Schools

SCHOOLS – 1,000 students to graduate from 15 local schools and programs

May 26, 2018 // 1 Comment

June will be a busy month for School District No. 73 (Kamloops-Thompson) as nearly 1,000 students from 15 schools and programs mark the end of their secondary school careers. [Continue]

SCHOOLS – Annual report card shows some local elementary schools lagging

April 22, 2018 // 1 Comment

Several Kamloops district elementary schools have some improving to do, according to a new report card issued by a B.C. think tank. The annual Report Card on B.C.’s [Continue]

SCHOOLS – Teamwork, collaboration are key parts of local education

March 6, 2018 // 1 Comment

By JOE SMALL Trustee, School District 73 IT GOES WITHOUT saying, providing education to more than 14,000 students in several communities across hundreds of kilometres of the [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Time for some plain talk about sexual violence in our schools

February 19, 2018 // 0 Comments

An ArmchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger. IF WE’RE GOING to have a serious discussion about sexual violence in our schools, let’s be crystal clear what [Continue]

EDUCATION – Navigating the big, bad world after graduation

June 10, 2017 // 0 Comments

“AND NOW GO, and make interesting mistakes, make amazing mistakes, make glorious and fantastic mistakes. Break rules. Leave the world more interesting for your being [Continue]

SCHOOLS – Spring break 2018 will be one week after talks with teachers fail

June 8, 2017 // 1 Comment

School District No. 73 will have a one-week spring break in 2018. Following several weeks of talks with the Kamloops-Thompson Teachers Association, senior school district [Continue]