News Stories

May 17, 2023

New Vice-Principal at Mount Sentinel Secondary School

 

School District No. 8 (Kootenay Lake) announced today that Mr. Ryan McAllister will be appointed to Mount Sentinel Secondary School as the new vice-principal starting on August 1, 2023.

Mr. McAllister will take over from Vice-Principal Jennifer Adams who will become principal of Canyon-Lister Elementary School in the Creston Family of Schools. 

May 10, 2023

Additional School Leadership Changes for Coming Year

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. 

Principal Appointments

Vice-Principal Mark Bonikowsky will move from Trafalgar Middle School to become principal of Redfish Elementary School. 

Vice-Principal Jennifer Adams will move from Mount Sentinel Secondary School to become principal of Canyon-Lister Elementary School.  

April 12, 2023

SD8 School Leadership Changes for Upcoming School Year

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.