A Voice in the Wilderness Archive
<
2024
2024
-
April
A Life-Changing Experience on the EDGE
Read MoreOver Spring Break 2024, Shawnigan fanned out across the globe. One of our many Spring Break programs was the annual EDGE (Engagement, Development, Gratitude and Experience) trip to Jamaica, where seven students and two staff members visited the SOS Children’s Village, a shelter for children who have been separated from their parents, and Hammersmith Preparatory School, a school for kids from preschool to Grade 6, doing some maintenance work at SOS and interacting with children at both locations. Grade 11 student Emma Hill writes here about the lasting impact the experience will have on her. -
The Journey of a Drop of Water
Read MoreEnvironmental lead and horticulturalist Patricia Hanbidge has created a unique program at Shawnigan designed to get students thinking about water on the School campus in its many functions – potable water, irrigation, wastewater – and how that relates to the issue of climate change. As the program launches, Ms. Hanbidge explains the motivation behind this program and what she hopes to accomplish. -
February
Experiential Education: In AWE of Itadakimasu
Read MoreShawnigan Lake School staff members Mr. Galen Loiselle and Ms. Jessica Dick immersed themselves in experiential education at the 19th annual ISEEN (Independent Schools Experiential Education Network) Winter Institute hosted by the Athenian School in Dublin, California in January 2024. The conference’s theme, Rooted in Experiential Education: Finding our Places to Flourish, sought to engage participants in a week of authentic place-based learning.
We acknowledge with respect the Coast Salish Peoples on whose traditional lands and waterways we live, learn and play. We are grateful for the opportunity to share in this beautiful region, and we aspire to healthy and respectful relationships with those who have lived on and cared for these lands for millennia.
Shawnigan Lake School is an independent co-educational boarding school for ages 13 –18 on Canada’s beautiful West Coast. Our diverse, interdisciplinary and innovative programming helps shape the next generation of global leaders.
