Schools

SCHOOLS – District launches new permissive dress code for students

July 7, 2021 // 0 Comments

The Kamloops-Thompson School District has a new dress code for students. Revisions to the code were released Tuesday (July 6, 2021) following a stakeholder consultation [Continue]

KNOX – One last current events quiz as the school year comes to a close

June 28, 2021 // 0 Comments

GOOD MORNING, CLASS. As the school year ends, please note that studies warn the “summer slide” — that is, the loss of knowledge during vacation — typically costs [Continue]

GUEST COLUMN – A response to critics of our school system

June 26, 2021 // 1 Comment

By PIERCE GRAHAM Guest Columnist I HAVE SELDOM passed up an opportunity to respond to publicly aired criticisms of our school system, such as letters to the editor, FaceBook [Continue]

JOHNSON – The key to new dress code for schools is removing the ambiguity

March 19, 2021 // 0 Comments

By DAVID JOHNSON ON FEBRUARY 23, Grade 12 student Karis Wilson was sent home from school on a dress code violation, having been told her outfit was not appropriate for [Continue]

GINTA – Dress codes: Will casting a stone (or many) solve the issue?

March 2, 2021 // 0 Comments

WHEN I STUMBLED upon the news of a NorKam student being removed from class because of what her teacher perceived to be inappropriate attire, I did what every other person did [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – School dress codes are needed but they’re hard to get right

February 27, 2021 // 4 Comments

NOTHING LIKE A DRESS CODE to make for a good controversy, especially if it’s got to do with schools. As the Kamloops-Thompson School District mulls over changes to its [Continue]

PETERS – NorKam dress code controversy shows how far men still need to evolve

February 27, 2021 // 0 Comments

THE FLAP OVER THE DRESS CODE at Norkam Secondary this week is all about evolution. First, it’s become clear that the school district’s dress code itself has not evolved [Continue]

GINTA – Teachers deserve to be listened to for the sake of us all

February 23, 2021 // 0 Comments

YOU MAY HAVE PEEKED at the news of the new variants appearing in some schools in the Lower Mainland. As I started writing, two more schools have been added to the exposure [Continue]

SCHOOLS – New Parkcrest elementary school will give us a reason to celebrate

February 6, 2021 // 8 Comments

By JENNIFER WHITESIDE Minister of Education WHEN PARKCREST ELEMENTARY in Kamloops was destroyed in a fire in the fall of 2019, students and families were left heartbroken, [Continue]

BEPPLE – Hard-working school teachers deserve a two-week spring break

February 3, 2021 // 5 Comments

YESTERDAY, OUT FOR my lunchtime walk, I happened to go by my neighborhood school. It was so wonderful to see groups of children running and playing together. The air filled [Continue]

GINTA – With cases growing, we need to change our strategy

February 2, 2021 // 1 Comment

IF YOU HAVE KIDS, you’ve likely been through a case or two of ,‘are we there yet?’ and like all parents who are presented with the question, you probably answered, [Continue]

GINTA – Please slow down; it’s the least we can all do for safety

January 26, 2021 // 1 Comment

YOU’D THINK WE’VE HEARD IT ENOUGH to not see it happen again. Speeding in school zones, that is. Going over 30km/h in a school zone can have awful consequences. Like I [Continue]

EDITORIAL – As parents rebel, extending Christmas break makes sense

December 4, 2020 // 0 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. PARENTS KEPT THEIR KIDS HOME from school yesterday. At least some did. The purpose of the exercise was to send a message to health [Continue]

GINTA – Schools are still open – should we be worried?

November 24, 2020 // 1 Comment

LAST WEEKEND my eldest announced that someone at NorKam had covid-19. That was according to social media, which of course, I said then, has a 50 percent chance of being [Continue]