With first term drawing to a close, the weather around campus is as expected for Vancouver Island: windy and rainy. While the weather may make things difficult for our outdoor athletes – soccer, rugby & cross country – our artists are flourishing indoors. When you walk around campus on any given Monday, Wednesday, or Friday,…
Over the past few weeks, Felix D, Whittall ‘23 and I, along with the help of a few other Environmental Advocacy (EA) members, have been running an apple juice project. The goal of this initiative was to collect local, organic apples from people who needed their apple trees harvested or had excess apples they wanted…
Question. What’s one of the quickest, healthiest, and most effective ways to cut agricultural greenhouse gasses? Going once? Going twice? Yes, you BEAT-Freaks (trademark pending) out there got it right, it is organic farming! As the Environment Advocacy team learned, organic farming is not only a way to provide local communities with nutritious foods and…
Gold and sparkly costumes are in the foreseeable future for the cast of A Chorus Line as they have begun the process of putting together a full-blown musical. As we get further and further into term one, the cast has progressed from full-cast dance numbers to scene work with Ms Widenmaier! A Chorus Line, is…
Every October, Brentwood hosts the traditional TEDx talks, and this year marked the tenth anniversary! Passionate speakers came to Brentwood from a variety of communities to share their meaningful ideas and powerful beliefs. The incredible lineup consisted of nine speakers, four of which were student speakers: Lauren C, Mackenzie ‘24, Dara M, Alex ‘25, Zheng…
Last week, students in Environmental Advocacy & The BEAT (Brentwood Environmental Action team) really got their hands dirty. Monday and Wednesday we were able to pick pears, plums and several types of apples from some of the 17 fruit trees on campus. On Friday about 20 of us took a trip to Wilder Market Garden,…
With so much for each of us to do to address the climate crisis, the Brentwood Environmental Action Team (BEAT) lept into action even before school resumed this year. Having pruned a dozen fruit trees around campus last year, members of the team, supported by the enthusiastic offspring of Mr Wismer and Mr Smith, have…
Editor’s Note: This year we had a bumper crop of excellent candidates who volunteered to serve the school as BEAT Captain. Below is the text of one speech which, I think, represents the expertise, vision and enthusiasm of our four excellent candidates. Hey BEAT! My great-grandfather, a farmer in Goldstream, always said “Leave the earth…