“Every job is a self-portrait of the person
who did it”.
~ Unknown
Success Stories
For the June 11, 2012 Board of Education Meeting
Recognition of Student/School Success
School District No. 67 (Okanagan Skaha) extends congratulations
to the following students/groups for these outstanding examples of
success for MAY:
Columbia Elementary
Raise A Reader Celebration
Columbia students were so lucky to have a visit to the school by a
variety of published authors, organized through the 'Raise a Reader'
program. Not only did each grade level have the opportunity to
listen to a reading of a book, students learned about the craft of
writing a short story or novel. At the end of the book talk, every
child was presented with a brand new book (written by the author
they had heard speak). What a fabulous day!
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April
Columbia Elementary Continued...
Hearts at School Fair
During the month of May, students at Columbia Elementary
celebrated good health and active living with a 'hearts at school' fair.
The event featured over a dozen stations that had students running,
jumping, skipping, and singing their way to good health! Leadership
students from Pen High, led by teacher Nadeen Halls, were
instrumental in running the stations and inspiring Columbia students
on their road to healthy living.
McNicoll Park Middle
Leadership 8 students conducted a clothing sale. They collected,
cleaned, displayed and sold many items over a three day period.
All monies raised will be donated to an African Orphanage
through the Free the Children Foundation.
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McNicoll Park Middle held a fun filled school wide track meet on
May 11th. Over 200 students participated in 9 events from
the100m dash to high jump to shot put.
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This is an annual event that helps prepare students to compete in
the district track meet. The event ended with a really good
barbeque with all the proceeds going towards the leadership
program at the school.
Naramata Elementary
MAY DAY ROYALTY
Pictured are some Naramata Elementary grade 5 girls
who served as their May Day Royalty on May 21st.
They are:
Mckenna Wheeler, Jeniah McElroy, Jayden Schneider, Felicia Ord,
Kayley Davies, Desiree Paulhus, Jessi Singleton, Martha Pace
and DD Steinke.
The girls have been
taking part in a series
of workshops
which emphasize
developing
self-confidence,
learning important
life long skills, and
most importantly
having fun and
working together
as a group.
Appreciations go out to Jennifer Moorhouse, Todd Lindsay,
Renee Matheson, Lisa Salting, Sue Kirschmann, Louise Quandt, and
& Kristi Lind for working with this year’s royalty in their personal
development program.
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Naramata Elementary Continued...
SOAP BOX RACES
As part of the May Day festivities, the grade 5 boys from Naramata took
part in the May Day Soapbox Races. Under the direction of Brent
Rowland and Garry Kay, the grade 5 boys built soapbox racers thus
reviving a Naramata tradition from the 1950’s & 1960’s. Thank you to the
following sponsors for this event, Okanagan Awards Plus (Tony & Jodi
Trovao), Van Westen Vineyards (Rob Van Westen) and the Naramata
Store (Brian Selwood). The boys competed in record times down Ellis St.
with Ethan Trovao (Photo) winning the coveted trophy.
Entries: Kai Balance, Finn Carolan, Hank Cumming, Chase Davies,
Jacob Oh, Maceo Raynolds and Ethan Trovao.
Parkway Elementary
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The Breakfast club and hot lunch
served some fantastic meals in May.
Thank you so much to the wonderful
volunteers who help to make this so
successful!
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Parkway held three school wide runs
and it was great to see so many of the
students running so many laps!!!
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The two recycling teams did a super
job on recycling – thank you to
everyone who helped!
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Mrs. Silvius' class held an Author Night
to show off and read their recently
completed Ogopogo books!
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The fire safety lady representative
visited Parkway and did a wonderful
presentation for the Kindergarten
children!
Ethan Travao
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The school sports court has been
painted and the nets have been
secured. It looks great again and the
students are really enjoying the
update!
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It is the 25th Anniversary of the Rick
Hansen Man in Motion Tour. The
group visited Parkway for a very
engaging assembly. The students
learned a lot about Rick and his tour!
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The student mural on the ball wall
looks fabulous! Thank you so much to
all the great artist volunteers, Sarah
and Becky!!!
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Parkway Elementary Continued...
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Mrs. Tucker's class went on a small field trip to check out the Osprey in the
neighborhood. It was a great little walk and adventure!
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The student Yoga sessions on Tuesday were a huge hit!
