The QMS Grad Class of 2014 is embarking on exciting new opportunities with acceptances at several post secondary institutions and scholarship awards totalling over $280,000!
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Scholarships and Bursaries are an important part of independent schools; Queen Margaret’s School awards merit scholarships to to students who demonstrate excellence in academics, athletics, the arts or community service.
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QMS was pleased to welcome back Old Girls, past staff and faculty to the Reunion Weekend of 2014.
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Those of you who belonged to the QMS family have your own individual experiences to remember, your own stories to tell. What do you remember?
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There is no doubt that QMS is an outstanding school—for the last 93 years, students from all over the world have received a first-rate education that has prepared them to be successful in post-secondary pursuits, chosen career paths, and to become concerned citizens of the world.
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On January 9th, 2013, our family began a life altering adventure to the continent of Africa with AFRETECH Aid Society, founded in 1992 by Don and Bonnie Sutherland, two teachers, from Delta, British Columbia.
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Profiles of QMS volunteers today. Partnering with parents.
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In the 2013-14 school year, boarders represented eleven countries and eight different languages. Yet despite our differences, we seek the same: to be heard, to be under-stood; to be acknowledged and to be respected.
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The QMS Residence Program has seen much transformation over the years. In September 1981, a new building was completed, just a week before school started, linking St. Michael’s and St. Hugh’s houses together.
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A decade after I first started to revitalize our leadership curriculum, the school has developed a leadership framework that encompasses the whole school, in every department.
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Partnering with Me to We, senior school students travelled to Ghana to assist in building a new school. Listening and participating in this new culture was so rewarding, even though we only had a brief time.
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Queen Margaret’s School is committed to providing education that places an emphasis on critical thinking, positive relationships and a strong sense of community involvement.
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During World War II, Queen Margaret’s School undertook its greatest service project to date—salvaging materials to raise money to contribute to War Funds. The legacy of service at QMS is a proud one, and one that QMS students are eager to continue.
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Before there were Outdoor Education, Service Learning, and Leadership courses, there was Girl Guides. As an integral part of the early days of QMS, many of the school’s first students were recruited through Guiding.
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QMS was one of the first schools in the Cowichan Valley to have classroom computers. In the interim years, technology has changed the classroom landscape. Now technology has become ubiquitous in the classroom.
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Educational practice has changed since Miss Denny and Miss Geoghegan founded Queen Margaret’s School. The early years were characterized by a traditional teacher-centred approach that focused on rote memorization…
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Boys have been an integral part of Queen Margaret’s School since our inception in 1921. However, boys attending QMS today may have a very different experience than those who attended earlier in the school’s history!
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The key to a successful, evolving education system is not in the bricks and mortar, but in the ability to engage the hearts and minds of all stakeholders in the aspirations one has for the learner.
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When Miss Shirley Burr arrived on campus back in 1961, the Equestrian Centre consisted of a rickety old barn on an overgrown area housing four horses. Through the determination of our students and their love of horses…
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The Bridgeman Cup is the oldest and most prestigious Senior Girls’ Field Hockey Tournament in British Columbia. First held in 1937, it has its roots at Queen Margaret’s School, where the tournament took place every November.
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