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An overview of discussion items and major decisions of the Board of Education of School District No. 8 (Kootenay Lake).

- A huge thanks to Salmo!

An overview of discussion items and major decisions of the Board of Education of School District No. 8 (Kootenay Lake). For meeting agendas/minutes and a schedule of upcoming board meetings visit our meetings page.

In late January, Salmo Secondary hosted the District Anti-Racism and Cultural Safety working group. Salmo Secondary was very well represented with students Nassali Mugerwa and Violet Bronaugh providing the perspective of students at Salmo Secondary.  

On Oct 26th, Salmo Secondary hosted the Kootenay Zone Cross Country Championships. This was a first for Salmo Secondary who had never hosted the Zone Champs. The meet was used as a provincial qualifier for the B.C. Championships to be held in Victoria on Nov 5, 2022. 

Ms. Marrandino's Senior shop students built a custom 4'x16' shed to house the schools gardening supplies. The shed includes double doors and a shingle roof.

P.E. 9 had a Village challenge this past week where they searched for clues in a scavenger hunt. It was a fun filled class where the learning was taken outside. 

The science 9 class started out this year with a physics unit. Ms. Methuen did an introduction by learning about how electricity is generated and some of the different types of power plants used to generate electricity in Canada.

In Ms. Marrandino's class, students worked in masked pairs to co-create an animal. Partner one began the process and it was the next one up that would make the final touches! Each was named and a caricature evolved. The students took pride in thier final artistic imagination renderings. 

In English 12, our learners have been exploring different aspects of collective identity. We have looked at how cultural stories and having shared experiences create this aspect of identity. This week we gathered elderberries together, took some time to snuggle bunnies and turned all our berries into elderberry syrup.