All School News - FEBRUARY 8, 2024
MESSAGE FROM STRUAN ROBERTSON, HEAD OF SCHOOL
Grade 9 ICE Campers are enjoying their experience up North and will be heading home tomorrow. Check out our social media to catch up on their week.
Congratulations - and good luck - to our Middle and Senior School public speakers and debaters! Read about York’s Speech & Debate Team update below.
Wishing our students who are participating in the DECA Provincials Business Competition tomorrow and Saturday all the best.
Best of luck to the Middle/Senior school students who are participating in the VEX Robotics Competition this Sunday.
You may have noticed that we turned The Flash banner red in honour of Lunar New Year on Saturday and all of our upcoming celebrations starting at the JS school tomorrow.
Reminder that Parent teacher conferences start next Thursday for both campuses.
Friendly reminder, next weekend is Family Day weekend!
A huge thank you to everyone who have just completed writing the report cards!
New School-wide Communication Tool: BrightArrow
As part of our continuous school improvement efforts, The York School has implemented the BrightArrow Notification Service, which will allow the school to send a message via voicemail, text, and/or e-mail to provide important information in the event of an emergency, snow day or other unexpected occurrence.
The successful delivery of information is dependent upon accurate contact information for each parent, so please make certain that we have your most current phone numbers and email addresses. We kindly ask parents to visit Yorknet and update their contact details if any changes have occurred this year.
Thank you for your cooperation and if you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us at helpdesk@yorkschool.com.
YORK SPEECH AND DEBATE TEAM UPDATE 2024
Congratulations - and good luck - to our Middle and Senior School public speakers and debaters! There are a number of exciting competitions coming up. Our senior school debaters will be representing York at a tournament at Hart House on February 17 and 18. Two of our senior debate teams have qualified for the Ontario Student Debate Union CP Provincial championships taking place from February 23 to 25. Charlotte B is heading to the senior speech Nationals in Winnipeg this weekend and Max B has qualified for the Junior Speech Nationals in Vancouver in May. There are 30 members in the Middle School Debate Club and 40 members in the Senior School Debate Club. Thank you to the team captains, and the York and U of T coaches for all their support. Click here to read more.
UPDATE TO OUR APRIL PD DAY
Please note the change of date for our April Professional Development Day (PD Day). Originally, this was scheduled for Monday April 19, and has now been moved to Monday April 8.
Athletics
What a week. Congratulations to our Open Boys Ski team who has qualified for the OFSAA Championships in Collingwood being held February 25 to February 27, 2023. Our Varsity Boys Basketball team and Varsity Girls Volleyball teams are also vying for positions at OFSAA.
Our Girls Volleyball program continues to develop from the grassroots to Varsity with our U13 girls earning the right to host a CISAA championship.
It is amazing to celebrate all the success of our teams, but we always have to celebrate the link between sport, well-being, and learning! Watch this great little video about physical activity and learning. Good Luck to Our JV Boys who travel to Peterborough this weekend to participate in the Kawartha Classic.
