St Michaels University School - Black Red and Blue Yearbook (Victoria, British Columbia Canada)

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Headmaster's Word The school year 1987-88 has been marked by memorable ac- complishments in academics. art. drama. debating. music and sports --- accomplishments of which we may all feel proud. Athletically. this has been probably the most successful year in the history of the school. To rank in sporting competition in the top ten of all public and Independent high schools in British Columbia puts any school into an exclusive category. SMU teams this year ranked ninth in B.C. in badminton.fUilz in B.C. in Senior Girls' basketball. second in Girls' field hockey and securzd tby a pointl in mixed tennis. They won the Provincial Mixed Doubles and the Girls' Doubles trophies. The SMU Senior Track Team won the Greater Victoria Track and Field Championship by a wide margin trunner-up were Mt. Douglas and Oak Bay High Schoolsl. then won the Island Championship and ranked eighth in the Province. SMU's Senior Girls' and Boys' teams won the B.C. Independent Schools' Cross-Country Championship, while Jim Anderson of Grade 8 and Pamela Lewis of Grade 9 placed first and second in the Island Cross Country Championship. In rugby --- the prestige sport at Independent Schools in Britain, Australia. New Zealand and Japan --- SMU enjoys a growing interna- tional reputation. It has been dominant in B.C. in the l98O's. This year, SMU's Senior Rugby Team won its eighth Independent School Cham- pionship in nine seasons --- and enjoyed an unbeaten spring tour to Japan. Taiwan and Hong Kong. ln the MAA International Maths Contest in which 500.000 students from over thirty countries took part. twenty-one SMU students in Grades 10-12 this year ranked on the World Honour Roll tin the top three quarters of l'ZvJ. In Com- puter Science. the SMU Juniors lGrades 7-93 ranked first in B.C.. second in Canada and third in the world. tThere were entries from 45 U.S. states and eighteen countries! ln debating. 1987-88 was another vintage year for SMU. which produced the top two teams in B.C.. competing with some 83 public and Independent Schools. David Longridge was the Top Individual Debater in the Province, while Salim Ramji. top in B.C. last year. this year was the Top Independent School Debater in Canada and the North-eastern U.S.A. and placed first among Commonwealth debaters in Britain. Music continues to flourish. The 1988 musical production. Jesus Christ Superstar . on the McPherson Theatre stage. was widely acclaimed. while SMU musicians --- including members of the fifty-five piece Middle School Or- chestra and the twenty-five piece Junior School Orchestra --- won numerous awards in the Music Festival. These and many other accomplishments in art. music. drama. debating and sports --- reflect honour on all SMU pupils. but especially on the leadership-by-example of the 1988 Grad Class. The School Captains. Tanis Laidlaw and David Longridge. the Head Girl and Boy. Kirstin Gunther and Simon Franklin. are especially to be congratulated. These results would not have been achieved without SMUis multi-talented teachers. who once again have given unstintingly of their time. energy. ability and enthusiasm. tAs one parent commented after a recent Prize Day: every school has one or two outstanding teachers. but what sets SMU apart is that it has such a high proportion of gifted teachers.i Pleasing as these and many other accomplishments ofthe past school year have been. my own greatest pleasure, on retiring after eleven years as Headmaster of SMU. is in knowing that the school can look ahead to still greater things, under its new Headmaster. Mr. David Penaluna. Those ofyou who know at first hand of Mr. Penaluna's breadth of ex- perience, his remarkable teaching ability and his dynamic energy and drive will appreciate SMU's good fortune. To the Graduating Class of 1988 I wish every happiness and success. Please keep in touch and bear in mind that your school's continued progress will depend to a large measure on the support which you give to it in the years ahead. With your backing. SMU will bc a still better school when the time comes for your children and grandchildren to attend. John Schaffter. M.A. tCantabJ Headmaster

