All School News - September 17, 2026
MESSAGE FROM STRUAN ROBERTSON, HEAD OF SCHOOL
SAVE THE DATES: TWO GUEST SPEAKERS UPCOMING
On September 25, Brendan Kwiatkowski-Hartman, a consultant and speaker on social-emotional development will speak to our Middle and Senior School students about how gender, emotions and social pressures shape their world. Brendan will be hosting a virtual all parent session on September 28 in the evening.
On October 20, Dr. Kaitlyn Regehr, author of Smartphone Nation, will be at TYS to speak to our Middle and Senior School students and then facilitate an in-person all parent PD session that evening.
New Sign In Companion APP
Please read the letter from our Head of School, Struan Robertson, regarding a new Sign In Companion app to streamline checking in for events and other school visits. Please click the button to read the full communication.
Athletics
Storm Athletics is in full swing. Team communications will go out by the weekend as we gear up for next week's openers, featuring Varsity Girls Basketball hosting Toronto French and Varsity Cross Country competing in Trinity College's annual Harrier Meet.
Finally, Storm Athletics continue to offer exceptional training opportunities on select weekends. Every Basketball and Volleyball athlete is encouraged to attend:
Storm Strong Parent Session - Starts September 25 | The Basketball Clinic | Volleyball Combine October
Save the Date: Friday Night Lights - October 2, 2026 at 3:30pm (Drop-in Event)
Go Storm!
Mr.D
“New to Toronto" Parent Coffee Connect - SeptEMBER 23
Dear New TYS Families,
We hope the first few days of school and/or camp have gone well for your child(ren) and that everyone is settling into new routines. As part of our onboarding at The York School, we'd like to invite all new families who are also new to Toronto to attend a casual Coffee Connect. Whether you moved from outside the GTA, from across Canada, or from around the globe, we hope you can join us on Wednesday, September 23, at 9:30am in the Library at our Middle and Senior School.
The goal of this event is to provide a relaxed and casual setting where you can connect with other families who are also new to Toronto. We hope you'll share your transition experiences, and begin to get to know one another. We will also have members of the YPA (York Parents’ Association) in attendance to answer any questions you may have, in addition to IT Tech Support to help you navigate YorkNet and other IT tools. For some of you, this will be your first opportunity to see the school, as you may have completed the admissions process virtually. We would be happy to arrange a tour after the coffee morning with one of our Student Ambassadors, so that you can finally see our school in action!
Please RSVP by September 21 to let us know if you can attend. We look forward to welcoming you to campus and helping our "new-to-Toronto families" to connect!
Kind regards,
Hilary, Jennifer, Amy and Brendan
TYS Admissions and Enrolment Management Team
Join the YPA for coffee to welcome the school year!
All parents are welcome!
When: 8:30am - 9:15am | September 24, 2026
Where: Impact Kitchen | 1222 Yonge Street
Update Contact Information in YorkNet
Please take a moment to update your contact information in YorkNet if it has changed recently, including address, emails, phone numbers. All communications from York refer to your contact details in YorkNet and we greatly appreciate you confirming this information prior to the start of school next week.
This can be done in under 5 minutes by following these steps:
1. Login to your YorkNet account
2. Click on your name in the top right corner to see the dropdown
3. Click on Profile
4. Add/update your phone, email and address
5. Save changes!
