Kelowna Secondary School

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

Kelowna Secondary School
Address
1079 Raymer Avenue Kelowna , British Columbia , V1Y 4Z7 Canada
Coordinates	49.86395°N 119.4783°W / 49.86395; -119.4783
Information
School type	Public, high school
Opened	2002
School board	School District 23 Central Okanagan
School number	2323076
Principal	Scott Parker[1]
Staff	90
Grades	10–12
Language	English, French
Colour(s)	Black and Gold
Mascot	Owls
Team name	owls
Website	www.kss.sd23.bc.ca

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

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