Kelowna Secondary School Explained

Kelowna Secondary School
Country:	Canada
Principal:	Scott Parker^[1]
Staff:	90
Grades:	10–12
Enrollment:	1900
Colours:	Black and Gold
Mascot:	Owls
Team Name:	owls
Address:	1079 Raymer Avenue
Opened:	2002
Number:	2323076
Enrollment As Of:	November 05, 2010
Language:	English, French

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

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

Year	Winning Team		Losing Team
2016	Kelowna Owls	87	Tamanawis Wildcats	57
2017	Walnut Grove Gators	78	Kelowna Owls	65
2019	Lord Tweedsmuir Panthers	91	Kelowna Owls	86
2020	Burnaby South Rebels	70	Kelowna Owls	56

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

• Jerod Zaleski, Montreal Alouettes player
• Taylor Loffler, Winnipeg Blue Bombers player
• Dianne Watts,^[7] Former Mayor of Surrey, BC
• Kevin Kane,^[8] musician and member of The Grapes of Wrath (band)
• Tom Hooper and Chris Hooper,^[9] musicians and members of The Grapes of Wrath and Ginger
• Nava Ashraf, economist ^[10]
• Ben Cotton, actor ^[11]
• Alix Hawley, author and winner of 2015 Amazon.ca First Novel Award
• Naben Ruthnum, author and winner of 2013 Journey Prize
• Paul Johansson, One Tree Hill (TV Series) actor
• Lee Tockar, voice actor for animations such as Barbie (film series) as Bibble or Johnny Test as Bling-bling Boy.
• Jared Young, Major League Baseball player

Notes and References

1. Web site: Faculty Directory . École Kelowna Secondary . 9 October 2022.
2. "For School Data, Source: BC Schools Book ." Province of British Columbia, Ministry of Education January 16, 2006.
3. "Report Card on Secondary Schools in British Columbia and Yukon: 2006 Edition ." Fraser Institute. April 2006.
4. Web site: Fraser Institute - School Ranking. 2020-12-15. www.compareschoolrankings.org.
5. Web site: Kings of the court: KSS wins third straight provincial championship. Corvin. Vaski. Kelowna Now. December 3, 2023. June 23, 2024.
6. Web site: 'A season I'll remember for a lifetime': KSS senior girls dominate to a provincial title. Corvin. Vaski. Kelwona Now. December 4, 2023. June 23, 2024.
7. http://www.vanmag.com/News_and_Features/Her_Worship?page=0%252C5%2C6 Her Worship
8. http://www.kelownadailycourier.ca/entertainment/article_9ceaa854-9593-5cc3-9f7c-f0e55e739552.html
9. http://ksscensorthis.com/951/ae/homegrown/coming-soon-exclusive-interview-with-grapes-of-wrath/
10. https://www.gg.ca/en/honours/recipients/116-6441
11. http://www.kelownadailycourier.ca/news/local_news/article_e7cf7088-ad46-11e6-8541-5b9b0b930c6a.html