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Excited. Nervous. Overwhelmed. Proud. The feeling of winning The Best School Year Ever contest is full of emotions, for both students and families alike. It means leaving home, living on-campus and expanding your independence. It’s a big decision that involves more than just the contest applicant. For parents, there’s an extra layer of emotion that…
How will winning The Best School Year Ever contest change your life?
Last year’s winners Juliet Crowe, Joh’nell Cleveland Jr. and Malcolm Hull describe the impact that winning has had as they experience this year at SMUS.
This contest is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to attend one of the best high schools in North America. It’s time to make that boarding school dream happen!
Will You Really Have The Best School Year Ever? We sat down with last year’s winner and finalists – Naashkii Soler, Evan Fuller and Digvijay Mavai – to learn more about their The Best School Year Ever experiences.
Check out the answers from high school students just like you who landed scholarships through The Best School Year Ever to live and learn at SMUS!
Watch a video of students from all over the world talking about their experiences at SMUS.
We sit down with The Best School Year Ever 2020 winner Kira Barker to find out how the year is going
Has an adult asked you this question yet?
To be able to enter The Best School Year Ever contest you need your parent or guardian’s permission. And, if your entry gets through to the semi-finals, they will need to complete an official application to the school. If you haven’t talked to them about entering the contest, it’s a great idea to raise the…
St. Michaels University School is an urban boarding school, offering all the benefits of being close to the provincial capital of BC while also having access to the rainforests, mountains and ocean that the West Coast is famous for. With the mildest climate in Canada, you can enjoy what our location has to offer year-round.…
The winners of The Best School Year Ever contest 2023 are...
Congratulations to Grade 9 student Gautam Jay (Lac La Biche, AB) and Grade 11 student Sora York (West Kelowna, BC)! Each have won a full-year boarding scholarship to attend SMUS next school year. The pair will be joined by fellow BSYE '23 finalists Alfie Smith (Alameda, CA) and Eden Williams (Seattle, WA), who will also be receiving a boarding scholarship for the fall.
Want to know how this could be you next year? Click the link in our bio or visit bestschoolyearever.ca for more!
Although students in Grade 1 and Grade 10 are at very different stages on their academic journeys, our indoor vertical farming walls are proving to be great at supporting age-appropriate learning for everyone. Called a ZipGrow Education Rack, the wall helps students learn about the world around them from biology to economics, while giving teachers flexibility to adapt the learning to their students' needs. 🌱
🔗 Read more at the link in our bio!
In September 1978, we welcomed 35 girls as students. That development is one of the best and most important we've made in our school history.
Last school year, then-Head Prefect Devon Oneschuk '22 spoke about the impact of women at SMUS:
"I can’t imagine how these girls felt on that early September morning, as I could never compare my first-day nerves to the unknown adventure before them. At a time when Canadian women struggled against pronounced societal norms and expectations, entering a male-dominated institution was no small feat. The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms had not yet been rectified; this was a time when women weren’t even protected equally under the law. Today, I applaud the tenacity of these girls on their new educational journeys.”
Thank you to all of the trailblazing women who made history by carving a path for the vibrant women and girls that are indispensable to our school today.
On International Women's Day, we reflect with pride on all of the accomplishments of the indispensable women in our community past and present.
#SMUS #StMichaelsUniversitySchool #school #boardingschool #InternationalWomensDay #EmbraceEquity #EveryWomanCounts
Congratulations to all of the students who worked hard back stage, in the pit orchestra and on stage to make Fiddler on the Roof such a successful Senior School musical this year! #SMUS #StMichaelsUniversitySchool #school #boardingschool #musical #musicaltheatre #FiddlerontheRoof
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