A Voice in the Wilderness - Blog

List of 5 news stories.

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  What are the benefits of French Immersion?

  10/22/2025
  Proficiency in a second language has many advantages, whether you live and work in a country like Canada that is officially bilingual or plan to travel internationally – La Francophonie has 56 members and representation on every continent. Shawnigan has a thriving French Immersion program that draws students from a variety of backgrounds, and while their experiences are different, the have all drawn benefits from the program.

   
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  Thanksgiving at Shawnigan

  10/15/2025
  Canadian Thanksgiving is a wonderful time at Shawnigan, as we enjoy the fall colours on our campus, and students don their best uniforms for a delightful meal prepared by our dedicated kitchen team. Intern Ms. Rachel Stephens celebrated her first Thanksgiving at Shawnigan last week, and came away with these reflections.
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  Harkness Tables, Unfinished Business, and the Value of Woodworking

  10/9/2025
  Desi Shaw graduated from Shawnigan in June 2025, but she had some unfinished business that brought her back to campus over the summer: building three tables designed for Harkness-style learning – a learning method that encourages discussion by seating students in oval configurations where they can interact face-to face. This is Desi’s story of how the Harkness tables came to be.
  
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  Grief Doesn’t End. It Changes Shape

  10/3/2025
  On Wednesday, October 1, the Cops for Cancer Tour de Rock made its annual stop at Shawnigan, part of a 14-day fundraising bike ride from Port Alice at the north end of Vancouver Island to Victoria. At the Chapel Gathering that day, Grade 11 student Lauren Wolfenberg delivered the following speech about her own experience watching a loved one battle cancer.

   
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  What Reconciliation Means to Me

  9/29/2025
  Canada will once again mark the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation on Tuesday, September 30, a day for Canadians to reflect on the atrocities and multi-generational impacts of the Canadian Indian residential school system. Truth and Reconciliation was the theme of the Chapel service on Saturday, September 27, where Grade 11 student Tucker Jordan gave this moving speech about what Reconciliation means to him and his family.

   
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