the school. Be the first to get information directly from Principal Evans. This is very new for us, but we're very excited to try it out!
02/19/2014
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2014 PRO D DAY
Dear parents, please be advised that this Friday is a Pro D day. While staff will be in the building working on Appreciative Inquiry goals, there will be NO SCHOOL for students. Students return to school on Monday, February 24th.
02/11/2014
Amazing Anti-bullying day. PINK Day. Maquinna kids along with 15,000 other Vancouver students flashmob the audience at the Vancouver Giants hockey game :) We were proud to be a part of it!
02/09/2014
NO SCHOOL
Please be reminded that there will be no school on Monday. Monday is a Family Day. School resumes on Tuesday. The exception is the 6 divisions participating in PINK day Anti-bullying flash mob at the Pacific Coliseum.
BOOKFAIR UPDATE
A huge thanks to all our families for supporting the school library. Take a look at the thermometer. We're actually creating over $1,000 raised. All funds go towards purchasing awesome books and materials for our fantabulous library.