June 8, 2009

What a week it has been for the School! You will have seen the highlights documented on the web-site, so I will content myself by just offering some additional commentary. The support that our students bring to everything that they attend, whether it be a rugby championship or a fine arts concert, is remarkable and invariably remarked upon by others. Such was the case in the euphoria of Thunderbird stadium at UBC when the black and gold clad hordes mobbed the successful first fifteen at the final whistle of the provincial championship final! Our esteemed Cuban visitor, maestro Frank Fernandez picked up on it right away when I took him to our Wednesday evening Fine Arts concert. He was so taken by the spontaneity and the enthusiasm, just as he was at his own magnificent concert on Saturday evening!

In amongst all of this activity, we were delighted to have our first "Celebration of the Women of Shawnigan" marking the 20th anniversary of the co-education. Thirty-two alumnae were able to attend with lots more committing to the next one. They spent the whole day on Saturday re-connecting with the School, with each other and with the present crop of young women of Shawnigan.

Just in case we were thinking of getting bored, Sunday night saw the annual Grad class prank, which resulted in a number of obstacles to our normal functioning on Monday morning, including the Senior Master's office moving outdoors to the middle of the quad!