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CommunityConnection • JANUARY 2016

LearnweSCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 23

CENTRAL OKANAGAN“Together We Learn”

TogeTherwww.sd23.bc.ca

Together We Learn

Welcome to our first Together We Learn editionAs a high performing school district, we are pleased to showcase some of our outstanding students, staff, and innovative programs.We are…3 living on Okanagan Territory3 serving 180,000 citizens living in

4 municipalities - Peachland, West Kelowna, Kelowna, Lake Country, and the Regional District of Central Okanagan

3 the 5th largest district in BC with 21,736 students 3 43 schools - 31 elementary, 6 middle, 5 secondary, and

1 alternative school (operating on 4 campuses)3 1,301 teachers, 216 teachers teaching on call3 1,410 support staff, 83 principals and vice-principals,

24 senior staff and exempt staff (as of December 17, 2015)

Central Okanagan School District students (K-12)

showcase the District motto, “Together We Learn”.

Early Learning ......................... 4-5

Enhancing Student Learning .... 6-7

Virtual Learning ....................... 8-9

Redesigned Curriculum and Competencies ...................... 10-13

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BY KELTY SLANEYGrade 12 student, Rutland Senior Secondary

As my final year in high school is rapidly coming to a close, questions with regards to post-secondary plans and future career paths are often asked. As someone who is passionate about what I hope to pursue, these inquiries rarely phase me. However, when one asks “What is a poignant mem-ory of my high school experience?”, I am often at a loss for words, not being able to pin point an exact moment.

Through my involvement with the vari-ous clubs and committees at my school, I became friends with people who I may not have encountered without a common cause bringing us to collaborate. We have worked together towards common goals and played off of each other’s strengths. Whether it was orchestrating Mental Well-ness assemblies or presenting in front of our school’s staff about the significance of the LGBTQ+ acronym, these examples not only showcase our push to break the stigma around mental health but also a

celebration of the immense diversity with-in our school.

It is through this teamwork and coop-eration that myself and other members of these initiatives will be able to look back on our time at high school and identify tangible evidence of change in our school environment and beyond.

It seems in my remaining months, the significance of “Together We Learn”, a sim-ple yet powerful School District motto, has also become the slogan of my most cher-ished times in high school.

StudentEnrollment Application for Registration

Online Applications for September 2016 will begin on February 1, 2016 at 7:00 am. Please visit our website at www.sd23.bc.ca and click

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The Central Okanagan Board of Education com-prises seven trustees, elect-ed by the voters in local municipal elections. Just as Mayors and Councils oversee their municipali-ties, the Board of Education oversees the school district, and when making deci-sions, trustees reflect the hopes and aspirations that their communities have for the students in the local public education system.

While guiding the work of the school district, set-ting the annual budget, and approving policies and strategies, trustees rely on advice and support from senior staff. The Board is proud of the excellent pro-

grams in the school district, the diverse opportunities for students, and the focus on each child’s needs, and recognizes the outstanding teachers, support staff and administrators who make this happen. Trustees also appreciate the support of parents and the community at large as we work togeth-er on behalf of the students in our care. The successes of the school district are the result of the collabora-tion and dedication of ev-eryone involved.

In moving forward to-gether, we can build on our strengths, continue to im-prove, and as always, focus on the best interests of our students.

The Central Okanagan School District is a high performing public school district dedicated to the success of each learner de-veloping the attributes of a learner, thinker, collabora-tor, contributor and inno-vator. This is accomplished through the efforts of a Board of Education and a community of highly com-petent professionals and support staff focused on meeting the diverse needs of learners across the Dis-trict.

The District is also for-tunate to have many part-nerships that support our work. First and foremost are the parents of our learners and our learners themselves. Their advice and advocacy at both the

school and District level is critical to student success. The District’s relationships and work with community partners is also essential to student success. Of partic-ular note is the work done with our Aboriginal commu-nities through the District’s Aboriginal Education Coun-cil. This work has resulted in significant improvement in graduation rates over re-cent years.

The Central Okanagan School District offers many opportunities and programs that prepare our learners to be positive contributors to our community now and in the future. I wish to thank everyone in our community who helps make this possi-ble because ...Together We Learn!!

