KnoxNews-Dec2021

STUDENT CLUBS AT THE
SECONDARY CAMPUS
Every year we have many clubs that are run by staff
and students, covering a variety of interests. This
year we have 20 clubs, including clubs such as arts and
crafts, chapel, table tennis, gardening, music, math, and
photography and yearbook. In this issue, we wanted to
highlight three clubs and the work they have been doing.
bricks of Encouragement Club
by Annabelle Young, Summer Uy, and Odelia Lam, Grade 10
The excitement of a new school year is always accompanied
with the pressure of schoolwork, projects, and tests. In the
span of a six-hour school day, students rush from room to
room, frantically copying down notes, studying for exams, and
preparing for presentations. The school bathrooms are a place
where students take a minute to breathe in between classes. We
saw the school bathrooms as a prime opportunity to encourage
students through inspirational messages and posters, and from
there, the first idea for Bricks of Encouragement was born.
Bricks of Encouragement is a student-led club at John Knox
High School. Run by three Grade 10 students, our club
hopes that each small “brick” (posters, artworks, and weekly
challenges) can help to build up and encourage John Knox
students to cultivate a positive school environment centered
around building one another up.
Our club currently meets up every Monday during lunch in
Room 321. We welcome students from all grade levels to drop
in and volunteer for these projects! We hope that by the end of
this school year, the students of John Knox Secondary will have
adopted the habit of building each other up as second nature.
knoxvine
By Ethan Chan, Grade 9
Knoxvine is a junior student-led initiative that is designed
to help connect our school community. Once every two
weeks, Knoxvine will release a podcast episode detailing
news, reviews, and educational segments for the entirety of
the John Knox community. We seek to invite students from
all backgrounds onto our podcasts to develop their public
speaking skills and share their life stories.
Ever since the COVID-19 pandemic, many students including
myself have felt disconnected with friends and the school as
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