Students ready for national science fair
Five students from the Cariboo-Mainline Regional Science Fair are heading to Fredericton next week to take part in the national competition. Hannah O’Neil of McGowan Park elementary will be taking her...
View ArticleSchool fees up for debate on Monday
The weakening Canadian dollar is having an impact at NorKam secondary, where the school fee for its International Baccalaureate (IB) academy could increase by $50. The fee is now $400. A report by...
View ArticleSD73 board to talk relocating and charging for Street School in Kamloops
The Kamloops-Thompson board of education will be asked on Monday night to relocate its Street School and start charging for each course the programming provides. The recommendation from School District...
View ArticleKamloops-Thompson school district finalizes fees
School District 73 trustees approved a package of student ancillary fees on Monday, but not before trustees asked questions. Joe Small noted a lack of standardization of some common fees across the...
View ArticleKamloops’ Street School moving to Northills Shopping Centre
Although not all trustees are completely on board with the plan, Street School will be moved. The school, home to adult learners and located in the basement of St. George’s Anglican Church on Royal...
View ArticleTeachers’ union prez wants board of education to pen letter to Victoria
Trustees will get back to local teachers’ union president David Komljenovic about his request that they write a letter to the government addressing the cost of education. At Monday’s Kamloops-Thompson...
View ArticleTrustee refutes claims about Beattie report conversation
Kamloops-Thompson board of education trustee Meghan Wade is refuting claims about what she told a Beattie School of the Arts parent about the plan to integrate the elementary and secondary classes....
View ArticleParler en français
Kamloops student off to nationals Maia Manshadi was pretty sure she wouldn’t win. The Kamloops student was again standing in front of a line of judges in Surrey, prepared to give her speech in the...
View ArticleMillwright course to begin at NorKam in August
If Sheryl Lindquist was a high school student right now, she’d be looking pretty seriously at the new millwright course being offered at the NorKam Trades and Technology Centre. Lindquist, School...
View ArticleMerritt student aims to place at Braille Challenge
Merritt secondary student Keisha Anderson is headed to Los Angeles this summer to compete in the 15th annual Braille Challenge. Deanna Balison takes little credit for Keisha Anderson’s berth in the...
View ArticleTRU signs agreement with Mexican university
Thompson Rivers University has signed its first formalized agreement with a Mexican state university. The agreement with Universidad Autónoma de Guerrero (UAGRO) in Mexico may result in joint research,...
View ArticleTwo-week spring break will continue in Kamloops-Thompson school district
School’s out for two weeks in the spring until at least the end of the 2017 school year. Trustees for the Kamloops-Thompson board of education took no action to change the school calendar at spring...
View ArticleTRU gets $2 million from Ottawa for trades program
Thompson Rivers University on Tuesday received $2 million from the federal government to expand its industrial-training programs. Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo Conservative MP Cathy McLeod, who is also...
View ArticleKamloops’ space kids share with those who watched man land on moon
Clockwise from back left are Hunter Galbraith, teacher Sharmane Baerg, Kieren OÕNeil, Ryan Watson and Jordan Brown. KTW file photo Hunter Galbraith and Jordan Brown may have been the only people...
View ArticleOpenings remain for students at NorKam Trades and Technology Centre
There are still some openings for the foundations courses in construction and mechanical at the NorKam Trades and Technology Centre. Sheryl Lindquist, Kamloops-Thompson school district principal for...
View ArticleUniversity’s Accolades Restaurant is re-opening to the public
The restaurant that officially never closed is re-opening. Accolades Restaurant on the campus of Thompson Rivers University will be open again to provide a training ground for culinary-arts students...
View ArticleDeclaration of immunization sought
The Canadian Medical Association (CMA) wants children to present a declaration of immunization before starting school. However, the CMA and the Interior Health Authority see the statement as not as a...
View ArticleSouth Kamloops secondary is now priority No. 1, leapfrogging Westmount...
Westmount elementary has been dropped from the top spot of the Kamloops-Thompson school district’s capital-projects wish list. In its place is South Kamloops secondary. In a five-two vote at Monday...
View ArticleSD73 news in brief: Network and stipends
School District 73 will join the new Provincial Learning Network’s next-generation upgrade next year. Secretary-treasurer Kelvin Stretch said the move should see improved Internet bandwidth and...
View ArticleNew curriculum for B.C. students
The new school year in B.C. is the start of a three-year transition to a new curriculum Education Minister Mike Bernier said will emphasize “hands-on” learning. The new curriculum is being phased in...
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