Message from Chairperson

Moyra Baxter

Message from Superintendent of Schools/CEO

Kevin Kaardal

(Standing left to right): Trustee Chris Gorman, Trustee Lee Mossman, Trustee Moyra Baxter, and Trustee Rolli Cacchioni.(Seated left to right): Trustee Deb Butler, Trustee Lee-Ann Tiede, and Trustee Julia Fraser.

Board Member’s contact and area information can be found on the “Board of Education” tab found on the top navigation bar of the dis-trict website at www.sd23.bc.ca.

Together We Learn is published through the support of the Assistant Superintendent’s office, in accordance with the Central Okanagan School District’s Public Education Awareness Committee’s (PEAC) Terms of Reference. This publication is produced at no cost to the district. It is intended for the parents of Central Okanagan School District students and includes information on District news, innovative programs and opportunities in the Central Okanagan School District.

Further district information and important dates can be found

on the district website at www.sd23.bc.ca.Commercial advertising in this publication does not imply

endorsement by the Central Okanagan School District. For more information, or to provide feedback or article suggestions, please contact the Assistant Superintendent’s office at 250-470-3225.

For information on advertising in future editions, please contact the Kelowna Capital News at 250-763-3212 or [email protected].

Meet the…

Board of Education

OurMission:

To educate students in a safe, inspirational learning environment where every student develops the knowledge and skills to be a lifelong learner and a healthy productive member of our global society.

OurOverarching Goal:

Each Central Okanagan School District student (K-12) will provide evidence of being a learner, thinker, innovator, collaborator, and contributor.

OurCultural Values:3 Honesty 3 Responsibility 3 Respect 3 Empathy3 Fairness

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Admin Council is the senior management team, consisting of education and business professionals that serve to support the progress of the School District.

The team is responsible for collaboratively advancing the goals of the School District and supporting the learning agenda and the educational achievements of 22,000 students.

Collaborating toSupport Learning

Central Okanagan School District’sAdmin Council

(From left to right): Raquel Steen, COPVPA President, Branden Jewsbury and Kelsey Munro, District Student Council Co-Presidents, Susan Bauhart, COTA President, Wendy Johnson, CUPE 3523 President, and Shelley Courtney, COPAC President.

(Back Row left to right): Dr. Peter Molloy, Dr. Rick Oliver, John Simonson, Kevin Kaardal, Jim Colquhoun, and Mitch Van Aller.(Front Row left to right): Jon Rever, Larry Paul, Terry-Lee Beaudry, Mona Essler, Eileen Sadlowski, Vianne Kintzinger, and Rhonda Ovelson.

CENTRAL OKANAGAN TEACHERS’ ASSOCIATION

(COTA)“The Central Okanagan

Teachers’ Association (COTA) is a local of the British Co-lumbia Teachers’ Federation (BCTF). The COTA fosters and promotes the cause of public education while raising the sta-tus of the teaching profession and promoting the welfare of its members within the School District 23 (Central Okanagan).”SuSan Bauhart,COta PreSident

CUPE LOCAL 3523“The CUPE Local 3523 is

comprised of over 1,400 regu-lar and on call members. Each and every employee is well-trained and highly skilled in their field, and regularly partic-ipates in workshops and train-ing seminars to build on those skills. Local 3523 support staff ensures that our schools are clean, safe, and inclusive so that students will always have a welcoming environment for their studies.” Wendy JOhnSOn,CuPe 3523 PreSident

CENTRAL OKANAGAN PARENT ADVISORY COUNCIL (COPAC)

“The Central Okanagan Parent Advisory Council (CO-PAC) is a group of parent volunteers who share a com-mon interest and belief; that when parents are involved in their children’s education, the whole community benefits. We promote parental involvement at all levels of government, advise the Central Okanagan School District on any matters pertaining to education in our District, strive to provide par-ent education opportunities, and serve as a forum for dis-cussion of educational issues. Join us!”Shelley COurtney,COPaC PreSident

CENTRAL OKANAGAN PRINCIPALS’ &

VICE-PRINCIPALS’ ASSOCIATION (COPVPA)

