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:

Global Village Students Make a Newsletter!

This month, Mr. Walter's class at the Yaletown campus worked very hard to put together a school newsletter covering the events, happenings, sports and thoughts of students at the school.

 Check it out below!

Whistler is opening early!

The ski season is upon us! Whistler Blackcomb is North America's largest ski resort and host mountain for the 2010 Winter Olympics. They normally open every year on the third weekend in November, but this year...
WHISTLER MOUNTAIN IS OPEN THIS WEEKEND!

If you are not lucky enough to make it up there this weekend, not to worry, Global Village Vancouver has organized a group weekend ski trip on December 9th - 11th!

Cost: $325Includes:
- transportation by deluxe coach to and from Whistler
- 2 nights stay in a 4 star hotel (the Aava Whistler Hotel)
(only 5 minutes walk from the ski hill!)
- 2 day lift ticket to Whistler Blackcomb (normal price is $96/day)
- Night party with no line and no cover
- Prizes, games and giveaways on the bus
- Destination Snow Guides to answer all your questions
- all taxes and fees

(You can add a ski or snowboard rental package for $80 for 2 days)

Sign ups are now open - the two people to sign up for the trip with Simon or Sarah will also receive a special gift from Destination Snow!

Halloween Boat Cruise Party!

Every year, Global Village students have the opportunity to go to the best Halloween boat cruise party in the city...The GV Halloween Party Cruise this year did not disappoint!

Out of 191 students and staff on board, there were over 185 in costume... We held a costume contest, but there were so many good ones that we couldn't decide on a winner! There were....

Cowboys and Ninjas...

Zombies and mad scientists...

 Gangsters, surgeons and bumblebees...

A kissing booth...

Good and Evil were friends! Witches and angels, convicts and ladybugs...

Cheerleaders and cavewomen...

Even a street urchin and a frog!

Some traditional vampies and witches...

Even the teachers and staff dressed up!

After the boat cruise... the party continued to Granville Street...

A video of great memories..

A former Global Village Vancouver student recently made and posted this wonderful video on YouTube to share photos and videos of the wonderful memories he made while he was in Vancouver in 2010 and 2011.

I asked him if I could share it on our blog, since it really captures the spirit of how many of our students spend their time here outside of school hours - they are out meeting people from many cultures, trying new things, experiencing the world in ways that they could only dream about when they were back home...

Nicolas Pimentel, the student who made this video, also posted it on our Facebook Group, with this message:
"I left vancouver 5 months ago and it has been very hard, i wish i could go to vancouver again, I miss all my friends, i miss vancouver i miss global village!!!!"

The YouTube link is below, for those of you who wish to share this video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsYSe7NFuoM

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...