School District 33 Chilliwack
School District 33 Chilliwack is a school district in the Fraser Valley region of British Columbia, Canada.
It has an enrollment of approximately 15,321 full students, and approximately 2,400 teachers and support staff. Its annual budget for the 2023/24 school year is $248,394,300 CAD.
The District operates under authority of the School Act of British Columbia. It is governed by Board of Education consisting of seven trustees elected to four-year terms and is funded principally by the Province of British Columbia through the Ministry of Education.
History
The Chilliwack School District was created on June 16, 1870. James Kennedy was the first teacher appointed by the Province of British Columbia in Chilliwack, on June 18, 1872.Schools
| School | Grades |
| Bernard Elementary | K-5 |
| Cheam Elementary | K-5 |
| Central Elementary Community School|Central Elementary] | K-5 |
| Cultus Lake Community School | K-5 |
| East Chilliwack Elementary | K-5 |
| Evans Elementary | K-5 |
| Greendale Elementary | K-5 |
| Leary Integrated Arts & Technology | K-5 |
| Little Mountain Elementary | K-5 |
| McCammon Elementary | K-5 |
| Promontory Heights Community Elementary | K-5 |
| Robertson Elementary | K-5 |
| Sardis Elementary | K-5 |
| Strathcona Elementary | K-5 |
| Tyson Elementary | K-5 |
| Unsworth Elementary | K-5 |
| Vedder Elementary | K-5 |
| Watson Elementary | K-5 |
| Yarrow Community School | K-5 |
| Rosedale Traditional Community | K-8 |
| Stitó:s Lá:lém Totí:lt | K-8 |
| A D Rundle Middle School | 6-8 |
| Chilliwack Middle School | 6-8 |
| Mount Slesse Middle School | 6-8 |
| Vedder Middle School | 6-8 |
| Chilliwack Secondary | 9-12 |
| G. W. Graham Secondary | 9-12 |
| Imagine High Integrated Arts/Technology | 9-12 |
| Kw'íyeqel Secondary | 9-12 |
| Sardis Secondary | 9-12 |
| Fraser Valley [Distance Education School|Fraser Valley Distance Education] | 10-12 |
| Continuing Ed SD 33 | 12 |
Board of Education
The district is governed by the school board, which consists of seven trustees elected at-large every four years. The 2022 [British Columbia municipal elections|most recent election] was on October 15, 2022. The next scheduled election will be October 17, 2026. A vacancy was created on the Board when Trustee Heather Maahs was elected to be the Member of the Legislative Assembly for Chilliwack North in the 2024 British Columbia general election. Laurie Throness was elected in a byelection on 1 March 2025.- David Swankey, Chair
- Teri Westerby, Vice Chair
- Carin Bondar, Trustee
- Richard Procee, Trustee
- Willow Reichelt, Trustee
- Margaret Reid, Trustee
- Laurie Throness, Trustee