Good day out there, South Nelson Community.

Our February submission for the monthly Superintendent's Report comes from Ms. Finnie's classroom.  Ms. Finnie’s Grade 4-5 class is in the midst of doing a cross curricular unit in both Literacy & Social Studies. We are looking at the big idea of  The Changing Nature of Immigration in Canada and asking big questions like “ What does it mean to be Canadian?” & “What is multiculturalism?”. Students have been reading different novels, which all have the underlying s themes of Immigration, Racism, and getting a glimpse into the life in a refugee. Through their literacy circles, students have been having rich discussions about how we can support new Immigrants or refugees  in our community and empathizing as to what life might be like in other parts of the world. This study will merge into the theme of Black History Month, for the upcoming month of February.

To the details...

• SD8 & South Nelson February digital calendar - https://southnelson.sd8.bc.ca/events/calendar
  • February 18 - Professional Development Day - no school for students
  • February 21 - Family Day holiday
  • February 23 - Pink Shirt Day
• Dates/events not on this digital calendar
  • February 7 & 14 - grades 4/5 WH20 ski/board days
  • February 7, 14, 15, 22 - K/1 & 1/2 indoor soccer sessions at Nelson Indoor Soccer Centre - two sessions per classe, details & consent forms to come from classroom teachers
• SD8 is undergoing a Public Engagement Process in developing our Anti-Racism Policy.  Please visit https://www.sd8.bc.ca/public-engagement/anti-racism for more information and be sure to give any input through the survey link at this site.
• SD8's Facilities Meetings for each Family of Schools are taking place this month, including for the Nelson Family on Thursday, February 24th via zoom.  Please visit https://www.sd8.bc.ca/events/facilities-meeting-nelson-family-schools-0 for the details.
• All students' mid-year Learning Updates were posted to our MyEDBC parent portal this past week.  Please use this link https://myeducation.gov.bc.ca/aspen/logon.do and the username and password provided by email from our office.
• South Nelson PAC meeting minutes from February 1st are now posted at https://southnelson.sd8.bc.ca/parents-students/pac.
• DPAC February newsletter - https://southnelson.sd8.bc.ca/announcement/kootenay-lake-dpac-feb-newsletter

Take care,

Dan Rude - Principal