Schools

SCHOOLS – 15 schools, 1,000 students begin graduation-ceremony season

May 26, 2017 // 2 Comments

It will be a busy June for School District 73 (Kamloops-Thompson) as nearly 1,000 students from 15 schools and programs get set to end their secondary school careers and move [Continue]

EDUCATION – In-class activism replacing real education

May 19, 2017 // 2 Comments

By MADDIE di MUCCIO ISSUES SUCH as Black Lives Matter, LGBTQ rights, multiculturalism, feminism, indigenous culture, identity politics and environmental stewardship have [Continue]

EDUCATION – Deeper deficits spurred by increases in public school spending

February 26, 2017 // 1 Comment

By CHARLES LAMMAM and HUGH MacINTYRE The Fraser Institute With governments across Canada preparing to release their budgets, Canadians can expect headlines announcing new [Continue]

EDUCATION – An education system’s slow but steady journey to inclusion

February 18, 2017 // 0 Comments

IN 2008, Prime Minister Stephen Harper apologized to the Aboriginal Peoples of Canada for the crimes committed against them in the residential school system. It’s sometimes [Continue]

SCHOOLS – Nine of 10 elementary schools showing improvement were public, according to annual ranking

February 14, 2017 // 0 Comments

Independent elementary schools in B.C. continue to perform well above average but this year more than 90 per cent of all elementary schools in the province that showed [Continue]

St. Ann’s Science winners preparing for Regional Science Fair

March 31, 2015 // 0 Comments

NEWS/ SCHOOLS — Seven amazing science projects featuring 10 high school students from St. Ann’s Academy have been selected for entry in the upcoming Cariboo-Mainline [Continue]