All School News - January 11, 2024

MESSAGE FROM STRUAN ROBERTSON, HEAD OF SCHOOL

  • Welcome back York to a new year! Hope that everyone had a restful and rejuvenating winter break.

  • Best of luck to our students in New York City this weekend for Model UN.

  • Given it's that time of year, we’d like to reference our Snow Day Communications plan below.

  • Please note there are some upcoming photo days next week with the grade 12 grad photos taking place on Monday/Tuesday and the JS team and club photos are next Wednesday.

Snow Day School Information

We’d like to remind students and parents/guardians of our school closure procedures for inclement weather (Snow Day) or other urgent reasons. 

The York School closure decisions are made by the Head of School after careful consideration for the safety of students and staff.

In the event that the school were to close due to a snow day, you will be notified by:

  • An email from the Head of School by 7:00am or earlier

  • An announcement posted to The York School homepage 

  • Notifications posted to social media (Instagram, Twitter and Facebook)

All extra curricular programming will also be cancelled (athletic clubs, etc…) in the event of a snow day.

As snow days are rare in Toronto, the school encourages families to get outside, take a break from screens and enjoy being together.

Athletics

First Message of 2024. Let’s Go! We have both of our JV and Varsity teams headed to Brock University for Volleyball Tournaments, while our Curling and Ski Teams are in Action as well. Our Varsity Boys Basketaball team for the first time ever has been invited to the “King of Hill” Basketball Tournament in Hamilton,Ontario and is playing this Friday. Our 2nd Varsity Boys and Girls Volleyball teams are in actions at Albert College and Bayview Glen.

So much to be excited about in 2024. Mindset is huge in both sport and the game of life. “The Mamba Mentality” is a term that athletes hear that represents the approach of the late Kobe Bryant.

Have a listen to this great Speech by Kobe: Mamba Motivation

#GoTYS2024