Good day out there, LVR Community.

Welcome aboard to the LVR Team teaching staff to Heather Shippit - Drama 10-12; Sophie De Pauw - FRAL10, CLE10, and Spanish 11/Level 2; and Carly DeFoe - Literature 11, Psychology 12, and Photography 10-12!

Scholarship Season...

Grade 12 families, please note that we are working on confirming with donors which scholarships will continue to be available this year.  Once we have this completed, we will have the application processes on our website and will share these out widely.  There are the following three types of scholarships to apply for.

• Type 1 - Donor scholarships in which students choose which to apply for through one google form sent out by the school.  School staff decide on the recipients for most of these with a few decided upon by the donor.
• Type 2 - Donor scholarships in which students apply for each scholarship directly to the donor.  Donors decide on the recipients.
• Type 3 - SD8 district scholarships in which students apply through a district process.  District team decides on the recipients.  See https://www.sd8.bc.ca/parents-students/scholarships and talk with LVR Counsellors for details.  

Course Selection for 2023-24 - repeat from last week...

Please be sure to go through our course selection guidebook for 2023-24 at https://lvr.sd8.bc.ca/node/37657 and fill in a hard copy of the correct course selection form in advance of students entering their choices into our online student information system, MyEducationBC. 

On February 27, March 1, and March 2 students will be coming to the LVR library in specific classes to make their selections with the support of our staff.  Students will also turn in their hard copy forms to us to use as part of our system of checks.

Important for parents/caregivers - Please be sure your student is at school the week of February 27 in order to make course selections for 2023-24.  If you know your student will be away, please use our extended absence form to let us know.

Upcoming details...

• SD8 & LVR website calendar - https://lvr.sd8.bc.ca/events/calendar
• LVR Events Listing 
  • Junior Boys' Basketball team at provincials in Langley - February 24-28 - https://thenelsondaily.com/news/lvr-bombers-meet-van-college-open-bc-high-school-junior-boys-basketball-championships
  • Student Council meetings - Mondays at lunch
  • Course Selections entered into MyEducationBC for 2023-24 Gr. 11/12 - February 27, March 1 & 2 in LVR Library
  • Career-Life-Connection (CLC 12) presentations for Work Experience cohort - March 2 & 3
  • Physics Olympics team at UBC - March 2-4
  • PAC meeting - tentatively March 7 at 6:30 in Room 207 & online - Date/time to be confirmed
  • Last day of classes before Spring Break - March 17
  • First day of classes after Spring Break - April 3

Resources...

• Indigenous Graduation Credit at LVR for 2023-24
  • Gr. 10's take First People's English 10 
  • Gr. 11/12's take First Peoples 12 (also English 12 credit) or BC First Peoples 12 (also Social Studies credit)
• Foundry - Counselling & supports for 12-24 year-olds & caregivers - https://foundrybc.ca/virtual/
• EASE at Home everyday strategies to manage stress - https://healthymindsbc.gov.bc.ca/ease-at-home-8-12/
• Enhanced Resilience Training with Nelson's Master Dean Siminoff - https://enhancedresilience.com/

Graduation...

• Next Grad Planning Committee meeting - March 7 at 6:30 in LVR Multi-Purpose Space

Take care,

Dan Rude - Principal