Good day out there, LVR Community.  

Thank to you all who have helped welcome me into my new role as LVR Principal this week!  I am planning to continue on with a consistent, weekly update blog tradition that I have used at other schools to keep you in the loop.  This week I am using a photo of me so those of you I haven't yet met can put a face to the name, but starting next week I hope to showcase a photo each week of the learning experiences our students are involved in across the school.

I really do feel fortunate to get to do this work in school leadership with our dedicated educators - and look forward to working and learning with you all.

Upcoming Details...

• SD8 & LVR website calendar - https://lvr.sd8.bc.ca/events/calendar
• Dates from LVR staff calendar
  • Grad Portraits - February 6-10
    • https://lvr.sd8.bc.ca/announcements/grad-photos
  • Grade 9 Course Selection for next year's grade 10's at Trafalgar - February 6 & 7 at 1:00
  • Grade 9 Parent Night for course selection for next year's grade 10's - February 7 at 6:00 in LVR gym
  • LVR PAC Meeting in Room 211 & online through Microsoft Teams (link to be emailed on Monday) - February 7 at 7:00
  • Grade 11 Course Selection Assembly for current grade 10's - February 8 at 9:00 in LVR gym
  • Grade 10/11 Parent Night for course selection for next year's grade 11/12's - February 8 at 6:00 in LVR gym
  • Grade 12 Course Selection Assembly for current grade 11's - February 9 at 9:00 in LVR gym
  • Girls' Soccer Practice - Thursdays at 6:00 in LVR gym
  • Youth Forum for the Columbia River
    • https://naypw.wordpress.com/columbia-youth-forums/
  • Nelson Family of Schools Strategic Plan Consultation - February 13, 4:00-6:00 in LVR gym
    • https://lvr.sd8.bc.ca/events/strategic-plan-community-engagement-session-nelson-family-schools
  • Professional Development Day, no school for students - February 17
  • Family Day Holiday - February 20
  • SD8 Student Symposium on Diversity & Inclusion - February 22 at Prestige - LVR staff to invite ten students

Resources...

• From Graduation Plan Information Night on February 2
  • Education Planner BC 
  • BC Student Transcripts Services 
  • SD8 District Authority Scholarships 
• Interior Health Health Healthy Promoting Schools Newsletter - February
  • https://www.interiorhealth.ca/sites/default/files/PDFS/health-promoting-schools-newsletter-february-2023.pdf
• BC Indigenous Graduation Requirements
  • https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/education-training/k-12/support/indigenous-focused-graduation-requirements
• BC Scholarship Society Indigenous Awards
  • https://www.bcscholarshipsociety.ca/indigenous-awards/about-this-award/
• Imagine a Canada Program
  • https://nctr.ca/education/educational-programs/imagine-a-canada/
• BC K-12 Anti-Racism Action Plan 
  • https://www2.gov.bc.ca/assets/gov/erase/documents/k-12-anti-racism-strategy.pdf
• Foundry BC Virtual Counselling for 12-24 year-olds
  • https://foundrybc.ca/virtual/

Take care,

Dan Rude - Principal​​​​​​​