“The Central Okanagan Principals’ & Vice-Principals’ Association’s mission is to provide support and advoca-cy for its members to enable them to create powerful learn-ing communities, to develop a culture of educational excel-lence and to maintain a safe and healthy learning environ-ment for students. COPVPA values working in collabora-tion with our partner groups and community members to support and enrich the edu-cational experience for all stu-dents in the Central Okanagan School District.”raquel Steen, COPVPa PreSident

DISTRICT STUDENT COUNCIL“The Central Okanagan School District’s Student Council is

comprised of representatives from grades 10-12 from each high school within the District. The purpose of this council is to advocate for the betterment of student life and promote positive relations and camaraderie between all schools. The District Student Council also has representation on various Board of Education committees; and therefore, has a voice on initiatives that directly impact students.”Branden JeWSBury and KelSey MunrO,diStriCt Student COunCil CO-PreSidentS

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The early years, from birth to age 8, set the foundation for life-long learning, health, and behaviour. Early learning is primarily social, takes place in the context of families and communities, and is shaped by daily social interactions and experiences in children’s environments.

During the early years, children learn how to learn through physical activity, observations, experimentation, and social inter-actions with others. Through rich social play opportunities, chil-dren practice the tools of learning: how to plan, monitor, revise,

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and social skills are set up to thrive on their learning journey. When children are confident and eager to learn, they are able to make friends as well as be persistent and creative in completing tasks and solving problems.

Offering children a wide range of quality experiences in the early years can help them become their best – physically, socially, intellectually and emotionally.

Go to http://www.mcf.gov.bc.ca/early_years/index.htm to see videos and downloadable posters about the ear-ly years, development and learning.

“The Central Okanagan School District recognizes the impor-tance of the early years and the shared responsibilities in ensur-ing a safe and optimal transition from home to school for our earliest learners. We believe that certain opportunities which pro-vide for partnerships between the community and schools are beneficial to student success. Partnerships which enhance the preschool years and support all facets of early learning devel-

opment (social, emotional, physical, creative and intellectual de-velopment) are important to the Board of Education. Therefore, in the Central Okanagan School District we lease space when available to preschool operators within our schools. We currently have preschools in fourteen of our schools throughout the Dis-trict. Schools include: A.S. Matheson Elementary, Bankhead Ele-mentary, Raymer Elementary, École Belgo Elementary, Ellison El-

ementary, Quigley Elementary, Rutland Senior Secondary, North Glenmore Elementary, Helen Gorman Elementary, Chief Tomat Elementary, École George Pringle Elementary, Glenrosa Elemen-tary, Peachland Elementary, and École Peter Greer Elementary. For more information regarding these preschool programs, visit Early Learning Programs on the School District’s website.”Rhonda ovelson, diRectoR of instRuction (K-12)

Owl pellet dissection at Raymer StrongStart. The children and families learned about why owls regur-gitate their food and what they eat. They sorted the bones that were found in the pellet and had discus-sions about what types of animals owls eat. Not only did they learn some interesting hands on facts about owls, they were supported in their learning by the adults that were engaged alongside them.

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StrongStart Early Learning Centres

The StrongStart program is a Ministry of Education funded program that is intended to fill a niche for children who are not attending childcare and are in the home with their parents or other caregivers, such as grandparents or nannies. Our school district offers this free drop-in program for children 0 to 5 years old who are accompanied by their parent(s) or caregiver(s).

CENTRES ARE LOCATED IN THE FOLLOWING SCHOOLS:KELOWNA AREA RUTLAND AREA A.S. Matheson Elementary South Rutland ElementaryRaymer Elementary Pearson Road Elementary WEST KELOWNA AREA LAKE COUNTRY AREAHudson Road Elementary École Peter Greer ElementaryÉcole George Pringle Elementary

PEACHLAND AREAPeachland Elementary

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For more information, please visit the Central Okanagan School District’s website at www.sd23.bc.ca and searchEarly Learning Programs or call (250) 860-8888.


