Welcome to School District 61

The Greater Victoria School District No. 61 is located in the capital city of British Columbia and covers the municipalities of Esquimalt, Oak Bay, Victoria, View Royal and a portion of Saanich and Highlands. I encourage you to learn more about our school district through this website. The site provides information about our Board of Education, individual schools, our school district policies, regulations and bylaws, a district map and much more.

John Gaiptman, Superintendent of Schools


District Spotlight

New Student Registration and School Opening Information – September 2010

Teacher Staffing – Successful Applicants List
To access this list you must log in using your full district email i.e. teacher@sd61.bc.ca and password

My teacher-librarian
A message from the students, teachers and teacher-librarians of the School District of Greater Victoria

Shoreline Middle School student wins an “A Channel Amazing Kid Award”
Angelica Thomas, Grade 8 student at Shoreline Middle School won an “A Channel Amazing Kid Award” on June 3rd 2010. Angelica is from Hesquiaht First Nation and Esquimalt Nation and is the granddaughter of the late Tyee Hawiih Nick Andrews.

Kindergarten 2010
Our new Kindergarten 2010 page has all the information for starting school in 2010.

Thank you to John Bird, VCPAC President

Congratulations to Carol McDougall on publishing “A Salmon’s Journey”

Monterey Middle School presents at Board Meeting

George Jay Aboriginal Student and Family Dinner
George Jay Elementary hosted their first Aboriginal family and community dinner. Awards were presented to students for attendance, academic achievement and social responsibility based on "The Seven Teachings".

947 & 382 Skills Enhancement Training
Training / Education opportunity for CUPE 947 & 382 staff.