Making the Right Choice

Home away from home

The prospect of leaving home to attend a boarding school may fill you with a combination of excitement and anxiety. Many years ago, the decision to send a student away to school rested mostly with the parents. These days, the initiative often comes from the student.

Shawnigan offers remarkable opportunities in an unparalleled environment. We're fond of quoting a veteran teacher here who once said, "It isn't a school -- it's a way of life." Shawnigan is a place you live and breathe -- a wonderful array of friendship, challenge, hard work, laughter, and accomplishment. Our graduates often express a deep sense of gratitude to their parents for the gift of the "Shawnigan Experience" and to their friends and teachers for helping along the way.

You will have many questions about life at Shawnigan: How many classes each day? How many practices per week? What's the food like? Is it really, like, in the country? We have tried on this site to answer many of those questions, but we can't anticipate every question. As important as the Internet is in researching schools, it cannot convey the true character of a place as complex as this one. Students who visit us almost immediately sense that we have managed to achieve something different -- and extraordinary -- on these grounds. Almost all of them quickly decide they want to be a part of it.

We will be happy to answer all your questions so that you'll be comfortable making with this important decision.

If you're ready for new challenges, you're ready for Shawnigan.