Okanagan Mission Secondary School

Okanagan Mission Secondary
Excellence through effort
Address
4544 Gordon Dr Kelowna, British Columbia, V1W 1T4 Canada
Information
School type	Public, high school
School board	School District 23 Central Okanagan
School number	2323059
Principal	Mrs. L Zorn
Staff	115 (October 21, 2014)
Grades	7-12
Enrollment	1071 (September 9, 2010)
Language	English
Area	Lower Mission
Colour(s)	Navy and Gold
Mascot	Husky
Team name	Huskies
Website	www.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 FAME (Fine Arts and Music Education) program which puts on a full Broadway musical every two years. 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 either Whistler or Edmonton 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 recently 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 has taken on the seventh grade students, due to the local elementary schools being overcrowded. They have their own Vice Principal, Dana Patterson. There is talk of building a new middle school to help with the issue. Also in the 2014-2015 year, OKM changed their husky logo due to the old one being too similar to University of Washington's logo, who are also the huskies.