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Senior Art Club: The Annual Senior Art Show was held virtually this year and was a great success.

Band: We were fortunate to have the opportunity to travel to New York in February this year. Unfortunately, our final band concert had to be cancelled.

Bamfield: Grade 10 Science Trip to Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre on the west coast of Vancouver Island.

CAUSE Club: The CAUSE group developed three unique teams: The Community Volunteers Team, The Wentworth Team and the STEAM Team at the Collett School. The Community Volunteers volunteered at the Mustard Seed, Good Food Box Community Kitchen, Souper Kids, Stephen’s Backpacks, and Samaritan’s Purse. The Wentworth Team volunteered hours at Wentworth with seniors and the Collett STEAM Team helped our youngest students with coding, robotics, gardening, dance, photography, crazy chemistry and wonders of design.

2020

Competitive Speech: Students competed at five tournaments in the regular season and the Rundle College team won a gold medal at Provincials. A highlight of the year was having Megan Harley ‘20 compete at Speech Nationals at St. John’s Ravenscourt.

Debate: The high school debate teams participated in four separate debate tournaments this year as well as a workshop. We had a great season.

Eco Club: Students met weekly to discuss environmental issues at Rundle and put forward ideas to make Rundle more sustainable.

QSA: Students met bi-weekly to discuss issues pertaining to LGBTQ life at Rundle.

Reach for the Top: Students won a spot at provincials, but both provincials and nationals were sadly cancelled.

Robotics: For the first year ever, Rundle was able to give academic credits to our robotics participants. Students earned CTS credits in three modules. The team competed at the FIRST regional competition in Victoria.

Spring Drama Production: This year’s production was cut short by the pandemic, but we are excited to show you the work we did on Clue next year! We continued to rehearse online together.

Second Languages Travel Club: We had our first Grade 10 trip to New Mexico and the students say that they enjoyed learning more about the “pueblo” culture.

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Celebrating the Slow Times Kelsey Flower ‘08

After graduating from Rundle Academy in 2008, I enrolled in the Theatre Performance program at Mount Royal University where I graduated in 2011. I have appeared in numerous plays in the Calgary Theatre community, wrote and produced the short film With You Always, and currently I play the character Lance in the Netflix series Black Summer.

A great day in my life is any day on set or on stage. There can be lots of ups and downs in this career (more downtime). My career philosophy is to try and find ways to celebrate the slow times as well as the busy times. You have to create your own work! Stay busy while you wait for the phone to ring.

My job has changed over the years. It's now easier than ever to create quality content with the amazing technology at our fingertips. With this shift, I've seen less in-person auditions and more and more self-tapes and virtual auditions. If I weren't in this line of work, what would I be doing? It’s so hard to say. As soon as I decided I wanted to act, I never thought of a Plan B because I knew that if I had a safety net it would be too tempting to fall in to. I have always been interested in psychology and studied a little in university, so perhaps something in human behaviour... or a rock star or Batman!

The COVID-19 pandemic has completely halted everything. It’s odd thinking that “acting” doesn't really exist right now as there has been a huge shift to online content as creators try to stay busy. This has just forced me to take a step back and focus on what I want to achieve both in my personal and professional life. Moments of stillness and reflection are daunting but can bring wonderful clarity.

Lessons Learned Aaron Goettel

McKenzie Goettel ‘24, Aaron Goettel, Aylie Goettel ‘29

The publication team decided on the “Day in the Life” theme for this edition in the early fall of 2019. This turned out to be very ironic considering the upheaval in our daily lives this pandemic has caused. In March, the world shut down and we were all faced with a new reality. We are living in a period of history that is one for the textbooks.

My philosophy with any transformational event is to find the good in it. During this change, we found time — time for ourselves and each other. We found the time to reflect, reconnect and go back to when life was simpler. We now had the opportunity to learn how to do something we never had the time to learn before. Although we had to stay apart, we were brought more together. Busy schedules were emptied and there was time to reconnect with each other and ourselves such as playing board games, going on family walks, and being creative by performing in family Tik Tok videos! We had more time to be outdoors and to literally stop and smell the roses. Mentally, this change took quite an adjustment, but in the end, I believe we will miss this time we were given to reset our lives.

Over the past few months at Rundle, I am proud of the leadership demonstrated by everyone in our community, pivoting on a dime and continuing to steer the Rundle ship on an “online course” to success. I am incredibly impressed by the continued dedication and commitment of our faculty, who in a matter of 24 hours, executed a safe and caring online learning environment for our students. Faculty became incredibly creative in the development and delivery of their lessons — lessons that can be used even after a return to “regular” classes. I am extremely proud of our entire Rundle community in supporting each other emotionally as well as financially through the Rundle Relief Bursary Fund.

