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Hello Families, 

Happy Monday! I trust you had a good weekend. It was beautiful weather to get out and enjoy the outdoors together as a family. 

Today is a ProD day and staff are engaging in learning to improve their practice.

See below for this week’s update. 

Have a great week!

Last week’s highlights include:

South Nelson students celebrated Earth Day and are committed earth protectors! 

Activities throughout the week included reading stories about the earth, watching environmental videos, getting out on the land and local community and making pledges for how we can care for the earth. There was art work, writing assignments and play-based experiences. The week concluded with classes joining a live stream concert from Let's Go Eco Global Assembly .

Our Scholastic Book Fair was a huge success!

Huge thanks to our student teachers, Ms. Blunt and Ms. Chrisfield for planning and hosting the Scholastic Book fair! Also, big thanks to our PAC for supporting the afternoon/evening shopping. It was a huge success with over $4000 in sales! 

Hello Families, 

Happy Monday! I trust you had a good weekend. It was beautiful weather to get out and enjoy the outdoors together as a family. 

See below for this week’s update. 

Have a great week!

Last week’s highlights include:

Shout out to ‘The Dust Bunnies’ Grace, Sylvie, Freddie, Talia, Matthew, and Anona from the Grade 4/5 classes who won the district Reading Link Challenge finals.

Hello Families, 

Welcome back from Spring Break! I trust you had a good time of rest, replenishment, and fun with your family. It has been great talking with students and hearing all about the adventures that were had. We had a good week getting back into the routine of school and catching up with one another. 

See below for this week’s update. 

Have a great week!

Last week’s highlights include:

Spring has finally sprung! There is no surer sign that the seasons have changed than the beginning of eight weeks of training for our annual Reconciliation Run Walk Wheel taking place in all SD8 schools in June. The run offers weekly teachings on this year’s theme of Health, Wellness, and Reconciliation, along with training tips and information for all the staff, students and families who participate.

To celebrate the last day of school before Spring Break, we  had a tropical beach party! The expectation was high all week as student council students prepared for the dance by making decorations, setting up, and making a playlist. There was tropical themed music, palm trees, and everyone dressed up! There was even a photo booth where students gathered with friends for a fun photo shoot. 

Happy Spring Break, everyone!

For winter activities, our primary classes participated in a series of four lessons in TaeKwonDo.

Master Dean from Kootenay Martial Arts came and led students in a series of activities in enhanced resilience training, and foundations of TaeKwonDo. 

Our winter activities are over and were a great success! 

Our Gr. 2/3's went cross-country skiing, and despite a low snow pack and adverse weather, they had some wonderful days of skiing to finish off their time at Apex.

Our Gr. 4/5's went downhill skiing at Whitewater. After having to cancel their day (on one of the best powder days this winter!), they were able to reschedule for a time right before spring break. And what a day it was! Beautiful blue skies and great snow. Everyone had a great time. 

Until next winter - see you out on the trails!