Blog Posts

We are nearing the 100th day of school and in primary grades, this is an important day of learning! All of our students are about halfway through the year, many have begun second semester, and everyone is in full learning mode in their classrooms, outdoors and in their communities.

Please click on the link below for our ARES Family Newsletter.

Please click on the link below for the December Family Newsletter.

Midwinter is upon us - a time when SD8 students and educators look forward to sharing and showing what children have learned and the talents they have developed in the first half of the school year.

Hi Everyone,

Please click on the link below to enjoy the November Newsletter for 2023.

Hi Everyone,

Please click below and enjoy the October Family Newsletter.

This month, I want to share my gratitude for some unexpected gifts we have received in our district and in our schools through the month of October. 

Please enjoy the ARES Family Newsletter for September 2023.

Welcome to the fall. You’ll notice that like the leaves on the trees in late-September and early October, this issue of the Superintendent’s Report looks a bit different than it did a few months ago.

A warm welcome to September and to the 2023-2024 school year. I am pleased to welcome every one of our more than 4700 students and each family whose child or children have embarked on what may be a first or a next chapter of their educational journey within School District No. 8 (Kootenay Lake).