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School District 53 Okanagan Similkameen is a school district that serves fragments of the southern Okanagan and lower Similkameen regions, which include Cawston, Hedley, Keremeos, Okanagan Falls, Oliver, and Osoyoos, totaling to six communities in the district, all of which are in British Columbia, Canada. Its main "maintenance department" office is held in Oliver, consisting of ten schools, five of which are elementary, three are high or secondary schools, while two are alternative schools. This district's superintendent is Beverly Young, while 2,665 students attend schools in it; there are 480 employees for the Okanagan Simlkammen school district. Their motto is "Learning Today for Living Tomorrow", and all places within the district are towns or villages. In addition to the conventional school programs, School District 53 offers three adult learning outlets, an outreach school, three early learning centres, as well as one elementary hockey academy; the district supports Aboriginal people. It provides a school bus transportation service, in order for children to get to their school and home, being responsible to the Director of Facilities. This bus service has been considered for expansion. School District 53 maintains a policy on emergency, which was amended on April 30, 2008. There is also a "smoke-free" policy that was amended on September 26, 2007. == Facilities == School District 53 Okanagan Similkameen consists of ten schools, five of which are elementary, three are high or secondary schools, while two are alternative schools,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=BC School District 53: Okanagan–Simlkammen )〕 within a total of six communities in British Columbia, Canada, in fragments of the southern Okanagan and lower Similkameen regions.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=SD53 Home )〕 The schools of the latter region include Cawston Primary School—held in the town of Cawston—whose principal is Linda Thiel,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Cawson Primary School )〕 who also served as a principal for the Hedley Elementary School—held in the Hedley town〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Welcome to Hedley Elementary School )〕—before its closure in January 2008, after the Okanagan Similkammeen district voted four to two to close the school.〔 Both schools held students from grades from Kindergarten to Grade 4.〔〔 The village of Keremeos is home to Similkameen Elementary Secondary School , which holds students from Grades 5 to 12, with the principal being Marcus Toneatto.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Schools )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Similkameen Elementary Secondary School )〕 In addition to the schools of the lower Similkameen, the southern Okanagan holds seven of the ten schools part of the district,〔 as well as its main "maintenance department" office, which is held in the town of Oliver.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=School District No 53 (Okanagan Similkameen) – 6057 Spartan St, Oliver, BC )〕 All schools in the district which are part of the Okanagan region maintain the same format: elementary schools have children from Kindergarten to Grade 8, while secondary schools consist of pupils from Grade 8 to 12. This includes Okanagan Falls Elementary School, which is held in the Okanagan Falls town, with Lisa McCall serving as the school's principal.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Okanagan Falls Elementary School )〕 The Osoyoos town is home to Osoyoos Elementary School—whose principal is David Foster〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Welcome to the Osoyoos Elementary School Web Site )〕 —and Osoyoos Secondary School, which is principled by G. Heinrichs. Since 2001, British Columbia has invested over 4.8 Canadian million dollars on replacing Osoyoos Elementary School, as well as Okanagan Falls Elementary School.〔 It offers the Okanagan Similkameen Learning Centre, which consists of students from Grades 8 to 12; the principal of the learning centre is B. Hansen.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Okanagan Similkameen Learning Centre )〕 Its neighboring town, Oliver, is home to, as of September 2011, Oliver Elementary School and Tuc-el-Nuit Elementary School—the former's principal is Mike Safek, while the latter's is D. Foster.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Welcome to Oliver Elementary School )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Tuc-el-Nuit Elementary School )〕 The community also had a secondary school, named Southern Okanagan Secondary School,〔 until it was burnt by a fire in September 2011, during the school's multi-million dollar renovation project. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police's (RCMP) investigation found no conclusion.〔 The Government of British Columbia are contributing to the school's rebuilding;〔 its construction began in spring 2012, being slated for completion in 2013. In addition to the conventional school programs, School District 53 offers three adult learning outlets, an outreach school, three early learning centres, as well as one elementary hockey academy.〔 It also works with a number of Aboriginal people, having signed an enhancement agreement to improve academic achievement of them.〔 2,665 students attend schools in this district,〔 whose superintendent is Beverley Young.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「School District 53 Okanagan Similkameen」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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