Esquimalt Ink is Esquimalt High School’s student newspaper. Our goal is to bring you relevant and interesting content written by YOU for YOU.
We welcome new members and will be delighted to receive submissions of original artwork, photography, poetry, or prose.
“The role of a writer is not to say what we can all say, but what we are unable to say” – Anais Nin
“Journalism keeps you planted in the earth” – Ray Bradbury
“When something can be read without effort, great effort has gone into its writing” – Enrique Jardiel Poncela
Check out our Valentine’s Day Special Issue
Here are some of our previous issues:
- The Top 10 Holiday Cookies, Ranked Totally and Entirely Scientifically
- Games
- Poem
- Where To Eat Without Breaking The Bank
- Politics (The Conquest Of Bread)
- Tips to Surviving University
- Media
- Tips & Tricks To De-stress Over The Holidays
- Dracula & Frankenstein: No Makeup, No Filter
- Top 5 Movies to Watch While You Trade Candy Tonight
- It’s 2 am and I Still Need a Thesis for Tomorrow Morning But First Let Me Say This
- The History of Halloween
- America in Turmoil
- SHAD: “The best month of my life”
- Get involved: Youth Political Commons
- Games and more!
- Give Up Entirely: 3 Reasons to Chill Out
- School Happenings: The Addams Family
- Reviews: Memoirs of a Geisha, by Arthur Golden, Pacific Opera Victoria’s Madama Butterfly
- Editorial – Police Body Cameras
- Current Events: Speaking the Truth: Victorious Voices
- Elizabeth May at Esquimalt
- University Advice: To the 2015 grads of Esquimalt High School & Conversations with Geneviève
- Games—Sudoku Special
- The Science of Love
- The Runway to Grad: Fashioning the Future
- Fourth Annual Music by the Dockyard!
- Love Week at Esquimalt
- Fighting for Fifteen
- Win for Net Neutrality!
- Fight for Safe Washrooms
- Assisted Suicide Legalized in Canada
- Letter to the Editor: Response to ‘The Clique Problem’
- Got Debt? No Driving!
- International Life: 10 Facts About Mexico
- International Life: This is Brazil
- Games (Wordsearch, Sudoku, KenKen)
- Games!
- The Clique Problem
- Three, Two, One – Improv!
- Student Art and Poetry
- Leadership News
- Athletes of the Month
- Book News
- CIA Torture Report
- Ferguson and the Grand Jury Decision
- Racism in the Justice System
- International Dreams
- Seven Things You Didn’t Know About Turkey
- Differences Between Japanese and Canadian High Schools
- New Year in Japan
- Bethmännchen – German Christmas Biscuits
- Me and Canadians
- International Challenges: Hallway Interludes Featuring Giordano and Jupiter
- Current Events: Municipal Elections and Student Vote
- Ebola Epidemics and Politics
- School Happenings: Grad, Interact, Music
- Album Review: Hozier
- Rap Goddess Slandered
- Fashion Feature: Sartorial Geometry
- Book Reviews
- Poetry: Here I stand
- Games
Other issues of Esquimalt Ink have covered topics such as:
Esquimalt High School Travel opportunities
Grad Pranks
Club Activities (such as Anime, Glee etc)
Food Reviews
School Sports Teams Profiles
Movie Reviews
What I wish I knew in High School
Recipes
Horoscopes
Teacher profiles
BC Politics
Local politics
CVYC Summit
Freedom Week
Love Week
Exams: Bark worse than bite
Fine Arts Reviews
For more information talk to Mr. Orme, Esquimalt High School’s teacher-librarian, in the library learning commons.