School District No. 67 (Okanagan Skaha)
RECOGNITION OF STUDENT/SCHOOL SUCCESS
January 9, 2006
School District No. 67 (Okanagan Skaha) extends congratulations to the following students/groups for these
outstanding examples of success:
DISTRICT
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Several Princess Margaret Counterattack students visited Uplands and West Bench schools to work
with younger students on the Think of Me Brown Bag Campaign. This program has young students
color Liquor Store bags with the theme “Think of Me, Please Don’t Drink and Drive”. The bags are
returned to the store and people receive their alcohol purchases in one of the bags. Parkway and
Wiltse also participated. Parkway was featured in the Western News Advertiser in a story by Brian
Johnson. This is a great program and well received by all. The older students enjoyed working with the
elementary students. Princess Margaret has an active Counterattack Program, holding several
successful events over the years. As well as the Think of Me Program, students also hosted a seatbelt
check at the school.
CARMI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
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Carmi traveled around the world this Christmas with songs and narration about Christmas traditions in
various countries. There were two performances on December 7th (1:15 PM and 7:00 PM) that were
enjoyed by all. Many thanks go out to all of the students and staff for their hard work in preparing for
the concert.
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Kindergarten Performance and Christmas Sing-Along: the Kindergarten’s continued to perform on
December 16th in the morning, which was followed by a grade 1-5 “Sing-Along”. Carmi students have
such beautiful voices.
Carmi T-Shirts and Hoodies: Many thanks go out to Marlene Jones for helping to coordinate the Carmi
T-shirt and Hoodie initiative (and create them too!!). It is great to see all the students, parents and staff
wearing the new Carmi clothing.
Christmas Craft Day: PAC sponsored a fun Christmas Craft Day for the whole school, which was held
on December 15th. Many thanks go out to Carmi’s PAC for all they do for our Carmi students.
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Mrs. Hamilton’s grade 2/3 class coordinated UNICEF this year; Mr. Gardner’s grade 4 class regularly
visited Extended Care residents; and Mrs. Brussee’s & Mrs. Mercer’s grade 2 class organized a
Christmas Food Train for the Food Bank this Christmas. Well done!
Thanks to the Canadian Tire Jumpstart Program and Mr. Burgoyne for coordinating the program.
Nine students are registered for swimming lessons in January. It is so exciting that these young
students will have an opportunity to learn how to swim!!!
A number of students were recognized
for service around the school.
News announcers received recognition.
COLUMBIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
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Congratulations to Ms. Rose and her grade four class for organizing a bake sale to raise money for the
S.P.C.A. The students had a great time preparing goodies for the sale, and all classes had an
opportunity to come down and buy some delicious goodies. In all, Ms. Rose's class raised just over
$250 to donate to the local animal shelter.
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Once again, Ms. Forsyth worked her magic with the intermediate students as she held her annual
Christmas concert with her production of "Once on a Housetop”. The concert played to a full audience
at the Cleland Theatre. As well, there were two other performances, a school dress rehearsal, and
another dress rehearsal at the Cleland Theatre. Thanks to parents for their support in attending, our
staff for always stepping up to the plate with background work and preparation, and students for doing
an outstanding job in making the performance a success. Again, a special thanks to Ms. Forsyth for
her personal commitment in providing an excellent concert each and every year.
GIANT’S HEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
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Students collected 183 toys and $362.25 for the Summerland Fire Department’s Toys and toonies for
Tots and Teens toy drive. Well done!
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KVR MIDDLE SCHOOL
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Jillian Abney, a grade 8 French Immersion student, received
second place and a cheque for $200 from the Canadian Mental
Health Association for their "4th Annual Poster Contest" in
recognition of World Mental Health Day. All middle and secondary
students in School Districts 53, 58 and 67 were eligible. The
theme of the poster contest was "Mental and Physical Health
Across the Life Span”.
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Lisa Cunnian's and Julie Cornett-Ching's French Immersion 7
classes recently sponsored two needy KVR families as a "Spirit of
Christmas" activity. Julie has done this activity in previous years and has always received a positive
response from parents and students. Lisa and Julie told their classes about the idea and they were very
excited. Letters went home to parents and before too long donations came flooding in. One day after
school, a group of volunteer students, Lisa, and Julie went shopping for the family's wish list plus a food
hamper. The next day we spent recess and lunch wrapping the gifts. Everyone was more than happy
to donate their time to help out two local families in need. We have since received letters from parents
saying what a great activity this was.
