e-FSA and Satisfaction Survey Links

	Use this link to access the 2010  B.C. Ministry of Education Satisfaction Survey for staff, students and parents
	Use this link to access the e-FSA secure website. (Jan 18-Feb 26) Use this link to view information for parents relating to the FSA from the Ministry of Education Use this link to view information from BCPSEA's Backgrounder information on the FSA Use this link to view the BCCPAC Information Kit for Parents Use this link to view the open letter to parents from Minister MacDiarmid

Kootenay Orchards Helps People in Haiti

On January 27th, the students and staff at Kootenay Orchards Elementary School covered the words” HELP HAITI HEAL” with  $1700.00 in coins and bills raised by our school community.  Over a ten-day period, students integrated literacy, math, and music into this very worthwhile project to support the people in Haiti after the devastating earth quake of January 12th.  Students learned about Haiti in different ways.  They read facts on the daily announcements, researched information and wrote paragraphs about Haiti, and counted and sorted the money they collected in their classrooms.  Finally, the entire school sang “Heal the World” and celebrated that we had reached out in a small way to HELP HAITI HEAL.

Olympic Torch Comes to Grasmere Elementary

The students of Grasmere Elementary were thrilled when the Olympic Torch came to their school last week.   Teacher, Shelley Salanski and her 11 students from grades K - 6 got a chance to hold the Olympic torch. (More SD#5 Torch Relay pictures)

SD5 Board Chair Inducted into BC Hockey Hall of Fame

Frank Lento has had a  distinguished career in Hockey including Past President of Hockey BC. He has been a teacher and school Principal for the past 40 years in Fernie, Elkford and Sparwood and was elected to the Board of Education of School District 5 in November 2008. He is presently in his 2nd year as Chair of the Board. Frank is well known for his unique passion for hockey. Recipient of the Hockey Canada Order of Merit, Frank has served as a Director, Member of the Parent Committee, President of the Western Women’s League and has initiated programs on Risk management, Insurance, and Strategic Planning. Frank also served as Chair of Hockey Canada, as a Mission staff member at the Nagano Olympic Winter Games, and as the Hockey Chair for the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Bid Committee. Frank is a Hockey Canada Ambassador during the upcoming Olympics and is currently Chair of the Board of Directors of the BC Games Society.  Frank along with the other 2010 Inductees will be honoured at the 2010 BC Hockey Hall of Fame Induction Banquet in Penticton on Friday July 23rd, 2010. 

“It’s great to be honoured by my peers and colleagues in the hockey family,” says Lento, “But really, it’s me being recognized as a result of the numerous people who have given me the opportunity to serve.  I get to stand up and take a bow for them!”

Congratulations and well done, Frank!