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Some local high school students have been banned from using phones at school. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

West Shore high school bans cellphone use in class

Belmont Secondary School has formalized a policy which already existed in some classrooms

 

Teaghan Dillon (left) and Michael Lee Maizik (right) wrote and ilustrated respectively The Adventure of 2 Stray Dogs, in the hopes of raising awareness and funds for animal shelters. (Bailey Moreton/News Staff)

Two Langford teens write book to help animal shelters

Teaghan Dillon wrote The Adventure of 2 Stray Dogs and Michael Lee Maizik drew the illustrations

 

Belmont Secondary School music students Hongye Lin, Mac Johnston, Jay Lausman and Nihitha Pottumutu are gearing up for this year’s Winter Concert, set for Dec. 8 at 7 p.m. (Justin Samanski-Langille/News Staff)

Belmont students aim to hit the perfect notes at winter concert

Dec. 8 event showcases hard work of dozens of students in multiple bands

 

Belmont Secondary School Grade 12 student Sophia Benables and Grade 9 student Jess Keep show off some of the food donations collected by them and their classmates ahead of Thursday’s (Nov. 10) community food drive in support of the Goldstream Food Bank. (Justin Samanski-Langille/News Staff)

PHOTOS: Belmont students collect food donations for Goldstream Food Bank

The Fall Food Drive is usually part of the 10,000 Tonight initiative, but was split off this year

Belmont Secondary School Grade 12 student Sophia Benables and Grade 9 student Jess Keep show off some of the food donations collected by them and their classmates ahead of Thursday’s (Nov. 10) community food drive in support of the Goldstream Food Bank. (Justin Samanski-Langille/News Staff)
Beedie Luminaries founder Ryan Beedie announces the 2022 recipients of $6.2 million worth of scholarships for 140 high school graduates and 17 single parents in B.C., including four Grade 12 students from Greater Victoria. (Courtesy of Beedie Luminaries)

4 Greater Victoria students receive ‘life-changing’ award

Exceptional high school grads get up to $40,000 for post-secondary

Beedie Luminaries founder Ryan Beedie announces the 2022 recipients of $6.2 million worth of scholarships for 140 high school graduates and 17 single parents in B.C., including four Grade 12 students from Greater Victoria. (Courtesy of Beedie Luminaries)
Stavros Chrysoulis, Grade 12, Jay Lausman, Grade 11, Rachel Nordby, Grade 12 are preparing for the year-end concert at Belmont Secondary School. (Bailey Moreton/News Staff)

First-time jitters and final hurrahs: Belmont’s year-end concert

Some students have yet to perform in a year-end concert during their time at school

Stavros Chrysoulis, Grade 12, Jay Lausman, Grade 11, Rachel Nordby, Grade 12 are preparing for the year-end concert at Belmont Secondary School. (Bailey Moreton/News Staff)
Megan Omran and Ariah Cummings (right) have each been named winners of $40,000 scholarships from the Cmolik Foundation. (Courtesy of the Cmolik Foundation)

Belmont students win $40K scholarships

Award goes to students for achievements in overcoming adversity and excelling in their studies

Megan Omran and Ariah Cummings (right) have each been named winners of $40,000 scholarships from the Cmolik Foundation. (Courtesy of the Cmolik Foundation)
Belmont Secondary School students Ian Herrington and Bernardo de Lima Oberg clear invasive species and plant trees on Earth Day (April 22). (Courtesy Dayna Christ-Rowling)

Belmont Secondary School pitching in to keep grounds natural in Langford

Students and staff spent Earth Day clearing invasive species, planting native trees

Belmont Secondary School students Ian Herrington and Bernardo de Lima Oberg clear invasive species and plant trees on Earth Day (April 22). (Courtesy Dayna Christ-Rowling)
Belmont Secondary School Grade 12 student Sadie Karlsson and Grade 9 student Presley Eberle sit in a music room. The two musicians are set to perform in the school’s upcoming Winter Concert on Dec. 8, the first since the pandemic started. (Justin Samanski-Langille/News Staff)

Live music returns to Belmont Secondary School with Winter Concert Dec. 8

Featuring multiple bands, it is the first in-person concert since the pandemic started

Belmont Secondary School Grade 12 student Sadie Karlsson and Grade 9 student Presley Eberle sit in a music room. The two musicians are set to perform in the school’s upcoming Winter Concert on Dec. 8, the first since the pandemic started. (Justin Samanski-Langille/News Staff)
Belmont Secondary School taken on Sept. 9, 2020. (Aaron Guillen/News Staff)

Let the grad times roll: first ever Belmont motorcade coming to West Shore

Parade through Langford celebrates high school grads

Belmont Secondary School taken on Sept. 9, 2020. (Aaron Guillen/News Staff)
Belmont Secondary School. (Black Press Media file photo)

UPDATE: Comment taken out of context led to rumours of shooting threat at Belmont

Sooke School District has identified source, given all-clear for students to be in class

Belmont Secondary School. (Black Press Media file photo)
Mal Roach (left), Nick Lysne, Trudy Court, Greg Faux, Mike Wagnar, Doug Stewart, Weyla Chipps-Roy and Derek Paul as well as Glenda Hemstreet (not pictured) pivoted their roles as custodial staff, educational assistants and a library clerk to support students, parents and staff over the last few weeks while schools have been closed. (Shalu Mehta/News Staff)

