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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:  

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.

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 our meetings page.

Elev8-DESK and Homelinks programs to be available province-wide

The Ministry of Education and Child Care has notified SD8 that we have been chosen as a successful Provincial Online Learning School candidate. SD8 applied to become a POLS in January of this year.

The way students access online learning won’t change for 2022-2023 and Elev8-DESK continues to welcome new students.

Registration is now open for DESK grades K-9 for the 2022-23 school year,  For information, including application forms, check out K-9 Registration | Elev8 Distributed Learning (sd8.bc.ca)