In a well-established boarding school like ours, tradition runs rampant. Some are forgotten while new ones are created, and some remain ingrained in the sense of Brentwood’s community. One of the...[more]
At Brentwood, students are continually exposed to wonderful opportunities of many sorts. Just over a week ago, 17 students, aged 14 to 17, took part in one such experience: the London Theatre Trip....[more]
It was a dark and stormy night preceded by a dark and stormy day. On April 3rd 2010, during a massive windstorm, not only did we lose power, some of us for as long as 48 hours, but also many local...[more]
As the February blues muffles the campus, some students stagger sluggishly to classes, their spirits and their skin dampened by the rain. Concentration can become hard to maintain; it takes...[more]
The Brentwood Hockey program typically restocks itself each year with a new roster of players from familiar locations. Talented players within BC, Alberta, Ontario, and even the U.S. have filled the...[more]
There are many perks that come with the territory of being a senior. We (in the ‘Royal We’ sense of the word) collectively acclimatize to our day-time spares with incredible ease, and wonder how We...[more]
I am the first to admit it. I have lived a privileged life. From a very young age I was fortunate enough to grow up under the watchful, sagacious, eye of the Arabian sun and travel to many places I...[more]
For a lot of people on Brentwood campus, this means four XBox remotes and a Common Room TV screen. For others, it means a game of pick-up basketball or soccer on the field. Now I may not be the most...[more]
Over the midterm break, thirty-four students, two teachers, our Deputy Head of School and two interns journeyed to Silver Star in the Okanagan for the annual mid-term ski trip. It was a really good...[more]
Last year, somebody lugged a couch from their dorm room all the way to the old cafeteria – the annual sight of Java Hut – and joined the rows of chairs, blankets and beanbags in the audience. A...[more]