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Play comes so natural to children and it helps them feel comfortable and secure in their environment. Children cannot fail in play as there are no rights and wrongs. They feel success when playing, which creates calmness within and helps develop their confidence. The teacher plays a vital role in planning appropriate play-based activi-ties that will help each child develop and guide them to their next step in learning and self-development.

COLLETTE MACNEILStrongstart Facilitator,A.S. Matheson Elementary

Young children’s first few years have a profound im-pact on the rest of their lives. The Ministry of Education’s StrongStart drop-in programs, for children 0 to 5 years old, provides opportunities to sup-port children’s early learning development. Currently, the Central Okanagan School Dis-trict has eight StrongStart pro-grams from Peachland to Lake Country.

StrongStart is a nur-turing, safe, inclusive, supportive program for parents, grandparents, caregivers and families new to our community.

Every day families who attend interact with their chil-dren in purposeful play ac-tivities, as well as share with each other the challenges and celebrations of being a par-ent. Our StrongStart programs support communities of families who together celebrate each child’s uniqueness, achieve-ments, and milestones.

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“It’s hard work going to school.” Isaac is engaged in play and learn-ing at one of the District’s StrongStart facilities.

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The Central Okanagan School District’s Specialty Academies, Unique Programs, Board Authority/Au-thorized Courses, and Dual Credit Programs enable students to explore their interests, hone their talent and skills, and consider future employment oppor-tunities. The District has a wide variety of programs to meet the diverse needs of our students. Here is a sampling from the hundreds of unique course offer-ings in our secondary schools.

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Secondary students problem solve engine repair and identification in the Dual Credit BCIT Diesel Engine Program. Our students are able to complete industry certification while completing their sec-ondary school graduation requirements. For information on the Central Okanagan School District Dual Credit Programs, please contact the counseling center at your local high school.

The Board/Authority Authorized (BAA) Firefighting course enables students to learn, firsthand, the fundamentals of firefighting, which has enabled our students to pursue summer work and fur-ther study in forestry.

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The Board/Authority Authorized (BAA) Emergency Medical Re-sponder course at Rutland Senior Secondary School is a compre-hensive introduction to the field of paramedics. This course ap-peals to students interested in health science, medical rescue, and obtaining a high level of first aid skills.

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The Summit was designed as a collabora-tive support model that included representa-tion from students, teachers, school counsel-lors, Trustees, and community resources. This day involved bringing together a student team from each middle and secondary school to ac-tivate and empower their knowledge and think-ing around positive mental health.

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The highly acclaimed grade 11 BL Program offers an amazing online course to all grade 11 students in the Central Okanagan School District.

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How would you like to speak with NASA scientists working on the ORION space-craft, or talk to a live scuba div-er as he swims with sharks on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef? How about speaking to a WWII Holocaust survivor, touring the International Space Station, or going on a live dinosaur dig in New Mexico?

These are all opportunities that classes in the Central Okanagan School District have already experienced through our Virtual Field Trip Program. Through the use of HD vid-

eo-conferencing, elementary, middle, and secondary stu-dents have travelled across the globe and have had the oppor-tunity to speak to world class scientists, historians, authors, and much more.

Grade 7 students at KLO Middle School experienced a trip to the Royal Tyrell Museum. Samsom Morrow said, “We learned all about the features that the museum had and the purpose of the trip was to learn about when and where dino-saurs lived.” Rowen Couture shared, “I loved getting to see a T-Rex and the form of a Ve-lociraptor. I also loved the Sa-ber-Toothed Tiger.” At Rutland

Senior Secondary, grade 12 student Kelsey Munro’s class, spoke to a WWII Holocaust Survivor. Kelsey shared, “It was an eye opening experience which helped me to better un-derstand the intense hardships of Holocaust survivors.”

Comments like this are evi-dent that the “real world” expe-riences are invaluable in pro-viding inspiration and learning.

With over 100 virtual field trips organized for the current school year, these trips are the wave of the future and the future is now. These virtual opportunities are bringing the world to the classroom and the classroom to the world.

