Key Sustainability Features: Student literacy rates in Grade 1 have climbed from 10 percent to 60 percent Between 1997-2000 the community raised $700,000 in cash and in-kind contributions to support new programs With the help of dedicated faculty, students and parents, Grandview ?Uuqinak'uuh School proudly supports unique social and environmental programs for an extremely diverse school and its surrounding community. Of particular interest is Grandview's dedication to bringing education out of the classroom and into the outdoors as a way of fostering stewardship of place, bringing beauty and ownership to the community centre, and providing a hands-on teaching tool to students. Urban gardens, designed, planted and tended by students and community members have taken over neglected space surrounding the school.  READ MORE