Held at the Arbutus Ridge Golf Club the 2016 Gala raised an astounding $89,500 for Queen Margaret’s School. Funds raised will be directed towards continued Equestrian Centre upgrades and future expansion of The Learning Centre.
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This has been a successful year for both the School and the OOMA, and I want to thank everyone who made it possible.
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Kassidy Keith (‘16) enjoyed her most successful year of competition to date in 2015-16. In addition to winning the Jump Canada and CET medal finals, she was named to the U18 Junior Canada Equestrian Team.
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88 Total number of boarding students: 14 Domestic Boarders, 74 International Boarders.
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Being so involved in international business, I knew that I wanted my daughter to attend a boarding school in Canada, where she could learn English, make friends from around the world, and graduate to continue her education…
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Each October, Queen Margaret’s School celebrates its Founders by inviting a distinguished alumnae to speak to students, staff and special guests about their passion and their path from the School to where they are now in their lives.
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Ever since I was little, I dreamed of going to Queen Margaret’s School. Whenever my school work seemed too easy and I found myself staring out the window, picturing a challenge, three little letters always came to mind: “Q.M.S.”
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During the summer before Grade 7, my mom sat me down at the kitchen table and asked me if I’d like to go to Queen Margaret’s School. Although I was hesitant, my mom asked me to try it for a year. Next thing I knew, I was being fitted for my own kilt.
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In April 1949, my sister and I were deposited at Queen Margaret’s School in Duncan, keeping us thankfully together after a series of foster homes. I thought the School was another place for homeless children.
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Since opening its doors in 1921, Queen Margaret’s School has operated on the belief that every child has unique gifts and talents that they bring into the world.
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Living within an international community like a school boarding program is a wonderful opportunity to promote global understanding and broaden our world view.
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When Senior School Principal Deborah Cook and Director of Residential Life & Health Services Celina Mason decided to trial a new position of Chinese/English Interpreter at Queen Margaret’s School, they were thrilled with the overwhelmingly positive impact the new role had in enriching the School.
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I used to think that I was shy; I never spoke up to express my opinions to others. Whenever I met new people, I wondered whether they liked me or not because I did not have confidence in myself.
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This year, a team of 45 young artists from Queen Margaret’s School and 13 adult artists from Duncan combined forces to create a public mural which promotes the understanding of local eco-systems from a First Nations perspective while beautifying a main corridor in the City of Duncan.
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When Grade 3 Teacher Patti Small sent out her annual letter to her new students with a challenge to design a new garden space near the Primary Centre in August 2010, she had no idea of the seeds of change that she had planted at Queen Margaret’s School.
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A wagon emerges out of the hallway, is pulled gently through the Primary entrance and out into the big, wide world. The pullers of the wagon are 15 Kindergarten students bursting with excitement as they look for objects they want to know more about.
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At Queen Margaret’s School, many of our staff and faculty lead by example, demonstrating to our students on a regular basis what it means to be generous and of service to others. Like our Founders, they do it without fanfare or acknowledgement.
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A SMALL FOX, approximately the size of a domestic cat, seems an unlikely symbol of the health of wildlife in Canada. Weighing only 5-7 pounds, they are opportunistic feeders, eating rabbits, mice, birds, berries and seeds. They pose no threat to humans.
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Over the 2016 Spring Break, Kelly Deng and 15 of her fellow QMS students travelled with teach-ers Sue Stone and Jane Richmond to Quito, Ecuador on a service learning trip, facilitated by Me to We. Below, Grade 10 student Kelly Deng describes her experience and how it impacted her.
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Over five generations of students have graduated and gone forth to take their places in the world, spreading the influence of Queen Margaret’s School and our vision of creating lifelong learners making positive impacts in the world.
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