Lisa Cunnian’s Class
Julie Cornett-Ching’s Class
NARAMATA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
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Creating Walls of Local History: Naramata Elementary School, through sponsorship from the Naramata
Recreation Commission, enlisted the artistic services of Penticton Artist Glenn Clark. Three murals will
adorn the hallways of Naramata to help mark the community's Centennial in 2007. The murals depict
three aspects of Naramata's past and present: Maypole dancing past and present, the SS Naramata
tugboat breaking the ice on Okanagan Lake for the SS Sicamous, and the new children's slide at
Manitou Park. Glenn received assistance from the 100+ students who each painted one of the 111
panels which make up the murals.
Glenn Clark and student Annika Ramsey
Student Corey Henderson and Glenn Clark
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The Naramata Elementary School choir was chosen from eight Okanagan schools to be included in the
Christmas news section on December 19th during the News Hour on CHBC. Well done!!
PARKWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
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All grade four students took part in skating lessons based on the Premier’s Award Ice Skating
curriculum. All students completed the course and were awarded a badge indicating the level of
achievement that they reached. Seven students completed the Blue Level, the highest available.
Congratulations to all of the students in the program.
Students at Parkway have been learning all about ‘empathy’, and they were able to demonstrate
empathy in action when they participated in Operation Christmas Child once again this year. It was
wonderful to see the outpouring of support from Parkway students and their families for this special
project. Fifty three boxes were filled to the brim and sent off to children around the world, many of
whom would not be receiving any other gifts at Christmas. Many thanks to all who supported this
project, and a special thanks to Tim Horton’s, who supplied us with boxes and arranged for our parcels
to be picked up and sent overseas. Operation Christmas Child was a wonderful way for students to
experience the season of giving and hope.
The Book Fair raised $1,488.78 to buy books for the school library. Thanks to the many volunteers who
helped with the Book Fair this year: Mrs. Skrypiczajko, Mrs. Sinclair, Mrs. Owen, Mrs. Koster, Mrs.
Stadnyk, Mrs. Ramsay, Allison Brooks, Krista MacLean, Brandon Wilson, Megan Schmidt and Mr.
Graham. The Book Fair Door prize of $25.00 was won by Jake Turnbull in Mrs. Tebbutt’s room. His
class also won $25.00 for their classroom library.
The Candy Cane Contest was won by Taylor Schyrbiak. Her guess of 284 was only two candy canes
short of the 286 candy canes that were actually in the jar. The proceeds of this contest bought two
books for us to send to Keith Koponyas in the hospital in Vancouver, as well as three books for the
school library.
The grade four and five students (with help from a few grade threes) performed in a very successful
winter performance, The Perfect Holiday Song Search. Students from all intermediate classes learned
songs, lines, technical matters and how to have a good time.
Students from all grades contributed to a full barrel of canned food goods that were donated to the
Salvation Army Food Bank. Great thanks were given from the food bank.
Two classes of grade one students performed songs, riddles and poems for their parents and
gatherings at retirement lodges. Students performed like longtime professionals. Lots of reading went
into the preparation.
Student achievement in literacy done on a sample of seven classes (149 students) throughout the
grade levels showed only 16 students Not Yet Meeting Expectations in Reading while 29 students were
Exceeding Expectations in Reading during fall assessments. Expectations will change over the course
of the year but this is a very encouraging result for this time of the year.
PRINCESS MARGARET SECONDARY SCHOOL
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The Mustang’s senior boys’ basketball squad hosted its annual alumni tournament during the Christmas
holidays. Recently graduated classes (2005 and 2004) faced off against the current squad. In the first
game against the 2005 grad class, the Mustangs lost a close match 68-66. In the second game, the
Mustangs lost another tight game, this time to the 2004 grade class, 78-74. Great entertainment and a
fun time was had by all.
Several Counterattack students visited Uplands and West Bench schools to work with younger students
on the Think of Me Brown Bag Campaign. This program has young students color Liquor Store bags
with the theme “Think of Me, Please Don’t Drink and Drive”. The bags are returned to the store and
people receive their alcohol purchases in one of the bags. Parkway and Wiltse also participated.
Parkway was featured in the Western News Advertiser in a story by Brian Johnson. This is a great
program and well received by all. The older students enjoyed working with the elementary students.
Princess Margaret has an active Counterattack Program, holding several successful events over the
years. As well as the Think of Me Program, students also hosted a seatbelt check at the school.
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QUEEN’S PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
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The Christmas Concert and the PAC raffle were both a big hit. Over 400 people attended the concert
and the students put on a wonderful show with each class performing their own skit or song. The
audience loved it. Thank you to all those who came out and watched. The staff and students certainly
did a great job preparing for the concert and all their hard work paid off.
A Christmas lunch/dinner was held for all of staff and students on the last Wednesday of school.
All the classes went skating at the rink.
SKAHA LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL
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Skaha Lake Leadership students collected 414 non-perishable items from classes for the Salvation
Army Food Bank.
