IN THIS ISSUE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE TERM HIGHLIGHTS OF THE TERM 3 BCA NEWS • WINTER CONCERT 4-5 • COSTUME PARTY 6-7 • EGG DROP 8-9 • EXCHANGE STUDENTS 10 • CAW BAND 11 Hockey Tournament | Photo Credit: Iris Wu Winter Concert | Photo Credit: Ms. Lowe SPORTS HOUSE POINTS UPDATE • FLOORBALL TOURNAMENT 12-13 • HOCKEY TOURNAMENT 14-15 FEATURE • NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTIONS 16-17 • TEATMENT OF DEPRESSION 18 • TRAVEL TO TOKYO 19 • DR. NELSON’S STORY 20 Costume Party treats | Photo Credit: Ms. Lowe ENTERTAINMENT • TROYE SIVAN’S BLOOM 21 • WILD GOOSE LAKE REVIEW 22 • HAPPY HOLIDAYS, BCA! 23 Photo Credits & Corrections Front and back covers: Ms. Lowe Pine and new year’s backgrounds: Designed by Freepik Winter Concert | Photo Credit: Belle Liu Last issue we misspelled Rachel Cheng’s name on page 2. Photos in SAPC and Yearbook interviews were provided by members themselves. - Page 2 - - Page 3 - BCA NEWS BCA 2019 Winter Concert: A unique celebration By Aragorn Xu| Reporter lyrics sung by others, because the rap was written partly to mark my three years in high school, and partly to in- spire the younger students.” Near the end of the concert, Mr. Kubin and Ms. Ince performed their Kubince parody song “Coach Zwirn the P.E. Teacher.” The original song is called “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Rein- deer”, and they changed the lyrics to make them relate more to school mat- ters. The song started with Mr. Lemay’s voice: “You know Yasin and Wilson…” which astonished and excited the stu- dents. The main part of the song fea- tured Mr. Zwirn as a P.E. teacher. Winter Concert performances | Photo Credit: Ms. Lowe During the break between the verses, some students went on the stage and On December the 24th, BCA held ferent from the past few years’. The Stu- started to run, bringing the performance its annual winter concert in the after- dent Council included some unique new to a climax. “Mr. Kubin and I decided to noon. The winter concert is a day when methods to celebrate this concert. For perform this a long time ago,” said Ms. the whole school comes together to see example, Gary Feng and Harbeth Zhang Ince, “we each changed one verse but performances from various individuals, were seen throwing candies out to the we had difficulty timing our singing to groups, clubs and classes. audience during the gaps between per- the introduction part of the song, so we Students from various grades and formances. An original rap song, made asked Mr. Lemay to sing that for us.” groups performed during the con- especially by the Student Council, was This performance brought the winter cert. Some clubs like the Dance Club, also a brand new surprise for the stu- concert to an end. BCAers enjoyed it Music Club and Chinese Dance Club dents. They also filmed a “Happy New and are really looking forward to our made their usual appearances on stage, Year” video featuring greetings in var- next performance assembly. and they brought the audience modern ious languages. Ozwell Wang, the rap This performance brought the dance, songs and classical dance. The song writer and also a member from the winter concert to an end. BCAers en- grade 10s showed their enthusiasm by Student Council, said, “We tried to add joyed it and are really looking forward performing with their classes. Some in new elements to the concert to make to our next performance assembly. • individual and group performances fea- it more memorable. We spent about 200 tured were the CAW band, Meredith RMB on the candies, spent time filming Peng’s “Thank You, Next,” Mark Shi’s the greetings in various languages, and “Boulevard of Broken Dreams” and we hope everyone enjoyed it.” When many more. asked about the rap that he wrote, This year’s winter concert was dif- Ozwell said, “I felt pleased watching my Winter Concert Photos: Rachel Cheng & Ms. Lowe Winter Concert performances | Photo Credit: Belle Liu & Rachel Cheng Comic by Rachel Cheng - Page 4 - BCA NEWS Costume Party 2019: A spooky day of fun and an adventure for the brave By Nina Shangguan & Jason Zhang| Reporters On November 19th, 2019, BCA library, where the whole area was dec- forward to coming back to BCA to visit held its annual Costume Party, an event orated. This year, the Student Council and seeing familiar smiling faces!” in which students (and teachers) can not only provided sandwiches and cakes The performances took place on dress up and have fun. Although the for the main course, but also a variety the third floor of the gym and were event only lasted for