Our Lady of Good Counsel
Elementary School
A Roman Catholic K-7 Independent School in Surrey, British Columbia.
At Our Lady of Good Counsel School students, parents, staff and clergy collaborate in the building of a community of faith that spreads the Good News of Jesus Christ. We recognize the value of the family and the role of parents as the primary educators of their children. We work together to create an atmosphere of love and mutual respect where ALL students are respected, valued, safe and accepted regardless of their gender, race, religion, culture, sexual orientation orgender identity and expression.
As a school community, we seek to nurture the intellectual, physical, emotional, social, moral and spiritual potential of our students. We acknowledge the innate worth and dignity of our students, and work to help them develop respect for themselves and for one another. We assist them in their efforts to become mature and self-disciplined citizens. We encourage them to value and develop their unique, God-given talents and gifts in the service of others.
In our role as Christian educators, the staff and teachers strive to imitate St. John Bosco in being joyful signs and bearers of God’s love for the young, a love that is essential in achieving our spiritual and academic goals.
Our CISVA Schools Mission statement reads: Our Catholic schools provide each student with an education rooted in the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Guided by the Holy Spirit and Catholic teaching, in partnership with home and parish, our schools foster the growth of responsible citizens who will live, celebrate, and proclaim their faith.
Our deep hope is that students become Saints. Under the Salesian focus at our school we strive to holiness in all things. Students can do their “ordinary deeds extraordinarily well” and in doing so can achieve sainthood. The common mantra present in the school is do your ordinary deeds extraordinarily well.
Our Lady of Good Counsel School aims to provide our students with a positive Christian learning environment. The pastor, principal, and staff work closely with the parents to develop a genuine and active Christian community. Students experience this community while they develop their own individual academic and physical skills and talents.
Our deep hope is that students become Saints. Under the Salesian focus at our school we strive to holiness in all things. Students can do their “ordinary deeds extraordinarily well” and in doing so can achieve sainthood. The common mantra present in the school is do your ordinary deeds extraordinarily well.
Our ultimate goal is the formation of students who are well-mannered, who possess good work and study habits, who strive for excellence, and who can play and work together as a cohesive team, using their individual gifts to complement one another. Emphasis is placed on the virtues of self-discipline and respect for self, others, authority and property.
Within our school community, we are dedicated to developing a greater awareness, respect and appreciation of the ethnic, religious, and social diversity of Canadian society.
The school recognizes parents as the primary educators/catechists of their children and strives to keep them informed of school programs, extra-curricular activities and current educational trends.
The spirit of Our Lady of Good Counsel School is reflected in our openness to the Word of God and our effort to live according to that Word. We follow Mary, our patroness, who “heard the Word of God and kept it.”
OLGC School Continuous Improvement Goals 2025-2026
Spiritual Goal:
To improve students and staff participation in monthly Adoration and time appropriate Novenas; in particular for Saint Don Bosco, Our Lady of Good Counsel and Mary Help of Christians.
Academic Goal # 1:
To continue to improve OLGC’s students’ reading literacy, specifically in the area of reading comprehension of all students at OLGC School – in the area of (reading strategies) for primary students and intermediate students. We expect the IXL Diagnostic Data to show that student are at or beyond grade level (at or above).
Academic Goal #2:
To improve OLGC students’ math abilities. In particular to improve all K-7 students (Number Sense/Fluency). We expect the IXL Diagnostic Data to show that student are at or beyond grade level (at or above).