A total of 70 students in grades 6 and 7 have been participating in the basketball play days. Twentyone boys and twenty-four girls have been representing the school in basketball.
Skaha Lake had a very successful band concert on December 13th. The grade 7 and 8 bands played
and the school choir sang. Thanks go out to Mr. Schlackl and Mrs. Grant. Mrs. Grant also brought
over the Princess Margaret Choir to model for our younger students. The concert was well attended by
parents and relatives.
Grade 7 and 8 students had a very successful school dance; the first of the year.
Recycling projects continue to support the school’s foster child in the Camaroon.
SUMMERLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL
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Tech Ed students Odessa Cutt (Grade 6), Colin
Burke and Miles Skoreyko (Grade 7) check out
the new Oscillating Sander.
Mr. Bond (Tech Ed Teacher) and all SMS
students would like to thank the PAC for
providing the funds to purchase this sander.
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Summerland Middle School has a new way of
delivering morning announcements. Under the
direction of Mrs. Colquhoun and Ms. Steves
students learn how to use cameras, computers and
be live news broadcasters. The TV studio is located
in the library and announcements are viewed live on
classroom televisions.
Grade 7 announcers
Melissa Stathers and Kristy Roche
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SUMMERLAND SECONDARY SCHOOL
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Basketball members of past and present teams gathered for a tournament. This event has been held
annually for about 30 years. Only those who have played on school teams in the past were part of the
tournament.
First game:
Second game:
Third game:
Players from 1997 and earlier defeated this year’s senior boys (66-58)
Players from 1998 to 2002 defeated the alumni from 2003-2005 (73-47)
Girls’ alumni defeated this year’s girls (59-47)
Semi-final:
Final:
2003-2005 alumni defeated the senior boys (69-61)
Alumni from 1998 to 2002 defeated the 1997 and earlier team in overtime. (77-75)
A fun time was had by all!!!
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Congratulations to grade 12 student Sarah Pickett who received a $50 cheque and a letter of
commendation for designing the winning logo for the upcoming Puddle Duck Hatch. Part of
Summerland’s centennial celebration will be a contest to build puddle ducks (simple, easy-to-make
boats) and race them all in one weekend. Pickett’s logo design was selected from more than 40 entries
submitted by SSS art students.
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Members of the senior boys’ and girls’ basketball teams participated in a tournament in Alaska where
they competed against teams from around the world. The teams had a great time, played hard, and
were great ambassadors for the district and the province. The Senior Boys’ team won the Most
Sportsmanship Award. Approximately 3000 spectators watched their first game - what an experience!!
TROUT CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
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Students in grades 1-3 sang Christmas
Carols for Kelly Care Centre residents.
Photo courtesy of John Arendt
(Summerland Review)
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Eleven students received a certificate and
pizza coupon from Murray’s Pizza through a
school reading program. All the students
chose to donate the pizza coupons to the
Summerland Food Bank. Great example!
Well done.
UPLANDS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
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The Scholastic Book Fair was a wonderful success. The school earned $1,539.96 in sales. The library
can now look forward to over $700 worth of new books from Scholastic. Megan Bull was the winner for
the sale and she won $25.00 worth of merchandise for herself as well as $25.00 for her classroom
(Mrs. Halbauer’s class). Congratulations Megan!
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WEST BENCH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
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Students enjoyed the Harry Potter presentation at Maggie.
Dan Albas did a self esteem presentation to grades 2/3, 3 and 4 students.
The Primary Winter Concert “Mice Before Christmas” was enjoyed by all.
A “Sing-a-Long” was held for parents and students.
WILTSE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
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Once again the Wiltse community has shown its generosity through its donations to Operation
Christmas Child. The school delivered over 100 boxes of donated goods to Tim Horton’s for delivery to
needy children around the globe. Thanks to Mrs. Setters and her class for coordinating this event.
All three kindergarten classes got into the spirit of giving and held a cupcake sale. They raised a total of
$240, which was spent on nonperishable food items and donated to the Salvation Army. Thanks to Mrs.
Lund, Mrs. Beitel and all the kindergarten parents for their efforts.
Tennis BC, in partnership with 2010 Legacies Now, provided Mr. Biollo's, Mr. Hutcheson's and Mrs.
Setters' classes with an amazing introduction to the lifetime sport of tennis. Instructors Dennis Hoffert
and Kate Kimberly taught basic skills over several weeks using the Action Method. Students had a
great time and experienced success learning the FUNdamentals of the game. Thanks, Dennis, Kate
and Tennis BC!
Ref: 05-06SUP/00300-01/Admin/Board of Trustees-General/Student Successes/ Success Stories 06Jan09
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