ACEBC – Committed to building community and school partnerships, integrating services, and promoting life-long learning to benefit children, families and communities.

Health & Wellness
Community schools empower students, families and community members to pursue both their own health and the collective well-being.
Social & Emotional Learning
Community schools develop and nurture social and emotional capacity in their students, families and community members.
Lifelong Learning
Community schools create opportunities and remove barriers to learning, moving beyond the boundaries of traditional schooling.
Community Development
Community schools help communities obtain, strengthen, and maintain the ability to set and achieve their own collective objectives.
Vision
ACEbc is committed to building community and school partnerships, integrating services, and promoting life-long learning to benefit children, families and communities.
Values
ACEbc believes it takes a whole community to raise a healthy child. Healthy children and healthy families in turn build healthy communities.

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Heart of the Matter Conference

2 August 201514 January 2022 richard

ACEbc Provincial Conference on the Sunshine Coast that included:

Opening address by Sue Montebllo (Community School Principal, Burnaby)
Keynote speech by Mary Gordon (Roots of Empathy founder)
Coffee Table discussions hosted by Maria LeRose
Choice of 19 different workshops, catered food, and local entertainment!

Heart of the Matter Pre-Conference

2 August 201514 January 2022 richard

Out of School Time Programs Make Sense

1 January 201514 January 2022 richard

An ACEbc VIdeo about how Out of School Time (OST) Programming makes sense for today's communities, because:

OST Supports Families 1:10
OST Extends Learning 1:50
OST Supports Healthy Kids 2:56
OST Promotes Youth Leadership 3:41
OST Builds Communities 4:11
OST Changes Lives 5:00

Sunshine Coast Conference 2015: The Heart of the Matter

1 January 201514 January 2022 richard

Angie Osachoff and Daljit Gill-Badesha "Promoting Children's Rights and Participation through Value-Based Play"(PDF, 28 pages)

Lina Swiss: "What are Vancouver children doing after school? A look at out-of-school time using the Middle Years Development Instrument" (PDF, 24 pages)

Out of School Time Programs Make Sense (Short)

1 January 201514 January 2022 richard

An ACEbc video about how Out of School Time Programming addresses and supports the needs of today's communities, through extending learning, promoting healthy living and youth leadership, and increasing adult attachments for children. Out of School Tiime programming supports families and builds a strong community!

Health & Wellness

Social & Emotional Learning

Lifelong Learning

Community Development

Vision

Values