Shawnigan Lake School - Yearbook (Shawnigan Lake, British Columbia Canada)

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NEW STAFF GLENN O. DICKENS Mr. Glenn O. Dickens was born in Shaunavon, Saskatchewan, and attended both public and private local schools before graduating from Appleby College in Ontario in 1974. He graduated from Carleton University in 1977 with a Bachelor of Arts in History, after which he began teaching at Carson Graham in North Vancouver. He became a Housemaster at Rothesay Collegiate in New Brunswick for two years under the former Shawnigan Headmaster, Ned Larsen, before coming to Shawnigan Lake School this year. Mr. Dickens knows our School very well as his father was a master here from 1958 to 1968. We would like to extend our warmest welcome to Mr. Dickens, his wife, Mary, and his daughter, Jessica, and hope they enjoy a long stay with us at Shawnigan Lake School. Brad Greene (Grade 10) MR. NICHOLAS R. FAIRBANK Mr. Nicholas R. Fairbank was born in New Westminster, B.C. and attended St. George ' s School for his Grade 4 to 7, after which he came to Shawnigan for Grades 8 through 12 graduating in 1974. He graduated from U.B.C. in ' 79 with a Bachelor of Science degree in biology. He studied Kinesiology at S.F.U. for a year and spent the next year in London, England, where he studied con- ducting and organ performance at R.S.C.M. and the Guildhall School of Music. In 1982 he returned to U.B.C. for a year in order to obtain his teaching certificate and during this time he worked as a part- time duty master at St. George ' s and as assistant organist at Christ Church Cathedral, Vancouver. His recreational interests include swimming (he worked as a lifeguard and swimming instructor throughout his university years), skiing, sailing, hiking, canoeing and cycling. He enjoys reading and most varieties of music, has travelled extensively and his ambition is to learn as much as he can in the next fifty years! Mr. Fairbank has returned to Shawnigan to teach French and Latin and will undoubtedly find himself a valued member of the Activities Programme. We extend best wishes to Mr. Fairbank as we welcome him back to Shawnigan and hope that his stay will be long and enjoyable. Jason Blanchette (Grade 9)

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NEW HEADMASTER TAKES OFFICE Douglas Campbell, Shawnigan ' s ninth Head- master, arrived in mid-January to take over the reins of office. He found the School running well, unruffled by the setback of the infamous Lake ' s House flood, and immediately set about the task of getting to know as much as he possibly could about everything there was to know in as short a time as possible. Not an easy task but one which he clearly relished, tackled with gusto and we already can see the stamp of his personality and handiwork around the School in all kinds of small but subtle ways, the most obvious and successful of which is the switch to cafeteria style meals in the dining room. A quick thumbnail sketch reveals a man who is thirty-seven years old, a Canadian, born and brought up in Thetford Mines in the Eastern Townships where he went to High School. Thence to Bishop ' s University in Lennoxville where, more important than the B.Sc. he acquired, he met Donna whom he later married and took with him to Bishop ' s College School, also in Lennoxville, to his first teaching post. Biology Teacher, Sports Coach, Housemaster, Director of Admissions at B.C.S. were stepping stones to his first Headmastership at Rosseau Lake School in the Muskoka Lakes district in Ontario. After five years there he moved on to Lakeland College in Vermilion, Alberta, where he became the Director of Student Services. He had just got himself and the job into high gear there when the call came from Shawnigan, and here he is for, what everyone hopes will be, a lengthy stay. His wife, Donna, is a successful teacher in her own right, and enjoys teaching English and or French to Junior High students which she has done in Ontario, Quebec and Alberta. Born in Kingston she is now a converted Westerner, and in addition to ensuring that Doug gets to School on time in the morning is the mother of Tim, nearly twelve years old and Robyn, almost ten. Tim is enrolled for Grade Eight in September and Robyn, now in Grade Four, is hoping we ' ll go co-ed in time for her to attend the School too. We all welcome Doug and Donna and hope they will have happy and productive lives at the School, and succeed in their ambition in putting Shawnigan where it belongs - at the top. D.W. Hyde-Lay

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MR. SCOTT NOBLE Shawnigan is pleased to welcome Scott Noble to the teaching staff as the Junior Science instructor. This is not Scott ' s first time at Shawnigan however; he was a student at the School for Grades Eight through Ten. Following his high school graduation he attended the University of Victoria and Simon Fraser University, receiving a B.Sc. in Kinesiology and a teaching certificate from S.F.U. With his physical education background, Scott will be a valuable asset to our sports programme, specifically to our senior basketball team, yet also to rugby and track and field. Scott enjoys travelling and has ventured as far as Europe, New Zealand, and Australia. Perhaps he too will soon be taking a tour to other lands. We wish Scott and wife Sally (and dog Lucy) a long and enjoyable stay at Shawnigan. MR. TIM POWELL Mr. Tim Powell, a latecomer to our staff this year, came in November ' 83 from Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario. He arrived at the School with great interest in helping with the sports program and proceeded to coach the Colts rowing crew in the 2nd and 3rd terms. Born in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Mr. Powell at- tended Ridley College for seven years and then studied Physical and Health Education as well as Public Administration at Queen ' s University in Kingston, Ontario. There he received a Bachelor of Arts degree, a Bachelor of Physical and Health Education degree as well as receiving a Master ' s degree in Public Administration. Mr. Powell has had many successes in the field of sports and we here at Shawnigan are hoping that his experienced coaching will help bring success to the athletics program. In the past, he was captain of the 1st football and basketball teams at Ridley College, as well as being a member of a rowing crew who twice went to compete in the Royal Henley Regatta in England. Mr. Powell enjoys playing golf as well as sailing, skiing and travelling in his spare time. We wish Mr. Powell a long and enjoyable stay at Shawnigan and we are sure he will be an asset to the School. Derek Fraser (Grade 10) IAN HYDE-LAY Our special thanks to Mr. Ian Hyde-Lay for his help in tutoring and coaching sports during the summer term. 10