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A Focus on Wellness
Read MoreShawnigan students took a day to focus on health of all kinds during the Day of Well-Being held all across campus on Sunday.“The purpose was to give students the opportunity to participate in different holistic health practice,” said school counsellor Ms. Jenny Tully, who organized the event along with her fellow counsellors and students, including the mental health Prefects.Participation in the activities was entirely voluntary, but about half the student population took part. Students were given a plethora of options to pick from, including massage therapy, reiki, a performance and visualization group, yoga on the docks, a sound journey and sound bath, music therapy guided by Grade 12 student Rosa O., and floral design and bouquet making at the Growing Dome. -
A Springtime Tradition
Read MoreA unique springtime tradition at Shawnigan continued this week as students released several hundred coho salmon fry into Shawnigan Creek to begin their lives in the wild.While many schools in BC incorporate the life cycle of the salmon into their programs, Shawnigan is unique in that these fish were born and bred in our on-campus hatchery, something no other school in the province has. Programs centred on the hatchery help students learn more about the life cycle of the coho salmon, the ecology of Vancouver Island and the west coast, and countless other scientific concepts.The salmon used to breed the fry were harvested last fall during their return migration to Mill Bay Creek, then taken to the School where Grade 9 science students and Grade 11 environmental science students harvested their eggs and sperm. For the last several months, students have nurtured them inside the Mark Hobson Hatchery from fertilized eggs to alevin and then to fry, ready to live on their own. -
Our Vision, Their Future: Introducing the Imagine 30/30 Challenge!
This past Saturday, during our annual Scholars’ Chapel, and as part of our 110th Anniversary celebrations, we officially kicked off the Imagine 30/30 Challenge – and we couldn’t be more excited about what this means for the future of Shawnigan Lake School.Read More -
A Gala Under the Sea
Read MoreTwo months after the School presented The Little Mermaid as its annual musical, we returned to the depths last Saturday for an “Under the Sea”-themed fundraising gala, the latest in a long series of annual galas.Grade 11 student Jackson F., who organized the fundraiser as part of his capstone project for Grade 12, explained that the theme served a dual purpose. -
Celebrating 100 with a Gathering and a Greaze
Read MoreMonday was a day to celebrate Shawnigan Lake School’s history – all 110 years of it.April 27, 1916 was the day that C.W. Lonsdale signed the charter that created Shawnigan, and we marked it with events both serious and – in the words of an alumnus and former Chair of the Board of Governors – “absurd and ridiculous.”A Chapel Gathering was held after lunch, at which Head of School Mr. Lamont spoke about Mr. Lonsdale, his choice of the School motto Palmam Qui Meruit Ferat (which had previously been the motto of British naval hero Lord Horatio Nelson) and some of the traditions Mr. Lonsdale brought to Shawnigan from his own alma mater, Westminster School in London.Mr. Lamont also commemorated the end of our series “Shawnigan in 110 Objects.” Dating back to the beginning of 2024, the School has posted to its website each week one object that helps tell the story of the School, selected and written about by former archivist Mrs. Lynn Rolston, former Head of English and current Director of Professional Development Mrs. Cari Bell, and Director of Communications and Marketing Mrs. Jenny Dunbar, with photographs from the School archives or newly taken by photographer Ms. Arden Gill. Appropriately, the final object was the portrait of Mr. Lonsdale that hangs in Marion Hall alongside those of the Heads who have served since him.
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