– Robust public participation and balanced budget

The LVR Comparative Cultures 12 class recently took a field trip to the Doukabour Museum in Castlegar. The students experienced many eye opening moments about historical events and systemic racism, as reported by their teacher Mr. Wooldridge.  He said, "We had an excellent guide and some invigorating conversations about immigration through history."

The following school principal and vice-principal transfers and appointments for the 2023-2024 school year will come into effect on August 1, 2023:  

Principal Transfers

Principal Dawn Snell will transfer from Salmo Elementary to South Nelson Elementary. 

Principal Appointments

Vice-Principal Mark Bonikowsky will move from Trafalgar Middle School to become principal of Redfish Elementary School. 

Vice-Principal Jennifer Adams will move from Mount Sentinel Secondary School to become principal of Canyon-Lister Elementary School.  

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.

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.

The first in-person convocation in SD 8 in the last two years took place on Friday, June 10.

L.V. Rogers Secondary held a graduation ceremony that saw full community in-person participation and the return of the valedictorian. Our graduates, and school community were very excited!

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Please review the Letter to Students and Families that was emailed out re: School Re-start 2020.

Congratulations to the students who worked hard to maintain their academic standard for Semester 1 at LV Rogers!

Honour Roll Criteria

Grades 9 and 10: Must be enrolled in full course load, with 86% average across courses

Grades 11 and 12: Must be enrolled in 75% course load, with 86% average across courses

Principal’s List

Grades 9 and 10: Must be enrolled in full course load, with 90% average across courses

Grades 11 and 12: Must be enrolled in 75% course load, with 90% average across courses