Good day out there, LVR Community.

As a year end update, we would like to congratulate the following winners of this year's four major awards for graduating students and share the picture of from our awards presentation this Wednesday in the LVR Courtyard.

• Most Improved Student Award - Lia Lim

• Top Citizen Award - Madison Clark

• Top Service Award - Phoebe Fawcett

• Top All Around Student Award - Angelia Thomson & Mitchell Erickson

Congratulations also to Megan Bonikowsky & Mitchell Erickson for both being awarded the BC School Sports Zone Scholarships for the Kootenay Zone!

Please see the links below to year-end letters from our British Columbia Minister of Education & Childcare, Rachna Singh.  We will be sending out LVR's details for restrictions to cell phone use at school later this summer, for implementation starting in September, with the intention of having a positive impact on attention for learning and mental health.

• Letter to Families - https://blog.gov.bc.ca/app/uploads/sites/808/2024/06/June-2024-letters-to-families.pdf 

• Letter to Staff - https://blog.gov.bc.ca/app/uploads/sites/808/2024/06/June_-2024-letters-to-staff.pdf

Through the summer break, please be sure to keep up on the information in the weekly updates and check in with our support team if you are needing help.  This Directory of Mental Health Resources link is at the bottom of each of the weekly updates throughout the school year for supports for students, parents/guardians, and staff.

• NEW! - SD8 2024-25 School Calendar
  
  • First Day of School is Tuesday, September 3 from 8:40-11:30
• Announcements...    
  
  • Interior Health 'Health Promoting Schools' June Newsletter 
  • UBC Engineering Outreach High School Summer Programs 
  • Wildsight Go Wild! Backpacking Trip
  • Rising Sons Mountain Adventure on Mt. Brennan
  • 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

Take care & have a great summer, everyone!

Dan Rude - Principal, LVR & REACH