Category: GISSbowl Student Features

TREVOR WALKER OUR GISSBOWL STUDENT FEATURE FEATURE by ELISE PEARSON »

Trevor Walker is a grade eleven student at Gulf Islands Secondary School, known for his Michael Jackson impersonations and slick dance moves. Trevor has lived here his entire life and is a proud citizen of Salt Spring. He loves the island environment and the high school, emphasizing his devotion to the [...]

INDIGO POREBSKA-SMITH~GISSBOWL STUDENT PROFILE by Elise Pearson »

Indigo Porebska-Smith is an up-and-coming grade nine girl with a reverent sense of herself and her ability to achieve. She sets high standards, and much like her older sister, she is a well-rounded student with piercing blue eyes and fiery red hair. One of her goals for her next few years is to (at some [...]

JAMES TWAITES OUR GISS BOWL STUDENT FEATURE BY ELISE PEARSON »

In his final year at Gulf Island Secondary School, James Twaites is an intellectual with a world of potential ahead of him. An accomplished student with a sharp mind, James finds passion in the studies of math, science and logic. He spends his spare time reading, canoeing, knitting, and solving all kinds of puzzles – as [...]

ZOE SAVAGE~GISSBOWL STUDENT PROFILE by Elise Pearson »

“I was in Vancouver, and I saw a women playing the flute with her case open, busking, and she just looked so beautiful,” Zoe Savage tells me, as she describes her passion for music. Already, only in her grade ten year at Gulf Island Secondary, Zoe is an aspiring flutist and musician. Lately she has [...]

JAROD MIDDLETON~GISSBOWL STUDENT PROFILE by Elise Pearson »

Jared Middleton has passion for dance. He is a grade nine student from Pender Island– new to the high school this year – with incredible potential and spirit. Jared started dancing when he was a toddler; although he doesn’t remember much about dancing as a two year old, it is something he has devoted himself [...]

STEPHANIE SIMPSON~GISSBOWL STUDENT PROFILE by Elise Pearson »

Stephanie Simpson is by far one of the sassiest, sweetest grade twelve girls you will ever meet. She adores people, music and dance, and has an extremely social persona. Her passion is helping and talking to people, and she looks forward to a future in marriage and family counselling.
Stephanie moved to [...]