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Cross country, field hockey, soccer and volleyball are highlighted in our latest SMUS Athletics Week in Review

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This week's Senior School chapel featured our Green Team and sustainability prefects talking about sustainability and climate change

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Long before a student finds herself sitting in a Crothall classroom, playing a violin in the Schaffter Hall strings room, or working in the Imagination Lab at the Junior School, she and her family would have done extensive research on SMUS. Before my current association with SMUS, I remember being swayed at a dinner party […]

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The new SMUS Photo Gallery gives you access to more than 360,000 photos taken over nearly two decades

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Soap for Hope needs help in their warehouse, making kits and organizing donations. The Soap for Hope program provides hygiene kits to local shelters, transitional homes, food banks and low income seniors in many communities on Vancouver Island. They do this by working with hotels to gather their gently used amenities. Volunteers then reprocess these […]

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Deputy Head of School Andy Rodford writes about his Rules for Life that fuel many of his conversations with students

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Check out a gallery of photos from the past week of events that highlight community and service

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Big Brothers Big Sisters of Victoria is looking for in-school mentors. You will be paired with an elementary school-aged child and you visit with your ‘mentee’ once a week for one hour during school hours at their school. The In-School Mentoring Program provides youth with a role model and a friend to talk to (within […]

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Dr. Curran Crawford '96 speaks with the CBC about his work to reduce carbon emissions from the global atmosphere

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Emiliano Iturriaga '09-'10 and his eco-tourism start-up, Rutopía, wins the 2019 Hult Prize

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Cross country, field hockey, rowing, soccer, squash and volleyball are highlighted in our latest Athletics Week in Review

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In 1973, Phyllis Webstad arrived at the St. Joseph Mission Residential School in Williams Lake, British Columbia. Having just turned six years old and sporting a brand new, bright orange shirt from her grandmother, Phyllis remembers how excited she was to be attending school. Instead, on that first day, her clothes were taken and not […]

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Speeches from our Grade 5 students highlight how young children can gain the skills to be confident public speakers

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TP the Town Victoria is a one day event where 22 participating grocery stores put toilet paper on sale for one day. There is a team of volunteers at each store who encourage people to donate toilet paper or make a financial contribution to The Mustard Seed Street Church. Toilet paper is the single most […]

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Field hockey, rugby, soccer and volleyball are highlighted in the latest Athletics Week in Review

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Rashid Al-Abri '19, who came to SMUS from Oman, is featured as he begins post-secondary at Stanford University

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Academic excellence continues to be a strength of a SMUS education. Each year, I find that the beginning of the academic year brings considerable joy and excitement. We welcome new and returning students and faculty, and we also celebrate the successes of our students as we receive assessment results through the summer months. This year […]

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'Students of a young age have informed opinions and can make choices that are important to them'

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The Middle School Cross Country team is looking for volunteers from the Senior School to volunteer for a Middle School cross country meet on Thursday, Sept 26. You will be a course marshal and your role is to make sure the runners all stay on the correct course. You will leave the school at 3 […]

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Field hockey and soccer are highlighted in the first SMUS Athletics Week in Review of the 2019-20 school year

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