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Good day out there, LVR Community.

Welcome to the fall. You’ll notice that like the leaves on the trees in late-September and early October, this issue of the Superintendent’s Report looks a bit different than it did a few months ago. The stories in this report are now organized under our five strategic learning priorities from our Strategic Plan 2024-2029. These priorities are lifelong learners, connected learners, a caring and inclusive learning culture, culture and identity development and career development.

Good day out there, LVR Community.

Good day out there, LVR Community.  

Unfortunately I did not get an update photo for this week, but will be looking to showcase a photo each week of the great learning going on at LVR through the year.  Thank you to everyone involved for the smooth startup over the past few weeks!

A warm welcome to September and to the 2023-2024 school year. I am pleased to welcome every one of our more than 4700 students and each family whose child or children have embarked on what may be a first or a next chapter of their educational journey within School District No. 8 (Kootenay Lake).

This is an incredibly exciting month for students who may be entering a classroom for the very first time, or entering a new grade, a new program or a new school. “New” is a key word for so much that happens throughout September across our district.  

Good day out there, LVR Community.

A massive thank you to all who have been involved in the months-long planning and organizing for this weekend's Grad 2023 celebrations!  What a fun and loving crowd for last night's cap & gown ceremony with inspiring messages form our dignitaries and valedictorians, as well as incredibly generous financial contributions from our scholarship donors.

For the maps of today's cavalcade & grand march, please visit...

Good day out there, LVR Community. 

A BIG THANK YOU! to all who worked on, and performed at, the LVR Talent Show last Tuesday.  I am still smiling about this event and that we are back together in-person to share our creativity, commitment, and joy.  What a blast - and what talent!  

Lest than a week until Grad 2023 and less than four weeks of 2022-23!  Let's keep focused and have a positive finish to the year.

To the details...

Another school year is coming to completion - June is one of the most exciting months of the year for everyone in SD8.

In June, we see students showcase their efforts and accomplishments throughout the school year - in capstone projects, in school theatre productions, in school-wide projects to protect the oceans or mark the Seven Sacred Teachings or in outdoor sports during and after school, including in the annual wuqanqankimik run/walk/wheel for Reconciliation.

Good day out, LVR Community. 

In celebration of our active youth and the adults who support them in their involvements...

Congratulations to the Kootenay Bombers club girls' volleyball team for their silver medal finish in the U18 Youth National Championships in Calgary! For more details, please visit https://lvr.sd8.bc.ca/news/kootenay-bombers-silver-medal-nationals.

Good May Long Weekend out there, LVR Community.

Thank to Mr. Munby for inviting me in this past week to participate in the Anatomy & Physiology (Biology) 12 Gallery Walk of student-developed projects.  Each presenter got to teach fellow LVR students, adults, and Hume Elementary students through explanations, games, demonstrations, and assessments about various aspects of this course - and I got great refreshers on DNA, endoplasmic reticulum, enzymes, and types of tissues in the human body.