Week of April 17 – 21

Monday – ProD – No School for Students

Tuesday – April 18^th –

Wednesday – April 19^th –

Thursday – April 20^th –

Friday – April 21 – Gr. 5 -  basketball students to a game in the AM

• Swimming (we hope) – Gr. 2s
• Tai Kwon Do – Ks and Gr. 1s

Thank you Gr. 4/5s

How amazing was the Gr. 4/5 arcade on Friday. The creativity was out of this world. We are so lucky that all classes were able to come to enjoy the activities. Donations collected were given to the BC Cancer Society. They raised….oops the final count is still not complete

Host an International Student for the Summer

Kathi Knapik, homestay manager for SD8's International Program, is looking for homestay hosts for a summer Japanese program in Nelson. The students have already arrived in Canada, are in grade 11 (~16 years old) and are spread throughout School District 8. They are currently attending school, engaging in Canadian home, school and community life while living in homestays. 

Hosting is a wonderful intercultural opportunity for individuals and families! An ideal host provides a caring home environment where students are fed 3 meals/day and snacks (lunch is packed for summer school), included in some family life and adequately supervised. Students can be excused by their summer program teacher to travel with their host (ie. camping). Otherwise, the students are in summer school weekdays, with weekends off.

The seventeen (17) students will all move to Nelson for July and August 2023, for an English Language and Activities Summer Program. We are seeking hosts for 13 students.  * The students will have transit passes and homestays can rely on public transit or walking to get students to/from their 'home base' at a school on Mill Street (*Monday, Aug. 7 will be a holiday with no school).

Move in date(s):  between Friday, June 30 - Sunday, July 2. They start their summer program on Tuesday, July 4th. 9am. 

Move out date(s): Thursday, Aug. 30 or Friday, September 1st. Their last day of their summer program is Thursday, August 31st. 

Compensation - $1800 (for the duration) per student; tax free

Could host a maximum of three (3) students of the same gender (each requires their own bedroom). 

Please contact Kathi soon - by phone 250-505-7015 (w) or email kathi.knapik@sd8.school to discuss further.  

Satisfaction Survey

Only 6% of our families have completed the Satisfaction Survey. We really want SNES voices heard. I know, I hate filling out surveys also, but this one does help our school.

To complete the survey:

• Go to www.bced.gov.bc.ca/sat_survey/access.htm 
• Under the section Direct Access – no logon number required select:
  
  • District: the name of your child’s district
  • School: the name of your child’s school
  • Language: the language of your choice
• Complete the survey by clicking on the appropriate circle to answer each question.  Move to the next set of questions by clicking on the right arrow in the bottom right corner of the screen. Click on the left arrow to navigate backwards.
• When you are finished the survey, you will get a message “Thank you for sharing your views”.
• Once complete, your school will have the results immediately.

Talent Show Auditions – please see attached sheet

We are beginning auditions for the talent show. These auditions accomplish a few things:

1. For students who might be anxious, it allows them a chance to try to perform in a safe environment, before standing before the entire school and parents.
2. If students have made a genuine effort to display a talent, they are in the performance. We are doing our best to ensure all students who have worked on their performance will be able to fit into the afternoon.
3. We are able to provide some suggestions to the student and family about where they might make it stronger, after trying the performance in front of staff.
4. The intent of auditions is not to eliminate anyone who has made the effort to perform.
5. We are not able to allow lip synching, as this simply takes too long and we do not have that much available time.
6. A suggestion would be that students tell a joke, for students who might be nervous, but still want to try.
7. Attached is the audition form to support planning and auditions. Please have the form to the school by April 21^st. Students will audition the week of May 1-5^th. They do not need to have it perfect, just to demonstrate that they are working on it.

PAC Fundraiser

Spring Plant Sale with GEORAMA GROWERS is now open for ordering on your Munch-a-lunch account - Ordering closes on Sunday April 23rd end of day. 

Have your plants ready in time for Mother’s Day! 

All proceeds of this fundraiser will go to the funding of the 2023 Family Fun Night and grade 5 graduation celebrations at South Nelson Elementary.