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Smurf Day went very well with lots of little smurf's running around the
school and most students and staff dressed in blue and white. The cake
raffle was won by Zach Wilson and he shared the cake with his entire class.
Thanks to Mrs. Konyi for the great cake and idea. All of the proceeds
raised will go to the speed reader board funds!
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The grade 1 - 3 classes had a wonderful time at Children's Festival. It was
nice that the weather cooperated. Thanks to Mrs. Zaugg for all of her
organization!
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Mrs. Silvius' class had a wonderful overnight field trip to the Naramata
Centre. Thanks to the PAC for helping make this happen!
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The Concorde (Seniors Centre) readers came for their last visit on
Thursday. The students were sad to see them go. They will be back in the
Fall!
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The Volunteer Pizza lunch was a big hit and it was nice to see over 30
volunteers out for lunch.
Trout Creek Elementary
Walk for Muscular Dystrophy
Thank you to all those students,
parents, and community members
(including Safeway, Cathy &
Daniel Cunningham, and Kyle
Anderson) who participated
in this year’s Walk for Muscular
Dystrophy. Trout Creek
Elementary School raised
almost $1700 for Muscular
Dystrophy Canada to help
them find a cure. Thirty-nine
Trout Creek students raised
over $25 and received a 2012
Muscular Dystrophy t-shirt.
Great work TC!
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Trout Creek Elementary Continued...
Crazy Hair Day
Crazy Hair Day
On Friday, May 25th the students at Trout Creek Elementary
Showed their ‘Spirit’ and their creativity during the PAC
Sponsored Crazy Hair Day….
Penticton Secondary
BC Secondary Math Contest
On Friday May 4th, four students from Penticton Secondary travelled to
Kelowna's UBCO for the annual BC Secondary Math contest. The four
students: Landon Reeves (grade 9), Kaylee Kutschera (grade 10), Taylor
Hunter (grade 10) and Mandy Yang (grade 11) worked hard and
enjoyed the challenges set out for them. Mandy placed 1st overall in the
senior category beating all grade12's and grade 11's in attendance. She
won $200.00 as well as tuition to UBCO or OC (up to $3000.00) if she
chooses to attend there. Congratulations Mandy and to all the other
students!
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Penticton Secondary School Continued...
National Skills Canada
Russ Stasiuk's students just picked up a "Silver" at the National Skills
Canada in Edmonton (Alex Greba and Layne Richardson) for Film
and TV........for producing a film that had to be longer than two minutes
but no longer than four minutes. Great work!
Dragon’s Den Young Entrepreneur Competition
Pen Hi students Niall Carolan and Morgan Parker won first place at
this year's Dragon Den Young Entrepreneur Competition with their
company "CP Vineworks".
Pen Hi student Dillon Brown came in second place with his company
"Clockwork Computers".
Pen Hi students Kristi Steele and Zoe Hartwick came in third place for
their company "Shave-it-for Later, I'm Buzzy".
National Science Fair
Meg Cumming and Breanna Gowe (grade 9 students) excelled at the
National Science Fair in Charlottetown, PEI!
The two girls returned to Penticton with a Bronze Medal for their
efforts which comes with a $300.00 cash award for their project and a
$1000.00 scholarship offer from the University of Western Ontario for
each student.
The two ladies represented Penticton Secondary and SD67 really well.
It was a pleasure to have them along on the team!
Penticton Secondary School Continued...
PSS Girl’s Rugby Team
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Penticton Secondary Girl’s Rugby Team - Students placed 6th in the
AAA BC Provincial Championships! They lost on Thursday, won on
Friday and lost a close one on Saturday. This is much more impressive
than it may seem since every other team in their division was carrying a
roster of at least 25 players and many had as many as 35 or 40. PSS
girls travelled with 18 players and this included 3 so badly hurt that they
could only play a few minutes each game. Since there are 15 players on
the field at a time, virtually all of the girls played 210 minutes of full
contact, no-prisoners rugby in 48 hours against constantly fresh
opposition and never backed down, never slowed down and never stopped
demonstrating to the world the real nature of Laker Pride.
School District No. 67 Speech Competition
The inaugural SD67 Speech Competition hosted by Summerland
Secondary was very successful.
All secondary schools were represented and the level of competition was
remarkable. Judges commented on the high calibre of the speeches and the
poise and confidence all students displayed. The three judges were: Wes
Hopkin (Harvard graduate, Penticton City Councillor and debate
champion), Linda Beaven (SD67 trustee, retired drama teacher and
music festival adjudicator), Charlotte Burley (retired English teacher
and Summerland Rotary representative).