The irony of these past several months, was the shift from a fastpaced, calendarized world to a moment of pause and reset. I wish you and your families the very best during these unprecedented times and I cannot wait to reconnect with you all again in person when life gets back to “normal.” I hope our new normal affords us to take all the positive lessons we have learned and enjoy the slower paced life that has allowed us time to focus on what matters most. I leave you with our timeless Rundle values —Together, Be Kind, Be Curious, Be Well.

Aaron Goettel Director of Alumni Relations & Advancement Rundle College Society

While out on one of our many family walks, I was inspired by this fitting quote inscribed on a bench.

“Life is like a mountain, challenging to climb at times, but worth the amazing views along the way. Take a moment to relax and enjoy the wonderful view.”

In 2019–2020, the c.Lab at Rundle combined both the Jr. Cobras Sport Development program and Curiosity Camps which provide opportunities to engage our young students’ minds and bodies.

This year, we ran Jr. Cobras volleyball, basketball and RUNdle running as well as added lacrosse and dance programs. For Curiosity Camps we offered CommUKEity (Ukulele), STEM and robotics, and added art and gardening as well. The growth of the entire program saw continued involvement from our alumni community as coaches, instructors, and administrators. This past year, we were grateful to THE LEGACY CONTINUES! Alumnus Matt Waldorf ‘99 (Dr. Conklin’s stepson) and his daughter Sydney ‘33

C.LABAT RUNDLE

have had the following students and alumni spend time after school and at our summer camps: Kayla Barry ‘12, Talia Deliman ‘20, Hillary Graham ‘18, Jenna Gregg ‘19, Sarah Hougen ‘14, Liam Kramer ‘19, Rayff McMahon ‘17, Kathleen Mitchell ‘13, Quinn Molnar ‘19, Megan Morrison ‘19, Matthew Sirianni ‘17, Morgan Saunders ‘15, and Jordan Wilson ‘19.

We were excited to announce our third year of

Rundle Summer Camps with new and exciting partners and offerings however, we had to make the difficult decision to cancel the season in light of COVID-19. Planning is underway for what the c.Lab at Rundle will look like going forward given the new health and safety restrictions in place.

We are confident we will continue to offer an exceptional after school program and look forward to having our alumni back in the school to share their passions while helping develop the next generation of

Rundle athletes.

Enroll your son or daughter and give them the advantage of a Rundle education.

As alumni of Rundle, you are given priority application status for your child.

For more information about our admission process, please visit rundle.ab.ca or call our Admissions Office at 403-291-3866.

Sr. Boys Basketball: The team had a very successful season this year. Despite being one of the youngest teams in province the Cobras saw themselves ranked as high as third provincially. The Cobras finished with a silver medal in league play and earned a spot to compete in provincials.

Sr. Girls Basketball: The team had another successful season this year, with strong finishes throughout the province and within Calgary. The girls hosted their 7 th successful Sweet 16 Basketball tournament this year.

Cheer: Without a doubt, the Cheer Team models the Rundle values of “together” as the students from both the Academy and College practice and present their routines in perfect synchronization. The team showcased their talents at several competitions around the province where they celebrated many successes and most importantly, showed excellent sportsmanship.

Cross Country: Our senior high cross country team had an outstanding season this year. We had three students represent Rundle at provincials. For the first time in history, our high school team placed first in our league and brought home the banner for senior high cross country!

Golf: The Senior Girls Team won the ISAA Zone Qualifier while the Boys placed 2 nd at ISAA Qualifier and 3 rd at ASAA Provincials.

Sr. Boys Volleyball: What a tournament we had in Rocky Mountain House, the boys played as if it was their last game, every game. Well done on the court! The bus ride songs were great too.

Sr. Girls Volleyball: The team placed 1 st at the City Championships and won Rundle College’s first ever ASAA Provincial Championship Banner!

Wrestling: Rundle College was honoured as the Alberta School Team of the Year and Neil Domstad received the School Coach of the Year award for AAWA (Alberta Amateur Wrestling Association). Four boys qualified for the ASAA Provincial Championships but they were unfortunately cancelled. They were the odds-on-favourite to repeat as provincial team champions. Sean C. was named as the outstanding wrestler at city championships.

Congratulations Jenna Westaway ‘15 Rundle College National Athlete Wall of Fame Inductee

Jenna was honoured at our Rundle College Athletic Awards last June for her athletic contributions for Team Canada in cross country running. Proudly accepting the honour on Jenna’s behalf were her parents, Myra and Mike Westaway. Her plaque is proudly displayed on the Rundle College National/Professional Athletic Wall above the Auxiliary Gym.