A variety of hanging plants and patio planters are available. 

Pick up will be the week of May 8th. Details will be emailed to all who purchase plants.
 
Thank you for supporting the PAC and enhancing the educational experience for all children at South Nelson.

South Nelson PAC

SD#8 Kootenay Lake Strategic Plan is in Draft Form

The draft School District No. 8 (Kootenay Lake) Strategic Plan 2024-2029 is now available for public review.  Please go to the public engagement site to submit comments or questions.  You can send any comments or ask questions through the Comments/Questions tool on this page.

Recycling Update and News

Thanks to the Gr. 4/5 recycling team and Ms. Ben Rabha for all their work to make

Big congrats to the recycling bin winners from this last round: Ms DeSousa’s class (Gold), Mrs C’s class (Silver), and Mrs Dimopoulos’ class (Bronze).

• Some tips to keep your recycling bin clean are:

• You can include all paper including: white, lined, and coloured paper, newspaper, flyers, magazines, catalogues, envelopes, cardboard, and paper bags

• DO NOT INCLUDE: staples, tape, paper clips, craft supplies, books, paper towel, napkins, tissues, paper with foil, wax or plastic linings, GARBAGE, FOOD, really dirty paper (with food or craft supplies), other types of recycling (like: plastic, wrappers, cans)

• The most common contaminants that we have found and that you should look out for are: Craft supplies, staples, tape, food wrappers and containers, orange peels, wax paper, paper towels

• In addition to keeping your classroom recycling bins clean, please help keep all the hallway bins clean. There are labelled round grey bins in the upstairs and downstairs hallways, where you can put mixed paper recycling. It is quite common for garbage to be put in these by mistake, so please be careful to help make sure only mixed paper goes in these bins.

• Doing a good job with our school mixed paper recycling is important because:

• It helps keep all this paper out of the land fill and means it can be recycled into more paper or other products. So it saves trees and is good for the environment!
• If our schools’ recycling has contaminants in it the whole big green school bin must be thrown out, meaning that all the paper goes into the landfill. This is wasteful and bad for the environment!
• If the schools’ recycling bin has contaminants in it the school is also charged a lot of money, so if we do not keep our recycling clean we will no longer be allowed to recycle any paper. It will all have to go to the landfill which will be very wasteful and bad for the environment. 

• Thank you for helping our school recycle!

Mental Health Support

The Foundry

Supports children and youth aged 12 – 25 years old and their families across Canada.

Team includes clinical counsellors, nurse practitioners, peer support, and psychiatry Self-referral based, app available to download and book sessions.

Available programmes:

• Counselling – drop-in hours Tuesdays and Thursdays 2pm-6pm, booked appointments for up to 3 days in advance Monday – Sunday 1pm – 9pm; short-term and brief therapies up to 12 sessions.
• Group sessions – low and high intensity groups (e.g., DBT).
• Peer support – have lived experience with mental health, can offer drop-in/ongoing support.
• Family peer support – have lived experience with supporting 12 – 25 y/o with mental health/substance use, child does not need to be connected with the Foundry in order for family to access.
• Work & Education – employment and education program for  youth 15 – 24 y/o who experience multiple barriers to work, school, or training, and is interested in pursuing, helps build skills and experiences needed to achieve goals.
• Indigenous/wellness team – offers peer support

** Service providers can appl for caregivers account and receive support also **

www.foundrybc.ca/virtual here is our main website if you want to learn about Foundry Virtual BC

www.foundrybc.ca/virtual/groups-workshops for our existing/current groups and workshops for youth and caregivers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7-2CyVmoFs this video provides an overview of Foundry Virtual BC services (and you can meet members of the service provider team)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fn9md5v8q0c this video walks you through the foundry bc app

Community Opportunities

Very Warmest Regards,

Jann Schmidt

she/her/hers

Principal South Nelson Elementary School

Kootenay Lake School District #8

Email:  jann.schmidt@sd8.bc.ca

(250) 354-4139

We cannot always build our future for our youth, but we can build our youth for the future.
F.D. Roosevelt
 
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