Canadian Boarding Schools

New Extra-curricular Schedule Implementation

As indicated in with our mission statement, we would like all students to emerge from Bodwell as “well-rounded citizens who contribute positively to the world.” In the past, we were concerned that only about 35% of our students were active in extra-curricular and community activities. One reason for the low turn-out was the length of our school day. For this reason, we have shortened the academic school day so that it ends at 3:10 p.m. This does not mean that students have less instructional time. What it means is that they do not have “spare” periods during the day. All students are in class from 8:20 a.m. to 3:10 p.m. From 3:15 to 4:30 p.m., we have extra-curricular activities, and all students are required to participate in at least one of them. Therefore, we now have 100% participation in our extra-curricular program. Both staff and students (well – most of them!) have welcomed these changes.

Students have many activities from which to choose. Those offered this semester are as follows: badminton, soccer, volleyball, swimming, fitness, Tae Kwon Do, cross-country running, table tennis, chess/games, jazz ensemble, choir, art, drama, social club, global awareness club, recycling club, volunteer club, peer tutoring club, guitar club, and yearbook club.

New Staff Members

Jenny Guan, B.Sc., B.Ed.
(Science and Mathematics)

Lindice Hill, B.Sc., B.Ed.
(Science and Mathematics)

Sean Mickelson, B.A., B.Ed., M.A.
(English and ESL)

Kirsten Odegaard, B.Ed.
(Social Studies, P.E., Health and ESL)

Tanya Radakovic, B.A., B.Ed.
(Composition and ESL)

STUDENT PARLIAMENT '07-'08

Cabinet:

Prime Minister: Berk Tanik (Grade 12)
Deputy Prime Minister: Jessica Ban (Grade 10)
Minister of Finance: Altair Birlik (Grade 11)
Minister of Sport and Culture: Willie Rubenstein (Grade 12)
Minister of Internal Affairs: Dylan tenBrink (Grade 10)
Minister of External Affairs: Vivien Ma (Grade 12)
Solicitor-General: Zhanikesh Mukanova (Grade 12)

Members of Parliament (Fall Semester):

AP 8/9 -1: Mert Sirin
AP 8/9 -2: Jacky Chen
AP 10/11-1A: Lucia Castilla Garcia
AP 10/11-1B: Andres Martinez
AP 10/11-2A: Terence Mahier
AP 10/11-2B: Peravit (Nasz) Wanichsirikul
AP 10/11-3A: Tarek Kurdik
AP 10/11-3B: Hiromi Imuzida
Grade 8: Andy Yoon
Grade 9: Minhee Sung
PE 10/11/12: Morgan Renseth
Math 10A: Juan Felix De La Rosa
Planning 10A: Maxine Berta
COMM 11: Sena Kwon
English 11A: Ramin Reyhani
English 12A: Shane Kim
COMM 12A: HanNim Kim
Math 12A: Stephen Smith
Geography 12: Kirill Tukayev