PEXSISEN LELLUM

Farmer was awarded the Pexsisen Elementary and Centre Mountain Lellum Schools project.  The Sooke School District named it’s two new Langford schools inspired by First Nations language.  The two schools were built simultaneously and opened for the school year in September and October of 2022.

PEXSISEN [pronounced puck-see-sung] Elementary houses 500 elementary students in a two-storey building. The name – meaning ‘the opening of hands’ or ‘to have one’s hands wide open’ – was gifted by the Songhees First Nations.

Centre Mountain LELLUM [pronounced lay-lum] Middle School fits 700 Grade 6 through Grade 8 students with three-storeys. The name was gifted by the Beecher Bay Nation and means ‘house’ and ‘the idea of community, where we raise our children.’  Centre Mountain is located near Westshore Parkway and is a treaty settlement between Metchosin, Langford and Beecher Bay, that includes the provincial and federal government.