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British Columbia is redesigning its curriculum to respond to the changing state of the

modern world. Today’s students are grow-ing up surrounded by technology and

are able to access information in an instant. They are able to commu-

nicate with each other in ways in which we could have never

imagined a couple of decades ago. Our world is producing new informa-tion every day and the possibilities are endless. The newly redesigned BC curriculum has been developed to respond to the ever changing and unpredictable future that our

children will experience. The previous curriculum had too many learning out-

comes to cover with any depth. Sometimes, we tried so hard to cover all of these outcomes that it got in the way of fostering deep student learning. The old curriculum had a tendency to be rigid and prescribed, which did not allow a child to have a personalized learning experience. The focus had been on our students learning and memorizing facts, rather than understanding concepts and processes. Since today’s children have access to an infinite amount of information at their fingertips, the redesigned curricu-lum allows students to learn the skills they need to ac-cess, utilize, and apply the information to their lives.

The redesigned curriculum is flexible and learner-cen-tered, yet maintains a focus on literacy and numeracy. Math, science, social studies, and language arts remain the core of a child’s educational program.

There has also been a reduction in the number of learning outcomes for core subjects, while maintaining a consistent focus on the essential elements of learning. The curriculum supports deeper learning through con-cept-based and competency-driven approaches, while fostering the development of students who are creative and critical thinkers, competent communicators, and per-sonal and social contributors to their communities.

With this new focus, teachers will be able to increase students opportunities to access the essential learning and life skills required to be successful in a complex and rapidly evolving world.

Students will learn the skills to think creatively and critically, to communicate their ideas with others, and to solve problems in a collaborative and ethical manner.

A key feature of the redesigned curriculum is the im-plementation of the core competencies. Examples of the competencies are featured on these pages.

These examples feature students applying critical thinking, collaboration, and communication to solve prob-lems, address issues, or make decisions in an area of learning. The goal is for students to use these competen-cies every day at school and in their lives.

Core Competencies

The core competencies along with literacy and numeracy foundations and essential content and concepts are at the centre of the redesign of curriculum and assessment. Core competencies are sets of intellectual, personal, and social and emotional proficiencies that all students need to develop in order to engage in deep learning and life-long learning

The communication competency encom-passes the set of abilities that students use to impart and exchange information, ex-periences and ideas, to explore the world around them, and to understand and effec-tively engage in the use of digital media.

Okanagan Mission Secondary English 10 students with Ms. Stoski are de-constructing media and exploring ideas between visual texts to discuss how people understand text differently depending on their world views and perspectives. They are in the process of planning and developing engaging informational presentations for their classmates using media arts literacy de-construction techniques.

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Constable Neil Bruce Middle students col-laborate to critique literature and pitch their favourite to peers.

Redesigning British Columbia’s Curriculum • Redesigning British Columbia’s CurriculumPERSONAL

AND SOCIAL

COMPETENCY

The personal and social competency is the set of abil-ities that relate to students’ identity in the world, both as individuals and as members of their community and society. Personal and social competency encompasses the abilities

students need to thrive as individuals, to understand and care about themselves and others, and to find and achieve their purposes in the world.

At the Rutland Senior Secondary My Action Plan (MAP) days, students present their grade 12 transition plans with evidence of their skills, abilities, accomplishments, and post-secondary plans. Grade 12 student, Matthew Tucsok, pre-sented a PC computer that he built completely from scratch. Matthew presented his MAP to Vice-Principal, Cliff Schwartz and Kelowna Fire Chief, Lou Wilde.

On Harmony Day, students and staff from all over the Central Okanagan School District celebrate that although we are all different, we all belong. Students share their unique cultural heritage through telling stories, putting up displays about family back-grounds, and creating videos and art which promote peace and acceptance. At Glenrosa Elementary School, students celebrate to-gether in full school assemblies and spend time in classroom activities planning what they can do to ensure each person in their community knows that they belong.

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Oyama Traditional students are engaged in programming simple Lego Robots they con-structed (called Rembots) to complete various challenges on the special vinyl programming mats that are also pictured. A complete cur-riculum utilizing Iterative Design (a cyclical process of programming, testing, analyzing and refining) comes with the mats, involving both creative and critical thinking. Some of the students will be competing at the Western Canada Skills Competition this coming April in the Lower Mainland.

