News Stories

During the month of December, Salmo Elementary students collected food donations to create holiday hampers for families in our school community. We had an overwhelming outpouring of generosity. Thank you to all families for your donations!

Mrs. McInnis' K/1 won the contest for the most donations, with Ms. Berk's class in a very close second.

Things are getting festive at Salmo Elementary! Students have been making decorations, displays and various pieces of art work. 

During the month of December, students have been focusing on "Kindness" as part of our code of conduct. 

Mrs. McInnis and Ms. Hatt's classes are participating in Wildsight's Nature through the Seasons program. They are exploring the outdoors through all different seasons. So far this winter, the K/1 class has explored ways that all creatures prepare for winter, different snowflake types as well as animal tracks.

Ms. Shamim/Mr. Gray and Ms. Hatt’s classes have been exploring the importance, and history of, storytelling for indigenous people, why we tell stories, and ways to tell good stories. They are making stories on spark video and these will include personal art, text and voice.

We recently acquired a glow forge for our makerspace! Thank you to School District 8 Innovative Learning Department. 

Mr. Vanlerberg's class has been enjoying all the features of the LIVE IT program. 

Our November Celebration of Learning Assembly was a great time to see what is happening in each classroom! We reviewed our code of conduct and watched an award winning short film on kindness. It is surprising how when you are kind to others, by giving deeply of ourselves, we receive so much in return. 

Our sewing lunch club has launched! Each day different learning groups have a turn at learning sewing skills. Some are learning hand sewing, while others may be learning to complete small projects or use the machines. We are seeing some great creativity come out of that room already! Watch for some pajamas to come home at some point!

Our makerspace activities continue this year! Tools and projects have been taken into classrooms for direct classroom instruction. Additionally, our lunch time makerspace club has begun, and students are able to work on their projects over the break. There are lots of fun things being built in this space!