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On April 16, a shiny shiver of Redfish students and staff celebrated one of our amazing bus drivers Richard Zimmerman who captains the Shark route.

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A man in a ball cap, glasses and a flourescent green vest sits at a table covered in hand-drawn cards and messages.

REDFISH Elementary has a newly renovated kitchen for the 2024-2025 school year thanks to the SD8 Operations team whose skills and knowledge are in much demand across the district.

The project includes upgraded electrical, plumbing, and ventilation, as well as new cabinetry, a new fridge, and a new sanitizing dishwasher. 

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A man in brown pants, a black plaid shirt and a ballcap with sunglasses on the brim stands in front of a kitchen counter in a brand new kitchen

– Robust public participation and balanced budget

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Close-up of three children's hands holding a compass. Children wear red and yellow winter jackets.

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. 

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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.  

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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:

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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:  

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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!

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

Redfish staff welcomed UBC’s West Kootenay Teacher Education Program (WKTEP) teacher candidates back to our school on October 5 when we held our annual Fall Into Nature for which WKTEP has been joining us for more than 7 years.

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At Redfish School, to foster that strong sense of family that exists, not only are our classes multiage but we frequently engage in multiage activities in our colour groups. 

For our first colour group activity of the year, we created a beautiful bulletin board of a school of fish noting similarities and uniqueness of the fish, swimming together.

 

 

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