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Following months of consultation, School District No. 8 (Kootenay Lake) has completed its new strategic plan which is a high-level roadmap for the district for the next five years. In a media release, SD8 staff said the Kootenay Lake Board of Education approved the plan on May 9 along with the 2023-2024 school budget that focuses on funding the priorities established in the
Above the front entrance to Hume Elementary School the year “1923” is emblazoned in concrete along with the school’s name. This year marks the hundredth anniversary since the building was first opened and students filed into classrooms to learn to read, write, and do arithmetic at their wooden desks. On June 1, students will join teachers, staff, families, and the entire
In a media release Monday, School District No. 8 said Kootenay Lake and Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Local 748 have ratified a renewed collective agreement under the Province’s Shared Recovery Mandate. “I am pleased that SD8 and CUPE have completed what was a successful bargaining process and taken this very positive step of signing a renewed agreement,” said
Mount Sentinel Secondary Performance and Media Academy (Academy PM) students have been hard this past year getting ready to show their work to their peers, their teachers, and their community. Now it’s show time. On June 8 and 9 at 7 p.m., the Civic Theatre in Nelson is hosting Mount Sentinel’s Academy PM Fourth Annual Film Fest. Tickets are available to the public on the
Kootenay Lake School Board of Education has decided to pause its Proof of Vaccination mandate for staff and contractors. In a media release Tuesday, the SD8 Board of Education said Superintendent Trish Smillie has been directed to pause the Proof of Vaccination Regarding COVID-19 Administrative Procedure pending further changes to public health orders and further information