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February 18, 2025

SNES News Feb. 18

Hello Families, 

Welcome to a new week! I hope you had a great family day long weekend.

See below for this week’s update. 

Last week’s highlights include:

  • Whitewater ski days   – Students had their second day at the hill last week. It was a great day of learning and practicing their skills.  
  • Valentine’s day – Valentine’s day was a great day of celebration of friendship and kindness. Each class celebrated in a different way and it was great to see students sharing cards and small tokens with each other. 
  • BC history studies – Intermediate students have been learning about the history of BC and working on some research projects.
  • Environmental studies – These continue. Mrs. Bonikowsky’s class has taken over our recycling program and have been learning about how to manage the materials we have and recycle appropriately.
  • Black History month - All classes continued with learning about Black History in Canada 

 

A few pieces of information/reminders for you:

  1. Enrolment for 2024-25 – We are starting to look at our projections for enrolment next year. If you anticipate no longer being at South Nelson next year, please let us know. In addition, if you know of any families, or new K students coming, please let them know to register as soon as possible. 

     

Some upcoming dates (you can also find these posted on our calendar: https://southnelson.sd8.bc.ca/events/calendar)

  • Feb. 6, 13, 20, 27 – Whitewater ski days

  • Feb. 18-21 Hundred Day celebrations

  • Feb. 21 – Play in the K

  • Feb. 26 – Pink Shirt Day

  • March 11 – Reading Link Challenge

  • March 13 – Cardboard Arcade

  • March 14 – Report Cards released

    • Last day before Spring Break

  • March 31 – First day back from Spring Break

 

Family learning resources: 

February 26 is Pink Shirt Day. Here are some resources for you as you have conversations with your children about the topic of bullying, anti-bullying, and how to stand up against bullying. Encourage your child to wear pink on this day. 

 

Pink Shirt Day – Kids Explain (CBC Kids)

 

Here is a website with a collection of various activities you could choose to do at home to talk about bullying with your child(ren). There are downloadables, videos, and art activities.

 

Here is a link to ERASE BC which also has a wealth of information on bullying, how to prevent it and how to report it. 

 

Have a great week, 

Mrs. Snell