a few hours, the of desserts. Students could also choose wonderful as usual. Everyone enjoyed Student Council members prepared for from a variety of drinks, including milk the amazing performances by talented weeks to take this party to a whole new tea. There was also a portable speaker individuals, band and clubs. level. that was playing music. Although the format of the Cos- A lot of effort went into the Cos- Ms. Bartell also came back to visit tume Party was largely the same as in tume Party this year. The Student the students before the performances the past couple of years, the Adventure Council started planning and prepar- started. BCA Insider also interviewed House, however, was quite different. ing for it since October 13th, about one Ms. Bartell. “I felt so welcome when I Instead of using space in the gym, the month ahead of time. Planning for such came back to BCA and saw some of the Student Council, with the help of dedi- an event is not easy; there are so many grade 11s and 12s. From being met at cated volunteers, turned the entire BCA aspects to take into consideration. Is the school gate by Mike Zhao and Ja- Building into a scary Adventure House. the budget enough? Is the plan feasible? cob Hu to leaving with a large group The props were very realistic, and the Are people going to like what has been of Grade 12 boys, it was like old times,” atmosphere was really spooky. Some planned? Although the preparation was she said, “I was so proud of those who hard, the result was definitely worth it. performed and was so happy to see The dinner before the perfor- everyone, although I’ll admit some of mances was still buffet-style. Tables those in Cosplay costumes and make- and chairs were set up in front the big up I couldn’t recognize. I am looking Costume Party Photos. | Photo Credit: Tommy Yu & Melody Ru people, like Mr. Kubin, had a lot of fun unfinished food. The last group of vis- Next was the lecture hall, its ceil- scaring people in the Adventure House. itors had already disappeared. Where ing hung with long white strips of cloth, We interviewed a survivor of the were they now? Stepping closer to the and a red smiling face staring me down. Adventure House, Jason Zhang, about table, my shadow lengthened gradually. It was hard to stay calm. his experience. This is his story: A hand suddenly shot out from under- Our group then went downstairs, Crossing the yard and coming to neath the table. It held my foot so tightly where a white ghost wrapped in chains the entrance of the Adventure House, a that I could only shout for help. Luckily, floated down the corridor, muttering skeleton with shining red eyes stood in a friend grabbed me and pulled me out vague words. While I was distract- front of the door and stared at all vic- of the library. ed by that ghost, a sharp scream burst tims who walked through the doorway. The next minute, we were es- from the washroom. Aaahhhhh! An- Woooo Woooo…the wailing sound caping to the second floor. Nearly no other ghost stuck her head out of the of the ghost was accompanied by the light could pass through the window, washroom doorway, right next to me. sound of the draft coming out of the and blood on the panes blocked all the I rushed to the exit of the adventure Adventure House. light from the moon. I stayed close to house without hesitation – I could not Spooky ushers urged me into the the wall and went into another room. stay any longer. House. I shivered for a minute and This time, black umbrellas hindered my Outside, I breathed a sigh of relief plunged into the first room. The library way. When I looked up my head again, and awe. The adventure was over, and I was decorated with numerous candles. a clown was smiling at me. Holy cow! felt both scared and excited. • White placemats on the table were dot- My heart was beating fast. “Hurry! Let’s ted with blood and covered in plates of get out of here!” Costume Party Photos. | Photo Credit: Belle Liu & Melody Ru - Page 6 - - Page 7 - BCA NEWS The egg drop project: Science is not just about tests By Agatha Hu | Reporter On December 5th, 10A and 10B students did the annual egg drop project in science class. Before dropping eggs, students had to weigh their containers. Surprisingly, the lightest container was only 60 grams. In contrast, the heaviest container was over 800 grams. After the packaging time was up, grade 10 science teacher Ms. K led stu- dents outside to drop their eggs. Stu- dents first dropped their eggs from the third floor. Unluckily, half of the eggs failed to survive. Ms. K then gave the students a second chance.