EDUCATION – Why can’t Canada also address student loan debt?
America is taking a tentative step to help students. Canada needs to do much more to make post-secondary education affordable for all By ERIKA SHAKER Canadian Centre for [Continue]
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ELECTION 2022 – Kamloops-Thompson school board nominations begin soon
The nomination period for school board candidates opens soon. It runs from 9 a.m. on Aug. 30 to 4 p.m. on Sept. 9. Nominees require two qualified nominators from the [Continue]
SCHOOLS – Teachers must stop undermining parental values
Teachers are hired to educate students, not to indoctrinate them By MICHAEL ZWAAGSTRA WHEN PARENTS SEND their children to school, they place a lot of trust in teachers. [Continue]
SCHOOL BOARD – Rhonda Kershaw chosen as new chair of SD73 board
The Kamloops-Thompson school board has a new chair. Rhonda Kershaw was elected by her fellow trustees at a special meeting of the board Monday night (July 28, 2020). She [Continue]
COVID-19 – School district working on plan to ‘learn from a distance’
Statement today (March 22, 2020) from the Kamloops-Thompson School District on COVID-19: Schools remain closed to the public as School District No. 73 makes plans next week [Continue]
CORONAVIRUS – School district cancels spring-break trips to Europe
The Kamloops-Thompson School District announced today (March 6, 2020) it has cancelled school group tours to Europe during spring break. The decision, due to the worldwide [Continue]
SIDOW – Students entering a new world with B.C. curriculum changes
By ALISON SIDOW Superintendent, School District 73 WE ARE ROLLING OU the final phase of the new B.C. Curriculum, and powerful examples of quality teaching and learning were [Continue]
SCHOOL BOARD – 2019 was a remarkable year for School District 73
By ALISON SIDOW Superintendent, School District 73 FOR MANY OF US in the district, 2019 will be remembered for the fire that destroyed the Parkcrest Elementary school in [Continue]
SODOWSKY – ‘Limitless’ campaign is about transforming people’s futures
By JEFF SODOWSKY Interim VP Advancement Thompson Rivers University IN NOVEMBER, university donors awarded $775,000 to TRU students—pushing the total amount distributed this [Continue]
SCHOOL BOARD – Tis not the only season for giving in School District 73
By CARA McKELVEY Trustee, School District 73 WELL, DECEMBER IS UPON US and throughout the Kamloops-Thompson region the giving season is truly underway. The Salvation Army’s [Continue]
PARKCREST FIRE – TREC Bridges will move to John Tod Centre instead
The TREC Bridges program will be temporarily moving to the John Tod Centre at the Boys and Girls Club instead of to NorKam Senior Secondary. School superintendent Alison [Continue]
SCHOOLS – Loss of Parkcrest elementary to fire ‘devastating’
School District 73 issued this statement (Sept. 5, 2019) at 8:44 p.m. about the Parkcrest elementary school fire: At 17:08 on Thursday, Sept. 5, Kamloops Fire and Rescue [Continue]
EDUCATION – Why cursive handwriting needs to make a comeback in school
By HETTY ROESSINGH University of Calgary TEACHING CONNECTED-STYLE handwriting, otherwise known as cursive handwriting, has fallen out of fashion on many school curricula. [Continue]
EDUCATION – Telling the full story of the salmon with new curriculum
By KIM ANDERSON Thompson Rivers University WHEN DR. NAN STEVENS’ son penned a story on the life cycle of salmon while in Grade 4, few could’ve predicted it would be [Continue]
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