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Madyson Isaak joins a select group of Cmolik recipients who show resolve and a willingness to give back to their community.

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The Mount Sentinel Performance and Media Academy (Academy PM) film festival Thinking In Colour takes place at The Capitol Theatre in Nelson at 7:00 p.m. on June 3 and 4.

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2024 Film Festival Poster

School District No. 8 (Kootenay Lake) announced today the last of its annual school principal and vice-principal appointments for the 2024-2025 school year effective August 1, 2024.  

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School District No. 8 (Kootenay Lake) announced today that the following school principal and vice-principal transfers and appointments for the 2024-2025 school year effective August 1, 2024:  

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School District No. 8 (Kootenay Lake) has delivered over 78 food hampers for students and families across seven school communities in the past two months, providing fresh fruit, vegetables, pastas, bread, yoghurt, meat and cheese from spring break through to May thanks to provincial funding from Feeding Futures.

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School District No. 8 (Kootenay Lake) announced today that Principal Jennifer Kooznetsoff will be appointed as the Principal of W.E. Graham Community School in the Slocan Family of Schools beginning August 1, 2024.  

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School District No.8 (Kootenay Lake) is pleased to announce Laury Carrière as the new Director of Instruction – Indigenous Education and Learning Services effective August 1, 2024.

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I recognize that I belong to a larger group of Deaf and hard of hearing individuals.
I can share my experience with other Deaf and hard of hearing peers. (Deaf and Hard of Hearing expanded core curriculum Personal and Cultural Identity goal)

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For the second consecutive year, Nelson area elementary schools in School District No. 8 (Kootenay Lake) have received a generous donation toward food for students and families thanks to fundraising efforts by the Nelson Professional Firefighters Association Local 1343 and community generosity. 

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School District No. 8 (Kootenay Lake) announces the appointment of Kent Tamblyn as district principal – International Education, effective December 2023. This transition follows the retirement of District Principal Paul Luck.

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