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School District No. 8 (Kootenay Lake) and Bennett Family Real Estate owners Chuck and Karen Bennett invite the community to “Start the Conversation,” a school and community event that focuses on mental health, featuring award-winning keynote speaker Victoria Maxwell.

On Sunday, April 23, the LVR High School Green Team along with support from members of the West Kootenay Climate Hub held an Earth Day event at the Nelson Innovation Centre from 2:00 - 4:00 pm.

Earth Day is recognized as the largest secular observance in the world, marked by more than a billion people every year as a day of action to change human behaviour and create global, national and local policy changes. As the awareness of our climate crisis grows, so does civil society mobilization which is reaching a fervour across the globe today.

The LV Rogers Jazz Band participated in the BC Interior Jazz Festival held April 15 and 16 in Kelowna. The Band performed in the Kelowna festival and received a Silver Rating in their class category! In addition to performing and receiving this great award, students received valuable adjudication feedback from professional jazz educators and performers. The festival also offered students an excellent learning experience, as they had the opportunity to observe a variety of both student and professional jazz ensembles.

School District No. 8 (Kootenay Lake) announced today that the following school principal and vice-principal transfers, appointments and retirements will come into effect August 1, 2023:  

District-Wide

Principal Ken Wiens is leaving Erickson Elementary to take on the role of district principal for SD8’s online learning programs including Elev8 DESK – a Provincial Online Learning School (POLS) - and the hybrid online/in-person program, Homelinks. Principal Wiens will take over from District Principal Rob Simpson who is retiring in 2023.

An overview of discussion items and major decisions of the Board of Education of School District No. 8 (Kootenay Lake).

Congratulations to the LVR Bombers Senior Girls Volleyball team who won their division in the BC Club Volleyball Okanagan Super Series tournament at Selkirk College March 11 and 12 in Castelgar! 

The Bombers beat Kamloops KVA in the semi finals in 3 close games and then went on to beat Abbotsford Elevate 2 straight in the final! 

Congratulations to the LVR Bombers Senior Girls Volleyball team who won their division in the BC Club Volleyball Okanagan Super Series tournament at Selkirk College March 11 and 12 in Castelgar! 

The Bombers beat Kamloops KVA in the semi finals in 3 close games and then went on to beat Abbotsford Elevate 2 straight in the final! 

An overview of discussion items and major decisions of the Board of Education of School District No. 8 (Kootenay Lake). For meeting agendas/minutes and a schedule of upcoming board meetings visit our meetings page.

LVR Woodworking, Media Arts and Design classes put on a fantastic display of their talents and abilities in a showcase held Friday January 27 2023 in the LVR multipurpose room. 

Thanks to their awesome teachers, Mr. Wilkin and Ms. Spencer, students were proud to stand behind their pieces made throughout the semester in their applied skills and design classes. 

The LVR Aboriginal Education Department hosted their Winter Feast for families on Thursday January 20 at 5:00 pm in the multipurpose room at LVR. 

The event was well attended by LVR Aboriginal Education students and families including two elders from the community and the Aboriginal Advocate at Selkirk College. 

LVR Aboriginal Academic Support teachers, Jesse Halton and Liv Hilde, worked hard to prepare a feast of bison stew, vegetables stew and bannock.