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Penticton high school no longer using local photographer for graduation
A local photographer who has been taking portraits of nearly every graduate in the Penticton…
Donors of $1 million to Central Okanagan Grade 12 students revealed
The identity of the mystery donors who are giving $1 million to Central Okanagan Public…
Every Grade 12 student in Central Okanagan school district getting $500
Two generous donors are giving roughly $1 million to graduating Central Okanagan students. According to…
Lake Country high school grads surprised to receive mystery gifts on doorsteps
Some high school graduates in a Lake Country neighbourhood have been mysteriously receiving notebooks that…
Vernon says no to Clarence Fulton Secondary grads’ plan to graffiti city street
The graduating class of Clarence Fulton Secondary will not get to tag the road outside…
Socially-distanced Vernon grads photoshopped to create traditional group picture
With a little help from Photoshop, Vernon Secondary School graduates got to partake in the…
Merritt parade to be held honouring accomplishments of graduating class
Merritt high school graduates are being honoured today with a traditional car parade. Taking place…
iN PHOTOS: Vernon grads tag Suicide Hill
The graduating class of Vernon Secondary School got to revive a 39-year-old tradition today, June…
Vernon students to hold their own drive-in movie theatre graduation
The Vernon Christian School is holding its own drive-in theatre-style graduation ceremony, complete with a…
Graffti may return to Vernon’s Suicide Hill as a way for grads to celebrate
It looks like graffiti may be returning to Suicide Hill. Vernon grads may not be…
50 vehicle rule nixes grad ceremonies at Starlight Drive-In
The graduating classes of at least four Okanagan and Shuswap high schools scheduled to have…
Grad with popcorn: High school students to hold ceremony at Enderby drive-in theatre
While the COVID-19 pandemic has put a stop to high school students having a traditional…
Kamloops photographers link up for by-donation grad photoshoots to benefit B.C. Wildlife Park
It was difficult for Angela Busenius to see her daughter disappointed about missing her high…
RCMP investigating threats against unsanctioned Penticton high school graduation party
PENTICTON – Penticton RCMP are warning high school students and their parents after social media…
School trustees promise higher graduation rates in Central Okanagan
KELOWNA - Getting them to school is easy. Getting them to graduate is a bit tougher. That’s the conclusion of the student graduation and readiness report Central Okanagan school trustees will soon receive from staff. “It’s one of the big ways we measure student success,” superintendent Hugh Gloster says. The report by director of instruction...
SD23 provincial exams will continue as planned
KELOWNA – For students in School District 23, the teacher’s strike has cast a cloud of uncertainty over how their year will end. SD23 Superintendant Hugh Gloster says regardless of whether or not the dispute is resolved, provincial final exams will go ahead as planned and all students will likely receive some form of report...
School trips cancelled because of strike
KAMLOOPS - Grade 5-7 students around the district have been looking forward to year end camping trips but this year many of them have been cancelled because of the teacher strike. Several schools have cancelled year-end camping trips to Eagle Bay Camp because of the strike upsetting students and their parents who helped raise money...
How one word can turn your life upside down
“ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN, BE GRATEFUL FOR WHAT YOU HAVE” VERNON - Just a few weeks ago, 17-year-old Dennon Leibel was attending his last few classes before graduating high school. Now, he’s in a hospital bed, going through his first round of chemo. The word cancer turned his life, and his family’s, upside down. It was...