News Stories

May 10, 2023

Additional School Leadership Changes for Coming Year

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.  

May 2, 2023

Earth Day Hooray!

On Thursday, April 20, Redfish School was out in the neighbourhood for the annual community clean up. This year the students worked in their multi-age groups to clean up the playground and the neighbourhood, plant pumpkin seeds for the school pumpkin patch, and create bird feeders using nature-based materials to feed the local birds.  

The theme for Earth Day 2023 was “invest in our planet,” and Redfish staff supported the students to consider ways they can help.

April 12, 2023

SD8 School Leadership Changes for Upcoming School Year

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.

A young, female adult wearing a burgundy toque leading school children in play in a snowy winter schoolyard
March 7, 2023

Noon Hour Fun and Games!

Ms. Bradshaw, a school district social worker, has been at our school on Tuesdays. We have had parent volunteers as well as Ms. Bradshaw facilitating noon-hour games for interested students.  

Whatever the weather, there is lots of fun learning to be had at Redfish!

A young, female adult wearing a burgundy toque leading school children in play in a snowy winter schoolyard