Applied Arts – C.A.S.E.
C.A.S.E.
(Communications, Arts, Sciences and Entrepreneurship)
Shawnigan’s C.A.S.E. program, which has been built through the initiative and vision of The Bradley Family Foundation, has established a dynamic, hands-on learning environment that inspires, trains, and prepares students for careers in applied arts and technology.
Our strategic plan, Project Future, calls for Shawnigan to encourage creativity, inquiry-based learning, independence, initiative and greater sense of autonomy and agency in our students. Central to Shawnigan’s mission is the focus on a well-rounded education, and a passion for the applied arts is deeply embedded in the Shawnigan culture — meaning musicians, filmmakers, and artists are treated with the same respect and support as elite athletes and academics.
Our strategic plan, Project Future, calls for Shawnigan to encourage creativity, inquiry-based learning, independence, initiative and greater sense of autonomy and agency in our students. Central to Shawnigan’s mission is the focus on a well-rounded education, and a passion for the applied arts is deeply embedded in the Shawnigan culture — meaning musicians, filmmakers, and artists are treated with the same respect and support as elite athletes and academics.
Every dollar donated to
C.A.S.E. is matched.
C.A.S.E. is matched.
Without [C.A.S.E.] I would have never found my love and passion for recording music. The space allows me to work with professional and top of the line equipment that will help me in my future music career. Every time I go to the studio or set up live sound for an event, I learn new skills that I would’ve never thought of previously. As a senior student, I can now pass along my love for the studio to younger students who will hopefully find their passion like I did. – Harry M.
Shawnigan Today operates like a proper newsroom, where students pitch stories, then decide as a team which stories to produce. They go through dry readings before entering the studio, and after they film their segments, a student editor creates a news broadcast out of it, and the results are released every Monday on Shawnigan’s YouTube, Instagram, and Facebook accounts.
C.A.S.E. NEWS
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Film Fest Fulfillment
Read MoreRoll out the red carpet for Shawnigan film students!Students in both the curricular and 360 film programs came home from the BC Student Film Festival in Vancouver on May 24 and 25 with a total of three prestigious awards.Curricular film class students Kenzie G., Charlene K., Owen L., Patricio G. and Adam A. won the award for Best Senior PSA for their impactful film Least Expected.The 360 group won Best Junior Documentary for their moving film about Mr. Melvin Gómez, who was Artist in Residence at the School last fall, and Ash B. earned the title of Best Junior Director for the same film.
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Roboteers Make History!
Read MoreIt was a historic weekend for Shawnigan at the 2024 VEX Robotics World Championships in Dallas, Texas on April 25-27.The team of Colton B., Martin H., Dave P. and Zach P. achieved the School’s best-ever result at the world championships, placing eighth out of 82 teams in their division and making it through the first round of elimination before bowing out in the quarter-finals. It was also the best result for a school from Vancouver Island in the past decade.With more than 800 teams of four divided into 10 divisions, all packed into Dallas’s Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center, it would have been easy for the Shawnigan students to get caught up in the hectic atmosphere, but they remained focused and professional.
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Los Angeles Industry Tour
Read MoreC.A.S.E. (Communications, Arts, Sciences and Entrepreneurship) supported a tour to Los Angeles during the School's Spring Break that gave 14 students and four staff members a behind-the-scenes look at the film and music industries. The Shawnigan group visited five studios: Warner Bros., Sony, EastWest, Universal, and Rusk, as well as the Grammy Museum. The students, all of whom are interested in careers in the arts, got to see the highest levels of entertainment production, such as film sets the size of a small town, live sets where current shows are being produced, and top recording studios.
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Broadcasting: From Shawnigan to the World
Read MoreBroadcasting at Shawnigan has evolved in leaps and bounds over the last three years, and this is only the beginning.Building on the success of the Chapel livestreaming program, the School has added two more aspects this year under the Broadcasting 360: a weekly newscast — Shawnigan Today — and livestreaming of hockey games.Both projects of the Broadcasting 360 — the newscast and hockey livestreaming — are fully funded by C.A.S.E. (Communications, Arts, Sciences and Entrepreneurship), which supports innovative projects at the School through expertise, time and funding. C.A.S.E. wants students to work with industry-standard equipment, and Broadcasting Instructor Mr. Elliot Logan has been able to build his studios with top-of-the-line material.
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Performing Arts Fair: 10 Days of Music and Drama
Read MoreStudents, staff, and members of the Shawnigan Lake community have been treated over the last several days to an abundance of year-end performances from our talented drama and music students.The Performing Arts Festival kicked off on Thursday, June 8 and will run until Saturday, June 17, with presentations from curricular and 360 groups nearly every day, and something for fans of all sorts of music and theatre.The Theatre Company curricular class took the Hugh Wilkinson Theatre stage first, with performances of the plays 7 Stories and Mere Mortals: one showing last Thursday and two more on Friday.
"It is truly gratifying to see how well Shawnigan Lake School is flourishing, and I look forward to seeing even greater achievements in the future… We firmly believe in the importance of this initiative and are eager to support its continuation… We are confident that the funds will be put to good use … bringing further benefits to the school and its students." - Current Shawnigan Parent
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Shawnigan Lake School is an independent co-educational boarding school for ages 13 –18 on Canada’s beautiful West Coast. Our diverse, interdisciplinary and innovative programming helps shape the next generation of global leaders.
