By Ava Durrell

Students in the Okanagan鈥檚 School District 23 and all across the province are currently in their final weeks of this year鈥檚 school year. Final exams and projects are underway across the board, and students are definitely feeling the crunch.

Jordan Manderioli is a Grade 11 student at KSS, and says he is definitely feeling the pressure to finish on time and finish well.

鈥淪ometimes you just have to bite the bullet, study, and stop praying for a snow day in June,鈥� he says.

With the current process of removing provincial exams from end-of-year tests, many teachers are also feeling the stress of getting final exams prepared for their students.

Schools across the province are in the midst of a change to a new provincial curriculum, including cancelling year-end provincials to make room for different forms of more modern assessments. The decision to start to remove provincial exams has left many parents and students alike concerned on how coming-up students will prepare for college and university entrance exams.

Many teachers are adamant in saying not to worry.

Another grade 11 student at KSS, Cierra Holloway, sees the more positive side of ending her school year.

鈥淭he end of the school year can be super stressful,鈥� she notes, 鈥渁lthough it鈥檚 great to know that once you have finished writing your exams there are two months of summer ahead.鈥