Rebecca Day Reynolds
English Teacher; Cross Country Coach
B.A. (UCC, Ireland); TESOL (USask)
A campaign of wheedling and insistence that began in 1999 and spanned two administrations ended successfully for Rebecca Day Reynolds when she was invited to join the Department of English near the close of the 2004/05 academic year. A Brentonian, herself (1980), Mrs Reynolds returned to the school she loves after teaching English in the Alberta college system for a number of years and living, studying, working, and playing on three continents during a gleeful nine-year hiatus from North American life. Mrs Reynolds’ eclectic employment history spans a bizarre spectrum: she has worked as a ghost-writer, an editor, an Irish barmaid, a course writer, a phone canvasser, a minor bureaucrat, a fundraiser, a barn-mucker, a racehorse owner, an instructor of “Gymboree” and “Babyswim,” and a reader for audiobooks. Her hobbies include working at Brentwood and gratuitously correcting the grammar of others. The proud mother of three Brentonians—and thus far, a grandmother of another two— Mrs Reynolds lives in Mill Bay with her doctorly husband.
Ryan Skardal
English, Cross Country
B.A., B.Ed. (Brandon)
Originally from Manitoba, Ryan attended Brandon University. There, he studied English literature, wrote for the student newspaper, The Quill, and spoke persuasively and sometimes heckled loudly for the Brandon University Debating Society. When Brandon University offered him a chance to study as an exchange student at Tamkang University in Taiwan, Ryan jumped at the opportunity. Upon returning to Manitoba, Ryan completed his teacher training with the intent to explore new places after graduation. Before coming to Brentwood, teaching took Ryan to Kuwait, Hong Kong, and New Jersey. While in America, Ryan presented at a variety of conferences, including the NCTE Annual Conference, the AP Annual Conference, and the National Writing Project Mid-Winter Conference. In spite of his terribly lacking sense of direction, Ryan is a cheerful — if often lost — hiker, runner, and traveler. Pleased to have found a beautiful home with Brentwood College School, Ryan can most likely be found wandering amongst the trees or else through the aisles of a nearby library.
Cross Country Running
The philosophy of Brentwood’s Cross Country Running (XC) Program is inclusivity. As with all of our athletics programs, there is a huge emphasis on nurturing excellent wellness habits for life.
Each week, XC takes a destination run to a beautiful part of Vancouver Island. Local trails include Goldstream Park, Mount Tzouhalem, Thetis Lake, Elk Lake, and Gowlland Tod Provincial Park. The group will also cross-train to expand skills and fitness through activities such as spinning, aqua aerobics, and boxing.
While this sport is mainly non-competitive, there are opportunities for serious runners that include both road and trail races. In the fall term, Brentwood competes in the Cowichan Valley Running Series, then the regional meet to qualify for the provincial championships. Brentwood sent both boys’ and girls’ teams to the provincial meet in 2022, with several runners posting impressive results.
Runners from the program have gone on to compete at the post-secondary level and NCAA Division 1 level.
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