Titan Tribune

By Lia Low July tastes like salt. sometimes it'’'s sour, sweet, bitter, sometimes you want more or less, sometimes it dissolves quickly or not at all. it always has a lingering aftertaste.

By Isaac Voon This poem is my attempt at a palindrome poem. Palindrome poems or mirror poems have two meanings; one meaning when read from top to bottom and a different meaning when read from bottom to top. I believed it could last forever. We built it with light and laughter. Each word, a promise. Each promise, a truth. We never doubted. We closed our eyes and leapt. I trusted. I dreamed.

By Wren Davies Lonely The girl walks in school, people look at her but don't see her Lonely A girl talks to her face but not to her Lonely The girl smiles with her mouth but not with her eyes. Lonely Her teachers notice but don't see Lonely Her teacher says get into partners, and her eyes look around, but people don't notice because loneliness makes you visible but at the same time invisible.

By Kate Mitchell This past May, Templeton's Youth Outdoor Education (YOE) program went on a two-night backpacking trip to Galiano Island. Galiano is one of the Southern Gulf Islands, and is also relatively small. Full of natural beauty, this island is known for its public parks such as Montague Harbour and Dionisio Point Provincial Park. For weeks prior to the trip, these students collaborated with their group mates to prepare meals suitable for the trip. The participants gained many new skills, more knowledge about native plants and animals, and countless memorable experiences. This trip also provided many learning opportunities about the area and its ecosystems. Students learned about native and invasive species, lichen and moss, symbiotic relationships in our ecosystems, and canopy gaps. Canopy gaps, I learned, are clearings of trees in forests, usually caused by dying trees or weather events such as hurricanes or windstorms. In these gaps, more su...

By Hana Hollingshead and Elaine Lewis A very successful season Other than the infamous senior ultimate team and volleyball teams, the Templeton Senior girls soccer team may have been one of the most successful sports teams that came from this - typically artistic - school this year. The senior girls went undefeated for the entire season until their final game against Eric Hamber on May 15th, the first soccer final that Templeton had been to in around four decades. This included friendlies against Eric Hamber and Van Tech, both infamous soccer powerhouses. This impressive statistic also included the Argyle Junior Girls Soccer Tournament in the middle of April, with nine goals scored, and zero against. The girls brought home a plaque for this achievement which can be found in the office. A long, hard-fought battle The growth of Templeton girls soccer has not been an easy or simple journey. Around four years ago, there was not even a girls soccer team. In 20...

By Lilia deBoer Introducing: Templeton's very own Film Immersion program! This semester-long experience, open to students in grades 11 and 12, will take up participants' entire afternoon and grant them credit for Career Life Connections 12, Media Arts 11/12, and Film and Television 11/12 (otherwise known as Afterschool Film). They will produce up to eight media projects throughout the course of the semester, work with professional film mentors, and attend a variety of workshops and festivals. Participants will also gain Motion Picture Safety Training and Industry Orientation. This brand-new immersion will be yet another addition to Templeton's renowned film program, professionally known as Dream Big Productions. Throughout the year, students in Afterschool Film work tirelessly to create student-directed/produced/written films that have a reputation for performing well in festivals and contests. This year in particular, Templeton did very well in...

By Amelia Kondor and Lia Low Amelia: I know you came here from Van Tech, right? Tuerlings: Correct. Amelia: Have you been a principal at any other schools? Tuerlings: No, this is my first year as a principal. Amelia: Oh, last year you were a vice principal? Tuerlings: Yeah, so I've been a vice principal since September 2017. Amelia: Okay, very cool! Lia: Before becoming a vice principal and principal, what did you do before? Tuerlings: So, I did all my teaching in Richmond school district, so I taught Phys Ed. and Social Studies at McNair Secondary - that was where I did most of my teaching. And then prior to that I was at Cambie Secondary - which was actually the school I graduated from as well - so it was a unique experience to go back to the school you had been a student at. Amelia: Did you go straight into teaching, or did you have other jobs, or other career goals, or you knew "I want to be a teacher. I want to be a principal"? Tuerlin...