Blog Posts

As we leave November behind us and move into December toward the winter break and the half-way point in the school year, it's a great time to reflect on the past three months and how school communities and SD8 as a whole are supporting each child in their learning journey.

This past month and half leading into late-October has been full, with staff reviewing our school learning plan and tweaked it in small ways to move us closer to attaining literacy, numeracy goals and a greater sense of belonging for all students, and to create a graph showing progress to be displayed publicly. 

It's my pleasure to share this month's happenings across our school communities. Throughout the early fall months, students have engaged in a wide variety of learning activities and events from marking Métis Awareness Month at W.E.

SD8 students from kindergarten to grade 12 as well as families and staff are one month into the school year and settling into the rhythm of a new season, new classrooms, new and returning classmates and so much energy and enthusiasm as thousands of learning journeys are underway.

Salmo Elementary is off to a great start. We are optimistic about the upcoming year.

Our initial goals have been stability and consistency as well as making sure we are well staffed so everyone in our school is ready to support students and families, from teachers to our educational assistant, custodians, bus drivers, clerical staff and me, your interim principal.

A warm welcome to the 2024-2025 school year. 

On September 3, about 4,700 children will leave home in the morning excited to see their friends, full of anticipation and maybe even some apprehension about beginning a new year, a new classroom, or a new school. 

The school year is coming to a close in a few weeks and hundreds of high school graduates across our district will reach out their hands to accept their Certificate of Graduation or B.C. “Dogwood diploma.”  

April brings ‘Budding Learners’,

It was a happy March,

It feels like the school year speeds up this time of year!  May is when 2024 grads who have applied for scholarships are going through adjudication for their awards, while others are preparing to embark on their first steps in a career, apprenticeship, job search, gap year or post-secondary educational journey.