Okanagan Similkameen School District

• South Okanagan school buses parked for the day due to extreme weather

  Both the Okanagan Skaha and Okanagan Similkameen School Districts have pulled buses from the road due to snowy weather conditions Monday.

  Weather

  Nov 7, 2022
  
• COVID-19: Okanagan school districts discussing staff vaccine mandates

  The Okanagan's five school districts have not yet decided whether they will require vaccination for staff.

  Education

  Oct 18, 2021
  
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• Indigenous student graduation rate reaches five-year high in Okanagan-Similkameen school district

  The 2019-2020 Aboriginal How Are We Doing Report compares the rates to previous years as well as the rest of the province's school districts.

  Education

  Jan 30, 2021
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• Okanagan Similkameen school board chair calls for ‘immediate action’ on youth vaping

  School District 53 chair Rob Zandee penned a letter to B.C. Health Minister Adrian Dix on Oct. 15 urging him to take “immediate action” on youth vaping.

  Health

  Oct 27, 2019
• Which Okanagan schools have AEDs? Access varies wildly throughout region

  If a recent student collapse had happened at a different Okanagan school, there may not have been an AED on hand.

  Education

  Feb 12, 2019
• Okanagan-Similkameen School District drops elementary school letter grades

  The Okanagan Similkameen school district is eliminating letter grades in favour of the proficiency scale in all elementary schools.

  Dec 3, 2018
• Lawsuit over Osoyoos Secondary closure goes to Supreme Court

  Mayor Sue McKortoff said the injunction will hopefully delay the closure for a year, allowing the community and school district to investigate new ways to save Osoyoos Secondary School.

  Jun 20, 2016