SENIOR SCHOOL - APRIL 18, 2024
UPCOMING EVENTS
Friday, April 19, 8:00am - Global Ideas Institute Final Symposium
Friday, April 19, 11:40am - Grade 9 AB & BC Challenge Week Pre-Trip Excursion to the Aquarium
Friday, April 19, 11:40am - Grade 9 NB & NFLD Challenge Week Pre-Trip Excursion to the ROM
Friday, April 19, 12:00pm - Grade 9 QC Challenge Week Pre-Trip Excursion to Kensington Market
Wednesday, April 24, 8:00am - Robocup Competition at St. Andrew’s College, Aurora
Wednesday, April 24 to Friday, April 26 - Senior School CIS Drama Festival in Stratford, ON
Wednesday, April 24, 1:50pm - Fire Drill
Thursday, April 25 to Friday, May 17 - Grade 12 IB Diploma Exams
Friday, April 26, 12:00pm - The Beverley School Service Site Visit
Monday, April 29, 3:00pm - SOMA Model UN Conference
Tuesday, April 30, 8:30am - SOMA Model UN Conference
Tuesday, April 30, 12:00pm - The Beverley School Service Site Visit
Tuesday, April 30, 2:45pm - Grade 11 Theory of Knowledge Exhibition
“3C” Awards
With the advent of our three values, Curiosity, Challenge and Community, we have been given the opportunity to re-shape our end-of-year awards in order to better embrace our values. Thus, starting with this year’s Closing Ceremony, teachers will choose students from each class (Grades 9 - 11) to receive the “3 Cs” awards; this will be in addition to the excellence award for highest mark in the course. As well, a committee will be struck to determine winners of major “3 Cs” awards, that will be given to 3 students in each of grade 9, 10 and 11 for each “C” award. In making their determinations the committee will consider how students have demonstrated the values in the classroom and beyond. We will, as a result, be retiring many of our traditional awards, including the Fellowship, Dedication, Writer’s, Inquiry, Spirit, MYP Citizenship and York School awards. Our grade 12s will be the last cohort of students to receive these traditional awards during the graduation ceremony.
We look forward to celebrating our students and our newly declared values during the Closing Ceremony on Friday, June 14 at 1:00pm.
Athletics
Breakfast of Champions
Celebrating Athletics is a daily goal at TYS. Our year end Breakfast of Champions will take place on May 27 for the Senior School and May 28, 2024 for the Middle School from 7:30am to 8:20am. All athletes on teams are welcome and can sign up in the link below.
Student Life & Belonging
ECO Week @ York - Monday, April 22 - Friday, April 26
Students and staff have many activities and awareness campaigns to look forward to during our 2024 Eco Week including an assembly panel of experts in different fields of sustainable practices.
Questions? Please contact Robin Johannsen and Cathy Gordeyev, Advisors for our Eco Student Leadership Committee.
Community Clean-Up - Friday, April 26
For students and staff who signed up to participate in the Community Clean Up in the David Balfour Reservoir on Friday, please note the following important pieces of information:
Students must bring a lunch from home as well as a hat, sunscreen and water bottle and weather-appropriate clothing.
Students should leave class at 11:30am and eat lunch before we go.
Students will meet the supervising teachers at Reception at 11:45am.
We'll provide bags and gloves!
Students may get back a bit late, around 12:50pm - 1:00pm. We will let teachers know.
Questions? Please contact Robin Johannsen and Cathy Gordeyev, Advisors for our Eco Student Leadership Committee.
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.
PROM Tickets On Sale Now!
Grade 11 and 12 students have been emailed a link to purchase tickets for this year’s Senior Prom.
Ticket sales will be available until Friday, May 3 and guest forms are also due on this date.
Questions? Contact Adina Fuss, Coordinator, Student Leadership at afuss@yorkschool.com.
