Shaw Blog

June 22, 2010

Topic: A Few Little-known Shawnigan Facts

There are many aspects of Shawnigan Life of which we are not aware. For example did you know that we go through 320 4-litre jugs of milk a week? Here are some other Shawnigan facts that many people don't know about:

• We use the equivalent of 466 rolls of toilet paper a week

• We eat about 80 loaves of bread a week

• We have an accumulation of about 576 tennis balls

• We have 200 new chairs with armrests for the new Theatre

• We have used 1912 reams of paper so far this year

June 17, 2010

Topic: Four Square

Four Square is becoming very popular at Shawnigan. This fun and extremely addicting game is storming across the campus and seniors and juniors all over are stating to on the court, each of the four squares has its own rank and is occupied by a single player. The ranks are arranged so that the highest ranking square is positioned diagonally across the court from the lowest ranking square. The strongest player "The King" serves the ball. The player in square one will have to work his way up the squares to the Kings square.

June 2, 2010

Topic: Shawnigan Talents

Although everyone at Shawnigan is known to be very multi-talented, you would never guess some of the amazing things people can do. There are so many talents that are not shown by the students because they are so busy keeping up with the Shawnigan lifestyle. Max R. is a grade 11 student at Shawnigan is an amazing snowboarder and is sponsored by Burton Snowboard Company because of it. Another amazing and rarely shown talent is Drew M.'s ability to BMX bike and do unbelievable tricks. Even though Shawnigan has such a busy lifestyle, people can still keep up amazing skills that are unseen.

May 24, 2010

Topic: Personal Safety

On health and wellness day, two of the many guest speakers were Darren Laur and his wife, Beth Laur. Darren is a police officer for the Victoria Police, and also teaches classes on personal and internet safety. They travel around to various schools and work places teaching classes on how to avoid dangerous situations.

 
 
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