Monthly Archives: October 2009

Film Appreciation Society Gets Rolling

by Will Jevne, Grade 12 The Film Appreciation Society was formed more or less on a whim. Oliver Brooks, Zac Benloulou and I had been talking for some time about the idea of screening art films at the school, but … Continue reading

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Athletics Review: Oct 12-18, 2009

Grade 8 Rugby With almost a two-week break between games, the Grade 8 rugby team hosted G.P. Vanier from Courtenay on Thursday for their third match. The focus during practices leading into the game has been on fitness and a … Continue reading

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Stu Saunders Speaks at SMUS

Youth leadership guru Stu Saunders gave a series of successful talks this week. In addition to being the featured speaker at the Grade 9 leadership conference, he spoke to a small group of Grade 12 students and the entire Middle … Continue reading

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Students Explore the Outdoors

Each year, our students have opportunities to go out into the great outdoors, with activities from scuba-diving to skiing. The annual outdoor education trips offer great opportunities for leadership, as the Grade 12 students spend their time acting as guides on … Continue reading

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Athletics Review: Oct 5–11, 2009

Junior Boys Soccer In the third week of league play the boys had two difficult matches away from home. In their first game against Spectrum, the boys made things difficult for themselves by conceding a couple of early goals. Slowly, … Continue reading

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Grade 3 Class Explores Space

by the Grade 3 class Last week, we learned about our solar system with a trip to Victoria’s observatory, where people use a giant telescope to look at the stars, and to a place called the Centre of the Universe. … Continue reading

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How ‘Me’ Becomes ‘We’

by Kelly Twa, Grade 12 student This year’s Me To We Day hosted by Free the Children in Vancouver was an experience that exceeded expectations all around. Also known as “a rock concert for social change,” Me to We Day … Continue reading

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Kenyan Crafts Support New Business Venture

by Peter Harrison, Grade 10 student As part of our Business Education 10 class, my group is selling goods to help support Kenyan youths in Africa. Through a group called Mobile Movement, we have established relations with different organizations in … Continue reading

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Grade 6 Students Look Into Lake Life

by the Grade 6 class This week we want to Swan Lake to learn about the different organisms that live in the lake. We learned about the history of the lake, and how the lake had changed over the last … Continue reading

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Performance Poets Swing by SMUS

Montreal poets Carolyn Souaid and Endre Farkas came to SMUS last week to share their work with our Writing 12 students. The campus café, the Daily Grind, hosted the first SMUS Intimate Evening with Poetry, which Mr. Terence Young hopes … Continue reading

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