St. Margaret's School
1080 Lucas Avenue V8X 3P7 Victoria, BC, Canada

Remember a few months ago when we told you about the Home is Where the Heart is Foundation? Check it out! We're so proud of you Marijke and all of the other amazing and caring students involved in this initiative. #serviewithlove... https://vancouverisland.ctvnews.ca/west-shore-teen-creates-

SMS Community Speaker Series The Parent Auxiliary is working to create a series of speakers for our community, including parents, staff, alumnae and students. The focus is to offer insight, skills, and perspectives on raising and educating girls and enriching exposure to compelling female changemakers. They have reached out to several speakers already and need your help developing this initiative. If you have a topic, person or skill you'd like to suggest, if you have someth...ing to offer, or if you'd like to help make this happen as a volunteer, get engaged! Contact [email protected] to get involved.

Snow days in Victoria, BC! Thank you to those who shared their snow day fun with us. We hope that everyone enjoyed the BC Family Day long weekend and got outside to enjoy the snow. #snowday #familyday #yyj #snow

STEM, leadership, mentorship, and LEGO. We've got it all.

Just in time for Valentines Day, another amazing example of service with love. We’re so proud of our students for consistently going above and beyond to impact the community. Lois Delaney Harnett-Shaw, Grade 7 student holds a card that reads: You are Loved and Special as she delivers 225 Valentine's Day cards - one for every resident of Veterans Memorial Lodge. Receiving the cards is Carol Cluff (on the other side of the window), one of the residents of the long-term care facility on Friday, Feb. 12. Picture supplied by Broadmead Care.

Congratulations to our Model UN students for participating in their first big virtual conference! My first experience attending a MUN conference was great. I learned so much about political views in Canada and had lots of fun. I was not sure how much I would like the virtual conference; however, it exceeded my expectations." - Grade 9 student https://www.stmarg.ca//vancouver-model-un-conference-goes/

It's time for a new year and new beginnings.Chinese New Year, Spring Festival or the Lunar New Year, is the festival that celebrates the beginning of a new year as per the traditional lunisolar Chinese calendar. And according to the same, the New Year begins today, February 12. 2021 is a year of the Ox. It will be a Metal Ox year! The Chinese New Year festival usually lasts for 16 days, starting from Chinese New Year's eve to the Lantern Festival. As a diverse and multicultu...ral school, we love to learn about and share in many of the traditions and celebrations of our staff and students from around the world. #chinesenewyear #lunarnewyear #chinese #gongxifacai #yearoftheox2021 #kongheifatchoi #newyear #china #happynewyear #fortune #art

In honour of International Day of Women and Girls in Science, today we recognize one of our first leaders in the STEM field, SMS alumna, Dr. Frances Oldham Kelsey. Kelsey attended St. Margaret's School from 1928 - 1931, graduating at age 15. She went on to study at McGill University before becoming one of the most iconic scientists in Canadian history. Today we are proud to be Canada's FIRST all-girls STEM school, and Vancouver Island's only all-girls STEM school. ... #STEM #STEMeducation #stemgirls United Nations CAIS Boarding Schools https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wIBCoxuOJ0

Today we celebrate the 35th Annual National Girls & Women in Sports Day. Did you know, our very own Mrs.Scott is a three-time Olympian? She’s also a member of the Victoria Sports Hall of Fame and was named Victoria’s Female Athlete of the Year four times. Mrs. Scott raced to 26 Canadian titles, Canadian records over five distances, as well as competing in three Summer Olympics, four Commonwealths, one Pan-Am Games and two World Track and Field Championships?!!! ... She is just one of the amazing and talented teachers, role models, and female mentors we have working at SMS. Today, like EVERY DAY, we recognize and encourage all women and girls in sports. At St. Margaret’s SHE CAN do anything she sets her mind to. #nationalgirlsandwomeninsportsday #womensupportingwomen #womeninsports #girlsinsports #shecan

The Grade 5 class recently finished up these amazing pottery dishes in art class! Is anyone else envious of the unique hands-on projects our students get the opportunity to try? #art #artistsoninstagram #artoftheday #pottery #allgirlseducation #allgirlsschool #shecan

***Pro D Days are coming up FAST!!! There is still space in our junior day camps if you're looking for a fun activity for your child. Learn more and register online today. https://www.stmarg.ca/programs/sms-camps/

Happy #BlackHistoryMonth! This month, we're highlighting Black women trailblazers who are positively changing their communities and the world!

