Warm winds may gust on the prairies, but here, the wind brings discussions of literature. Tension ran high as Mrs. Reynolds’ Grade 9 English class carried out a heated Canadian style debate over...[more]
Last Sunday, Mr. Collis’ current and past English 11 AP classes competed in an annual ‘Collisal’ event: the Nerd Olympics. Consisting of various activities, the Nerd Olympics are designed to...[more]
I’ve said “goodbye” a thousand times before: at the end of phone conversations and summer camp, after visits with distant relatives, to holiday strangers who’d become friends, and to my familiar home...[more]
I don’t like to, but I will admit it: I’ve grown old. No longer do I gaze upon senior students in awe, wondering what they were like back in the day. I am now one of those students. I tell tales to...[more]
"I believe in God, only I spell it Nature." Frank Lloyd Wright
There will always be a part of me in the wilderness. There will always be a part of the wilderness in me. For me, nature represents...[more]
We arrive to whitewashed dorm rooms, blank canvases for us to make our own. It seems like it was months ago, not years, that I first arrived here, welcomed by the smiling faces of strangers soon to...[more]
On Saturday, June 11th, in the tradition of ancient Greek athletic competitions, Brentwood hosted its annual interhouse track and field meet, with everyone arriving eager to begin the battle for...[more]
So you think you can dance? No, no, I don’t mean that hormonal-driven ‘grinding’ or the weird gangster hand-gestures or that thing that kids call hip-hop. I mean the awe-inducing, inspiring, and...[more]
From Brentwood, St. Catharines seems a long way away. It is. Over 4000 kilometers span the continent from our school in Mill Bay to Henley Island, the epicenter of the 66th Canadian Secondary Schools...[more]
After a long day of classes and the exertion of the Interhouse cross country run, Brentwood students anxiously awaited the cool seats of the Bunch Theatre last Thursday night. Here was an opportunity...[more]
