Blog Posts

Welcome to the 2025-2026 school year. The first day of school is always exciting and full of promise for each child in kindergarten through grade 12.

Read about and see great images of student learning across SD8. A special congratulations to all SD8 graduates and their families.

Ms. Ziefflie and Ms. Bala's Gr 1/2 class hosted many guests in the Out For the Oceans Café this week. They served a delicious meal of spaghetti, salad, garlic bread, and dessert. All meals were served by donation, with all proceeds going to the Oceans Legacy Foundation. Invited guests included members of the Canyon-Lister and Creston Fire Department and Mayor DeBoon.

Read about student participation in the recent federal election, fabulous bus drivers and firefighters who support children, the 2025 SD8 Youth Pow Wow and more...

This April and May, students from Erickson School, Adam Robertson Elementary School, and Canyon-Lister Elementary school are gathering at Kootenay River Secondary School for a series of fun workshops leading up to Pow wow.

In this edition, learn more about outdoor learning, scholarships, kindergarten registration and our new School Messenger app.

Over the past few weeks, Ms. Adams' class has been diving into the fascinating life cycle of everyday items like jeans, pencils, and glass bottles. The students researched and learned about the various processes involved in creating and recycling these items.

We're excited to share our latest project in collaboration with the Ocean Legacy Foundation, an organization dedicated to ocean cleanup and education. Co-founded by James Middleton, a local from Creston and the son of one of our EAs, Ocean Legacy recovers plastics from the ocean and repurposes them into useful products such as plastic lumbar and park benches.

Bullying has been a significant issue in schools, workplaces, homes, and online. Each year, the Pink T-Shirt Day Society encouraged everyone to wear something pink on Pink Shirt Day, which fell on February 26th this year. This simple act symbolized our collective stance against bullying and showed that we would not tolerate it anywhere.