{"id":3893,"date":"2023-08-20T13:46:21","date_gmt":"2023-08-20T17:46:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chss.rupertschools.ca\/?page_id=3893"},"modified":"2025-10-01T12:48:28","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T19:48:28","slug":"about-our-school","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/chss.rupertschools.ca\/index.php\/about-our-school\/","title":{"rendered":"About Our School"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>About Our School<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">CHSS is a 9-12 dual-track school with a French Immersion Program and offers Sm\u2019algyax and French as second language courses.\u00a0 Our school is located on the traditional and unceded territory of the Ts\u2019msyen and Sm&#8217;algyax speaking peoples in the City of Prince Rupert . The school has a diverse multicultural population. CHSS has a strong academic program, a trades program, a highly competitive sports program, and a vibrant fine arts program.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Truth and Reconciliation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Staff Commitment to Truth and Reconciliation:<\/p>\n<p>Our staff commitment to Truth and Reconciliation is built on Relationships, Capacity and\u00a0\u0142oomsk (respect the land, respect yourself and respect others).<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Relationships involve: Social\/Emotional Learning; Trauma Informed Practice; Identity; relationships to others and self (bias and privilege)<\/li>\n<li>Capacity involves: professional learning with students and staff; sharing, collaboration; reflection and change; true history today; support; assessment; and pedagogy.<\/li>\n<li>\u0142oomsk involves: rights holders, cultural connections; recognizing Indigenous knowledge in a variety of ways; the importance of language (the language of the territory Sm&#8217;algyax and recognizing problematic colonial language)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Anti Racism Commitment<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Charles Hays Secondary School is committed to creating a welcoming and equitable learning environment that is responsive and inclusive.<\/p>\n<p>In January 2023, the B.C. government launched the provincial K-12 Anti-Racism Action Plan to support school districts in their commitment to anti-racism initiatives in their school communities. This plan is a multi-year framework to specifically address racism and discrimination in education and to create a culture and climate of belonging for all students, staff, and families. The Action Plan includes six priority areas of action: Community Voice, Removing Barriers, Raising Awareness, Collaborative Change, Capacity Building, and School Support.<\/p>\n<p>The K-12 Anti-Racism Action Plan is designed to improve outcomes for Indigenous, Black, and People of Colour and support sector-wide understanding and growth of anti-oppressive systemic practices and content. The Action Plan provides supports and builds equity-based initiatives to start to address historical and oppressive barriers and lead to student success and ultimately empower students and educators to respond to discrimination.<\/p>\n<p>Our commitment at CHSS is to enact this plan through:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Furthering our learning about systemic racism and what it means to be Anti-Racist<\/li>\n<li>Update our Code of Conduct to reflect the Action Plan<\/li>\n<li>Understanding our shared responsibility in dismantling racism through tough conversations and adopting new approaches.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>School Growth Plan: Goal Cycle 2025-2028<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/chss.rupertschools.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/School-Plan-2025.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of School Plan 2025.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-646b736b-fbc0-4f92-bd5a-00a5b6c9c93e\" href=\"https:\/\/chss.rupertschools.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/School-Plan-2025.pdf\">School Plan 2025<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/chss.rupertschools.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/School-Plan-2025.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-646b736b-fbc0-4f92-bd5a-00a5b6c9c93e\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About Our School CHSS is a 9-12 dual-track school with a French Immersion Program and offers Sm\u2019algyax and French as second language courses.\u00a0 Our school is located on the traditional and unceded territory of the Ts\u2019msyen and Sm&#8217;algyax speaking peoples in the City of Prince Rupert . 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