Seabird Island Community School’s traditional name is;
Lalme’ Iwesawtexw
Lalme’ Iwesawtexw is a place to learn many skills. We are many nations, but we proclaim a goal to strengthen our pride, our language, our culture and our freedom.
Lalme’ Iwesawtexw
Schools are for children, and they come first.
We envision an empowering and respectful learning environment that not only cultivates critical skills, but also nurtures the holistic development of students by facilitating and promoting an appreciation for language and cultural identity.
About the song
“For Our Culture” is an original music video project written, recorded and filmed with a group of students from Seabird Island Community School in Agassiz, British Columbia.
SONG CREDITS: Youth Artists: Celina, Emmy, Lucas, Darryl, Seandre, Kassidy, Nora, Layla, Catalina & Isaiah.
About N'we Jinan Productions
A Message From Our Education Director Regarding Education Jurisdiction
Seabird Island Band has had its own school since 1978 under the BC Ministry of Education school system. On July 1, 2022, our Nation signed onto an Education Jurisdiction agreement with Canada; this means that Seabird Island Band has full control over the education that takes place at the schools on Seabird Island lands. Such a change will allow us to expand our curriculum and school calendar to centre around more culture, language, land-based learning, and our ways of knowing. Furthermore, Seabird Island Education Committee will have the authority to pass educational laws and set graduation requirements, among other things. As a school under education jurisdiction, we are fully accredited to grant BC grade 12 Dogwood diplomas and we will continue to include the public school curriculum core courses and some electives. Under education jurisdiction though, Seabird Island Band will have more freedom to develop courses not offered in the public schools that are centered around traditional teachings, practices, knowledge, etc. Our goal is to prepare our students to pursue higher learning while being well rooted in their cultural identity upon graduation from our school.