Administrative savings from school districts being directed back to students
Kootenay Lake School District is to receive $252,383. Kootenay-Columbia gets $178,204. Arrow Lakes, $36,091. SD 51 Boundary, $77,888. The Government of British Columbia is redirecting $25 million in administrative savings from school districts back into frontline services for students. Education Minister Mike Bernier, who...
Selkirk College Partners with Rwandan Music School
A blossoming relationship between the Selkirk College Contemporary Music & Technology Program and Rwanda’s Nyundo School of Music has been formalized. Earlier this spring, music program instructor Gilles Parenteau and three Selkirk College students traveled to the African nation to repay a visit that took place this past...
Nelson SAR host Swiftwater training on Slocan River
Nelson Search and Rescue rolled out the red carpet to host the fourth annual RAFTEX training weekend on the Slocan River. Nelson SAR Public Information Officer, Chris Armstrong, said the public may have seen as many as 14 rafts on the Slocan River this past holiday weekend as teams from Nelson, Fruitvale, Penticton, Panorama, Sparwood, […]
Selkirk College Students Assist Arrow Lakes Restoration Project
Selkirk College students in the Integrated Environmental Planning (IEP) Program dug a little deeper into their studies at the end of the semester along the banks of the Lower Arrow Lake. At the tail end of completing the first year of the two-year program, 17 students gathered in a 50-hectare wetland area just up the lake...
SD 20 approves fees for riding school bus
Not even SD 20 trustees were happy about voting in favour of user-fees for school busing, according to Trail trustee Toni Driutti, after the board approved the fees at their regular meeting Monday evening. Driutti pointed to decreasing ministry funding and wage increases the ministry negotiated but isn't funding, as the reason...
Salmo Students Create Signs to Help Conserve the Western Painted Turtle
Students from Salmo Elementary have been working to design and install six interpretive panels to engage the community on the importance of conserving the Western Painted Turtle population at Champion Lakes Provincial Park near Fruitvale. The project has been a true community collaboration, bringing together Wildsight's...
Selkirk College School of Environment & Geomatics Students Awarded for Superb Work
Applied Science Technologists & Technicians of British Columbia (ASTTBC) Regional Manager Bruce Stevens attended the Selkirk College graduation ceremony last month to honour five students from the School of Environment & Geomatics for their presentations made during the recent applied research conference. The students...
Strength in numbers — Winlaw supporters send message to Kootenay Lake School Board
The Kootenay Lake School Board received the cold-shoulder treatment during its meeting Tuesday at W.E. Graham School in Slocan as more than 350 parents, students and Valley residents attended to voice their displeasure over the potential decision to close Winlaw Elementary School. Winlaw was included in the recent Kootenay ...
SD 20 students get to participate in Selkirk College's Project Heavy Duty
A group of 20 high school students from School District 20 will get a chance to take their keen interest in the trades and local industry one step further with a hands-on experience that could cement their future. Project Heavy Duty is being offered for the first time in this region as a way to connect employers, educators ...
Trustee pens letter on busing for SD 20 Board of Education
I will be voting against the proposed 2016/2017 budget. This budget contains a school-defining item slated for budget reduction . It is the beginning of the demise of fully funded public busing. Everyone associates the picture of the yellow-and-black bus with school. Restricting the operations of the school bus program strikes...
