Canadian Sport School - Kelowna

Cass is representing Team BC at the Ball Hockey Nationals next week, then she’s off to Softball Nationals the following week!

She’s truly a multi-sport athlete. Good luck Cass on your action packed summer!

This year we say “see you later” to the seven graduating student-athletes. Each one has truly left their unique mark on the CSS Kelowna program. Their presence will be missed next school year, but we know they will be successful in whatever path they choose.

Wishing them all the best in the next chapter and we hope the memories of CSS Kelowna stay with them wherever they go!

We will miss you!

Rhett just finished up at the Pan Am Mtb Championships done and dusted and Rhett had a brilliant go. P19 on the day in a field of 102, battling tough mountain conditions.

He’s now off to Oro Station, good luck Rhett!

CSS students giving back to the community yesterday at the Apple Bowl!

📣 Applications are CLOSING on April 7th for the 2023/2024 school year, 🔗 in bio to apply!

Any questions please email: [email protected]

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Alexa and Teagan attended the Speedo Western Canadian Swimming Chamionships in Calgary.

They had amazing performances in the water and made the Aquajets proud.

Teagan helped the women’s 13 and over 400 medley relay team to a bronze medal and Alexa had a best time in her 50 breaststroke and went from 28th rank to swim in finals to come 12th overall in the woman’s 13 and over category.

Congratulation girls on your awesome performances!

Congratulations on her place 3rd in the Pre Novice Women’s Event at the over the weekend!

Congratulations for winning gold in SBX this weekend at !!

CSS students Makayla and Cole along with PacificSport Okanagan team member Laura are all heading to the BC Games in Vernon March 23-36!

Makayla Forrest - Figure Skating
Cole Kaselj - Snowboarding
Laura Doherty - Freestyle Skiing (coach)

Good luck and have fun!

📣 Applications are now OPEN for the 2023/2024 school year, 🔗 in bio to apply

Any questions please email: [email protected]

Good Luck to Claire Ramsey and teammates at the 🥌🥌🥌

Shayna Little won in Downhill at the FIS Dreadnaught in Kimberly over the weekend.

Shayna’s goal before she left was to win- and she did it! Congratulations Shayna 🎉

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The annual Canadian Sport School Kelowna Information Night is hosted by CSS staff and coaches for anyone interested in learning more about the Canadian Sport School program. Throughout the presentation, we will explain the training, classroom and sport seminar experience that student-athletes can expect when enrolling into the program. At the end, we will walk you through the application process and answer your questions.

The Information Night will be hosted on Zoom, starting at 7:00 pm on February 8th. Once registered, you will be emailed the Zoom link the morning of the event. If you are unable to attend, please let us know and we will email you the recording of the presentation shortly after.

If you have any questions, please reach out to CSS Director, Jackie Lawther at [email protected], or call 778-583-03697. is partnered with and SD 23. 📷: 🔗: in bio to register

Reese & Cassidy are in Ontario playing at the Brampton Two-Nations hockey tournament! Good luck girls! 🏒🥅

This week we had our second Sport Psychology Sport Seminars run by Dr. Shaunna Taylor.

One item that stuck out from her first seminar was the concept on mental flexibility vs. mental toughness. Looking at mental health from a different perspective.

Mental health is just as important as physical health. Having Dr. Shaunna Taylor share her knowledge and resources with the CSS Kelowna student-athletes allows them to enhance their mental health and add these practices into their daily life 🧠

Fun fact: Dr. Shaunna Taylor is not only a Mental Health Practitioner and Professor of Sport Psychology, but she’s also the Executive Director of PacificSport Okanagan! We’re lucky that she’s able to pop in throughout the year to run these informative sport seminars for CSS 🙌

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Congratulations to Hannah Gray who had officially signed and accepted her offer to play volleyball for the University of Windsor Lancers.

We are so grateful to be part of your journey as student-athlete and we cannot wait to see what you accomplish over the next few years, keep up the awesome work!

Today we were very fortunate to have special guest Jerome Blake visit the Sport School today. Some of you may not know this, but Jerome is a graduate of the CSS-Kelowna program. Since his graduation he has become an Olympic silver medalist and 2022 World Champion in the 4 x 100 Relay, in addition to many other accomplishments outside of sport.

He shared his experiences, lessons learned, and the wisdom he has gathered throughout his professional career thus far, and answered any questions the students had regarding life and sport. The students were buzzing after the experience and ready to launch themselves into the school year and see what they can accomplish as student-athletes and beyond.
 
THANK YOU for being so generous with your time, you are a true role model for the next generation of athletes. All the best for the coming years, we cannot see where they take you- the opportunities are endless.

Day 1 of the 2022/2023 school year 💪

Congratulations for a 🥇at U16 Beach Volleyball Nationals!

Team BC won 🥉at the - sport school students and were member of the bronze medal team!

Ryley ( ) won GOLD with Team BC at in Softball, in addition to winning gold at the Canada Cup and Canadian Nationals this year!

board member Michelle Webster was Softball BC’s 2021 Canada Summer Games Women’s Team Aboriginal Coaching Mentee.

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is on the roster for the U19 PanAm Worlds Team 🏐 She is also has a traveling position on the 12 travelling team to Tulsa. WAY TO GO

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Our graduating student-athletes who demonstrated: competitiveness, contentious, serendipitous, and perseverance during their year with CSS Kelowna. All the best for the years to come! Missing:

Class of 2021/2022

How lucky are we?! ☀️🥏

Paralympian stopped by the Sport School today, sharing how she stayed motivated throughout her career. Thank you Emily, for sharing your time and experience with us today!

🥌🧹 curling our way into spring break pt. 2

🥌🧹 curling our way into spring break

Today for International Women’s Day, we celebrate the female student/athletes of CSS-Kelowna.

These girls are inspiring others to and will be leaving a legacy for future generations to have access to more equitable sport.