Final GV Ski Weekend for 2011-2012 Season!

This weekend, over 100 Global Village students (that's right - two full buses of fun!) will be heading up to Whistler for the Telus Ski and Snowboard Festival marking the end of the ski season. There will be a number of cool events happening to coincide with the festival, including free outdoor concerts, pro-level ski/snowboarding shows, bar parties, and giveaway contests!

It will be the last chance to ski or snowboard with the school during the 2011-2012 ski season, and many students are excited by the idea of being able to ski this month and head to the beach next month!

Check out the video below to see some of the festivities from last year's Whistler Ski and Snowboard Festival:

BC Place is open again!

BC Place re-opened last weekend, with Global Village sending 78 students to the opening BC Lions game on Friday night. Check out the pictures below!

 

*The following excerpt is taken from the BC Place website.*

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"WE'RE GOING OPEN-AIR.
(BUT HOLD THE RAIN.)

Revealing over 7500 square metres of clear blue sky, the new retractable roof will turn BC Place into a year-round, open-air facility and a new architectural signature for our province.

This cable-supported roof is the biggest of its kind in the world, and lets us tailor the atmosphere for any event — from summer festivals in the sun, to football games under the stars, to indoor exhibitions comfortably protected from the rain. The transformation takes just 20 minutes.
For a closer look at the roof, download the BC Place Google Earth model.

Roof Facts

• The blue-sky opening is 100 metres by 85 metres — the same size as the field below.
• The fabric roof section retracts into the centre of the opening, where it's hidden inside of a pod above the videoboard.
• Each of the support masts is 47 metres tall. All together, the structure is like 18 suspension bridges, each around 200 metres long.
• The new roof is much more energy efficient than the original roof, saving 25 percent on energy costs (or about $350,000 per year)."

One last day of Kayaking in 2011

The warm weather just seems to keep coming this summer in Vancouver. It is already almost October and it is still over 20 degrees Celsius outside! Perfect weather for kayaking... but all good things must come to an end.

This is the last month we will be running a kayaking day trip in 2011. Looking forward to enjoying it again in 2012! Check out our pictures below...