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Spring is in the air at Rosemont School! 

On May 11th students at Rosemont participated in our annual 'spring stations' event where student leaders led groups through eight fun and engaging activities. 

Students rode bikes, played basketball, four square, marbles, played with bubbles and chalk and much more!

– Robust public participation and balanced budget

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 SD8.bc.ca/meetings.

The following school principal and vice-principal transfers and appointments for the 2023-2024 school year will come into effect on August 1, 2023:  

Principal Transfers

Principal Dawn Snell will transfer from Salmo Elementary to South Nelson Elementary. 

Principal Appointments

Vice-Principal Mark Bonikowsky will move from Trafalgar Middle School to become principal of Redfish Elementary School. 

Vice-Principal Jennifer Adams will move from Mount Sentinel Secondary School to become principal of Canyon-Lister Elementary School.  

Earth Day was a big celebration at Rosemont School!  We aligned our Earth Day messages with our Poetry month to create a 'Poetree' where all students showcased their earth poems. 

We held an outdoor assembly where we learned about the history and importance of Earth Day, sang songs and students shared their writing. 

Following the assembly, all students helped the earth by picking up litter from our school grounds and neighbouring community. 

Go green Rosemont!

 

School District No. 8 (Kootenay Lake) announced today that the following school principal and vice-principal transfers, appointments and retirements will come into effect August 1, 2023:  

District-Wide

Principal Ken Wiens is leaving Erickson Elementary to take on the role of district principal for SD8’s online learning programs including Elev8 DESK – a Provincial Online Learning School (POLS) - and the hybrid online/in-person program, Homelinks. Principal Wiens will take over from District Principal Rob Simpson who is retiring in 2023.

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

On Wednesday, February 22nd Rosemont School was a SEA of PINK!  

Students represented their awareness of kindness by sporting pink shirts. We came together to sing, learn and understand how to help solve problems in peaceful ways.  

Rosemont students are KIND and CARING upstanders – way to go Rosemont! 

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.

Four elementary schools in School District No. 8 (Kootenay Lake) have received a combined $1300 toward food for students and families thanks to fundraising efforts by the Nelson Professional Firefighters Association Local 1343.