South Kamloops Secondary School

Infobox Education in Canada
name= South Kamloops Secondary


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motto= Dedication, Wisdom, Integrity.
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streetaddress= 821 Munro St
city= Kamloops
province= British Columbia
postalcode= V2C 3E9
areacode= 250
phone= 374-1405
fax= 374-9492
email=
url= http://skss.sd73.bc.ca
schoolnumber= 4327012
schoolboard= School District 73 Kamloops/Thompson
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principal= Cale Birk
viceprincipal= Ken Rife, Derek Wales, Barb Hamblett
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staff= 130
fundingtype= Public
schooltype= high school
grades= 8-12
language= English/French
area= Kamloops
mascot= The Titan
teamname= Titans
colours= Gold, white and black
founded=
enrollment= 1585
enrollment_as_of= 12 September 2007
lastupdate= April 09, 2007

École Secondaire South Kamloops Secondary School (SKSS), Home of the Titans, is a grade 8-12 school in Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada. It was formed in 2003 through the merger of John Peterson Secondary School and Kamloops Secondary School, two secondary schools located adjacently on the same block.

With approximately 1700 students and 130 staff, SKSS is one of the largest secondary school in British Columbia's School District 73 Kamloops/Thompson. The school sports program, under the name SKSS Titans, fields teams in Canadian football, rugby, soccer, field hockey, basketball, badminton, volleyball, cross-country running, track and field, aquatics, golf, curling and wrestling.

Although the world of sport tends to take precedent over the arts, the school has excellent programs in photography, visual arts, and a widely recognised band. As well, the outstanding drama program has performed four differentplays since the birth of the school; "Dracula", "Into the Woods", Kurt Vonnegut Jr.'s "Welcome to the Monkey House", and "Bye-Bye Birdie". This year, however, the spring production was an original production written by a committee of students and drama/English teacher "Renee Schiller" called Myths and Mirages Flights of Fancy.

After the retirement of inaugural principal Vic Bifano (who was honoured with recognition as one of Canada's Best Principals and induction into the National Academy of Principals) and the subsequent retirement of interim principal Lynn Fulton, Cale Birk was appointed as the school's new principal. Matthew Russell and Patrick Crawford were elected to lead the student body as Student Council Co-Presidents for the 2008/2009 school year, along with Vice Presidents Ashley Montague and Tim Schmidt.

External links

* [http://skss.sd73.bc.ca South Kamloops Secondary School Website]
* [http://www.sd73.bc.ca B.C. School District 73]
* [http://skss.sd73.bc.ca/file.php/1/School_Information/SKSS_School_Description.pdf School description]