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

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MR. CANDELARIA Mr. Candelaria comes to Shawnigan from Golden, B.C. where he taught French, Spanish and drama for three years. Mr. Candelaria ' s educational training took place at Simon Fraser University (1982) where he was a scholarship student of languages. He has travelled extensively in Europe and in the U.S.A. and lived in Spain for a year. Apart from his interest in languages and travel, he is a talented and keen racquet sports player and coach. His many other interests include music, piano-playing, scuba-diving, skiing, bridge and chess. Stewart is married to Sharon and they are both busy these days with young Sheridan, who was born in July of this year. We are pleased to welcome all of them to the Shawnigan community. MR. FERNANDEZ One of the many new staff members this year, Miguel Fernandez, was born in Montreal, Quebec. Educated at Middlebury College, Vermont, U.S.A., he received a Bachelor of Arts in 1985 and also spent si.x months in 1984 at Middlebury ' s programme at the International Institute in Madrid, Spain. Mr. Fernandez has travelled extensively throughout the world including such interesting places as Buenos Aires, Argentina; Philadelphia, U.S.A.; Mexico City, Mexico; Paris, France; and Princeton, U.S.A. He has also visited the Caribbean and Western Europe and in the future hopes to discover Australia, the Far East and Africa. He is an avid rugby player and was President and Coach of the Mid- dlebury Rugby Club. He also enjoys scuba diving, squash, photography and skiing. We all wish Mr. Fernandez a long and pleasant stay at Shawnigan. Jason Blanchette (Grade II) MR. HILL Jeff Hill grew up in London, Ontario and attended the University of Western Ontario, where he graduated in 1984 with a B.A. in Ad- ministrative and Commercial Studies. His main interest is undoubtedly rowing - a field in which he is highly skilled both as a competitor and a coach. While in high school, he won gold medals at the National Championships in 1978, 1979 and 1980 and represented Canada at the 1979 World Youth Championships in Moscow. Jeff continued to row at university and was a member of the Heavy Varsity Eights who were the Ontario University Champions in 1981. He went on to manage the London rowing Club and holds Levels I and II certificates in the sport. As well as being a great asset to our rowing program, Jeff is also making his presence felt in the classroom, teaching English and Consumer Fun- damentals. We extend a warm welcome to him and hope that he enjoys his year on Bachelors ' Row . 10