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Reynolds raises $40k for new sign

Missing and broken letters to become a laughing memory

Oftentimes, when Sam Larche needed an R, he made do with a P.

B次元官网网址淵ou just put some tape on the letter and you can colour that tape and turn the P into an R, it works,B次元官网网址 said Larche, a Grade 11 student at Reynolds secondary.

Since last year, Larche has been one of the students responsible for changing the message on the letter board sign out front of Reynolds secondary. The sign has been there since the 1980s and was overdue to be replaced.

The number of missing and broken letters has presented multiple challenges for Larche.

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Needless to say, Larche, like principal Tom Aerts, is excited about the new digital sign installed on Tuesday.

Purchased with $40,000 raised through the various efforts, the new sign is two-sided, with colour screens, and has been placed along McKenzie Avenue. The old sign, which sat on Borden just a few meters in from McKenzie, has since come down.

B次元官网网址淭he sign [is] visible to drivers going both ways on McKenzie and we feel thatB次元官网网址檚 going to be important for the community,B次元官网网址 said Reynolds PAC chair Rhonda Sylven. B次元官网网址淎 lot of parents donB次元官网网址檛 drop their kids off at Reynolds but they are part of the school community and will be kept updated by the sign just by driving along McKenzie.B次元官网网址

ItB次元官网网址檚 also a way for all of the community to be apprised of the many happenings at Reynolds, said Sylven.

B次元官网网址淲hen residents drop off their recycling here on Saturdays they ask when the next music performance is, so this will help,B次元官网网址 Sylven added.

During the two-week Tour de Rock period, for instance, Reynolds has events nearly every day.

Messages can be multiple and updated from computers in the school or at home on a smart phone, said Aerts.

B次元官网网址淯pdating the [old] sign has been labour intensive and time consuming, so [weB次元官网网址檝e looked] forward this,B次元官网网址 Aerts said.

The fundraising began before the PAC had even planned on it, when last yearB次元官网网址檚 50th anniversary alumni event turned an unexpected profit.

Reynolds IT students then designed an online fundraising board with squares starting at $1 that increase in $1 increments to $280. Do the math, and the equation adds up to $40,000, enough to cover the purchase and installation of the new sign.

Among the various donours was the 2017 Reynolds grad class, part of an ongoing grad tradition. That class will be commemorated on a plaque at the bottom of the sign.

Money also came from individuals and families, with note worthy contributions from Dr. G Kersten, Futurebook Printing, Greater Victoria Police Pipe Band, Obee & Co, Passion Sports, Reynolds music, Sensational Sound, Team Sales, Thrifty Foods (Saanich Centre location) and Lifetouch photography.

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