Kelowna is a city in the Okanagan Valley on the southern interior of British Columbia. The city is the third largest in the province and is the 22nd largest city in all of Canada. Kelowna has a population of about 180,000. The name of this city comes from an Okanagan term that means “grizzly bear”. Education in Canada is mostly free and publicly funded. It is overseen by the federal, provincial and local governments, with the education within provincial jurisdiction and the curriculum overseen by the province. Education is compulsory in most provinces up to the age of 16. Public schools in the Kelowna area are part of School District 23 Central Okanagan. There are about 20 elementary schools located in the city. There are two middle and secondary schools in this area that offer French Immersion schooling. This means that lessons are taught both in French and in English. These schools are Kelowna Secondary School (secondary, grades 10-12) and KLO Middle School (middle, grades 7-9). There also a number of other secondary and middle schools that offer schooling purely in English. Okanagan Mission Secondary is a school in the area that is well known for maintaining a consistent academic performance. They also run a successful arts program. The motto of this school is excellence through effort. It is also ranked as an AA school for many of its sports leagues, including its Soccer, Swim, and Hockey Academies. There are also a number of privately run religious schools in the area such as St. Joseph Elementary and Kelowna Christian School. Canada’s higher has a very good reputation. However there is no formal ranking system and students will often choose colleges and universities bases on geographic convenience and the reputation of a particular course. There are a number of higher education institutes in Kelowna and the surrounding area of Okanagan. The University of British Columbia has a campus in Okanagan that offers an intimate learning community that supports its exceptional students and faculties with their new ways of thinking. There are around 8,500 students on this campus from Kelowna and the rest of the Okanagan region as well as those from throughout Canada. The campus also supports a number of international students. The University of British Columbia offers undergraduate and graduate programs in 8 faculties and schools such as biology, psychology, computer science, history and environmental sciences.
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