Shawnigan Lake School

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Shawnigan Lake School
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Address
Shawnigan Lake School
1975 Renfrew Road

Shawnigan Lake
,
British Columbia
,
V8H 2G7

Canada
Coordinates 48°39′26″N123°38′20″W / 48.6573°N 123.6390°W / 48.6573; -123.6390
Information
School typePrivate Day and Boarding
MottoPalmam Qui Meruit Ferat
(Let whoever has deserved the palm bear it)
Founded1916
HeadmasterRichard 'Larry' Lamont
Staff250
Grades 8–12
Enrollment509
LanguageEnglish
Colour(s)    Black and Gold
MascotStag
Website www.shawnigan.ca

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Last updated: February 7, 2019

Shawnigan Lake School is a co-educational independent boarding school located on Vancouver Island in Shawnigan Lake, British Columbia, Canada. It was founded by Englishman Christopher Windley "C. W." Lonsdale in 1916 and was partly modelled after the Westminster School in England. [1]

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The school's Latin motto, Palmam Qui Meruit Ferat, means "Let whosoever deserves the palm bear it."

Location

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Shawnigan Lake School

Shawnigan Lake School was built along Shawnigan Lake and occupies a wooded 270-acre (1.1 km2) property. It is near the village Shawnigan Lake.

Students

As of September 2021, the student body at Shawnigan Lakes School consists of 520 students representing 27 countries with 430 students residing on campus in the boarding houses, making it a boarding school with the largest number of full-time boarders in Canada. Day students constitute 10 percent of the student body. Students come from all over the world, with 20% from International locations, 15% from the United States, 15% from other Canadian Provinces and 50% of students being from British Columbia. [2]

Current campus

Shawnigan has approximately 35 buildings on its campus which includes classrooms, dormitories (and staff housing), a theatre, an ice hockey arena, and several sports fields.

Boarding Houses

The school is primarily a boarding school with 90% of its students attending the school as boarders. The school currently has 6 residences for boys and 5 residences for girls. Each boarding house has a house director (formerly called the housemaster) and an assistant house director, who is assisted by student house prefects in the management of house duties and issues.

Academics and athletics

Shawnigan's academic program is university preparatory. Shawnigan was ranked by the Fraser Institute in 2017 as 11th out of 253 British Columbian Secondary Schools based on a score of 9.3/10 for academic achievements. [3] Students are encouraged to try a variety of Fine Arts, selecting from a list of twenty options. [4] Shawnigan has partnerships with Rugby Canada and Rowing Canada. In 2014, Shawnigan joined the Canadian Sport School Hockey League. [5]

Headmasters

YearName
1916–1952 C. W. Lonsdale
1952–1958G. Peter Kaye
1958–1967Edward R. 'Ned' Larsen
1967–1968Lachlan Patrick 'Pat' MacLachlan, Acting
1968Brian S. Powell
1968–1972Lachlan Patrick 'Pat' MacLachlan
1972The Rev. Canon William Hamilton Horace McClelland, M.B.E. Acting
1972–1975Hugh C. Wilkinson
1975–1978The Rev. Canon William Hamilton Horace McClelland, M.B.E.
1978–1983Darrell John Farrant
1983–1984Derek William Hyde-Lay, Acting
1984–1989Douglas J. 'Doug' Campbell
1989–1990Derek William Hyde-Lay
1990–2000 Simon C. Bruce-Lockhart
2000–2018David Robertson
2018–CurrentRichard 'Larry' Lamont

School athletic championships

Rowing

2013Canadian ChampionsJr. Men's Eight
Jr. Men's Coxed Four
2011Canadian ChampionsSr. Men's Lwt. Eight
Sr. Men's Lwt. Pair
2010Canadian ChampionsSr. Women's Double
2009Canadian ChampionsSr. Women's Eights
Sr. Men's Four
Jr. Women's Lwt. Pair
2008 Henley Royal Regatta Princess Elizabeth Challenge Cup [6]
Canadian ChampionsSr. Men's Eight [7]
Sr. Men's Four
2007Canadian ChampionsJr. Men's Eights [8]
2006Canadian ChampionsJr. Men's Eights [9]
2005Canadian ChampionsSr. Women's Four [10]
Sr. Men's Four [10]
Sr. Men's Eight [10]
2004Canadian ChampionsSr. Men's Four [11]
Sr. Women's Four [11]
Sr. Men's Eight [11]
2003Canadian ChampionsJr. Men's Four [12]
2002Canadian ChampionsSr. Women's Pair [13]
Jr. Men's Eights [13]
2001Canadian ChampionsSr. Men's Four [14]

(Note: championships exist pre-2001 to the founding.)

Rugby union

BC AAAA Boys Rugby Champions – 2019 BC AAAA Boys Rugby Champions – 2017 BC AAA Junior Boys Rugby Champions – 2017 Junior Boys Rugby 7s Champions – 2016
BC AAA Junior Boys Rugby Champions – 2016
Girls CAIS Rugby Champions – 2016
BC Girls AA Rugby Champions – 2016
Senior Boys CAIS Rugby Champions – 2016
BC Boys AAAA Rugby Champions – 2016
BC Boys AAA Rugby Champions – 2015
BC Boys AAA Rugby Champions – 2013
BC Boys AAA Rugby Champions – 2012
BC Boys AAA Rugby Champions – 2011
BC Boys AAA Rugby Champions – 2010
BC Boys AAA Rugby Champions – 2009 [15]
Boys CAIS National Rugby Champions – 2008 [16]
BC Boys AAA Rugby Champions – 1998 [17]
BC Girls AA Rugby Champions – 1997
BC Girls AA Rugby Champions – 1996
[18] [19] [15]

Field hockey

BC Girls AAA Sr. Field Hockey Champions – 2014
BC Girls AA Field Hockey Champions – 2011

Ice hockey

CSSHL Midget Varsity Champions – Boy's Midget Varsity – 2016

CSSHL Midget Varsity Champions – Boy's Midget Varsity – 2015

(Note: championships exist pre-1996 to the founding.)

Notable people

Notable alumni

Artists

Athletes

Business

Entertainment

Politics

Scholars and scientists

Notable staff

Affiliations

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