Salt Spring Photographer John Cameron
3:15 pm
An all candidates meeting held during the afternoon in the Gulf Islands Secondary gym. Actually, not quite all candidates as one didn’t attend.
Incumbent, Elizabeth May was comfortable with this crowd.
GISS student wearing a green button asks a prepared question.
A senior art student at Gulf Islands Secondary School works with charcoal excavated from 100-year-old kilns at Mouat Park. A selection of drawings will be on display today (Sunday, Oct. 4) in the GISS multipurpose room and will also be part of a show and lecture at the Library more info…
A 2016 grad student at Gulf Islands Secondary celebrates getting one by the staff team during a lunchtime game on the Howe Court.
Meanwhile, the two staff members aren’t quite as cheery.
2:42 pm GISS Gym
The 600+ students at Gulf Islands Secondary had a chance to experience wheelchair basketball. There were enough chairs for four teams at a time (2 games, cross-court). From what I saw, it was a very big hit!
In the photo above, the green team had three participants from a boys’ school team. They figured out how to squash their opponents with a fast-break strategy…and seemed somehow comfortable shooting quickly from a sitting position.
Fernwood School students were seen trying out the almost complete ‘natural playground’ yesterday during lunch.
Friday they begin a two week spring break. I bet their parents are hoping for better weather than is currently forecast.