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List of 5 news stories.

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  360: Something for Everyone

  9/18/2026
  Three brand new offerings were among nearly 30 options available for students to check out at last Friday’s 360 Fair in the Quad.

   

  A huge part of the Shawnigan Journey, 360 is the School’s co-curricular arts and activities program. All students are required to enrol in a 360, but with so many options to choose from, there really is something to appeal to everyone’s interests. An experienced team of instructors guides students through sessions twice a week, with optional time on weekends. Some 360s last a full year, some last half the year, and some let students choose either a half or full year.

   

  The program operates a little differently for Grade 8s. They can choose two 360s from a select list to start the year; the first one runs from September to November Break, and the second from November Break to Ski Week. After Ski Week, Grade 8s will be able to select from the entire 360 menu.

   
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  Inter-House Kicks Off

  9/18/2026
  Inter-House competition is one of the most important community-builders at Shawnigan, so the first event of the year is always a big deal.

   

  The School wastes no time in kicking off the inter-House year, with the first event taking place on the first weekend after students return to campus in the fall. That is no accident as it helps returning students get to know the latest additions to their Houses, be they Grade 9s who just moved after a year in Samuel House, or complete newcomers to Shawnigan.

   

  “They get to know each other and have a shared purpose,” said Assistant Head – Student Life Mr. Matt Clinton-Baker. “The Heads of House find out who is good at what, and you can’t do that without finding out who the new students are, and through that mechanism, you get to know who’s in the House.”

   
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  Summer Sports Roundup

  9/11/2026
  For many Shawnigan student-athletes, sports don’t come to an end when school wraps up in June. Several of them move on to regional, provincial and national teams, attending training camps and competing in tournaments across BC and Canada, and around the world. Our alumni also continue to make us proud in a wide variety of sports.

   

  Rugby

   

  The BC Provincial Regional Championships were loaded with Shawnigan students, playing for several different teams. The Vancouver Island Crimson Tide won both the boys’ and girls’ U19 titles, with alumni Massimo Ruben ’26, Simroy John ’26, Greg Putterill ’26, Easton Sangris ’25, and Cole Mekelberg ’25 suiting up for the boys – who counted Mr. Clay Panga and fellow alumni Ollie Nott ’13 and Ciaran Breen ’19 among their coaches – and Amelia Handysides ’26, Sophie Hayes ’26, Gwenlili Jones ’26, and current student Briar T. playing for the girls.

   
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  University Highlights and AP Record Results

  9/11/2026
  As students return to campus this week, members of the Class of 2026 are beginning their post-secondary journeys, and it’s also a good time to look back on AP results from last year.

   

  Shawnigan had 130 students graduate last year, and they have branched out across Canada and around the world for the next steps in their lives. All 130 received university acceptances, and of those who opted to go straight to post-secondary, 43 percent are going into business and commerce, 18 percent to humanities and social sciences, 16 percent to science, 12 percent into health, six percent into art and design, and five percent into engineering. Fifty-seven percent of last year’s graduates are attending universities in Canada, 21 percent are headed to the US, 11 percent are off to the UK, four percent are bound for other countries, and seven percent are taking a gap year.

   

  Our six guidance counsellors helped the 130 students secure 559 offers from 164 different universities, and a total of $5.26 million in scholarship offers.

   
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  Grade 8 Musical: School of Rock!

  6/22/2026
  “I can’t believe they’re only in Grade 8!”

   

  That phrase could be heard uttered again and again following the performances of this year’s Grade 8 musical, School of Rock. The performers and stage crew – many of whom had never been involved in a musical or any other kind of stage production before ­– blew the audience away in back-to-back standing-room-only shows in the Wilkinson Theatre last Friday.

   

  “The vast majority of them had never done any performing before, and all of a sudden we’re telling them they’ve got to perform two sold-out shows in front of the whole School and their parents and siblings,” director Mr. Vince Hale pointed out. “At the end of the first show, they went crazy and they needed a pep talk reminding them that they had one more show to do – they brought it even more the second time.”

   

  School of Rock is based on the 2003 movie starring Jack Black as Dewey Finn, a wannabe rock star who poses as a substitute teacher and turns his students into a rock group that enters a Battle of the Bands. Full of Jack Black’s manic energy and the spirit of rock and roll, the show asks a lot of the cast and crew, and the Grade 8s delivered.

   
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