Wood ducks are back! Picture can be seen larger by pressing it
Archives for April 2014
Summer employment opportunity
Photographer Caroline Pennelli
Aboriginal studies in South Okanagan Similkameen School District
Report on the Increase of Aboriginal content in the regular school curriculum. Result: Trend is that the number of curriculum topics is increasing. Next Steps: Continue promotion of Aboriginal specific curriculum (FN Studies 12) while integrating Aboriginal culture into regular programs (Aboriginal novels in regular English, Shared Learnings, etc.). Continue to invite independent Band schools to […]
Education Committee Meeting
Attending an Education Committee meeting can be exciting with everyone in the room from a union leader to media reporters, senior staff and trustees getting in on the discussion of everything from the food prepared/allowed in schools, current morays on how to raise children, how to get the attention of distracted students, the purpose of 12 years of […]
Apply today
Applications are now being accepted for B.C. government grants supporting school-based extracurricular activities. Parent advisory councils (PACs) and district advisory councils (DPACs) have until June 30, 2014, to apply for community gaming grants to support kindergarten-to-Grade 12 students. Each year, funding supports a broad range of school-based activities including sports, arts, educational camps, class trips, […]
Everything must go says Janey
Janey’s Shabby Chic Boutique in Okanagan Falls will be closing down on May 22 to make way for a new fruitstand. Owner Janey Volden invites everyone to help her clear out the space. “Everything must go,” Volden said. She isn’t sure yet whether or not she will be moving to a different location. […]
Elks Lodge supports children in need
Oliver Elks were informed about the some problems of little Johnny Elijah Thomas. He needed an unbreakable mirror to help develop his walking and balance. The Oliver Elks ordered the needed mirror and it arrived on Monday, March 31. Oliver Elks Lodge # 267 president Annie Zandvliet seen here presenting the mirror to young Johnny […]