Earth Day

To celebrate and raise awareness for Earth Day, Mr. Noble and members of the Environment Club treated the students from the Shawnigan Lake Christian Preschool to a tour of the Mark Hobson Hatchery. The Environment Club was thrilled to share what they have learned and to inform how important our role is in taking care of the earth so that fish may have a home to live in as well. After exploring the hatchery, the E-Club worked closely with our youngest members in our community to demonstrate the process of releasing our coho salmon fry and then invited them to do so into our nearby Hartl Creek. For the preschool, it was most certainly the highlight! From there, the Environment Club members divided themselves and gathered the preschool students into smaller groups to collect a sample from our own Lake Omar in a pond dipping activity. The preschoolers got to gather and identify the different inhabitants from the lake with the help of Mr. Noble and his students. This visit from the Shawnigan Christian Preschool was not only a great teaching experience for our Shawnigan students but a fantastic opportunity to reach out to our younger members of the community. What a great way to celebrate Earth Day!

“We wish to express our deepest thanks and appreciation to the students of Shawnigan Lake School and Mr. Noble for the incredible learning opportunity that our students experienced. Thank you for taking the time to be with us!” - Ms. Rita Martin, Shawnigan Christian Preschool.

Well done to Mr. Noble and the Environment Club! Special thanks to old boy, Alistair Ritchie ’10, for stopping by to lend a hand in this endeavour.

– Jason Lam

Photos by Shawnigan Christian Preschool parent, Jodie Gallant (Jodie Gallant Photography) and Rita Martin.