South Nelson Elementary

About

South Nelson Elementary is located at 814 Latimer St, Nelson, BC V1L 4V7. The school describes itself as a “mindful community school” where students use Caring, Commitment to Learning, Creativity, Common Sense, and Calm to empower themselves to embrace challenge and change. The school emphasizes fostering mutual respect and responsibility, and appreciating and caring for their world.

At a Glance

School type: Public School (Kootenay Lake)

Education language: English

Religious affiliation: None / Secular

Grades: K-6

Phone: 250 354-4139

Email: dawn.snell@sd8.bc.ca

Principal: Dawn Snell

Programs and Services

Early learning (StrongStart) StrongStart is offered at South Nelson Elementary to help young children build problem-solving and social skills, and to help families connect with their neighborhood school community. Families can access registration through the district StrongStart link, and the school provides program contact emails for support. Student safety and reporting supports The school site highlights traffic safety information and provides SafeArrival for reporting absences or lates. It also links to ERASE, an anonymous reporting tool for students. Transportation (district busing) School District 8 provides student busing information including online bus registration, route information, bus passes, winter routes, and a bus code of conduct focused on safety and respectful behaviour (including rules for crossing the road after exiting, staying seated, and prohibited items/behaviour).

School Culture and Expectations

South Nelson Elementary describes itself as a mindful community school guided by Caring, Commitment to Learning, Creativity, Common Sense, and Calm. The school emphasizes empowering students to embrace challenge and change while fostering mutual respect and responsibility. The district bus code of conduct also sets expectations for safe, respectful behaviour while riding the bus and at bus stops. The district acknowledges, respects, and honours the First Nations in whose traditional territories SD8 operates and all Aboriginal people residing within SD8 boundaries.

Transportation, Parking, and Getting Here

The district transportation department provides student busing, including online student bus registration, bus routes, bus pass information, winter routes, and a bus code of conduct. The bus code of conduct emphasizes arriving early to the stop, orderly boarding, staying seated while the bus is moving, and crossing the road only in front of the stopped bus on the driver’s signal (crossing behind the bus is not permitted).

Enrollment

For StrongStart (early learning), families are directed to register using the district StrongStart registration link (sd8.bc.ca/strongstart). The district also provides online student bus registration for families needing transportation.