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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 . 

At Wildflower school classes do not endeavor to put on a Winter Break Concert.  Instead, they all hold Learning Fairs over the last two days to display the work they have been doing and are culminating at this time of the year.

Themes include sharing learning around Biomes, Invisible Energy, cell structure and function, connectivity on earth and growing.  

Some highlights from the past month at Wildflower Nelson are below.

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 . 

School District No. 8 (Kootenay Lake) announced the election by acclamation of a new chair and vice-chair of the Board of Education at the inaugural board meeting held in Nelson, B.C., on November 14. School Trustee Dawn Lang was elected uncontested as the new chair, moving into the role after serving one year as vice-chair.

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. 

Here is our Wildflower Calendar for 2023-2024!

The School District No. 8 (Kootenay Lake) Nelson Wildflower School has unpaved a parking lot and turned it into a playground paradise.

School District No. 8 (Kootenay Lake) announced today that Principal Misty Terpstra will transfer from Nelson Wildflower School to Salmo Elementary School to serve as the new school principal.

Principal Terpstra will assume the school leadership role from Principal Dawn Snell whose move to South Nelson Elementary school was announced in May.

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