Kelowna Secondary School

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Kelowna Secondary School
Address
Kelowna Secondary School
1079 Raymer Avenue

, ,
Canada
Coordinates 49°51′50″N119°28′42″W / 49.86395°N 119.4783°W / 49.86395; -119.4783
Information
School type Public, high school
Opened2002
School board School District 23 Central Okanagan
School number2323076
PrincipalScott Parker [1]
Staff90
Grades10–12
Enrollment1900 (November 05, 2010)
LanguageEnglish, French
Colour(s)Black and Gold
   
MascotOwls
Team nameowls
Website www.kss.sd23.bc.ca

Kelowna Secondary School is a public school in Kelowna, British Columbia within School District 23. [2]

Contents

Academics

Kelowna Secondary School was rated 3rd in the province by the 2004/05 Fraser Sand rankings. [3]

KSS received a 7 out of 10 overall rating from the Fraser Institute in 2020. [4] It was ranked 63/252 out of high schools in British Columbia.

Athletics

Kelowna Secondary School is known for having strong senior varsity boys volleyball and basketball programs.

Basketball

Kelowna Secondary BC AAA Basketball Provincial Championship Games
YearWinning TeamLosing Team
2016Kelowna Owls87 Tamanawis Wildcats 57
2017 Walnut Grove Gators 78Kelowna Owls65
2019 Lord Tweedsmuir Panthers 91Kelowna Owls86
2020 Burnaby South Rebels 70Kelowna Owls56

Volleyball

Kelowna Secondary is known as one of the provincial championship contenders through recent years in high school boys' volleyball. In the 2023 volleyball season, the Owls completed a provincial title three-peat with a victory in four sets against the Yale Lions from Abbotsford; [5] in the same season, the Owls' Senior Girls Volleyball Team won the 'AAAA' High School Girls Volleyball Provincial Championship in three sets against the Riverside Rapids from Port Coquitlam. [6]

Notable alumni

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References

  1. "Faculty Directory". École Kelowna Secondary. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
  2. "For School Data, Source: BC Schools Book Archived 2006-07-12 at the Wayback Machine ." Province of British Columbia, Ministry of Education January 16, 2006.
  3. "Report Card on Secondary Schools in British Columbia and Yukon: 2006 Edition Archived 2006-08-12 at the Wayback Machine ." Fraser Institute . April 2006.
  4. "Fraser Institute - School Ranking". www.compareschoolrankings.org. Retrieved 2020-12-15.
  5. Vaski, Corvin (December 3, 2023). "Kings of the court: KSS wins third straight provincial championship". Kelowna Now. Retrieved June 23, 2024.
  6. Vaski, Corvin (December 4, 2023). "'A season I'll remember for a lifetime': KSS senior girls dominate to a provincial title". Kelwona Now. Retrieved June 23, 2024.
  7. Her Worship, "Dianne Watts transformed herself from an ignored, bullied, and abused young woman into a highly effective and appealing mayor. She’s remaking the oft-abused city of Surrey in much the same way" Frances Bula, Vancouver Magazine January 1, 2009,
  8. ,"Grapes celebrate 30th anniversary of first Kelowna gig" Chris Stanford, Kelowna Daily Courier August 25, 2013,
  9. ,"Grapes of Wrath on the ‘High Road’" Emily Draper & Callum Barbour, Censor This November 5, 2013
  10. ,"Nava Ashraf, Governor General's Academic Medal"
  11. "Local man lands role in TV series" Andrea Peacock, Kelowna Daily Courier November 17, 2016