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School District 73
Boys and Girls Club of Kamloops offer space to students affected by Parkcrest Elementary school fire
KAMLOOPS – After the Kamloops-Thompson School District received several concerns from parents regarding the relocation…
Police arrest suspect in bomb threat at Kamloops high school
KAMLOOPS – Kamloops RCMP have arrested a suspect after a local high school received a…
Will surveillance cameras help Kamloops schools in eliminating threats?
KAMLOOPS – After a recent string of threats made to different Kamloops schools, school board…
How a TRU lecturer is trying to educate teens and kids about vaping
When surveys were conducted within the schools of the Kamloops-Thompson School District to find out…
iN VIDEO: Kamloops high school students, staff get sneak peak of $34.5M expansion project
Staff and students at a Kamloops high school were shown the initial expansion plans for…
Kamloops student sues teacher, school district after losing fingers in shop class
A Kamloops high school student and his guardian have filed a notice of claim in B.C.…
Kamloops school district reporting big spike in online enrolment
A preliminary enrolment report from the Kamloops-Thompson School District shows a big jump in the…
Kamloops school district COVID-19 exposure events on the rise
Kamloops area schools have struggled with rising COVID-19 exposures, and the district's acting superintendent sees…
Dress code for Kamloops schools ready for next step
A new dress code policy at School District 73 is ready for the next step,…
Mandatory COVID-19 vaccine policy may be coming for Kamloops school district employees
All employees in the Kamloops public school system may have to prove they’re fully vaccinated…
Vehicle-free school zone? Some parents skeptical of Kamloops pilot project
Some parents are skeptical about a new Kamloops and school district pilot project which will…
South Kamloops Secondary needs $1 million to bring it into the 21st century
KAMLOOPS – School District 73 is asking the province for $1 million to renovate South Kamloops Secondary. The aging school needs to be entirely rebuilt but, in the meantime, Superintendent Karl de Bruijn says the district wants to maintain the school as best as possible. The school, built in 1951, is an outdated building “not...
Air quality monitoring station on the way for Aberdeen
KAMLOOPS – Kamloops will again have a second air quality monitoring station, this time in the upper Aberdeen area. The mobile air quality monitoring station, a joint project between the Ministry of Environment, KGHM Ajax Mining and School District 73, will continuously measure air quality and weather patterns including coarse particulate matter, fine particulate matter,...
Students will continue to enjoy longer spring break in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS – The two-week spring break is likely here to stay. Of the parents surveyed, 59 per cent were in favour of the two-week break while teachers reported no “backward slide” after the two weeks and thought students were healthier physically and enthusiastic. School board chair Denise Harper admits the original idea was met with...
The rise of technology in Kamloops schools
KAMLOOPS - If you've been in a school lately you might notice things look a little different than when you were a student. You will find SMART Boards in many classrooms as well as computer labs and mobile iPad labs in most schools. School trustee Gerald Watson came to Kamloops in 1977, when he started...