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List of 5 news stories.

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  Hospital Foundation Gala

  4/26/2024
  On Saturday, April 20, Shawnigan had the honour of hosting the Cowichan District Hospital Foundation’s annual Champagne Dinner & Auction Gala, bringing members of the foundation and their many supporters to Marion Hall for one of the Cowichan Valley’s premier fundraising events. Shawnigan is proud to be a long-time supporter of the foundation.

   

  Our incredible dining team and many staff and student volunteers helped create a wonderful evening for the foundation and its patrons.

   

  Among the student volunteers was Grade 11 student Desi S., who was helping at the event for her third year in a row.

   
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  Visit to the Crofton Mill

  4/26/2024
  Economic Theory 12 students donned hard hats earlier this month for a field trip to the Crofton Mill and an opportunity to learn about the process of making pulp and how it fits into the economy of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, and Canada as a whole.

   

  The objective of the trip was for students to look into the mill operations and apply course concepts to their observations. Students were assigned concepts from a predetermined list – such as tariffs, supply and demand, capitalism, unions, comparative advantage, protectionism, and free trade – then after the trip, they contributed their observations to a slide display that they presented to the class.

   
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  Grade 8 Appreciation Night

  4/19/2024
  Grade 8 students in Samuel House expressed their gratitude to several members of staff and fellow students on April 10, inviting them to the recently opened House for a small celebratory evening.

   

  “I spoke to the Grade 8s about what they can do to thank people and give back to the community,” House Director Mrs. Rainbow Bartlett said. The Grade 8s then came up with a long list of people they wanted to thank, including their Advisors; Prefects Ella R. and Zach P.; housekeepers Ms. Wendy Manley and Mrs. Charmaine King; Mr. Salim Rana, who served as Assistant House Director in Stanton until Samuel House opened; and Boarding Well-Being Assistant Mrs. Kathy Lowry for her help in getting them settled into Samuel House.

   
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  National Honour for Our Athletic Director

  4/19/2024
  Shawnigan Director of Athletics Mr. Tim Murdy received one of the top national honours in his field when he was presented with the Canadian Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association’s Dave Rozdeba Award for Athletic Director of the Year.

   

  Mr. Murdy received the award in a well-attended ceremony on Thursday, April 11 as part of the CIAAA national conference in Regina.

   

  The presentation praised Mr. Murdy’s “honesty, integrity and ethical leadership,” as well as his humility and advocacy for student athletes. It included a testimonial from Harry Jones, a rugby player who was coached by Mr. Murdy in high school in West Vancouver, and who went on to represent Canada at the 2015 Rugby World Cup and 2020 Summer Olympics.

   
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  An Estuary Ecology Experience

  4/12/2024
  The Environmental Science 11 class travelled to the Cowichan Estuary Nature Centre in Cowichan Bay on Tuesday, April 9, to get a first-hand look at a significant and sensitive ecosystem as part of their wetland ecology unit.

   

  “The focus of this field trip was on human impacts to the estuary, and using quadrats to investigate the estuary,” science teacher Ms. Alexandra Ballantyne explained. “A main focus of the quadrat study was to identify species living in the tidal zone and to compare invasive and non-invasive species. We primarily looked at varnish clams and the potential threat of European green crabs.”

   
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