All School News - FEBRUARY 13, 2025

MESSAGE FROM STRUAN ROBERTSON, HEAD OF SCHOOL

Congratulations to our Robotics Teams and to our DECA students who competed last weekend, please see more details below. Special shout-out to DECA students Molly L and Avantika S who have qualified for the International Career Development Conference (ICDC).
All the best to our Senior School students travelling on the Drama trip to New York City and to those students heading out to Puerto Rico for the Music Trip this weekend.
Best of luck to the students participating in the Canadian Improv Games - Regional Competition and to our dance students participating in the CIS Dance Fest upcoming.
Grades 6 - 10 Virtual Challenge Week Parent Information Sessions are scheduled for 5:00pm - 6:00pm on Thursday, February 20.
Wishing everyone a lovely long weekend ahead. There will be no classes on Friday, February 14 and Monday, February 17.

Happy
valentine’s Day, york!

Check out our new student Valentine’s Day video showcasing how much there is to love about York!

Athletics

TYS Athletics heads into the Family Day break celebrating all of our Athletic Accomplishments of the Winter Term.

Next week we begin the playoff process from U13 to Varsity and our U12, U11, U10 and U9 teams will play in some fun year end festivals.

Last Friday, TYS enjoyed an Amazing Friday Night Lights.

Happy Family Day!

Mr.D

Varsity Girls Volleyball
By Sam.W

Varsity Boys Basketball
By Spencer.Y

ROBOTICS UPDATE

York Teams (90242A - Middle School and 90242E - Senior school) participated in the iDesign Vex Tournament on Saturday, February 8 at St Michael's School with 34 other teams. Both teams participated in the qualifying matches and the final elimination tournament. 90242A placed 5th in the qualifiers and scored the winning point in one match. Both teams made a strong showing and had a lot of heart.

Students involved:

Middle School
Amii B.
Giorgio R.
Ren R.
Sergio R.
Timothy S.

Senior School
Henry K.
Jonah B.
Yair T.

DECA UPDATE

This past weekend, 9 York School students participated in the DECA Ontario provincial competition. The students qualified for this event by competing at a regional event in November. Students competed in various events in which they were provided with a business case study and tasked with developing a business plan within 20 minutes. Then they presented their business plan to a judge. In other events, students presented a franchising business plan which included a written paper and a 15 minute business pitch for investors. These students were excellent representatives of The York School and had some strong results. In particular, students Molly and Avantika placed within the top 9 in the province and have qualified for the International Career Development Conference (ICDC) in Orlando, Florida at the end of April. Congratulations to everyone who participated – and special congratulations to Avantika and Molly.

Click here to read some student reflections on the event.