‘The face of Belmont’: Custodial staff at Langford school pivot to support parents, students

Staff serve as point of contact for parents, students with school

Mal Roach (left), Nick Lysne, Trudy Court, Greg Faux, Mike Wagnar, Doug Stewart, Weyla Chipps-Roy and Derek Paul as well as Glenda Hemstreet (not pictured) pivoted their roles as custodial staff, educational assistants and a library clerk to support students, parents and staff over the last few weeks while schools have been closed. (Shalu Mehta/News Staff)
Raven Dancer, a 37-foot-long cedar Coast Salish canoe, retired from the water in 2014. The canoe now sits in Belmont Secondary School’s community garden and is a gift to the school from Hulitan Family and Community Services. (Shalu Mehta/News Staff)

From ocean to garden, Coast Salish canoe will continue to teach at a Langford high school

Raven Dancer made a final journey to Belmont Secondary School’s community garden

Raven Dancer, a 37-foot-long cedar Coast Salish canoe, retired from the water in 2014. The canoe now sits in Belmont Secondary School’s community garden and is a gift to the school from Hulitan Family and Community Services. (Shalu Mehta/News Staff)
Principal Lamond at Belmont Secondary pulled the fire alarm Friday morning when staff smelled gas. (News Gazette staff)

Belmont Secondary fire alarm pulled after gas smelled in school

The fire department determined the gas was coming from a sewage pipe as a result of renovations

Principal Lamond at Belmont Secondary pulled the fire alarm Friday morning when staff smelled gas. (News Gazette staff)
Jamie Broder (left), beach volleyball coach, Savannah Purdy, Erin Mutch and beach coach, Murph Laidlaw at the amateur beach volleyball tournament in Seaside, Oregon. (Photo courtesy of Dean Purdy)                                Jamie Broder (left), beach volleyball coach, Savannah Purdy, Erin Mutch and beach coach, Murph Laidlaw at the amateur beach volleyball tournament in Seaside, Oregon. (Photo courtesy of Dean Purdy)
Jamie Broder (left), beach volleyball coach, Savannah Purdy, Erin Mutch and beach coach, Murph Laidlaw at the amateur beach volleyball tournament in Seaside, Oregon. (Photo courtesy of Dean Purdy)                                Jamie Broder (left), beach volleyball coach, Savannah Purdy, Erin Mutch and beach coach, Murph Laidlaw at the amateur beach volleyball tournament in Seaside, Oregon. (Photo courtesy of Dean Purdy)
Belmont volleyball coach, Mike Toakley, and some of the Belmont senior girls’ volleyball team hold the banner awarded to him for B.C. School Sports coach of the year at the Belmont athletic awards ceremonies. (Photo courtesy of Genea Belton)

Belmont volleyball coach wins coach of the year award

Toakley has racked up five provincial championships, three in the last three years

Belmont volleyball coach, Mike Toakley, and some of the Belmont senior girls’ volleyball team hold the banner awarded to him for B.C. School Sports coach of the year at the Belmont athletic awards ceremonies. (Photo courtesy of Genea Belton)
In an all-Belmont final at the Island High School Beach Volleyball Championships, Olivia Godek (left) and Savannah Purdy played against Gracie and Hannah May. Godek and Purdy won the championships for the fifth consecutive year.                                (Photo courtesy of Mike Toakley)

Island volleyball championships see all-Belmont final

One Grade 11/12 girls team won their fifth consecutive title

In an all-Belmont final at the Island High School Beach Volleyball Championships, Olivia Godek (left) and Savannah Purdy played against Gracie and Hannah May. Godek and Purdy won the championships for the fifth consecutive year.                                (Photo courtesy of Mike Toakley)
Former Grade 10 Belmont student, Dorrian Wright, passed away Sunday. His best friend wants him to be remembered as an energetic, fun-loving person who would help anybody who needed it. (Photo courtesy of Kurtis Newell)

Former Belmont student remembered as reliable and funny

Teen’s best friend said Wright was not a drug addict

Former Grade 10 Belmont student, Dorrian Wright, passed away Sunday. His best friend wants him to be remembered as an energetic, fun-loving person who would help anybody who needed it. (Photo courtesy of Kurtis Newell)
A Belmont Secondary school student has died of a suspected drug overdose, said the Sooke School District. (Kendra Wong/News Gazette staff)

UPDATED: Grade 10 Belmont student dies from suspected overdose

Sooke School District asks parents, guardians to speak with their children about drugs and alcohol

A Belmont Secondary school student has died of a suspected drug overdose, said the Sooke School District. (Kendra Wong/News Gazette staff)
Belmont Secondary school’s senior girls volleyball team celebrates their provincial championship with a free lunch, courtesy of Langford Fire Rescue. (Tim Collins/News Gazette staff)

Record of 59-1 earns volleyball team lunch

Belmont senior girls volleyball team celebrates another BC title in style

Belmont Secondary school’s senior girls volleyball team celebrates their provincial championship with a free lunch, courtesy of Langford Fire Rescue. (Tim Collins/News Gazette staff)