Imagine facing down a den of dragons…you have the best idea for an amazing classroom space for you and your fellow students. So you work hard with a team to come up with the complete design, potential costs, and the impacts.
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Service is a core value of Queen Margaret’s School. Partnerships with local not-for-profit organizations provide life enhancing experiences for both QMS students and their chosen service groups.
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By definition, social disruptors are people who take bold actions that break the status quo to create positive change in a world where common approaches are viewed as inadequate.
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Each year, the Queen Margaret’s School Equestrian Program offers financial support to students through the awarding of Shirley Burr Equestrian Scholarships. These funds can make a profound impact on a family’s ability to afford riding lessons for their child.
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When people think of art, most envision beautiful, classical forms such as large oil paintings or marble sculptures in enormous sprawling museums and galleries.
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“I was a little hesitant about portraying a nun. We all were,” laughs Allie Johnston, Grade 11. “But when our first read through went well, we got really excited about the play.”
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Music. Such an intrinsic part of our lives that it can become a soundtrack to our life experiences, with the power to enrich, enhance, enlighten or even diminish them. For three QMS alumni, music’s siren call ensnared them each at a young age, but they are not complaining.
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Sometimes the value of lessons learned in school are not understood for years. The experiences can be quiet, yet profound. We safely store these moments deep in our hearts and minds, not knowing they will mold our perceptions of the world and develop our character, guiding our future actions.
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Creating historical narrative through archeological context can be tricky and highly sensitive. The key is to incorporate multiple perspectives, since each person who has touched an artifact at any point in its history can impact how its story is written.
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At Queen Margaret’s School, we have sought out and created “Harmony” for ourselves. The energy derived from creative and engaged work, discovery and exploration, as well as giving back, brings out the best in our students, staff, alumni, parents and all members of our community.
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So often, parents and visitors to Queen Margaret’s School comment on how wonderful it is to see our Junior School students enjoying a vigorous physical education (PE) class or extracurricular sports practice on the field.
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It seems that if you ask anyone about their experiences as math students, they have very definite opinions. A few of us will smile and reflect upon feelings of success and mastery. Unfortunately, though, many of us will cringe.
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Upon first meeting Skye Koyote (’20), you would never think she describes herself as naturally aggressive. Yet this soft spoken Royals rugby sevens star is well on her way to making a name for herself in the sport.
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Congratulations to the QMS Grad Class of 2018.
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Horses live in the present moment and they allow their bodies to give them information about the world around them. They don’t make up stories about people, places or things. They accept what is and if it doesn’t feel right they do something about it. This honest, in the moment feedback allows us to notice how we are showing up, learn from it, adjust if necessary and receive an immediate response back from the horse reflecting any shifts we made.
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Each generation claims the world spins faster for them than the generation before. The attainment of skills and education through life experience has been a very different process for Baby Boomers, Gen X’ers, Millennials, and now iGen.
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One legacy outcome of the Senior School’s work with Ms. Hart and the Cowichan Elders has been the creation of a native garden at Queen Margaret’s School. Spearheaded by Miss Lorusso, with help from our Maintenance Staff, a pathway has been formed behind the Senior School that showcases native plants of the region. This “Ethnobotany Walk” has provided valuable hands-on learning opportunities for all students at QMS.
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The energy is palpable. The stage is silent as a team of motionless figures in black t-shirts close their eyes, take a deep breath, exhale and slowly open their eyes to the audience.
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The human fingerprint on climate change is one of the defining issues of our time, and today’s youth are considered by the United Nations to be the most vulnerable to its consequences. From shifting weather patterns impacting food production and rising sea levels, to the accelerated melting of our polar ice sheets, our world is changing quickly and QMS students are raising their voices...
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Having strong family and community support systems are integral to a healthy life. For Sam Pascoe, when personal health issues arose in his first year of university studies, it was through the gathering of these groups that provided guidance, care, and a life experience that clarified a new career path.
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