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Last week, the school community said goodbye to Mr. Williams, who has been the art teacher at Stanstead College for the past 27 years. In addition, he has served as advisor as well as squash and tennis coach.

Emily Willis of Newport, Vt was among the top prize winners at Stanstead College’s Baccalaureate and Prize-Giving Service, held at Centenary Church on Saturday.

Two varsity hockey Spartans were among those drafted by the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL) this past Saturday, including the school’s first-ever first-round pick.

Mackenzy St-Pierre of Ogden, Que. capped off a stellar Stanstead College athletic career by winning her third Major S trophy this year in three seasons and earning her second MVP trophy in 2018-19.

This week’s Athlete Of The Week is fast, tough and selfless.

Thirteen students, teachers and guest speakers were part of a day of thoughtful and thought-provoking presentations Saturday as Stanstead College hosted its first-ever TEDxYouth event.

This week’s Athlete of the Week is one of the most fearless competitors in the ETIAC league.

In the 1980s, urban Chicago was a hub for immigrants from countries like India, Mexico and Poland. My dad, at 17 years old, was working at our family’s hardware store in the city.

On Thursday, our students and teachers spread out into Stanstead and beyond for our annual Community Service Afternoon. It's our way of saying thank you to our neighbours for welcoming us into their community year after year.

It didn’t take long for this week’s Athlete Of The Week to figure things out.

Patrick Young is the model of consistency on the rugby pitch. In every single game he dominates at the breakdown and creates turnovers.

Every week, a prefect comes here and delivers a speech in front of all the school. Some are better than others, but in the end, do you really remember all of them?

For those of you who don’t know, last spring I fought a bear. He was big, but being the absolute unit that I am, he was only able to leave a small mark on my left cheek. For those of you who do know, that’s not how it went at all. I passed out, falling on the corner of a cabinet… at the dentist.

I like to think that I am always right. Whether that’s true or not is up for debate. However, there is one thing I am absolutely awful at: judging people.

Lisa Smith, head of our Math/Science Department, announced Monday the top achievers among our students who wrote the annual University of Waterloo Math Contest.

About five years ago when I decided to come to Stanstead, I had no idea what to expect.

Almost four weeks ago your Stanstead Spartans won the MacLeod Provincials. It was March 1, a Friday. The following week there were no practices, as the winter athletics term had officially ended. On Friday, March 8 everyone left for March break and returned this past Monday night, March 26. Tuesday morning, we had an actual basketball practice from 8:30 to 9:30 am. Wednesday morning we had a 7:00 am light shoot-around.

Although I’m a hockey lover, I sincerely believe that in a broader sense, this clip applies to the passion those of you have.

Head of School Michael Wolfe is pleased to release the list of students who have achieved academic success for Term 2 (November - March).

For their efforts, these students have earned a place on the Academic Honours List, the Head's List and the Chair's List.

Four years ago, my sister was standing where I am right now, delivering her prefect speech. Rosie talked about being an MVP – not the most valuable player of a team but the most valuable person. She also talked about being a benchwarmer and the joy of it.

Last week, we had a free dress day in the honour of anti-bullying, a situation that affects too many people.

For the second year in a row, Mackenzy St-Pierre earned the Bess Ferguson MVP Trophy for senior girls basketball, capping off a stellar basketball career at Stanstead College. She also received a Major S, her second of this school year and her fifth overall.

The QSSSA had decided at their seeding meeting that your Stanstead College Spartans, two-time defending champions and owners of an impressive 30-6 record coming in, would be the #1 seed at the 2019 MacLeod Provincial Tournament. But just barely.

…below are excerpts from Tuesday night’s Senior Nite (an impressive 34-28 win over Laruche), the last home game of the year, and more importantly the last home game of their high school careers for six (6!) Grade12 Spartans. Each graduating Senior received gifts from their teammates and their coaches, and were introduced before the game with the words below…

This week’s Athlete of the Week has been a solid member of his Prep U16 hockey team all season long, well-liked and respected by all. 

We’d had 2 days off to rest since the “6-games-in-5-days” from earlier in the week. We were rested, we were rolling, and we were eager to take on one of the top teams in the Eastern Townships.

When I look back on this season, this game is going to stick out as one of our best offensive performances of the year. Not that our defense was bad – we allowed a paltry 12 pts total in the 2^nd and 3^rd quarters combined – but we were firing on offense like never before.

All the omens were bad going into this one.

This summer, I received a letter letting me know that for the upcoming school year, I would be a prefect in Colby House. To be completely honest, the idea of being in the younger girls residence did not appeal to me at all.

The Stanstead College Spartans Varsity Girls hockey team completed their dominant NAPHA League season by capturing their fourth championship title in a row this weekend, February 15-17, at home, in Pat Burns Arena.

Mackenzy St-Pierre, captain of the senior girls D2 basketball team, just completed one of the best weeks of basketball that a player can have.

I have a true underdog story to tell you. Not an amazing story about a close soccer game, not an amazing story about a CAIS tournament final. This is a story about Stanstead softball.

The annual Junior Science Fair was held this past Thursday, with 40 experiments exhibited by students in Grades 7, 8 and 9.

Throwing third for the Stanstead College curling team, Matthew Campbell, a grade 11 student from Enosburg Fall, Vermont, has been a major contributor to his team’s success not only this past week but all season long. 

Stanstead College hosts two important athletic events this coming weekend, one in the Pat Burns Arena, the other in the Mackay/Amaron Gymnasiums.

Head of School Michael Wolfe is pleased to release the list of students who have achieved academic success, this covers the work completed to date in the second term (November to February).For their efforts, these students have earned a place on the Academic Honours List, the Head's List and the Chair's List.

Mariama Barry, a grade 10 student, has taken on a lot of basketball this season – often practising twice a day AND playing more games than anyone in the school.

Cold weather couldn’t stop another fantastic Winter Carnival at Stanstead College.

On January 30, the squash team went to BCS in Lennoxville for their third meeting of the year. Our six players played a total of twelve matches. Honorable mention to Grégoire Malbezin who won all of his matches. Overall, our team won four matches against the BCS experienced team. There is one meeting left at BCS before March break.

Stanstead College is proud to recognize Matthew Liddell-Grainger from the squash team as this week’s Athlete Of The Week. At this past Sunday’s provincial tournament.

In her second year on the swim team, Simone Ruf shows the grit and determination needed to compete at the highest level.

I recently discovered something about myself, something that is not easy for me to admit to. You see, I’ve been really stressed and a bit sad this year. My Grade 12 year – a year that I’ve been looking forward to for so many years – has been a tough year for me, certainly the toughest of my six years here at Stanstead.

This past Monday’s revenge match vs Salesien (we’d lost our first meeting by 1 point in our first game of the season) may turn out to be a real learning opportunity for this team.

Now that was a great game. On Galt’s home floor, in front of a partisan crowd hungry for a win, the Red & White brought their best and prevailed 45-31 in a game that was much closer than the final score.

This past weekend, the senior girls D3 basketball team started a tournament with only 7 players. Then, when two players got hurt, they were forced to play some games with only 5 players.

Over the break, the Varsity Girls Hockey Spartans beat Rice 5-0, tied #4-ranked Willisten (New England Prep) and defeated BB&N at BU Arena. 5-2.