2010 June News.pdf - Central Okanagan School District No. 23
2010 June News.pdf - Central Okanagan School District No. 23
2010 June News.pdf - Central Okanagan School District No. 23
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KLO Middle <strong>School</strong><br />
Student Activities — April to <strong>June</strong> <strong>2010</strong><br />
KLO students participated in the following<br />
activities from April to <strong>June</strong>:<br />
Grade 9 assembly with Stacey Smith<br />
(Career Life Programs <strong>District</strong> Staff)<br />
to learn about Secondary <strong>School</strong><br />
Apprenticeship and Dual-Credit<br />
Programs.<br />
KLO participated in the Community<br />
Clean Up.<br />
Grade 7’s participated in Junior<br />
Achievement's ―A Business of Our<br />
Own‖ event. The students showed<br />
their amazing entrepreneurial skills<br />
and had a lot of fun in the two<br />
'Sales Days' where the students sold<br />
a wide array of items. Students<br />
combined their earnings and kindly<br />
donated $500.00 to the SPCA and<br />
$500.00 to the Kelowna General<br />
Hospital Pediatric Ward.<br />
30 Grade 8 & 9 girls attended the<br />
UBC <strong>Okanagan</strong> Engineering Day for<br />
Girls.<br />
Students attended the Vancouver<br />
Sun Run.<br />
Students attended the Aboriginal<br />
Career Fair.<br />
Assembly for Grade 9's to learn<br />
about the Camp OC Project<br />
Placement.<br />
Kelowna Secondary <strong>School</strong><br />
Transition assembly for Grade 9's.<br />
Service Canada presented<br />
employment information to<br />
students during TAG.<br />
KLO achieved 2nd place standing<br />
at the Mayor’s Environmental<br />
Achievement Awards.<br />
KLO environmental students placed<br />
first in the <strong>District</strong> Environmental<br />
Mind Grind competition and received<br />
$500.00 and then went on to win<br />
the provincial competition for<br />
$1000.00!<br />
UBCO “Women in Engineering”<br />
Conference<br />
Sixty Grade 8 and 9 girls attended a<br />
special conference on April 30 organized<br />
by UBC <strong>Okanagan</strong> and were given the<br />
fantastic opportunity to experience what<br />
it would be like to be an engineer!<br />
Students spent the day touring the<br />
research labs at UBCO and meeting<br />
engineering students and faculty.<br />
The girls had the chance to try some fun<br />
activities including building a suspension<br />
bridge and programming a robot!<br />
Lunch, snacks and prizes were included. �<br />
Students participated in Abby<br />
Day and raised over $3,000<br />
for Camp Goodtimes.<br />
The City of Kelowna has<br />
awarded a Certificate of<br />
Appreciation to KLO!!!<br />
The regional Waste Reduction<br />
Office has recognized KLO<br />
Middle <strong>School</strong> for our<br />
contribution in keeping the<br />
community clean and green<br />
through our participation in<br />
community clean up.<br />
Way go to KLO,<br />
keep up the<br />
good work!!<br />
Grade 8 and 9 girls tour UBCO grounds<br />
at the “Women in Engineering”<br />
Conference<br />
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