LVR Weekly Update - 01Mar24
Good day out there, LVR Community.
A positive and productive week here at LVR! Thanks to Ms. Wiltshire & Ms. Mobbs for taking 30 LVR & REACH students to Selkirk College's Made for Trades Day today, to Mr. Marshall for sharing scenes of the ATLAS Outdoor Program ski/board waxing day, and to Mr. Morton for sharing a pic from Pink Shirt Day this past Wednesday!
Other happenings include the return of the 24-Hour Write contest that started today at noon and involves a sleepover in the LVR Library tonight, hosted by Ms. Kroker & Ms. Lori; two students & Ms. Spencer away in Vancouver representing the West Kootenay regional debate team at the Debate Provincials; the West Kootenay Jr. Boys Basketball Championships hosted at LVR; and our Physics Olympics Team, led by Ms. McTague, preparing for their competition at UBC at the end of next week.
Be sure to check out LVR Artists' series of Atmospheric Ink Paintings in a current exhibition at the NDCC, which runs from Feb 22- April 4th. We are working on a press release for this, and in the meantime, please visit LVR Student Art at NDCC.
- Course Selection Forms & Course Code Lists for all grades for 2024-25 are now updated and posted at https://lvr.sd8.bc.ca/node/37657. Mr. Wyllie was at Trafalgar today to start off course selections for next year's grade 10's and has sessions starting next Wednesday at LVR for current grade 10's and 11's. We are hoping to have all students' course selections entered in our system prior to spring break, so please connect with us if yours is not completed by March 14th, the day before the break..
- LVR Block Rotation (clickable link to download the 2023-24 block rotation)
- Please be sure to pay your student fees for semester two classes.
- Dates...
- SD8 2023-24 School Calendar
- Upcoming Dates
- Student Council Meetings - Mondays at lunch in Room 106
- SAGA Meetings - Monday at lunch in Media Arts Lab
- Green Team Meetings - Tuesdays at lunch in Room 207
- Green Team Mixed Paper Recycling - Fridays at lunch
- Grad Assembly, parents welcome - March 7 at 12:30 in the Gym
- LVR House Teams Math & Science Olympiad - March 15 afternoon
- Last Day of Classes before Spring Break - March 15
- First Day of Classes after Spring Break & Easter Weekend - April 2
- Grad 2024 Update
- Grad Assembly, parents welcome - Thursday, March 7 at 12:30 in the Gym - see above
- Continue to visit the LVR Grad Page for updates at https://lvr.sd8.bc.ca/graduation/lvr
- The poster of events for Grad weekend on June 14 & 15 is now linked on this page.
- Photo submissions for the pre-cap & gown ceremony slideshow are due by May 1 to lvrgrad24photos@gmail.com.
- Grad photos orders due March 10.
- Don't miss out on getting a Grad Yearbook! Our order size and book price will be determined by those who have completed the form at https://forms.gle/d99CgZgD4G5Hxzxb6 by March 8.
- Scholarships - https://lvr.sd8.bc.ca/scholarships/lvr is being updated each week with currently confirmed awards. Note that some Type 1 awards are in the process of being into Type 2 awards. These changes will be communicated as each award is moved.
- BCIT Entrance Awards
- Selkirk College Info Sessions
- LVR Athletics Update
- Thank you to all who were involved with our Basketball teams this winter!
- Announcements...
- Screenagers: Under the Influence and facilitated community conversation - Sunday, March 10th at 6:30 at the Capitol Theatre
- Quantum Leaps KAST
- Reading Help for Nelson & Area Teens
- Drug Prevention Campaign for Youth
- Post-Secondary Institution (PSI) selections for upcoming graduates are now available through the BC Student Transcripts Service (STS) website
- Directory of Mental Health Resources
- Foundry Virtual - Free Counselling for ages 12-24 and caregivers
- Everyday Anxiety Strategies for Teens
- Mentoring for Rural Youth
Take care & have a great weekend, everyone.
Dan Rude - Principal, LVR & REACH
