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Grade 11 student Eric Jackson raced his way on to the B.C. rowing team this past Friday. Racing against older competitors, in pairs, over 1250 m, Eric finished second overall on starboard side. He is the youngest member of this Under-21 team and will be competing at the Canada Summer Games in Prince Edward Island in August. After the Canadian High...

This past weekend the rowing club participated in its last event of the season (on the west coast), entering 125 athletes to compete at the Shawnigan Lake Regatta. The Junior Boys team competed in nine events, winning four gold and three silver. Gold medals were awarded to the Junior B eight, Junior B JV eight, Junior B coxed four, Junior B JV...

On Saturday, the girls rugby team won its first Island AA rugby title. In the past four years we have made the final, but come up a little short; this weekend was different. Due to other commitments, the games had to be played on one day with 20 min. halves. In the first game, the girls beat a determined Shawnigan Lake School side with tries from...

Old Brentonians, parents, parents of alumni and faculty met up to play in two regional days of golf.  The first, held in Victoria on April 17th, was at the Cordova Bay Golf Course; the second, in Courtenay on May 9th, took place at Crown Isle Resort.  Golf was, of course, followed by social gatherings and awarding of prizes in the...

creating sculptural three dimension rhythm a basis for architectural creation. Photo Connor Martin grade 9

Currently we are in the process of constructing a building on our campus: The Art and Mary Jane Crooks Dining Hall and Student Centre. This will be Brentwood's first building with LEED status (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design). We hope to achieve LEED gold status, making us the fourth LEED Gold certified industrial/commercial...

In previous years, Brentwood has initiated green policies across campus in order to minimize the school's environmental impact. These initiatives included campus-wide recycling centres, composting programs for each residence and the dining room, the use of Green Seal cleaning products, energy efficient lighting, and low flow plumbing fixtures.

For the local Cowichan News Leader and Pictorial story on Friday's Brentwood-Shawnigan game, please see Don Bodger's report.

On Saturday May 2nd, the Outdoor Pursuits group went climbing outdoors for the first time at Nanaimo River. The students have been climbing one or two times per week this term and three more outdoor climbing days are planned for this month. Last Saturday, the students were climbing at a variety of levels ranging from 5.7 to 5.11.

A number of Brentwood students are writing Advanced Placement (AP) exams during the next month. The Advanced Placement program is administered by The College Board and allows students to pursue university-level coursework at high schools in Canada and the United States. Individual universities will accept AP exam results of 4 or 5 as credits for...