STEM is more than just an acronym for Science, Technology, Engineering and Math. Learn about our innovative practices and how one teacher used linguistics to integrate STEM into language class. #stem #stemeducation #stemschool

What makes St. Margaret's special? When a Grade 12 student passes their driving test and the hallways erupt with congratulatory cheers from students, teachers and staff that can be heard across the entire school. Why? Because at SMS everyone knows your name and your story matters! ~UNITY.~

The SMS holiday tree is up at the @thebaycentre Victoria. Thanks to the student ambassadors who helped decorate it. Txt to vote for our tree using the words Tree038 to 45678. Or, swing by and take a photo with it, we would love to see your pictures! #servicewithlove #happyholidays #yyj #victoriabc #christmastree

It’s beginning to look wintery around campus as students in Grades 3&4 cut out for our annual SMS holiday tree display at the @thebaycentre Victoria. This year’s theme is remembering our elders. Students wrote the names of loved ones, and special people in their lives on the snowflake. For most of them, this was their FIRST time making paper snow flakes!

Spirit Week continues with multiples day!! #twinning #tripleting #spirit #schoolspirit

We’ve got spirit yes we do, we’ve got spirit how bout you?! It’s Spirit Week here at SMS and our Spirit Captain is showing us how it’s done!

On the 11th hour, of the 11th day, of the 11th month, we remember. Take time tomorrow to remember those who served our country. #lestweforget #remeberanceday #weremember

Join us online or in-person October 23, 2020. Hear from experts in girls’ education, and learn the top reasons why students thrive here. We’ll address topics such as, why STEM Education should start as early as JK, the importance of social emotional learning, and how we instill confidence in our students.... #yyj #allgirlseducation #allgirlsschool #openhouse #virtualopenhouse #virtualevents

SMS Community, Our musical theatre class needs your help!!! Help them decide which musical theatre production to put in this year! Will it be Mamma Mia, Frozen the musical, or Sister Act?

Today and every day we celebrate confident girls, inspiring women. In honour of @internationaldayofthegirl which takes place Sunday, October 11, we celebrate annually with a Middle Years Empowerment Day. A day to reflect on the strong women whose shoulders we stand on, and to discuss important topics, connect with one another, and hear from inspiring women. At SMS we encourage girls to have a strong voice, to question, wonder, seek answers, take action, and lead from the fron...t. #internationaldayofthegirl #girlpower #allgirlsschool #girlsschool #empoweringwomen #leadership #yyj

Did you know that every couple of weeks we feature a teacher or staff member on our website and in our newsletter? If you want to learn more about the AMAZING people we have working at SMS, take a moment to catch up! Last week's feature was Grade 6 teachers Mrs. Formosa :) https://www.stmarg.ca/news/faculty-friday-25/

An unbelievable fall evening with extracurriculars in full swing. Cross country runners took to the chip trail to complete laps for the Terry Fox runathon, and young soccer stars took to the pitch to hone their skills. Full album coming later this week~... #fallsports #schoolsports #bcschoolsports #soccer #crosscountry #terryfoxrun

Did you catch yesterday's post about the Terry Fox run taking place all week long here on Twigg's Trail? Service with Love is our school motto and it's truly part of the fabric of what makes SMS such a special place. Giving back is ingrained in our culture and the Terry Fox run has been an important cause to many in our community. If you are interesting in donating, please follow this link: https://secure.terryfox.ca/regist/TeamFundraisingPage.aspx

In case you missed it, we are celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Terry Fox Run by attempting to run across Canada on the chip trail as a school. That's 803 laps to represent the 8030 KM goal Terry first set to run across Canada!!!

Today we wear orange. #OrangeShirtDay is an event that was created in 2013, designed to educate people and promote awareness about the Indian Residential Schools. Today we keep the conversation going. ... Today we are #allies.

Oh my gosh, this is so empowering, we should do this every month, - Grade 8 student. That’s a wrap on Outweek 2020. While the SMS umbrella’s had to come out a few times, the sun still broke through to make for some amazing memories. #smsproud #outweek #outweek2020 #outdooreducation #yyj #geocaching @wildplayvictoria

SMS in the news~ Head of School, Sharon Klein, got the chance to speak with the Globe and Mail about collaboration during the pandemic. https://www.theglobeandmail.com//article-collaboration-in/

Outweek continues and today our students covered a lot of ground. From the ocean to the tree tops and mountain peaks, it was all smiles for the students from cheek to cheek. How lucky are we that this playground is our backyard?!... #smsproud #outdooreducation #greatervictoria #yyj #victoriabc #victoriabccanada #beautifulbritishcolumbia

The rain can’t slow us down! Hiking, SUP’ing, kayaking, sailing, climbing and scavenger hunting is more fun in the rain right! Catch the full Outweek photo album on our website and on Facebook later this week.... #westcoastbestcoast #outweek #smsproud #allgirlseducation #yyj #victoriabc #outdooreducation