“I don’t know what it is called but it is delicious.” “Tastes great.” “Love it.” This was the reaction from students in Allie Tyssen’s Grade 5 class at Hillcrest after helping prepare, cook, and eat Pancit Canton, a popular dish in the Philippines, as part of the Let Food Bring …
Scrap Arts Music, a band which creates original instruments and musical compositions, toured SD83 elementary and middle schools in April. The group also produces original sound and video recordings, and creates choreographed athletic performances for theatres, festivals, schools, orchestras, and special events. The creative group, which is based out of …
Three students from School District No. 83 (North Okanagan-Shuswap) took part in the Speech Competition sponsored by the Provincial Outreach Program Deaf and Hard of Hearing in Burnaby on April 23-25. Kristina Baker, SD83 teacher of students who are deaf and hard of hearing, says Emily Shaw, Lana Lynd, and …
Over 450 band and choir students from SD83 had the opportunity to take part in the annual Shuswap Music Festival, on April 11 to April 29, 2023. The festival not only gives students the opportunities to perform in a concert venue, but also to be adjudicated by accomplished musicians! Michelle …
Planting a tree, cleaning up the school grounds and community, learning respect for the environment, doing art work, and even a parade in Enderby raising awareness about the environment were all part of Earth Day activities in SD83 schools leading up to Earth Day on April 22. Each student and …
SD83 staff and students are encouraged to wear red on Friday! School Districts in the Thompson-Okanagan zone are working together to raise awareness about missing, murdered and mourned Indigenous women. Inspired by Jaime Black’s REDress Project, Red Dress Day was first commemorated in 2010. The day is used to pay respect …
