 School District 53 Okanagan Similkameen consists of ten schools , five of which are elementary , three are high or secondary schools , while two are alternative schools , within a total of six communities in British Columbia , Canada , in fragments of the southern Okanagan and lower Similkameen regions . The schools of the latter region include Cawston Primary School — held in the town of Cawston — whose principal is Linda Thiel , who also served as a principal for the Hedley Elementary School — held in the Hedley town — before its closure in January 2008 , after the Okanagan Similkammeen district voted four to two to close the school . 
