LVR Weekly Update - 26Jan25
Good day out there, LVR Community.
A few pics this week from LVR athletes & artists. Please see below for upcoming basketball season dates, including home games, and have a read/listen for more information about the Nelson Polka Dot Dragon Lantern Festival that LVR students have been participating in for multiple years.
Students who need to attend on Monday, January 27 will have had communication directly from teachers.
Semester 2 starts on Tuesday, January 28th and runs as single block ABCD classes from Tuesday-Friday. See the most updated LVR Block Rotation link below for the full block rotation calendar.
Cafeteria meals ordering is now open through LVR munchalunch for meals served between February 10 and April 17, 2025. Last day to order meals is February 3 at 9:00am.
English First Peoples 12 Indigenous Languages Component Update, posted by Ms. Naomi Legg.
Nelson Co-Op Radio Ecocentric Interview with LVR Green Team, Mr. Wooldridge, and Mr. Rude. (Starts at 3:30 and runs to 22:00.)
Ongoing Details...
- LVR Block Rotation - Please note that there is a new edit to this from November 18 with the first week of semester two all running as ABCD with no double block days.
- SD8 2024-25 School Calendar
- LVR & SD8 Code of Conduct
- LVR Personal Digital Devices Policies & Procedures - new for 2024-25
- LVR Attendance Policies & Procedures - see updates for 2024-25
- Grads
- LVR Grad 2025 website is regularly updated with current information. Be sure to check this page out each week for updates.
- Be sure to see the updates now coming the the Grad 2025 Google Classroom.
- NEW...
- Grad Hoodies Design Choices form - due January 31 at 3:30pm, access to the form requires each grad to be logged into their sd8.school google account
- Coffee Fundraiser
- Grocery Card Fundraiser
- Cinderella's Closet Open House
- Upcoming Dates
- Turnaround Day - Monday, January 27 - Teachers will be directly in touch with students/families who need to attend this day
- Start of Semester 2 - Tuesday, January 28
- Professional Development Day, no school for students - February 14
- Family Day Statutory Holiday - February 17
- Course Selection Presentations for 2025-26 - starting mid-February, dates to be published soon
- LVR Athletics Update
- Jr. & Sr. Boys Basketball at LVR v. Castlegar - January 28 after school
- Sr. Girls Girls Basketball at Castlegar - January 28 after school
- Sr. Girls & Sr. Boys Basketball at Grand Forks - June 30
- Jr. Boys Basketball at Kelowna Tournament - January 30-February 1
- Sr. Girls Basketball Home Game at LVR v. Castlegar - February 5 after school
- Sr. Boys Basketball at Osoyoos Tournament - February 7/8
- LVR School Counsellors
- Students with Last Names A-L - Ms. Hobden - lisa.hobden@sd8.bc.ca
- Monday-Wednesday 8:40-3:10, Thursday 8:40-11:40
- Students with Last Names M-Z - Ms. Terlingen - miranda.terlingen@sd8.bc.ca
- Tuesday 10:15-3:10, Wednesday-Friday 8:40-3:10
- Students with Last Names A-L - Ms. Hobden - lisa.hobden@sd8.bc.ca
- Announcements...
- First Aid Training - Subsidized Course for Teens
- Mir Lecture - Carol Off - 'At a Loss for Words: Conversation in an Age of Rage'
- Community Map of Services of Low Income Vulnerable Populations in Nelson
- Nelson Weekly Foods Support Calendar
- Interior Health - Healthy Promoting Schools January Newsletter
- LVR PAC Fundraiser - Passport to the Kootenays
- Weekly Counselling/Art Therapy at LVR - Wednesdays
- Art Therapy Drop in Group at LVR - Wednesdays at Lunch
- LVR Green Team Instagram
- LVR Debate Club
- Ignite Athlete Development Program
- Enhanced Resilience Training Weekend for Women
- Enhanced Resilience Training Weekend for Men
- Parenting with the Whole Self Online Art Therapy Group for Parents
- Low Fee Counselling for Youth - Summit Psychology
- Kootenay-Boundary Physicians' Resources for Child & Youth Mental Health
- Drug Prevention Campaign for Youth
- Directory of Mental Health Resources
- Foundry Virtual - Free Counselling for ages 12-24 and caregivers
- Everyday Anxiety Strategies for Teens
Take care, everyone.
Dan Rude - Principal, LVR & REACH
