After a 4-year hiatus, the RC Palmer Incentive Program was able to finally bring back its annual multi-grade Camp Squamish retreat. The Grade 8-10 students, along with twelve selected Incentive Mentors, headed out for 3 days of activities and fun challenges. Nestled by the Cheakamus River and the Coast Mountains, the students took part in … More Camp Squamish 2023
Welcome back to the start of another exciting school year at Palmer! This year the Incentive Program has lots to look forward to including the return of our October team-building retreat, Camp Squamish. The staff and student mentors are hard at work preparing for the trip and the students are anxious to take part in … More Welcome Back & AP Results
Two weeks ago we congratulated Palmer’s Graduating Class of 2023 with our annual valedictory ceremony. It was a wonderful ceremony celebrating all the successes the Palmer graduated class had this year, especially as the world slowly returned to normal and the Grade 12 students were able enjoy many of their grad activities being brought back. … More Congratulations to Palmer Grads 2023
After a long series of cancelled trips due to COVID, this year marks the return of the Incentive Program student retreats with the Grade 8 Camp Strathcona trip being the first to take place. The students travelled to Strathcona Park Lodge (SPL) on Vancouver Island for 5 days of outdoor activities, lead by the highly … More Camp Strathcona 2023
This past April 13-15, 2023 was the Greater Vancouver Regional Science Fair which seven Grade 8 and four Grade 9 students participated in. Despite the long days, the students came away with some very positive experiences with the campus tours and some very helpful feedback from the judges. The students worked hard to refine their … More Congratulations to Palmer students at GVRSF!
This April 13-15 is the Greater Vancouver Regional Science Fair and 8 project groups from Palmer will be attending. Chosen from the projects from the Palmer Science Fair in February, the students have been working hard on improving, refining, and further preparing their projects for the Regionals. As Saturday morning is when the projects are … More Good luck to Palmer students at the GVRSF!
Palmer’s annual Science Fair is coming up and the students have been working hard since September to get their projects ready. Please join us from 3-4pm on Thursday Feb 16th to check out their projects! Find out more about the Palmer Science Fair here
Happy 2023! As we look forward to yet another amazing year at Palmer and in the Incentive Program, we are also starting our application process. If you are interested in joining the Incentive Grade 8-11 class, please click here to apply.
It has been a busy Semester 1 at Palmer Secondary and we are looking ahead to some big events in 2023. Incentive Applications – Applications for the September 2023 Incentive classes will open on January 3, 2023. Please see the application page for more information. Spotlight on Palmer – Our annual Palmer open house will … More Upcoming Pre-AP/Incentive events & dates
Even though the school year has ended and the Palmer Grads are embarking on their post-secondary journey, their achievements continue to roll in! The College Board AP Program allows students an opportunity to take university-level courses during their time at high school and earn credit towards those same courses if they score well enough on … More Palmer students score high on 2022 AP Exams
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