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Mount Sentinel Secondary School (MSS) graduate Phoenix Allen has been named a 2025 Schulich Leader and awarded a $100,000 scholarship to study Mathematics at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario.

School District No. 8 (Kootenay Lake) announced today that Emily Mather will serve as vice-principal of Mount Sentinel Secondary School (MSS) starting August 1, 2025. 

Read an overview of discussion items and major decisions of the Board of Education of School District No. 8 (Kootenay Lake), including reports, financial information and more. The next Meeting of the Board held in Public is scheduled for September 9, 2025.

A total of 275 students from six schools attended the annual grade 4 and 5 track and field meet, hosted this year by Redfish Elementary.

West Kootenay residents are invited to attend “Channel Surfing,” the sixth annual short film festival from the Mount Sentinel Performance and Media Academy (Academy PM) on June 9-10 at 7:00 p.m.

Employers in the West Kootenay are connecting with grade 11 and 12 students enrolled in the Work Experience Program (WEX) through School District No. 8 (Kootenay Lake), and excited about their hiring prospects.

Mrs. Bonikowsky's grade 3/4 class walked nearly three kilometres from South Nelson Elementary to Art Gibbon Memorial Park on May 15 to share their new book, “The ABCs of Nelson.”

Read an overview of discussion items and major decisions of the Board of Education of School District No. 8 (Kootenay Lake), including reports, budget information and more. The next Meeting of the Board held in Public is scheduled for June 10, 2025.

The School District No. 8 (Kootenay Lake) Board of Education unanimously approved its budget for the 2025-2026 school year at the May 13 board meeting.

School District No. 8 (Kootenay Lake) announced today that Mr. Ian Cooper will serve as the new principal of L.V. Rogers Secondary School in Nelson and the REACH program, effective August 1, 2025.