SD8 Completes Five-Year Strategic Plan and 2023-2024 Budget
– Robust public participation and balanced budget
Additional School Leadership Changes for Coming Year
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.
SD8 School Leadership Changes for Upcoming School Year
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.
SD8 School Leadership Changes for Upcoming School Year
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.
Huge thanks to our garden volunteer parents!
We are having a big plant sale on May 11th to fundraise for our garden program and our Hot Lunch program! See you there.
Ski Days and Swim Days
Ski days and swimming lessons are upon us. Each student in Crawford Bay School has the opportunity to participate in one of these events.
Skiing is happening each Monday for 4 sessions total for our Grade 4 to Grade 12 students. Swimming is happening each Friday for 6 sessions for our Kindergarten to grade 4 students.
Thank you to all of the teachers for helping organize these amazing opportunities for the entire school!
Spirit Days Every Other Wednesday
Our grades 7-9 leadership class is currently working on strategies to improve school morale and help connect all of our students across the grade groups.
One way this will be happening is through spirit days. Each day will be run by our middle school group to celebrate coming together in fun ways.
North Kootenay Lake Community Services Update
Welcome back to a new school year. As the year starts we wanted to remind the community of the free counselling supports available through North Kootenay Lake Community Services.
Family Support Counselling
CBESS Return to School Safety Plan
Please see the PDF below for more detailed information about our safe return to school plan. I will answer any questions about the plan during our parent zoom night on September 8th at 6 pm.
Thank you.
Sarah Wick
Principal
"Listen closely, seek truth, walk proudly, share love."
Makerspaces at CBESS
This year SD8 gave schools across the district special funding to beef up our Makerspaces resources. We spent $7720 on a myriad of tinkering bits and pieces. This article from Education Canada will be a good read for any parents or community members who want to know more about Makerspace.
