We acknowledge, respect, and honour the First Nations in whose traditional territories the Kootenay Lake School District operates and all Indigenous people residing within the boundaries of School District 8.
Read about student participation in the recent federal election, fabulous bus drivers and firefighters who support children, the 2025 SD8 Youth Pow Wow and more...
This year at Hume Elementary, our school community is focusing on integrating Indigenous ways of knowing, being, histories, and perspectives into our everyday learning.
This April and May, students from Erickson School, Adam Robertson Elementary School, and Canyon-Lister Elementary school are gathering at Kootenay River Secondary School for a series of fun workshops leading up to Pow wow.
Run Walk Wheel training will start April 7th! This year’s theme will be Moving in Reconciliation. Each week, there will be teachings shared around these themes, along with some tips and information for training to work toward the Reconciliation Run Walk Wheel in all SD8 Schools in June.
Redfish has been doing a year-long study that focuses on connecting with the land through the lens of nature journaling. During the early part of the year students learned techniques from the book How to Teach Nature Journaling: Curiosity – Wonder - Attention by John Muir Laws and Emilie Lygren.
