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Thursday April 2nd, the Easter Bunny went to Madame Suzie's car and stole the treats she had prepared for her Kindergarten students.  The whole class ran outside to catch the thief!  They found him in the garden.  He had hidden all the eggs in there.  Student were sure happy and Madame Suzie was relieved that her treats were not stolen.

PRESS RELEASE

March 30, 2026

School Bus Incident

"I was educating the children on how the salmon was caught. It was caught by dip netting at Farewell Canyon. I wanted the kids to see salmon that was actually caught by dip netting. I gutted and fileted the fish in front of them and explained that after the fileting process, our elderly from my community, will get ready to smoke it in a smoke house, using willow sticks across the fish and then it gets put onto a pole to hang for smoking. I also talked about how my community elders and people eat salmon, there are different ways.

Over the past month, five grade 6/7 classes at both Lakeview and Voyageur Elementary schools have been busy learning about wind turbines. Working in teams, students have been working through the design thinking process with wind turbine blades. They first researched components of energy, environmentalism and trades involved with wind turbines. They were then challenged to work together in teams to design and create blades.

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PRESS RELEASE

February 9, 2026

For immediate release

District Principal and Vice-Principal Appointments 

The Quesnel School District is pleased to announce the following appointments, effective immediately:

District Principal – Indigenous Education

Letter for Parents & Guardians

Vice Principal of Voyageur Appointment

The Quesnel School District is pleased to announce that Ms. Shauna Lothrop has been appointed to the position of vice-principal of Voyageur Elementary effective December 31, 2025.

Ms. Lothrop has been employed at the Quesnel School District since 2002 and has worked as a kindergarten teacher, learning assistance teacher, resource teacher, early literacy teacher and most recently, as the District Vice-Principal of Early Learning and Childcare. 

The Quesnel School District is pleased to announce the following appointments effective January 1, 2026. 

Director of Instruction - Curriculum

Ms. Jan Bauer has been appointed tot he position of Director of Instruction - Curriculum. 

Ms. Bauer is the the Principal of Voyageur Elementary and prior to her time there served as Principal at Dragon lake Elementary and Parkland Elementary.

Ms. Bauer holds a Master's of Administration and Leadership Degree.

Ms. Bauer will be replacing Ms. Suzanne Bolin, who is retiring from the district.