Middle School - September 18, 2025
Upcoming Events
Co-Curricular Clubs start on Monday, September 22, 2025
Students are encouraged to explore and engage with a new or favourite interest, and expand their community. See the slide deck of opportunities.
Fire Drill - Monday, September 22, 10:10am
Grade 7 Lunch Out
The Grade 7 students will have their first optional lunch out on Thursday, September 25
HR teachers will review the boundaries and rules for lunch outs. Failing to adhere to these rules may result in the loss of this privilege.
Grade 8s will continue to have lunch out every Friday.
Late Wednesdays - Wednesday, September 24
Classes begin at 9:20am. If required, students will be able to be dropped off prior to the late start, and we will ensure we have associate teachers available for supervision.
Grade 6 - 8 MYP Curriculum Night - Thursday, September 25, 6:30pm
Terry Fox Walk/Run - Friday, September 26, 2:00pm - 3:20pm
National Day of Truth & Reconciliation / Orange Shirt Day - Assembly on Tuesday, September 30, 9:05am
Late Wednesday - Wednesday, October 1, 9:20am
Grade 6 Trip to the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum - Friday, October 3, 7:45am
Grade 7 Toronto Public Health School Immunization Program
Toronto Public Health (TPH) will be hosting a School Immunization Program (SIP) clinic at The York School on Tuesday, November 4, 2025. The clinic will offer hepatitis b, human papillomavirus (HPV), and meningococcal vaccines to Grade 7 students.
Grade 7 students have been given a consent package to bring home that includes an information pamphlet about hepatitis b, HPV and meningococcal vaccines as well as a consent form. Please follow the steps below, even if you do not want your child to get vaccinated at The York School clinic. Please return consent forms to school (Ms. Noman on the 4th floor or their HR teacher) by October 3, 2025.
If you wish to have your child vaccinated outside of school, TPH holds regular routine vaccination clinics around the city. For more information please visit this site.
Parent “Observer” Access to Blackboard - Now Ready
The York School (Gr.6 - 12) uses the Blackboard (LMS) Learning management system in order to facilitate and communicate daily learning throughout the year. Teachers communicate homework, assignments and daily course materials through this powerful platform. Each year York parents (Gr.6 - 12) are given access to the courses of their children.
To log in, Parents will use the following credentials:
Username: Your first and last name (all lowercase, no spaces). For example, johndoe.
Password: The first five digits of your account number, which can be found on your statement or in Yorknet. For example, 12345.
Please watch this video to learn about how to login and navigate Blackboard. If you have any trouble logging in please contact helpdesk@yorkschool.com.
You can access blackboard here - https://yorkschool.blackboard.com/. We recommend you bookmark this link. While parent/observer access is convenient we recommend sitting with your children and having them access the system using their account so that you can navigate it together and they can guide you through their full Blackboard experience.
Middle school Family Game Night
Bring Your Game On!
The YPA has curated a fun-filled Games Night for all of our Middle School families. We will have puzzles, competitions, mini escape rooms, Jenga towers, TikTok dance competitions, trivia showdowns, etc.
There will be prizes!
Please see the event details below, and plan to bring your game faces to this family event:
When: Wednesday, October 8, 2025
Where: 1320 Gym (families to enter through the Farnham Avenue doors)
Time: 6:00pm to 8:00pm
Deadline to RSVP is Friday October 3, 2025 (so we can organize food quantities)
Student Life & Belonging
Terry Fox and Orange Shirt Day - September 26, 2025
The Middle and Senior School Terry Fox Run/Walk will be on Friday, September 26.
Students will travel with their Period 3 or 4 class to the David Balfour Reservoir with Middle School leading the way at 1:50pm.
Middle School students will return to campus after the festivities and be dismissed from their afternoon Homeroom class.
Senior School students will arrive with their Period 3 or 4 classes starting at 2:30pm and be dismissed directly from the David Balfour Reservoir when their grade completes their run around 3:15pm.
York’s generous contributions to the Terry Fox Cancer Research Foundation over the past 32 years have made a significant impact, upwards of $330000. If you are interested in contributing to our team’s efforts again this year, please use our online team page. Please click on the image to watch this year’s powerful Finish It video.
If you ordered a Terry Fox T Shirt, these will be handed out in Homeroom classes in the days leading up to the race. Questions? Please contact Erin Porter, Director, Student Life & Belonging at eporter@yorkschool.com.
National Day for Truth and Reconciliation/Orange Shirt Day
On Tuesday, September 30, we will observe the National Day for Truth & Reconciliation and Orange Shirt Day. Students and staff are encouraged to wear an orange shirt on this day.
If you would like to support the Orange Shirt Society, which provides resources to Residential School Survivors, please purchase your official orange shirt from the list of approved vendors below:
𝐎𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐎𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐒𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐭 𝐒𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐲 𝐑𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐬:
Orange Shirt Society
Kit and Kaboodle
McCabe Promotional
𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬:
South Island Crafts
Métis Trading Post
Treaty 1850 Store
MASHKODE-BIZHIKI
Victoria Orange Shirt Day
Vancouver Art Gallery
Resist Clothing
2025 Design by Sloane Cameron
Questions? Please contact Erin Porter, Director, Student Life & Belonging at eporter@yorkschool.com
Fall Co-Curricular Opportunities Grades 6-12
All students have been emailed with the Club opportunities available at the Middle and Senior school for the next 6 weeks.
The Middle School Schedule can be found here. The Senior School Schedule can be found here.
Middle School Leadership Committees and Clubs will begin the week of September 22.
Senior Leadership Committees and Clubs will begin the week of September 15.
Questions about Leadership or Clubs? Please contact Erin Porter, Director, Student Life & Belonging at eporter@yorkschool.com.
Questions about Athletics? Please contact Rick DeMarinis, Director, Athletics at rdemarinis@yorkschool.com.
Questions about Arts? Please contact Shannon Barber, CIL, Arts at sbarber@yorkschool.com.