The thinking competency encom-passes the knowledge, skills and process we associate with intellec-tual development. It is through their competency as thinkers that stu-dents take subject-specific concepts and content and transform them into a new understanding. The thinking competence includes specific think-ing skills as well as habits of mind, and metacognitive awareness.

The Bug Oasis, The Sung Bug Hotel, The Rolly Polly Inn and the Hoppy Hotel opened for business in 2015 at David-son Road Elementary. These four ho-tels were designed and constructed by the students, teachers and parents of the kindergarten classes in response to a call for help from “Mr. A. Phid”, manager of the bug hotel at the Loral Packing House, which informed the students that the Lake Country bugs were infesting his hotel! With special-ty rooms for solitary bees and spacious rooftop gardens, these hotels have been hopping since the grand opening!

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A group of Davidson Road Elementary grade 5 girls competed at the Robo Cup challenge at Okanagan College. Tennyson, Alexis, Avery, and Abby were excited to take home first place in the Dancing Robot Competition. The girls succeeded

in designing, building, and programming their dancing robot during an extracurricular club at school, run by teacher candidates Evan Rodger, Nicole Krastel, and Jennifer Spoklie, as well as Vice-Principal, Michelle Relova.

Chute Lake Elementary grade 6 stu-dents sell their creations in a young entrepreneurs program requiring them to employ thinking competen-cies to create, design, plan, budget, construct, market and sell. A portion of profits were donated to charity.

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Trustee Cacchioni congratulates Jonah Cooke at the November 25, 2015 Central Okanagan School District’s Public Board of Education Meeting. Jonah Cooke, a grade four student at South Kelowna Elementary School created and submitted a comic strip to TELUS WISE footprint comic contest and won FIRST place in this Canada-wide contest. In fact, his comic strip received double the votes of the 2nd place winner! Jonah was presented with a plaque and $500, and the school received a cheque for $3,000 towards their digital literacy program.

The History Now National Award is given to honour students across Canada who show an interest in celebrating Canadian History. Stu-dents write an essay in response to one of five questions mandated by the government. Grade 11 Kelowna Secondary School student, Jordan McGill, won with her award winning essay on WWII’s effect on women, which she entitled ‘Throwing Out the Apron’.

Mihai Covaser, a grade seven French Immersion student at École KLO Middle School has again been awarded the role of Kid Champion and ambassador for Variety, The Children’s Chari-ty. Mihai has spastic diplegia (CP), a disability affecting his legs and mobility. Mihai is an ad-vocate for students with disabilities and regu-larly brings his championing for Variety to KLO through fundraising efforts and student educa-tion.

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Grade 12 Kelowna Secondary School students, Caleigh Wong (left) and Abby Thompson (right), participated in a cross Canada writing contest for the Hong Kong Veterans Commemorative As-sociation and placed 1st and 2nd, respectively. Caleigh’s entry was a letter to her generation, in which she discussed Hong Kong veteran Bruce Cadoret, and our modern attitudes to-wards sacrifice. Abby took an artistic approach for her Portraits of Valour work, painting Vet-eran Alfred Babin, his hometown, and the POW Camp where he was imprisoned. Their work is now published nationally.

The Okanagan Mission Secondary School (OKM) Senior Boys Soccer team recently won Gold at the 2015 BCSS AA Provincial Tournament by outperforming their Okanagan Valley rival, Sa Hali, 2-0 in the final game. Grade 11 student, Sam McDonald, was named the Tournament’s MVP and won the Golden Boot Award. The team’s Captain, Spencer Young, a grade 12 student who joined the Huskies in grade 9, was named to the Tournament’s prestigious Commissions’ 11 list. OKM now has won a Bronze, a Silver, and two Gold medals in the past five years.

KLO Middle School grade 8 stu-dent, Abby Kiehbauch, was the 2015 Rotary Public Speaking Contest winner in her age group. Students throughout our School District prepared for this event by presenting a persuasive speech on the 2015 Rotary theme “Light Up Rotary.” After a series of class and school events, the finals were held at the George Elliott Secondary School theatre. Abby is pictured with her teachers Mme. Samaddar, Mme. Kolesar, and Mme. Goutier.

