It was an award-winning day at the Interior Jazz Fest in Kelowna on April 11 as SD83 bands earned gold and silver and one student was recognized individually as an outstanding performer. Both the Salmon Arm Secondary Sullivan Jazz Band and the Sullivan Jazz Combo earned a gold standing at …
A group of students, with sponsor teachers Lisa Coombs-Smith and Wendy Woodhurst, took part in a service learning tour through Me to We in Tanzania. Students helped build a classroom, went on a safari and learned about the Tanzania people, culture and about themselves! Read interview with students here: https://www.saobserver.net/community/shuswap-students-get-hands-dirty-building-school-in-tanzania/
School District No. 83 (North Okanagan-Shuswap) will be adding new requirements for volunteer drivers starting in September of 2019. These requirements, already in place for employees, will add a necessary measure of safety and security to our students as they travel in private vehicles to school sanctioned events, while bringing …
Changes have been announced in various principal and vice-principalships in School District No. 83 (North Okanagan-Shuswap) by Superintendent of Schools/CEO Peter Jory. “I’d like to offer my congratulations to all the successful candidate who will taking on new leadership roles for September and throughout the year,” added Jory. Steven Drapala will be …
Congratulations to Pleasant Valley Secondary School student Aidan Eglin who just received word he won gold in the website development competition at the provincial Skills Canada competition held at the TradeX on April 17. Aidan is now eligible to represent BC at the national Skills Canada event in Halifax in …
Parkview Elementary kindergarten student Nixon Dymond stole the show at the Board meeting on Tuesday at Eagle River Secondary as he talked about his digital learning portfolio. Nixon, along with his teacher Jen Findlay, were at the meeting demonstrating myBlueprint, an electronic student-friendly portfolio tool being used in School District …
