News Items tag as: Central Okanagan school district 2021

Residents befuddled by flashing lights at Central Okanagan's newest school
December 30, 2021 - 4:14 PM

Neighbours of Ecole H.S. Grenda Middle School in Lake Country were befuddled by the flashing lights illuminating the site this week.
Central Okanagan schools ahead of provincial curve on staff vaccination status
December 28, 2021 - 12:00 PM

With schools reopening next week in the midst of COVID’s fifth wave and the highly contagious Omicron variant, no B.C. school board has yet required their staff be vaccinated.
Former Kelowna student to attend Oxford University as Rhodes Scholar
November 30, 2021 - 4:53 PM

A graduate of École Kelowna Secondary School has been named a Rhodes Scholar.
Kelowna high school students' plan for fight stymied by staff, RCMP
November 09, 2021 - 2:27 PM

Teenagers from around the city were planning to gather at École Kelowna Secondary School to watch a fight, but school administrators caught wind of the plans and were able to prevent it from happening.
Police charge woman accused of stealing from Kelowna school PAC
November 04, 2021 - 10:19 AM

Andrea Marie Blanchard has been charged with defrauding the South Rutland Elementary School Parent Advisory Council of more than $5,000
Nearly all students in Central Okanagan complying with new mask mandate
October 08, 2021 - 11:21 AM

The vast majority of students in the Kelowna area are complying with the requirement to wear a mask, including the youngest ones who had to start wearing one this week.
School board condemns anti-mask protest at district office in Kelowna
October 06, 2021 - 4:03 PM

All across British Columbia, masks became mandatory for students in kindergarten to Grade 3 on this week, but not without a fight from a dozen-or-so people in Kelowna.
Almost half of new students in Central Okanagan school district on Westside
October 04, 2021 - 11:36 AM

The latest count of new students in the Central Okanagan this fall shows an increase of 623 from last year to 23,647.
No mask mandate for younger grades at Kamloops, Kelowna schools despite high rate of potential COVID exposures
September 30, 2021 - 4:30 PM

Despite having more schools potentially exposed to COVID-19 than most other districts in B.C., the Central Okanagan and Kamloops-Thompson school boards are not bringing in mask mandates for children as young as kindergarten age.
Memorial service will be held Sunday for former Central Okanagan educator Murli Pendharkar
July 15, 2021 - 7:00 PM

Murli Pendharkar served as both a superintendent of schools and chair of the Board of Education in the Central Okanagan and was a prominent volunteer before dying earlier this week at the age of 91.
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News Items tag as: Central Okanagan school district 2021

Residents befuddled by flashing lights at Central Okanagan's newest school

Central Okanagan schools ahead of provincial curve on staff vaccination status

Former Kelowna student to attend Oxford University as Rhodes Scholar

Kelowna high school students' plan for fight stymied by staff, RCMP

Police charge woman accused of stealing from Kelowna school PAC

Nearly all students in Central Okanagan complying with new mask mandate

School board condemns anti-mask protest at district office in Kelowna

Almost half of new students in Central Okanagan school district on Westside

No mask mandate for younger grades at Kamloops, Kelowna schools despite high rate of potential COVID exposures

Memorial service will be held Sunday for former Central Okanagan educator Murli Pendharkar

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