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Kelowna Secondary School is a public school in Kelowna, British Columbia within School District 23.
Academics
Kelowna Secondary School was rated 3rd in the province by the 2004/05 Fraser Sand rankings.
KSS received a 7 out of 10 overall rating from the Fraser Institute in 2020. It was ranked 63/252 out of high schools in British Columbia.
Athletics
Kelowna Secondary School is known for having strong senior varsity boys volleyball and basketball programs.
= Basketball
== Volleyball
=Kelowna Secondary is known as one of the provincial championship contenders through recent years in high school boys' volleyball. In the 2023 volleyball season, the Owls completed a provincial title three-peat with a victory in four sets against the Yale Lions from Abbotsford; in the same season, the Owls' Senior Girls Volleyball Team won the 'AAAA' High School Girls Volleyball Provincial Championship in three sets against the Riverside Rapids from Port Coquitlam.
Notable alumni
Jerod Zaleski, Montreal Alouettes player
Taylor Loffler, Winnipeg Blue Bombers player
Dianne Watts, Former Mayor of Surrey, BC
Kevin Kane, musician and member of The Grapes of Wrath (band)
Tom Hooper and Chris Hooper, musicians and members of The Grapes of Wrath and Ginger
Nava Ashraf, economist
Ben Cotton, actor
Alix Hawley, author and winner of 2015 Amazon.ca First Novel Award
Naben Ruthnum, author and winner of 2013 Journey Prize
Paul Johansson, One Tree Hill (TV Series) actor
Lee Tockar, voice actor for animations such as Barbie (film series) as Bibble or Johnny Test as Bling-bling Boy.
Jared Young, Major League Baseball player