COMMUNITY SNAPSHOTS

SHAKESPEARE BY THE WATER

Grade 12 English students enjoyed reading Hamlet with Mr. Fink by the pond.

GRADE 5 STUDENTS BECOME STEWARDS OF THE LAND

The Senior School cross-countr y running team won bronze at the Provincial Championships in the fall. Fifteen Spartans impressed the coaches with gutsy and strong performances and many of the runners improved their placings from prior years.

WITH GREAT POWER COMES GREAT RESPONSIBILITY

STS Prefects dressed as superheroes during Bullying Awareness and Prevention Week to inspire young Spartans to be kind to others and to step up if they see bullying. Gr ade 5 students made the annual trek to the Ann and Sandy Cross Conservation Area to learn more about their efforts in conserving and protecting important grassland and

CROSSING THE FINISH LINE

wetland habitats.

What should young people do with their lives today? Many things, obviously. But the most daring thing is to create stable communities in which the terrible disease of loneliness can be cured. – Kurt Vonnegut

OFF TO THE RACES

Spartans lined up to cheer on runners during the Middle School cross-country run.

STS EXCELS AT PROVINCIAL SPEECH TOURNAMENT

Thirty Middle and Senior School students participated in the Provincial Speech Tournament. Fourteen won medals in their categories, and nine of sixteen students who qualified for the national tournament were from STS!

43RD ANNUAL KERBY LUNCHEON

STS hosted our annual Kerby Centre luncheon, treating many seniors with a delightful afternoon of smiling, singing, and hand-bell performances.

EVERY CHILD MATTERS

In the spirit of reconciliation, STS students wore orange on ‘Orange Shirt Day’ to learn about the legacy of residential schools and Indigenous values.

POSTS TREAT WEEK

POSTS members gathered baked goods for the annual Treat Week, gifting generous boxes packed with delicious goodies to all STS employees before the holiday break.

WE THINK YOU’RE BEAUTIFUL

To start Diversity Week with a bang, the DiversiTEAM set out to film things at STS that they found to be beautiful, and the result brought infectious smiles across the STS community. The uplifting video is a warm reminder that diversity at STS is beautiful.

GO SPARTANS GO

Students, teachers, parents and staff filled the Sandy Heard Sports Centre with roaring cheers during the student-teacher basketball game for Spirit Week.

SUPER SPARTANS

Students, employees, and parents dressed as their favourite video game characters to show their spirit for the 34th annual Terry Fox Run. To date, the STS community has raised more than $634,000 to support cancer research!

LEARNING ABOUT THE CREATIVE WRITING

During Spirit Week, Middle School students celebrated the 15th annual Dan Arato Day filled with house competitions

PROCESS WITH AUTHOR BEN GADD

Grade 7 students met with Canadian naturalist and author of Raven’s End, Ben Gadd. After studying the novel in the fall, Mr. Gadd met with the students at Camp Chief Hector, nestled in the valley below Yamnuska mountain where the novel takes place. In the spring, Mr. Gadd recorded an audiobook version of Raven’s End and gifted it to our

DAN ARATO DAY

Grade 7 students. in various subject areas. We were pleased to have a visit from Peter and Judith Arato during the event.

GENERATIONAL TRADITIONS

Our STS alumni family continues to grow! This year we were so pleased to have 88 children and grandchildren of alumni attending STS.

STS MODEL UNITED NATIONS (STS MUN) IN NYC

Eighteen STS students attended the National High School Model United Nations (NHSMUN) conference in New York along with 2,000+ students from 60 countries. The conference featured Melissa Fleming, Head of Communications and Chief Spokesperson for the United High Commission for Refugees, as the keynote speaker.

STS LIFERS GRADUATING THIS YEAR

On March 10, 2020 we celebrated our ‘lifers’ and their parents at a special dinner; they’ve attended STS from Grade 1 to 12.

CALGARY OPERA PERFORMANCE

Thanks to a generous donation, Elementary School students enjoyed a wonderful performance by the Calgary Opera Emerging Artists Program of The Bremen Town Musicians by Dean Burry.

LEARNING THE DESIGN CYCLE WITH FIELDING INTERNATIONAL

Gr ade 3 students learned about the design cycle with Randy Fielding and Brian Cho from Fielding International, the architectural design company who led the design of our new Elementary School and Innovation and Arts wing.