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  • February

    'Grease' - One Slick Show

    Over an intense three days before Ski Week, the cast and crew of Grease staged four phenomenal performances at the McPherson Playhouse in Victoria, demonstrating boundless talent, imagination, creativity and energy as they took the audience back in time to tell the tale of teenage paramours Sandy Dumbrowski and Danny Zuko, the T-Birds and Pink Ladies, and the rest of Rydell High School in 1959.
     
    A stellar cast, with Grade 12s in most of the key roles, rose to the occasion and put on brilliant shows night after night. And it wasn’t just the stars, but the entire cast, who stepped up.
     
    Josef J. and Ariel M. starred as Danny Zuko and Sandy Dumbrowski, respectively, returning after taking lead roles in last year’s production of The Addams Family. But they were far from the only standouts in an ensemble cast that also featured outstanding performances from – among others – Georgia G. as Rizzo, Keegan L. as Kenickie (“He killed every night,” said director and co-producer Mr. Salvatore Interlandi), Sharm P. as Marty, Grant N. as Doody, Luke V. as Roger, Emmett N. as Sonny, Clara P. (stepping up in her first and last year at Shawnigan) as Patty, and Grace S. as Frenchy.
     
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  • SAR Goes Over the Edge

    A mutually beneficial collaboration between Shawnigan Lake School and Cowichan Search and Rescue saw students going over the edge — literally — in a slope rescue scenario at Stoney Hill Regional Park west of Duncan.
     
    Nine students, three Cowichan SAR members and two Shawnigan staff members took part in the session, the 10th of 16 sessions the School SAR team is conducting with Cowichan SAR this year.
     
    “Upon returning from Ski Week we will complete our sessions, still focusing on rope rescue but also adding in aspects of swiftwater rescue, such as throw bagging, foot entrapment procedures, and what live bait rescues entail,” explained Outdoor Education Coordinator Ms. Jessica Dick.
     
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  • January

    Robotics Victory

    Shawnigan’s robotics program earned its first tournament win of the season last weekend, and the victorious team is hoping to build on that success in a bid to reach the VEX Robotics World Championship.
     
    The team of Kathryn Y., Esme L., JD P. and Zekai L. brought home the top prize from the tournament at Claremont Secondary School in Victoria, the third of five tournaments this year, and Shawnigan’s first win since the 2022-23 season opener at Shawnigan in November 2022.
     
    After the first two tournaments of the year, the Shawnigan team was more familiar with this year’s game, VEX Robotics Over Under, and was better able to prepare for the competition this time.
     
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  • Reaching out Through Woodworking

    Tiny Adirondack chairs produced by Shawnigan’s senior woodworking class will add some homemade whimsy to the Montessori preschool on campus and help enhance the relationship between the School and the youngsters.
     
    The woodworking class explored batch production techniques and processes during the project, teacher Mr. Declan Bartlett explained.
     
    “A major part of good woodworking is planning and preparation,” he said. “By understanding a systems approach to guaranteeing quality, students were able to frame the project as a series of attainable steps that they could focus on, divide the labour and track the progress of the build.”
     
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