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The Yearbook Staff This year's book is different from earlier yearbooks in several ways. One obvious change is that this year's cover is drawn ffizbulousl-v, by Marcella Obdrzalekll as opposed to the photographs of the last few years which. in my opinion. were becoming cliche. Another change was that we had to deal with three campuses. following the addition of the Middle School. Additionally. the order of appearance ofthe classes has been reversed from previous editions. so that the grads - who un' the most important. after all - appear first. and each grade after that is presented in declining order. with the grade l's coming last. Also, the staff section has been somewhat overhauled and I hope you enjoy the new format. Finally. this year's editor tand much of the stafft were grade ll's. This was done in order that this yearbook would not be dumped off on next year's editor as had happened in several of the last few years tno names will be mentionedl. Also produced for the first time ever is the Grad Supplement to the yearbook. which is an uncensored version of the Grad Section tit's well worth the read if you have the stomach for itll. But with changes come problems. I must apologize for the patchwork nature of some of the photographs. particularly the team photos tvaried uniforms. rugby pics that look like they're from l9IO. etc.l. I must also beg forgiveness for the lack of grade I0 photos. but without a grade IO photographer. they were hard to come by. Those of you signed up for yearbook staffand did not get anything to do. particular- ly Conrad Chan. Mike Grier and Marnee Clement. I apologize: I twronglyl assum- ed I could do it without you. These delicts were due mostly tor entirelyl to my lack of early organizational skills. I must now express my eternal gratitude to Jason Wale. our Head Photographer. and to Mr. Smith. the yearbook advisor. without whom none of this would have been possible. I must also thank the Middle School staff Neil Guernsey. Sarah Con- nolly. Kate Robinson. Jobi Norman. Erica Kjekstand. Sandy Yew. Lynda Gubbels. Shanti Atkins and. most ofall. Mrs. Richards. who did a marvelousjob on that sec- tion. Vanessa Richards. with the help of Mr. Tottenham. single handedly put together the Junior School section. to her I must express special appreciation. I would also like to thank grade I2 photographers Garrett Mehl and Koji Masuda. and grade ll photographers Becket Jubb. George Crowthall and Gino Merino. I must also say a big Thanks to Suzanne Bradbury and the rest of the Grad Section helpers for collecting Grad write-ups - and. even a few Grad quotes! Kudos for a big job well done to Sussex Davis. Darren Wong and Jason Beaver. who gathered all the advertising. Thanks should go to most of the staff tbut not all - you know who you arell. the Headmaster told and newl. various other students who helped. and most ofall to the typist Donna Ball. who probably does more around the school than anyone knows. I look forward to next year when I will be more organized thonestlylj to do the yearbook: as well as a new and improved Grad Supplement. May 1988-89 bring us more staff. a good editor-in-waiting. additional funds. peace on earth and lots of pretty girls. I. Ball. your Editor and doorman 1-

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Board of Governors 1987188 has been a momentous year in the history of the school. The Racquet Club and the Hydro land opposite have been added to our facilities. This will increase our recreational activities and I look for- ward to increasing numbers of top notch athletes being produced from S.M.U.S. in the future. The Middle School was opened early in the session and I would like to thank everyone for the smoothness with which this was effected, I believe that the initial teething troubles are settling down and that the three campus system will be very successful in the years ahead. The elegant New Residence on the Senior Campus has added tremen- dously to the comfort and well-being of the student body. The Board of Governors deserves an accolade for all its hard work in making these improvements possible. as to do the residents. whose rooms were so spic and span when our Honoured Guests toured around in May! We had a very successhtl gathering of the Alumni in May and we are grateful to the students who participated at the Annual Alumni Dinner. Your excellent presentations also at the opening of the Middle School by the Hon. Robert Rogers and Mrs. Jane Rogers, and at the opening of the New Residence by the Hon. Grace McCarthy. were also very much appreciated and added greatly to the tone of these occasions. I would like to thank the Grade I2 students who joined the Board of Governors at dinner earlier in the year. We hope you enjoyed this get- together: it is our intention to continue this formal occasion in the years ahead. It is one ofthe few opportunities which the Board and the senior students have to foregather. Congratulations to Grade 12 on their graduation and thank you for your effort. I would like to wish you every success in the years ahead. I hope that you will always remember your old school with affection and that you may come back to see us as often as possible. Good luck! D.A. Baird. Chairman of the Board ment and it would be a feat in itself to list the many successes of the students and their teachers. In some sports the school is gaining an almost legendary reputation while in others we are just beginning to make our presence felt. In mathematics contests the school continues to dominate. Cultural activities have also played an increasingly important role and many parents enjoyed the choral and instrumental music con- certs. A highlight of the year was the production of Jesus Christ 115' .4 Superstar under the direction of Colin Skinner and Joan Thompson assisted by Margaret Gwilliam. In debating, the team enjoyed the usual string of Island, Provincial, National and even International successes. But it has been the full and committed participation by even' member of the school community that has held us together in this year of change, as we added the Middle School campus and continued to strive for excellence in all that we do. This year's graduating class deserves special mention. They are the school's largest graduating class and certainly a diverse group of very lively young people. but they have been the driving force that has given this year so much ongoing momentum. The leadership they have received from the School Captains, Tanis Laidlaw and David Long- ridge, and the Head Students, Kirsten Gunther and Simon Franklin, has been excellent. As another year draws to a close. the question will next year bring more of the same? is often posed. Absolutely not! Each year brings with it fresh ideas, new challenges and directions to pursue, and it is facing these that keeps the staff and parents at St. Michaels University School dedicated to producing outstanding young men and women who are well prepared to be leaders in society. This has been an outstanding year of participation and accomplish- 7 S P.G. Gardiner