News & updates

List of 5 news stories.

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  February Sports Update

  2/7/2025
  From Shawnigan Lake to Vancouver, Ottawa and Portland, Shawnigan’s athletes have been storming across the continent in recent months, with great results to report, while also preparing for some big upcoming championships.

   

  ICE HOCKEY

   

  For a long time this season, Shawnigan’s U18 Prep girls’ ice hockey team was hanging around the middle of the CSSHL standings. For the most part, though, that was because the team had played significantly fewer games than most of their rivals. After a busy January, Shawnigan has caught up to the rest of the league, and now sits third in the standings with a strong record of 16 wins and nine losses.

   

  In early January, Shawnigan attended the University of Ottawa Gee-Gees Showcase Tournament, where they faced off against top U22 teams from across Canada. The team went 3-0 in pool play before bowing out in the playoffs.

   
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  Frankenstein on Trial: AP Literature 12 Brings the Courtroom to Life

  2/7/2025
  Mitchell Hall was transformed into a courtroom last week as Ms. Jennifer Manuel’s AP Literature 12 class held a landmark mock trial for one of literature’s most famous and controversial figures: Dr. Victor Frankenstein. But justice was not satisfied with just one case – his infamous Creature also stood trial in what became a riveting legal showdown filled with moral debate, philosophical wrestling, and dramatic oratory worthy of any real-world court.

   

  The Frankenstein Trial was the culmination of weeks of preparation. Over the Christmas holidays, students read Frankenstein knowing in advance which legal team they would join – either prosecution or defence – for one of two trials:

   

  • 1. The Trial of Dr. Victor Frankenstein – Was he legally responsible for the deaths caused by his creation?
  • 2. The Trial of the Creature – Was the Creature guilty of murder, or was he merely the tragic victim of abandonment?
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  Holocaust Remembrance Day

  1/31/2025
  Shawnigan observed International Holocaust Remembrance Day with a Chapel service last Saturday, centred around a moving message from the daughter of two members of the Dutch Resistance during the Second World War.

   

  International Holocaust Remembrance Day is marked each year on January 27, the date of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp, where more than 1.1 million people were murdered by the Nazis, including approximately 960,000 Jews. Around 6 million Jews were killed in the Holocaust, along with several million other victims. This year’s International Holocaust Remembrance Day marked 80 years since Auschwitz was liberated in January 1945.

   

  “The Holocaust was a time when millions of Jews, and other groups, were murdered just because of who they were,” Shawnigan Chaplain Rev. Ruth Dantzer told the students. “The Nazis tried to eliminate those they deemed as ‘inferior.’
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  Kapow! Introducing Shawmics!

  1/31/2025
  The age-old question – DC or Marvel? – has been answered, and there’s a surprise winner.

   

  Introducing Shawmics, Shawnigan’s entry into the culture of comic books, and the brainchild of JEDI Prefect Ivana W. Ivana was trying to come up with ways to make the graphics the School uses for cultural and education purposes more creative and relevant to the Shawnigan experience.

   

  “We wanted to make something funny and educational that also promotes issues and diversity while showcasing student artists,” Ivana explained.

   
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  Awards and a Provincials Berth for Roboteers

  1/24/2025
  Two teams from Shawnigan’s robotics program have qualified for the provincial championships this March with a chance to earn berths at the 2025 world championships in May.

   

  The teams earned their provincials berths in different fashions last weekend at an event hosted by Claremont Secondary School in Victoria. The team of Tony Z., Justin T., Bella Z. and Aaron N. qualified by winning the skills championship, while the team of Kaho H., Zoe C., Eric H., John P. and Christian W. qualified by making the tournament final, although they ultimately lost and finished as runners-up.

   

  In the skills championship, robots work alone for two separate two-minute slots: the first is autonomous and the second is driver-controlled. The team of Tony, Justin, Bella and Aaron had the highest combined score over their two slots. That team also won the “Amaze” award presented by the judges for their innovative design and engineering process. The team of Kaho, Zoe, Eric, John and Christian also had an impressive showing in skills, placing third overall.

   
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