Opinion

TheReview Wednesday, July 10,1991 — A14

Significant school year at Stelly’s

The 1990-91 school year at
Stelly’s Secondary School came to
an end June 27.

Many important issues were
addressed this year at Stelly’s —
some that only concem our stu-
dent population and some that are
significant to the community.

In October, the entire Stelly’s
population was the privileged
guests at the Saanichton and Bren-
twood Bay long houses.

It was the first invitation of its
kind ever extended to the white
community and many students
volunteered to participate in the
ceremonial payment of the elders
who spoke to the students. The
theme of the day was Tse-Tsa-wa-
tul, or “Helping One Another.”

Later, Stelly’s Sting journalists
reported on the conflict over the
first proposed replacement site for
Mt. Newton Middle School on
Stelly’s Crossroad. I extend
wishes of good luck to Mt. New-
ton Students who just completed
the seventh grade and will now
find themselves a part of a school
with students four years older than
themselves.

These students could not have
possibly foreseen that there would
be such a great ordeal finding a
site that does not threaten the
future of the community’s agricul-
tural land and Indian Reserve. It
seems unfair that they must suffer
the consequences.

The eighth grade French Immer-
sion students are forced to leave
their friends at Mt. Newton or
drop the EI. program. They will
not be completely involved in
activities at Stelly’s, such as
dances, nor will they feel that they
are a part of the middle school. I
hope I am wrong when I say that I
believe the transition will not be
an easy one. ;

To accommodate the Grade 8
students from our feeder school as

well as our own population
growth, plans will be underway in
spring of 1992 for a huge addition
to the school. Naturally, we are
very excited to have the opportu-
nity to expand our facilities.

In other news, the physical edu-
cation department has taken on the
great challenge of bringing to
Stelly’s the only rock climbing
wall of its kind in the area. Depart-
ment head Sally Hansen has been
investigating fund-raising possibil-
ities from the start.

_ Thanks, once again to the Opti-
mist Club for ongoing support of
our extra-curricular activities, and
especially to the Saanich School
Board for continuing financial
support in the area of athletics,
contrary to popular tendencies of
neighboring boards.

For the past two years, the desire
for our school mascot to change
has turned to full scale debate and
then to a contest to re-design the
Stinger.

Congratulations to Tony Temple
for designing the mascot that was
elected — a bee with a contrasting
image to the 1970s disco bee of
the past. Temple’s prize was a
compact disc Walkman and gift
certificates. :

June 27 was a day of award
giving. Parents and other guests
were impressed that the large num-
ber of students receiving certifi-
cates for achieving honor roll
status for the year was consistent
through all the grades.

Sixty awards were given for
each subject, both for academic
excellence and outstanding effort.

Lynn Hunter presented the
Agnes McPhail Memorial Schol-
arship to Jennifer Randall.

Vincenza Cameron presented
awards on behalf of the Saanich
Teachers Association to Ryal Wil-
loughby for Science and Math,
Gina Scaletta for Humanities,
Crystal Hrynyk for Business Edu-
cation, Collette Farry for Fine
Arts, and Kevin Simpson for Com-
munity Services.

Perhaps the most special award
given this year was the Kevin
Johnson Award. Our friend, Kevin
Johnson, who died November 8,
was a very well-liked student who
was known for his sportsmanship
among many other commendable
qualities. The award was presented
to Nick Claxton.

Jody Boche presented the ICBC
Youth Leadership Award to the
Stelly’s CounterAttack Team. The

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The group was a part of a
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The Pat Adlem Citizenship
Award was given to Charlene
Stark. The Knights of Columbus
made a donation bringing the
scholarship to a total value of
$1,575.

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