Successful competitors were:
Grade 10
1st Colton Van Camp (Princess Margaret grade 9 student)
2nd Linda Worden (Pen High)
3rd Meike Engel (Princess Margaret)
Grade 11
1st Cassidy Yurechko-Clements (Summerland Secondary)
2nd Gabe Panis (Princess Margaret)
3rd Dana Klamut (Princess Margaret)
Grade 12
1st Ashleigh Snell (Princess Margaret)
2nd Jolene Hayter (Pen High)
3rd Layne Richardson (Pen High)
A huge thanks to Jane Stead (competition organizer) and Jeff Guy for
coordinating this in their schools.
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Uplands Elementary
Uplands School Springs into Action
The spring season is in the air at Uplands! The school held an Earth Day
assembly followed by cleaning up the schoolyard and each class
planted beautiful flowers that are now dispersed throughout the school
grounds. Many thanks go out to Giardino’s of Penticton for donating
the flowers and to the Uplands PAC Farm Bag Program for providing
the funds needed for the soil and pots.
Not only are flowers growing, but chicks are hatching at Uplands! The
three kindergarten “maternity wards” have been nurturing eggs and
the results are an opportunity to see the birth of chicks right in the
classroom. What an amazing experience for students!!
F
lowers &
C
School Sports:
 Gymnastics
 Cross Country Running
 Yoga with Jen Wheaten
 Rocks and Rings (curling techniques) – with Nadeen Halls
(Action Schools)
hicks
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Uplands Elementary Continued...
Kiwanis Music Festival: Mrs. Scotchburn’s Kindergartens and
Uplands’ Musical Theatre Club performed at the Kiwanis Music
Festival. Both classes did an amazing job. Congratulations!
Sole4Souls Shoe Drive: Many thanks go out to Mrs. Scotchburn,
helpful students and wonderful families for bringing shoes to school
for Soles4Souls Canada. Approximately 240 used shoes were
collected for earthquake victims.
S
ole4Souls Shoes
Restorative Practices: Many students are actively involved in
“making it right” at through “Restorative Practices” programs.
Restorative Practices promotes the understanding of behaviour,
taking responsibility and doing what is needed to “make it right”.
SMARTLearning Rounds: SMARTLearning Rounds once again
happened with many teachers from other schools coming to
Uplands to see the learning process in action. Many thanks go out
to organizer, MaryAnn McLean and to demonstration teachers,
Carolyn Buzikievich and Jody Scotchburn.
Kindergarten visits to Haven Hill Seniors’ Centre
Grades 1 – 5 attended the Children’s Festival – many thanks to
PAC for funding the tickets for students and parent volunteers
Kindergartens Learning about the Environment through RDOS
programs
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Uplands Elementary Continued...
F
arm
Mrs. Scotchburn’s Farm
District Success Story......
Penticton Secondary School’s 100th Anniversary
The fun began Friday, May 18th and then the Celebration of a
Century wrapped up on Sunday, May 20th!
Festivities began with the Cars of the Decades that were installed
for the occasion. Jim Leir's 1913 Kissel was the nearest to the
Shatford and front entrance to Pen High.
A Welcoming Reception began at 5 pm where 10 restaurants
dished out their savoury and sweet culinary delights and 18
Naramata Bench Wineries provided tastings of their award
winning wines.
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District Success Story Continued....
Principal Bill Bidlake arranged for tours of the recently built
school.
The Shatford Centre was open for everyone to tour the 'Home
Rooms of the Decades' and 'Teens Over The Years'. Okanagan
Photo Stars captured participants in gala fashion, and the
celebrations & reminiscing continued with Naramata Bench Wines
and snacks.
On May 19th, tours of the new Pen High took place and
photographer Stuart Bish took the historic photo on the steps of
the Ellis. The Shatford was open all day to allow everyone to stroll
down memory lane and relax with friends. The Rock of Ages began
at 7 pm with barbecued burgers. The music was provided by
Crosstown Bus and Great Canadian River Race. An extra special
performance by Mike Reno of Loverboy took place at the Penticton
Lakeside Resort.
It truly was the Celebration
of the Century! Special thanks to
everyone that helped make this
event so outrageously successful!