qathet School District SD47
Powell River, British Columbia · Public · English
FSA results
Students at or above expectations in the Foundation Skills Assessment, 2025-2026. The British Columbia average is 73.4%.
Average for British Columbia: SD47 places 19 of 42 districts with published results, on the mean of the assessments it sat (66.1%).
784 assessments written. Counts the ministry masks for privacy are left out rather than counted as zero. Source: BC Data Catalogue
Student success
How qathet students are doing, in the district's own annual report
Literacy, on track or extending
Foundation Skills Assessment in grades 4 and 7 (about 160 to 290 writers, 71 to 74% participation) and the Grade 10 and 12 literacy assessments; a third of the district's students are in its online school, which pulls district-wide rates down
Numeracy, on track or extending
Foundation Skills Assessment in grades 4 and 7 and the Grade 10 numeracy assessment
Graduating
Six-year completion rate, Dogwood and Adult Dogwood, from the Ministry's report; BC residents only, then all students including the online school, and transition to a BC post-secondary institution
What students say
Student Learning Survey 2024-25, students answering many times or all of the time, read from the Ministry's charts; about 210 to 230 elementary and 250 secondary responses
Click any figure to open its chart with every year.
What the report says
The figures as charts, every year labelled, and the report's findings, in one PDF.
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What the report says
The figures as charts, every year labelled, and the report's findings, in one PDF. Show Hide
Figures and findings read from qathet School District's Enhancing Student Learning Report, September 2025 (PDF, sd47.bc.ca) , published 2025-09.
The report's own pages
The results pages as the district published them. Open a page to read it at full size.
School buses and catchment areas
Student Transportation, sd47.bc.ca ↗- Who qualifies
- Beyond 3.2 km of the catchment school, apply by June 12; Edgehill has no bus
- Register
- Returning riders re-registered automatically; others apply online. RFID passes tapped on and off
- Courtesy riders
- If a seat is free; can be withdrawn
- Young riders
- Age seven and under need a parent at the stop
- Contact
- 604-414-2612; board office 604-485-6271
Route map
All 9 routes drawn from the district's stop lists. Open the live map to pick a route and see its stops and times.
Stops placed with OpenStreetMap; a stop that could not be placed is left off rather than guessed. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Busing maps
The district's walk-limit maps: the 3.2 km circle around each Powell River school, outside which students qualify for a bus.
Board of Education and district staff
Write to the Board: info@sd47.bc.caTrustees
Five trustees for the qathet region; the next election is October 17, 2026. Mail c/o qathet School District, 4351 Ontario Avenue, Powell River.
- jaclyn.miller@sd47.bc.caJaclyn MillerChairperson
- gretchen.conti@sd47.bc.caGretchen ContiVice-Chairperson
- dale.lawson@sd47.bc.caDale LawsonTrustee
- maureen.mason@sd47.bc.caMaureen MasonTrustee
- Kirsten Van't SchipTrustee
As listed on Trustee Profiles, sd47.bc.ca
District staff
4351 Ontario Avenue, Powell River, 604-485-6271; info@sd47.bc.ca.
- paul.mckenzie@sd47.bc.caPaul McKenzieSuperintendent · 604-414-2600
- steve.hopkins@sd47.bc.caSteve HopkinsSecretary-Treasurer · 604-414-2604
- kristen.brach@sd47.bc.caKristen BrachDirector of Instruction · 604-414-2601
- allison.burt@sd47.bc.caAllison BurtDirector of Instruction · 604-414-2613
- vianne.kintzinger@sd47.bc.caVianne KintzingerDirector of Instruction
- jessica.johnson@sd47.bc.caJessica JohnsonDistrict Principal of Indigenous Education · 604-414-2639
- tawnie.gaudreau@sd47.bc.caTawnie GaudreauDirector of Student Support Services · 604-414-2607
- hr@sd47.bc.caMaureen BenoitDirector of Human Resources
- benjamin.grant@sd47.bc.caBen GrantDirector of Information Technology · 604-414-2621
- kristy.payne@sd47.bc.caKristy PayneDirector of Communications
- antonietta.burnett@sd47.bc.caAntonietta BurnettFacilities and Transportation secretary · 604-414-2612
As listed on Contact Us, sd47.bc.ca
Schools
10 total| School | Students |
|---|---|
| Brooks Secondary | 926 |
| Edgehill Elementary | 215 |
| Henderson Elementary | 125 |
| James Thomson Elementary | 261 |
| Kelly Creek Community School | 174 |
| Texada Elementary | 36 |
| Westview Elementary | 359 |
| Continuing ED SD 47 Continuing Education School | - |
| Partners in Education Program (PIE) Provincial Online Learning School | 1,241 |
| Westview Learning Centre Alternate Programs School | - |
Enrolment 2025-2026. Source: BC Data Catalogue