Programs
The High Performers' (HP) Program was established by Vernon Secondary School in School District #22, Vernon, in 2002 to meet the needs of students who are achieving at exceptional levels in extracurricular endeavours and thus need flexibility in their school scheduling.
VSS is also the host school of the outdoor school program EarthQuest. Since 1982 grade 11 students from all high schools of SD22 have had the opportunity to enroll in EarthQuest. Primarily based in nearby Kalamalka Provincial Park, students also attend VSS during the winter months.
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“We attempt to remember our collective American childhood, the way it was, but what we often remember is a combination of real past, pieces reshaped by bitterness and love, and, of course, the video past—the portrayals of family life on such television programs as “Leave it to Beaver” and “Father Knows Best” and all the rest.”
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—Agnes E. Meyer (1887–1970)