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Monthly Archives: December 2009
Middle School Delivers Christmas Hampers
by Lindy Van Alstine, teacher The Christmas season raises awareness of less fortunate individuals and families in our community. We have a special tradition at the Middle School in supporting the YWCA/YMCA “First Reach” Youth Services organization. Josie de Greef, … Continue reading
Athletics Review: Dec 14, 2009
Senior Girls Basketball The Senior girls basketball team got their season underway this week with two league games. The first league game was against Edward Milne of Sooke. Edward Milne opened the scoring to lead 2-0. However, this was only … Continue reading
Christmas Assembly a Joyous Affair
by Tom Zheng, Grade 12 There are only two events at this school that usually involve crowd participation: Mr. Butterfield’s choir class and the annual Christmas Assembly. It was a lovely afternoon and the sun finally decided to come out … Continue reading
Grade 5 Students Shed Light on History
by Laura Williams, Grade 5 The Grade 5 students used tin cans, nails, and hammers to make lanterns. This activity took place in language arts for the slavery unit. Abolitionists in the 1800s would put these lanterns in their houses. … Continue reading
SMUS Recognized by War Child Canada
SMUS received a certificate from War Child Canada this week, for being one of the top fundraising schools for the organization. By selling t-shirts, organizing concerts and recording a CD, featuring many of our student musicians, our school has become … Continue reading
Musical Guests Play for Junior Students
by Grade 5 students Madison Liew and Elise Marchessault On Friday, November 27th the Senior School Swing Band cam to the Junior School to perform at assembly. First, Mr. Reid started off by introducing and letting us at the instruments … Continue reading
Athletics Review: Dec 7, 2009
Senior Girls Volleyball This week, the SMUS team hosted the Senior Girls AA Volleyball Provincial Championships. Throughout the round robin play and the playoffs, SMUS competed against some of the top teams throughout the province. Unfortunately, the youth and inexperience … Continue reading
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AP Art Students Explore Vancouver
by Kelsey Bjola, Grade 11 On Friday, November 27th, the AP Studio Art class, as well as some Grade 11 art students, made the voyage to Vancouver to take part in a full-day residency at Vancouver Art Gallery. The day … Continue reading
Grade 2 Students Bake Up Some Holiday Cheer
by Grade 2 students Seung Choi, Jenna Sedgewick and Angelina Shandro Over the past few weeks, the Grade 2 class has been baking gingerbread. We voted on four different charities, but we chose Santas Anonymous. Our whole class will be … Continue reading
Middle School Christmas Service Reflections
by Rev. Keven Fletcher One of the highlights of the Middle School Carol Service is the collection of reflections that the students offer on the nativity story. This year’s Grade 8 writing team was Jenny Hawes, Emma Laprise, Hannah Lincoln, … Continue reading