South Kamloops Secondary School

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South Kamloops Secondary
Address
821 Munro St Kamloops, British Columbia, V2C 3E9, Canada
Information
School number	4327012
School board	School District 73 Kamloops/Thompson
Principal	Cale Birk
Vice principal	Sean Lamoureux, Derek Wales, Barb Hamblett, Greg Gartrell
Staff	130
School type	Public high school
Grades	8-12
Language	English/French
Motto	Dedication, Wisdom, Integrity.
Mascot	The Titan
Team name	Titans
Colours	Gold, white and black
Enrollment	1700 (12 September 2007)
Homepage	http://skss.sd73.bc.ca

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 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 different goodplays 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 school play 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. Students' Council Co-Presidents Brett Giolma and Michaela McNeely were elected to lead the student body for the school year of 2007/2008.