Okanagan Mission Secondary School

Okanagan Mission Secondary
Address
4544 Gordon Drive Kelowna , British Columbia , V1W 1T4 Canada
Coordinates	49.8185°N 119.4853°W / 49.8185; -119.4853
Information
School type	Public, high school
Motto	Excellence through effort
Opened	1978
School board	School District 23 Central Okanagan
School number	2323059
Principal	Mr. Derek Lea
Staff	127 (February 26, 2017)
Grades	9-12
Enrollment	1468 (January 16th, 2019)
Language	English
Area	Lower Mission
Colour(s)	Navy and Gold
Mascot	Husky
Team name	Huskies
Website	okm.sd23.bc.ca

Okanagan Mission Secondary is a public high school in Kelowna, British Columbia, part of School District 23 Central Okanagan. It is well known for its consistent academic performance and successful arts programs, including its Triple Threat (formerly FAME) program which puts on a full Broadway musical every year. Other notable programs include their successful concert band and two jazz bands, light and heavy. Every three years, the OKM Band takes their grade 10 to 12 concert band students on an international trip to various countries around the world, where they perform at attractions and historical sites like the Roman Colosseum. The grade 9 band class goes to Whistler every year. Okanagan Mission Secondary (OKM) is also ranked as a(n) AA school for many of its sports leagues, including its Soccer, Swim, and Hockey Academies. It gained attention province-wide for its Social Media class and their video production of "OKM Gangnam Style" published on the first of November in 2012 on YouTube, which quickly attained over 50,000 views.

In the 2014–2015 school year, OKM took in seventh-grade students, due to the local elementary schools being overcrowded. When Canyon Falls Middle School opened in September 2019, the school became grade 8-12, and starting in September 2020 it is grade 9-12. They now have 2 Vice Principals to assist with the large number of students. Also in the 2014-2015 year, OKM changed the husky logo due to the old one being too similar to the University of Washington's logo, who are also the Huskies.

OKM was ranked by the Fraser Institute in 2015 as 23 out of 294 British Columbian Secondary Schools. Okanagan Mission Secondary is one of the highest-ranked schools in the SD23 district.

Teachers

            Derek Lea (Principle)
            Micheal Dornian (Vice Principle)
            Jasmine Lemon (vice Principle)

Clubs

Chess Club

Sustainability Club

Gardening Club

Debate club ( currently closed )