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Business Excellence award finalists – page 2
Farmer’s market
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Always Healthy’s new location – page 5
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NorKam in running for Baccalaureate A small city located in the heart of the Thompson Okanagan, Kamloops with its low population, laid back lifestyle and ranching roots is growing up. We have a world-class university now, a brand new law school, sports facilities like no other, and international mining companies amongst much, much more. The next step to becoming a world player is having a International Baccalaureate School and if NorKam Secondary School has its way, it should be fully certified and ready to adopt the world recognized program as of September 2012. The International Baccalaureate (IB) is a non-profit educational foundation, motivated by its mission, focused on the student. They have three programs for students aged 3 to 19, which help develop the intellectual, personal, emotional and social skills to live, learn and work in a rapidly globalizing world. Founded in 1968, they currently work with 3,305 schools in 141 countries to develop and offer three challenging programs to over 969,000 students aged 3 to 19 years. NorKam is an official candidate for the IB Diploma Program. They are in offi-
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NorKam Secondary School principal Sheryl Linquist (L) and International Baccalaureate (IB) counselor Murray Williams have worked hard on NorKam’s application to be certified as an IB diploma program school.
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cial candidate status and they couldn’t be happier! “We have been in the process of being certified for the last 30 months,” explains Murray Williams, IB Counsellor at NorKam. “Part of that process includes training teachers to teach the program, reviewing policies, practices and philosophies. This October, an external team from the IB World Organization will be coming to visit the school. We are very excited and very close to certification.” The IB program is geared toward the individual who feels unchallenged by regular curriculum/classes; is inquisitive, creative and self-directed; has the desire to explore in order to understand the world; has above average achievement/ability level and plans to attend college or university. The results of graduating from an IB World School include preferential treatment at universities, early admissions and scholarships. Students tend to perform better in first-year university, get higher marks, drop fewer classes and complete their degrees. – continued on page 2 449 Tranquille Road 250-376-0058 229 Victoria Street 250-372-3565 Royal Inland Hospital (Front Entrance) FoRmERly Cowboy CoFFEE