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BCSS has released a series of memos to ensure the membership is well informed and educated on the governance proposal being brought to the May 1, 2021 AGM. 

 Please see attached Package 2 for the Virtual AGM being held on May 1, 2021

Yesterday with the passing of Rich Goulet, BC lost a legend in the world of school sports.

The attached document provides updated guidelines on various aspects of the educational environment and includes updated language relevant to Physical and Health Education as well as co-curricular actvities such as school sport.    

Please see attached the final version (v3) of the Governance Proposal that will be brought to the BCSS AGM in May to be voted on. As always if you have any questions about the proposal or its content please don't hesitate to contact the BCSS Office.     

BC School Sports is please to offer student-athletes who have balanced their high academic achievements with significant success as school athletes and contributions to their community.  For the 2020-21 school year the following scholarships will be offered: Dave Gifford Memorial Scholarship-$1500 awarded to top male and female   BCSS Zone Scholarship-one male and one female from each of the nine zones Bert & Greta Quartermaine Badminton Scholarship-six $1,000 scholarships BC Dairy Scholarship-seven $1,000 scholarships [[{"fid":"5543","view_mode":"default","fields":{"format":"default","alignment":""},"link_text":"Scholarship application package.pdf","type":"media","field_deltas":{"1":{"format":"default","alignment":""}},"attributes":{"class":"media-element file-default","data-delta":"1"}}]] Submission Deadline is Monday May 3, 2021

Despite the pandemic, BCSS is going ahead with awarding two of its awards that celebrate a body of work and a lifetime of servant leadership. BCSS is accepting nominations for the BCSS Merit Award and BCSS’ highest honour, the BCSS Honour Award. Please review the 2020-2021 Awards Information Sheet for more information on the criteria of these awards and the nomination process. We are always looking to celebrate the deserving people in BC.  Contact the BCSS Office with any questions you have about our 2020-2021 awards or the nomination process.  BCSS Awards Nomination deadline is Friday March 15, 2021 @ 4pm

Welcome to a new calendar year of school sport, with the restrictions in place due to the COVID-19 pandemic BCSS has created virtual pandemic challenges in hopes of keeping student-athletes and our member schools active and engaged throughout the school year. With that we are excited to announce our BCSS Basketball Pandemic Challenge Presented by Baden. This challenge will be consisting of three 1-week skills challenges open to any student grade 8-12 at any of our member schools. Please read the attached information package in full as it has all of the details of the event. 

We have received numerous inquiries about the Provincial Health Officer regarding sporting activities across the province issued verbally on December 3rd, 2020.  BCSS has received confirmation that language in the written order confirms that the order does not apply to school activities, both physical activity and sport-related.   Please take the time to read the attached memo in full.   Should you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact the BCSS office.