Good day out there, South Nelson community.

This month's submission for SD8's monthly Superintendent's Report comes from Inclusion Support Teacher, Leanne Douglas. 

For the past 2 years, the District has been involved in the Literacy Coherence Initiative at the Kindergarten, Grade 1 and Grade 2 levels.  Schools have been assessing students using a tool called the Early Literacy Profile (ELP) which pinpoints strengths and stretches in students early literacy skills.  Using this information, teachers are able to target instruction to meet the literacy needs of specific students and classes.  After looking at recent ELP data, teachers -Ashley Long (BK) and Leanne Douglas (SNES) noticed that there was a need for specific Sight Word games and activities to support students at both these schools. Working together, Ashley and Leanne developed a number of different hands-on Sight Word stations to have students rotate through, and build their sight word knowledge. These stations were a great success with the multiage grade 1-4 classes at BK, and are now being used with grade 1-2 students at SNES.  Our hope is to share our ideas and resources with other schools in the district in the future.

To the details...

• SD8 & SN April digitial calendar - https://southnelson.sd8.bc.ca/events/calendar
  • SN PAC Georama plant sale - April 14-26
  • Good Friday holiday - April 15
  • Easter Monday holiday - April 18
  • Earth Day - April 22
  • Professional Development Day - no school for students - April 25
  • Early Dismissal days at 1:37 - April 27 & 28
• SN PAC meeting minutes are now posted at https://southnelson.sd8.bc.ca/parents-students/pac.
  • South Nelson Talent Show - Tuesday, May 10 at 6:30.  Signup & details to come.
  • South Nelson Year-End Family Jam Night & BBQ - Tuesday, June 14 at 6:00.  Details to come.
• Student Learning Updates to be communicated to families by classroom teachers in April.
• Grades 1 & 2 Red Cross Swim @ School Lessons - May 6, 13, 20, 27. 
  • Grades 1 & 2 Parents, please return letter sent home through classroom teachers by April 14.
• Student Learning Survey - as emailed, please take some time to complete the parent version of the Student Learning Survey at https://www.awinfosys.com/SurveyFull1/central/main/access.asp. 
  • Scroll down to the Parents Section and use the 'Direct Access - no logon number required' sign-in. 
  • Grade 4 students are also completing the student survey prior to the end of April.

Have a great rest of the weekend!

Dan Rude - Principal