News & updates

List of 5 news stories.

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  Beyond the Gates connects to place

  12/5/2025
  “Place” is an important concept at Shawnigan, as we often give consideration to our location and its relevance to Vancouver Island, Canada, and the rest of the world, and our Beyond the Gates program for Grade 9 students is a big part of our efforts to do that. On Wednesday, the program took all 89 Grade 9 students to locations around the Shawnigan Lake area to learn more about the unique part of the world where we live and put it in a larger context.
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  December Sports Update

  12/5/2025
  The last few weeks have seen the switch-over from the fall sports term to winter, so several of our teams have wrapped up their seasons recently, while others are just beginning. Our year-round sports, meanwhile, are well into their seasons, with many impressive results to show for their hard work.
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  Robot Takeover!

  11/28/2025
  Robots took over Shawnigan last weekend – 31 of them!

   

  There were no injuries or damage, however, as the invasion was confined to the McClelland Gymnasium.

   

  This was the season-opening tournament for the 2025-26 VEX Robotics Vancouver Island competition, with teams from across the Island beginning their quest for berths at the regional championships, and possibly a trip to Worlds. The 31 robots in action last weekend were operated by 150 roboteers representing 13 different schools on Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands.

   
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  French Immersion Serves up International Cuisine

  11/27/2025
  It was an international cuisine carnival on a smaller scale on Monday as Grade 11 French Immersion students in the Comparative Cultures 12 class wrapped up a unit on street food around the world by preparing and enjoying the different snacks they had been studying.

   

  For their final projects in the unit, the students worked in partners or groups of three, studying a beloved staple from a different part of the world.

   

  “They had to research a street food – things like its cultural importance, ingredients, and value to the country – and present it to the class,” Mrs. Anna Sterelyukin explained.

   
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  Behind the Scenes in Los Angeles

  11/21/2025
  Shawnigan students were treated to an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at the entertainment industry on a trip to Los Angeles over the November Break made possible by C.A.S.E. (Communications, Arts, Sciences and Entrepreneurship).

   

  Accompanied by a handful of staff members, the 16 students who are heavily involved in Shawnigan arts programs such as music recording and film production enjoyed an eye-opening whirlwind tour where they took in some iconic film and music production spaces, and managed to cram in some sightseeing, shopping, and celebrity glimpses along the way.

   

  The five-day sojourn took the students to big production studios like Sony, Universal and Warner Bros., where they took in soundstages and recording spaces. They also visited EastWest Studios, the site of decades of quintessential recordings by everyone from Judy Garland and Frank Sinatra to Frank Ocean and Billie Eilish, where they just missed crossing paths with Michael Bublé and RZA.

   
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