School District 58

REMINDER - Local SCIDES students and families, please join us for a shared lunch this Friday, Oct. 6 at the SICDES/CLC building on 2975 Clapperton Avenue in Merritt. RSVP to Liana Tilt by Oct.5. ltilt@365.sd58.bc.ca @sd58connect

Merritt Central Elementary School is having a Scholastic Book Fair from October 10th to 12th! Please come out to support your school and get some great books for your kids! #ScholasticBookFairsCanada

Welcome back to school! We are looking forward to seeing students, parents and staff back in schools. Have a great 23-24 school year! sd58.bc.ca/wp-content/upl…

The Immediate Entry Bursary was started in 2018 to make post-secondary education more accessible to students. Deadline: 4:30 pm July 17th, 2023. Follow link below for all details and application: nvit.ca/ieb.htm

Mrs. Cleven’s class managed to avoid the rain and went on a great hike at China Ridge yesterday. @sd58connect

VFE student mentors met with Grade 3 students from John Allison for a chat and tour in preparation for next year. @sd58connect

Today was the annual grad visits to the elementary schools. This is always one of my favorite events to organize and be a part of! The elementary kids get to see the big kids and former teachers get to see their once little kids, graduate! @Q101Merritt @MerrittHerald @sd58connect

The @sd58connect #BattleoftheBooks2023 has started! Good luck to all the participants! @IceNIN75 @lia_larson @MSSpanthers

#NOW - the School District No. 58 Student Powwow at Shulus Arbor. The theme of this year’s event is “water is life.” Happening today until 2:30! See more online this week and in next week’s Herald.

SD58 is looking forward to tomorrow’s Traditional Games. Thank you to everyone for your help with this great event - have fun!

Had to tweak my everyday attire a bit for #superheroday at @Central_Hawks Thanks to my youngest for fashioning a book mask for me! Librarians have always been my super heroes and lucky me - I get to be one! #librarytwitter

Mrs. Mailloux’s Grade 4 class celebrated Earth Day by hiking down and around the Cormsck Marsh - cleaning up litter along the way! @sd58connect

VFE students and staff started their day with a special musical treat as Justin Gilberry and his Penticton High School Band(s) stopped in to perform en route to Vancouver! What an incredibly talented group of students! @sd58connect

VFE Leadership students share the significance of March 8th - a day the United Nations recognizes as International Women’s Day. @sd58connect

VFE parents show up in abundance for a pancake and maple syrup treat fir our Carnaval experience! @sd58connect

A little drop in temperature and winter weather won’t stop VFE students from using the brand new backboards just put up today! @sd58connect

The “B-Well” Youth Conference was a huge success today at @MSSpanthers! We were able to end it off with a session from Justin Young about healing and self reflection. A big thank you to the FNSW’s for organizing the event! @sd58connect @mrsbooland @daveandersen @MerrittHerald

Approximately 120 students, staff and family members made a day of it at Apex Mountain learning to ski and board!@sd58connect