Overarching- Final Review

These last 13 years have flown by so quickly. Collingwood has truly embraced me as a member of the family and I have learned so much from the school. My growth as an individual has been tremendous in every strand since the days of being in grade 10. I have really matured and come into my own. Collingwood has always pushed its students to be well rounded. The four-strand system is a great way to encourage this and I am so thankful for it. Without the four-strand system I would never have tried choir or art or surf and service, but thanks to Collingwood these turned out to be some of my favorite classes and experiences. My most proud achievement is finishing the college application process. For those wishing to go to the states, the process is tiresome to say the least. I am so happy to be done and look forward to what the future holds for me. If there is one thing I could change about the way I completed my high school, it would be to learn to play an instrument. I have grown up in a very arts oriented family but I was never super passionate about it. As I look back now it was probably my jealousy/laziness that actually held me back from excelling. Collingwood has truly prepared me for the future. Being a house captain, part of the investment club, part of numerous sports teams, traveling with Roundsquare; all these things aided me in my growth as a person but it was Collingwood that truly brought them to reality. I wouldn’t have thought in my wildest dreams that I would be representing my school in London and meeting the Queen. These experiences have allowed me to see a whole new world and have given me the tools to be successful in years to come. I hope I will be able to properly apply them in the near future. In 5 years from now I hope to be graduating university and preparing for future studies at law school. Through taking law this year I have learnt how valuable it is and how it can be directly associated in real life scenarios. In the end the ultimate goal is to one day return to Vancouver, start a family and send them to this amazing school. I have known nothing but this for my entire life, but Collingwood has prepared me in the best way to be able to go out in the world and be successful. I owe a huge thank you to all my coaches, teachers, advisors, and heads of the school, without this great support system I don’t know where I would be. 

Grade 12 Athletics

Athletic Highlight: My grade 12 athletic highlight was playing on the Collingwood senior basketball team. We were able to make Collingwood history by finishing 11th in the province which is the best the school has ever done.

Athletic Highlight #2: Rugby tour was once again an academic highlight for me. We toured all over australia and it was a blast to be a part of. This was not a very successful tour but we gained plenty of experience and we hope this will aid us in winning a BC provincial championships.

Athletic Highlight #3: My third athletic highlight was winning the lower mainland rugby finals against Rockridge. This was a great team win and despite not playing due to a concussion, the team played great and i was happy to see rockridge loose after all their trash talking.

Athletic Reflection: This year was a great year to be a collingwood athlete. The collingwood basketball team was able to attend provincials for the first time in 7years. Unfortunately before arriving, our starting point guard, Aidan Jarrar, was diagnosed with mono. It was also an unfortunate start of the tournament for me as i was just recovering from a minor tear in my gastroc muscle. Nevertheless we overcame this adversity by winning our first game against Wellington School, the number 3 seeded team in the tournament.   Despite this victory we knew what lay ahead of us. Earlier in the year we had played Kelowna Christian a powerhouse in AA basketball. But what scared us the most was a dominant Holly Cross team. Lucky for us both teams were in our side of the bracket, despite both teams being undefeated all year. We then played Kelowna Christian academy, this was no doubt the most embarasing game to be apart of. Our thin bench finally came back to haunt us, with Aidan out, and my injury we lost by a large margin. This killed our Provincial hopes. We then played SMUS, a team we had also played earlier in the year. This game was much closer but again we lost.  FInishing 11th was a great feat for us. We were extremely happy to finish the tournament as the best team in Collingwoods history. I was very thankful for being on such an amazing team and winning the Player of the Game award for the last 2 games was a great way to finish my basketball career, mr hill is a great coach and i recommend all students to go and try out playing for the team.