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Springvalley Middle School’s Mr. Al Hopgood has garnered a reputation as one of the premier stu-dent leadership teachers in the country. He has been instrumental in organizing and facilitating student leadership opportunities, at the local, provincial, and national level. Mr. Hopgood’s tire-less work in teaching, coaching, and helping both students and colleagues bring positive change to their schools recently earned him the Canadian Student Leadership Association’s 2015 Leader of Distinction Award.

Trustee Moyra Baxter congratulates Ms. Karen Hansen for being recognized as the 2015 Bus Driver of the Year, as awarded by the Association of School Transportation Services of British Co-lumbia. Ms. Hansen has been a school bus driver for 20 accident free years and has proven to be a highly skilled and safety oriented School Bus Operator. Ms. Hansen intuitively manages student behaviour on her bus and cares for the emotional and well-being of each young person, each and ev-ery school day. School Bus Drivers play a vital role in our education system, and they are most often the first school employee who comes into contact with our school children each day and the last at the end of the day. The Central Okanagan School District is pleased to recognize an outstanding individual for her service and dedication to the safety of our children.

“Literacy + Learning = Hope and Success”, a belief that Ms. Donna Kozak, District Early Lan-guage and Literacy Coordinator, lives by person-ally and professionally. For the past 10 years, Ms. Kozak has created urgency around this concept, striving to ensure that all children are equipped with the readiness and literacy skills needed to fully participate and thrive in today’s global world. Through inquiry and evidence-based re-search, Ms. Kozak has worked with a team to create a systemic assessment tool that enables educators to meet children where they are at, and to provide them with intentional and respon-sive, play-based learning opportunities to help them continue to grow. Ms. Kozak recently re-ceived the University of British Columbia’s Out-standing Doctoral-level Graduate Student Award for her work in studying how to best support students and their literacy development through family and school partnerships.Ms. Misty Smith was recently recognized as

the Teacher-Librarian of the Year, receiving the Diana Poole Memorial Award. This award hon-ours teacher-librarians who are making an out-standing contribution to the profession at or beyond the school level in British Columbia. Ms. Smith was recognized for her commitment to her profession, advocacy of Learning Commons in schools, and the professional growth of her District and provincial colleagues. SUBMITTED BY DARIO SANGREGORIO, student at Okanagan Mission Secondary

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The teachers that comprise the District’s Instructional Leadership Team (ILT), past and present, were recently the recipients of the Canadian Innovators in Education Award. This award celebrates sys-tem-changing initiatives at all levels of K-12 education in Canada. The work of the ILT has provided teachers with opportunities for authentic professional collaboration within their classroom, school, and other classrooms throughout the District. By facilitating co-planning, co-teaching and co-learn-ing, they are leading educators through promising work in education reform. Current members of the ILT include: Marnie Birkeland, Shelley Dickie, Carolyn Durley, Michelle Erickson, Keely Flannigan, Graham Johnson, Tricia Labrie, Jamie Robinson, Lindsey Schroeder, and Sarah Watson.Past members of the ILT included: Kyla Babcock, Lindsey Gibson, Sheila Graham, Jennifer Moffat, Rhonda Ovelson, and Michelle Relova.

Mr. Derek Smith (left) and Mr. Graeme Stacey (right) pictured at Guildford Park School in Surrey, were speakers at a recent Human Rights symposium hosted by the BC Association for Learning & Preserving the History of WWII in Asia (ALPHA). Mr. Smith and Mr. Stacey are tremendous examples of the passion teachers have in the Central Okanagan School District for student learning. Both have put a great amount of effort into creating activities that promote critical thinking, innovation, and engagement in their classrooms. As a result, they have been recognized with Government of Canada History Awards. Mr. Smith’s award winning project has students deciding which former Prime Minister should replace the Queen on the 20 dollar bill. Mr. Stacey’s project engages students and creates personal connec-tions to the plight of Canadians who served in the Battle of Hong Kong and spent three and a half years in Prisoners of War (POW) camps.

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