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October, 2008
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Athletics
Week in Review |
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November 3, 2008
The Senior Cross-Country team was at Beaver Lake last Wednesday
in the Lower Islands. This meet was the first time we raced
against the likes of Dover Bay, Brentwood, and many other
strong mid-island teams. As it turned out, all of the SMUS
runners had fantastic races and many of the results exceeded
all expectations.
Read
the full article here |
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SMUS Haunted
by Halloween |
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October 31, 2008
All three schools celebrated Halloween today with food and
festivities. As usual, there were many elaborate and creative
costumes on students of all ages and our staff made an excellent
effort as well.
Read
the full article here |
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AP Environmental
Science Turns 10 |
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October 31, 2008
This year marks the tenth anniversary of the addition of
AP Environmental Science to our school’s extensive
Advanced Placement programme. The course was brought to the
school by Mr. Mike Jackson in 1998 and he continues to run
it, with 24 students from Grades 11 and 12 taking part this
year.
Read
the full article here |
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Middle
School Student Runs Fundraiser |
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October 31, 2008
Last week, Grade 8 student Richard Cunningham held a silent
auction to raise money for the Victoria homeless shelter
Our Place. Amazingly, Richard planned and ran the fundraiser
on his own, raising over $150 for the organization.
Read
the full article here |
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Athletics
Week in Review |
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October 27, 2008
The last week of field hockey began with a challenge match
against GNS, to decide which team would be the number 2 seed
in Victoria. It was the first time that SMUS had played on
the new turf at GNS and in spite of blustery conditions it
was a very even, competitive match.
Read
the full article here |
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Wiseman
Shares Wisdom With Students |
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October 24, 2008
Our first Scholar in Residence visited the school this week
to speak to Middle and Senior students as well as parents.
New York Times best-selling author Rosalind Wiseman, whose
writing inspired the movie Mean Girls, came to speak
to students about everything from dealing with cliques to
media awareness.
Read
the full article here |
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Junior
School Kicks Up its Heels |
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October 24, 2008
The bi-annual Barn Dance brought many families to the Junior
School last weekend to participate in one of the Parents’ Auxiliary’s
most popular events. Along with some excellent live music,
there was an array of food and a silent auction. Of course,
the main activity was dancing of all kinds, from square to
line.
Read
the full article here |
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Two Schools
Buddy Up to Read |
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October 24, 2008
Our Reading Buddies programme resumed this month, with 15
Junior School students visiting the Senior campus library
for reading sessions with the older students. The programme,
which was started by Oliver Bild ’08 last year, provides
Junior School students with a fun opportunity to explore
books.
Read
the full article here |
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An Early
Look Through The Ivy |
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October 24, 2008
Next month, the first issue of the school paper, The Ivy,
will hit the campus. In anticipation of its arrival,
the SMUS Review brings a sneak peek at one of the articles
that it will feature.
Read
the full article here |
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Athletics
Week in Review |
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October 20, 2008
The Senior Cross-Country team was at Beaver Lake last Wednesday
in the Lower Islands. This meet was the first time we raced
against the likes of Dover Bay, Brentwood, and many other
strong mid-island teams. As it turned out, all of the SMUS
runners had fantastic races and many of the results exceeded
all expectations.
Read
the full article here |
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SMUS Vocalists
Soar in Opera |
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October 17, 2008
A current and former SMUS student took to the stage this
week for the Pacific Opera’s production of Thaïs. Grade
11 student Andy Erasmus and alumna Kathryn Humphries ’03
both play a part in the performance, which tells the tale
of a wealthy courtesan converted to religion by a monk who
is passionately in love with her.
Read
the full article here |
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Junior
School Fast on Its Feet |
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October 17, 2008
Since September, our Junior School students have covered
a lot of ground. Last week, it was the Terry Fox run and
this week the students competed in the cross-country championships
at Beaver Lake.
Read
the full article here |
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SMUS Gets
Ready for Spring |
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October 17, 2008
Spring Fair is returning to the school this year, after a
long absence. The huge community celebration, which also
acts as an important fundraiser, will take place a week after
Alumni Weekend and promises to be as much fun as it has been
in the past.
Read
the full article here |
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Soccer
Girls Take Flight |
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October 17, 2008
Our U15 girls soccer team recently travelled to Winnipeg
for a sixteen-team tournament. Over three days, the girls
played eight games and lost three. On the last day of the
tournament, the girls defeated their host, St. John's Ravenscourt
School, in an exciting and exhausting overtime game.
Read
the full article here |
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Athletics
Week in Review |
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October 13, 2008
With the Thanksgiving break imminent, a combined rugby squad
managed to defeat a gritty Esquimalt side 29-0. The core
group of Grade 10 players proved too strong for their opponents
in the opening stages of the game. Mike Shaw showed
some touches that suggest he may be the answer as centre
partner to Joe Furness.
Read
the full article here |
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SMUS Gets Spirited |
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October 10, 2008
This week was Spirit Week, a chance for day and boarding
students to show off their house pride. Throughout the rest
of the week, our school councils took turns planning and
hosting events, but it was the staff that began the fun.
Read
the full article here |
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Grade 2 Students Make Peace With Dinosaur |
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October 10, 2008
Rainbow, the SMUSosaurus, joined Grade 2 students this week
to help them learn about conflict resolution. The students
are working on becoming the peacemakers of the Junior School
by learning and practicing basic methods of conflict resolution.
Read
the full article here |
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Middle
School Students Get Justice |
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October 10, 2008
This week, Grade 7 and 8 students learned about the Canadian
legal system as well as the consequences of online behaviour
through an interactive performance by Justice Theatre. Justice
Theatre educates students about legal issues and
the trial process.
Read
the full article here |
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Athletics
Week in Review |
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October 5, 2008
Last Tuesday night, Esquimalt hosted SMUS for the first round
of Senior Girls Volleyball league play. Our first game was
against AAA Stelly’s and despite the strong passing
and consistent serving we lost in the third set 14-16. The
second match was against GNS and with a shaky start in the
first, SMUS came back in the second with a win.
Read
the full article here |
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Tour de Rock
Rolls Into SMUS |
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October 2, 2008
Every October, we look forward to the arrival of the Tour
de Rock and Cops for Cancer. We do major fundraising on
campus before the event, including pizza and bracelet sales,
and, of course, raffle tickets.
Read
the full article here |
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SMUS Celebrates
Its International Culture |
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October 2, 2008
Our campus has been infused with culture as International
Council held its first two culture weeks of the year. Over
the next few months, the council plans to highlight many
of the cultures that are represented at SMUS and to teach
students a bit more about them, through events and informational
signs all over campus.
Read
the full article here |
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Grade 5
Students Ready to Lead |
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October 2, 2008
Our Grade 5 students were honoured this Monday at the annual
leadership assembly. The assembly began four years ago,
to both recognize the contributions made by the students
in their role as leaders at the Junior School and an opportunity
for them to contemplate the meaning and significance of
leadership.
Read the
full article here |
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Students Warm
Up to Arctic Stories |
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October 2, 2008
Middle School students welcomed explorer Ian Sterling last
week. Mr. Sterling, who visited the school because of our
involvement with the Canadian Geographic Society, has spent
over 30 years tracking polar bears through the Arctic and
had many stories to share with his eager audience.
Read the
full article here |
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Baba Brinkman
Mixes Hip Hop with Literature |
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October 2, 2008
English literature and creative writing students were thrilled
by a visit from performance artist Baba Brinkman, who just
finished touring his combination of rap and medieval literature
around Europe, where it won several awards.
Read the
full article here |
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