Education

Central Okanagan students have option to start in-class instruction late
Central Okanagan parents will have the option to return their children to the classroom at…

Whether you are sending your child back to school or not, go enrol
B.C. schools are gearing up for full-time in-class learning but parents may not be ready,…

B.C. Children’s Hospital has a few more things to add to your back-to-school shopping list
This school year is going to look much different than others, and while parents are…

Students could be paid compensation after thousands of B.C. high school exam marks were messed up
The Ministry of Education has agreed to apologize to students after 18,741 Grade 12 final…

Petition asks B.C. to provide online option for back-to-school
A petition has been created calling on B.C.'s education minister to create an online schooling…

B.C. students to be back in classrooms Sept. 10 for orientation
B.C.'s education minister has offered parents further insight to what the beginning of this school…

Kelowna, Kamloops school districts provide update on return-to-school plans
Kelowna and Kamloops school districts are preparing for a full return to classroom instruction come…

Don’t want to send your kid back to school? Your options in B.C. are limited
As B.C. moves into a new model of schooling under COVID-19 in September, students will…

B.C. teacher showed ‘age-inappropriate’ video to students, gets suspended
A Lower Mainland teacher who showed his Grade 6 students a video about the impact…

New UBCO research indicates teenagers are kinder than we think
A UBC Okanagan kindness researcher's latest study shows adolescents don't live up to the stereotype…

B.C. teacher loses certificate after inappropriate relationships with recently-graduated students
A B.C. teacher won’t be back in front of a classroom for the next 15…

48-year-old Vernon graduate gets her Okanagan College certificate despite pandemic
The phrase “going back to school” is exciting on many levels for Okanagan College Vernon…

Central Okanagan school superintendent hopeful for return of regular classes in fall
The Central Okanagan school district is working on a plan for the return of regular…
Vernon says no to Clarence Fulton Secondary grads’ plan to graffiti city street
The graduating class of Clarence Fulton Secondary will not get to tag the road outside…

Socially-distanced Vernon grads photoshopped to create traditional group picture
With a little help from Photoshop, Vernon Secondary School graduates got to partake in the…