Kelowna Secondary School is a public school in

Kelowna Kelowna ( ) is a city on Okanagan Lake in the Okanagan Valley in the southern interior of British Columbia, Canada. It serves as the head office of the Regional District of Central Okanagan. The name Kelowna derives from the Okanagan word ''ki� ...

, British Columbia within

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Academics

Kelowna Secondary School was rated 3rd in the province by the 2004/05 Fraser Sand rankings. Report Card on Secondary Schools in British Columbia and Yukon: 2006 Edition ." ''Fraser Institute
''. April 2006. KSS received a 7 out of 10 overall rating from the Fraser Institute in 2020. It was ranked 63/252 out of high schools in British Columbia.

Notable alumni

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*Tom Hooper and Chris Hooper, musicians and members of

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and

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, actor
Local man lands role in TV series" Andrea Peacock,

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November 17, 2016 *

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, author and winner of 2015

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* Naben Ruthnum, author and winner of 2013

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, voice actor for animations such as Barbie (film series) as Bibble or

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as Bling-bling Boy. *

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player

Sister school

Haruhigaoka High School/Junior High School
(Japan)

References

High schools in Kelowna Educational institutions in Canada with year of establishment missing {{BritishColumbia-school-stub