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FORSETH – Ground rules for returning kids to school need to be clarified

May 18, 2020 // 0 Comments

ON JANUARY 21 Adrian Dix, Minister of Health, and Dr. Bonnie Henry, B.C.’s provincial health officer, issued the first of dozens and dozens of updates on what became [Continue]

NATIONAL PULSE – Canadian children ready to get back to school

May 11, 2020 // 0 Comments

By ANGUS REID INSTITUTE May 11, 2020 – Canada’s children have held a unique position in the COVID-19 outbreak. While kids are statistically the lowest risk population, [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Installing seatbelts in school buses is long overdue

November 21, 2019 // 1 Comment

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. AT LONG LAST, seatbelts on school buses may be getting close to reality. The B.C. Liberals have introduced a private member’s bill that [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Westsyde school zone speeding should not be a surprise

October 30, 2019 // 1 Comment

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. TOO MANY DRIVERS are ignoring the school zone at Westsyde elementary school — so say police and they’re absolutely right. Since school [Continue]

GINTA – The complex price of hoaxes; threats are more than mistakes

September 24, 2019 // 0 Comments

WHEN I RETURNED home from walking the dog that morning my youngest was still at home. Enthusiastic Grade 8 student that he is, skipping was out of the question. He had walked [Continue]

PETERS – It’s time to equip our schools with surveillance cameras

September 21, 2019 // 0 Comments

ANOTHER DAY, ANOTHER CHILDISH THREAT against a school in Kamloops. Valleyview Secondary, Sa-Hali Secondary and now Dallas Elementary have been tagged so far. Of course, [Continue]

SCHOOL – Motorists reminded to get their minds back in the school zone

August 28, 2019 // 0 Comments

RCMP are reminding motorists to be extra aware as children head back to school next week. Drivers are asked to be cautious and remember school speed zones and crosswalks, as [Continue]

EDUCATION – Why cursive handwriting needs to make a comeback in school

August 25, 2019 // 0 Comments

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]

PETERS – Parents should be wary of Fraser Institute’s school ranking system

March 23, 2019 // 0 Comments

THE FRASER INSTITUTE’S annual rankings of BC elementary schools was released earlier this month, and Kamloops schools didn’t do so hot. Nearly 1,000 B.C. schools [Continue]

EDUCATION – B.C. system performs well while holding line on spending

February 4, 2019 // 0 Comments

B.C. financially supports parents who choose independent schools with per-student grants of up to 50 per cent By ANGELA MacLEOD Analyst, The Fraser Institute WHILE OTHER [Continue]

GINTA – Back to school should not mean a mountain of new debt

September 4, 2018 // 0 Comments

THERE WAS A TIME when back to school shopping meant purchasing a fair number of notebooks – one for each subject ideally, pencils, pens (a fountain pen too, but that was [Continue]

ARMCHAIR ARCHIVES – Rowdy behaviour and grad go together

June 15, 2018 // 0 Comments

Some thoughts on grads ceremonies back in 1982, written by Mel Rothenburger, Chair, Kamloops School Board, published April 26, 1982. THE COMMENCEMENT ceremony season is fast [Continue]

Meeting to tell parents about impact of social media on kids

January 27, 2014 // 0 Comments

NEWS — South Kamloops Secondary School gym is the setting tonight for a presentation aimed at telling parents about new social media technology and how to keep their kids [Continue]