Middle School - APRIL 4, 2024
Upcoming EVENTS
Monday, April 8 - PD Day (no classes)
Solar Eclipse - April 8
The moon will move to align exactly between the earth and the sun, casting moments of darkness, a rare celestial wonder.
Families are encouraged to exercise safety during this event. See the Canadian government website for more information.
CISMF Concert Rehearsal - April 11 & 12
CISMF Music Festival - April 13
Fire Drill - April 15
There will be a practice fire drill for students on Monday, April 15.
If your child needs extra support during the drill, please reach out to your child’s homeroom teacher.
Lunch Out
The next optional Grade 7 Lunch out is on Wednesday, April 17.
Homeroom teachers will review the boundaries and rules with students
Grade 8’s will continue to have an optional lunch every Friday
To our families who are celebrating the end of Ramadan, Eid Mubarak to you and your families.
The objective of the class placement process is to ensure classes are balanced in gender, number, student academic diversity, and social dynamics, to name a few factors. We undertake this process in consultation with your child’s current team of teachers, social worker and learning strategist. We also believe that students have the ability to adapt to new social groupings, and are part of the developmental process.
At this time we welcome friend requests or insights to your child's learning style needs for students entering grade 7 and 8.
We do not accept teacher requests or exclusionary requests for students. As well, we do not accept any requests for students entering grade 9. At this stage of their development, the school believes the skills of adapting and meeting new peers is an important life skill.
In grade 9, students will be placed into a core Integrated Canadian Experience (ICE) group (English, History, Geography, Civics) and the class composition will be varied in the other 4 subjects (PE, Science, Math, Arts) of a student's timetable.
All class groupings will be communicated during the last week in August before the first day of school via the release of the timetables on YorkNet. Please complete this form by April 15, 2024. Given the lengthy class placement process, late submissions will not be considered.
Class Placements for 2024-2025
YORK Thrifts Campaign
Canada produces 500 million kilograms of textile waste annually, of which, less than 1% are recyclable. We hope to encourage change within our community to positively impact this statistic. To address this, Emily and Quinn, ‘24, have created the “York Thrifts” campaign centred around reusing clothing in our school’s own circular thrift shop.
Gently used and new clothing can be donated in the bins outside the York School Store from March 25 to April 18.
The thrift shop will open at the beginning of Eco Week - April 22 and 23.
Clothing will be priced at $3, $5, and $10 and will be purchasable through each student's student card. All proceeds will be donated to Fashion Takes Action, a Canadian operated non-for-profit that focuses on reducing and raising awareness about textile waste nation-wide. Excess clothing will be donated to New Circles.
Questions? Please contact Eco Team Advisor - Cathy Gordeyev at cgordeyev@yorkschool.com.
PRIDE WEEK AT YORK -
Tuesday, April 9 - Friday, April 12
We are excited for our staff and students to participate in York’s upcoming annual Pride Week celebrations.
Our theme this year mirrors Pride TO’s theme of “Be____”. Throughout this week we will explore, learn about and celebrate what it means to “Be” as well as hear from 2SLGBTQIA+ community members about what it means to build inclusion and allyship within our school, city and country.
Please review the schedule below for the daily activities and themed casual dress days.
Questions? Please contact Shelley Gopal, DEI Curriculum Instructional Leader at sgopal@yorkschool.com or Erin Porter, Director, Student Life & Belonging at eporter@yorkschool.com.
