List of 7 items.

• Health services

  Shawnigan's Health Centre is staffed by registered nurses, counselors, and athletic therapists. Our team works together with two local family doctors to support students with their day-to-day medical needs. At least one school nurse is on duty or on call at all times, and doctors clinics are held on campus two or three times per week. The Health Centre staff will also manage off-campus medical appointments for students including dental, orthodontics, physio, counselors etc.

   

  Note: A nurse is always on call when the Health Centre is closed and can be reached by calling local 208.

• Student Centre

  Shawnigan’s Friesen Centre (“the Ritz”) is the hub of social activity for the School’s students. Located within the new Learning Commons, the Ritz is a popular place for students to study, socialize, play games and relax.
  
  

  The Friesen Centre is the place to come for cookies, tea, coffee, fruit and vegetables. It's also home to school printers, as well as ping pong and pool tables.

  
  The Ritz is also where, on Tuesday and Friday evenings, the Entrepreneurship 12 class operates the Stag Café — a tremendously-popular restaurant serving paninis, hamburgers, milkshakes and more.

• School store

  Also located inside the Friesen Centre, the School Store — also known as the Commissary — stocks everything students need for daily life, and then some.
  
  

  Open six days a week (closed on sundays) during the school year, the Commissary stocks classroom dress, sports gear, toiletries, school supplies and healthy (as well as a few less healthy) snacks.

• Family-style dining

  In many ways, Marion Hall is the heart of the Shawnigan campus.
  
  

  Built in 2002, our 500-seat dining hall features stunning vaulted ceilings and locally-harvested timber. This grand space serves as the perfect setting for another mainstay of the Shawnigan experience — our family-style dining.
  
  

  At Shawnigan, most meals are served on the table, and students and staff sit together to enjoy a refined, traditional dining experience.
  
  

  Under the guidance of our executive chef, Dustin Setso, the Shawnigan kitchen staff caters to all special dietary requirements and proudly serves meals that are the envy of school cafeterias everywhere.

• Chapel

  Chapel plays a major role in the life of Shawnigan Lake School. That statement is bound to make some parents and students nervously ask; is this some sort of religious school?

  
  The answer to the question is no. And yes.

  
  One hundred years ago, Shawnigan was founded in the Anglican tradition. We still sing hymns, say prayers and hear parables from the Bible.
  
  

  More importantly, however, the Shawnigan Chapel opens conversations about values and character. Under the guidance of the Rev. Jim Holland, chapel services address important topics regarding the search for meaning in the world.
  
  

  Shawnigan's chapel also plays a broader role in school life. It's here that we gather as a community to celebrate our successes. It's here that we congregate to share our concerns and discuss the world around us. And it's here where students share their amazing talents — something that makes chapel a treasured part of the Shawnigan experience, for those of any or no faith.

   

  Chapel services are livestreamed Tuesday and Thursday at 8 a.m. and Saturday at 11:15 a.m. during the academic year.

   

• Library

  In the spring of 2016, Shawnigan cut the ribbon on the final phase of the Centennial Capital Project and one of the most exciting developments in the School's history.
  
  

  The Jim & Kathryn Shaw Library is a beautiful, modern space that has become the heart of the Learning Commons.
  
  

  The library features quiet reading rooms and comfortable study pods where students can wirelessly connect.
  
  

  There are about 10,000 books in the collection, as well as a new software operating system that can access all contemporary print and digital material.
  
  

  Meanwhile, the teaching areas allow staff to tackle a growing educational emphasis on guided enquiry and the ethical use of research and sources.
  
  

  The Jim & Kathryn Shaw Library is a study space that students simply love to use.

• Clubs

  
  
  LGBTQ2+

  
  Each of us has a right to feel safe, included, and accepted as part of the Shawnigan family.
  
  SOGI (Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity) meets twice a month to engage in discussion about the many topics that our youth face today, and to help create a welcoming home for Shawnigan’s diverse student and staff community.

   

  Our SOGI gatherings are designed as a peer support network run by students and supported by school staff and are grounded in the principles of promoting:
  

  • equity for sexual and gender minority students
  • safe, caring, and inclusive spaces for all students
  • healthy, respectful environments and relationships to prevent or eliminate bullying and discrimination.

  Our students come from all corners of the globe, and this group allows for meaningful discussion on how we can create a community where everyone can flourish as individuals, and as a community.
  
  

  SOGI gatherings also give our LGBTQ2+ students the tools to overcome feelings of isolation and discrimination that are a result of homophobic and transphobic attitudes in our society and to encourage all students to create a community of belonging at Shawnigan.