Schools

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]