All School News - March 6, 2025
MESSAGE FROM STRUAN ROBERTSON, HEAD OF SCHOOL
Congratulations to our Jazz Showcase musicians for a wonderful show on Monday evening at the Lula Lounge!
Congratulations to those students who competed in the Junior Provincial Public Speaking Competition, please see the speech update below.
Great to see so many families attend the Personal Project Showcase this week as well, congratulations to the Grade 10 students.
It was lovely to see so many families this week at the YPA Pancake Breakfasts at the JS - if you missed the chance to take a behind-the-scenes renovation tour, we will be offering the opportunity to see it on Friday, March 7 during drop off.
We’ve just launched our Junior School Donor Book Nook, a beautiful display that will honour our donors to More Great Spaces whose generosity is making the Junior School renovation a reality. Please visit this link to add your ‘book’ to the Book Nook.
March Break starts on Monday and classes will resume on Monday, March 24. Take a break from your screens, get outside and play and read, read, read!
BOARD OF DIRECTORS UPDATE
At last week’s Board meeting, Directors reviewed admissions and enrolment data and received an update on the Junior School Renovation project.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS NOMINATIONS
The Board of Directors is calling for nominations for Committee Members for 2025-2026. If you are interested, please click the button below to submit your nomination.
Deadline for nominations is March 28, 2025.
YORK’S DONOR BOOK NOOK
We’re building more great spaces for our students today and tomorrow. Now is the time to support this important effort and add your ‘Book’ to our Book Nook.
The spine of each ‘book’ will be customizable, allowing you to include your family’s or child’s/children’s names, or a personal message.
Appearing in a prominent location on the main floor of the Junior School, our Book Nook will ensure that your family’s legacy of support endures for decades to come. The Book Nook will be made by a leading manufacturer of donor recognition signage using durable and high-end materials.
We invite all Junior School families to add their book, along with families whose children came through our Junior School and are now thriving in our Middle & Senior Schools.
UPDATE FROM FINANCE - TAX FORMS
In the same way you access your child(ren)’s report card or timetable, the Child Tax Credit forms and T2202 tax forms are now posted to YorkNet.
If you have any questions, please contact receivables@yorkschool.com
For instructions on how to access your Files on YorkNet, please refer to this video:
Athletics
What a Winter Season! A season that culminated with our school’s best finish at an OFSAA Championship. Our Varsity Girls Volleyball team claimed “Silver” at the Single “A” girls Volleyball hosted by University of Toronto Schools. Huge congratulations to these girls who will leave a legacy at our school. Thank you to our Grade 12s who worked together to put this program on the map!
Congratulations, as well, goes to our Varsity Boys who advanced to the quarter-finals for the 3rd straight year, losing to eventual champion Windsor LaJeunesse and students - Camryn H and Bernard L. for dominating in the pool!
Prior to the pandemic, The York School had qualified for 2 provincial championships in its history, but since then has qualified for 16 OFSAA Championships, which is an amazing accomplishment:
3 Girls Varsity Volleyball
2 Varsity Skiing
4 Boys Varsity Basketball
1 Boys Varsity Volleyball
3 Varsity Swimming
1 Varsity Golf
1 Junior Varsity Track and Field
1 Varsity Badminton
1 Junior Varsity X-Country running
These highlights are only possible with the development happening throughout our school. This winter we celebrated championships in U14 Basketball and Varsity Curling and had multiple final four appearances. Our U12, U11, U10, and U9 teams are the foundation of TYS and they have a bright future. This winter our U12 girls volleyball won the CISAA final festival tournament!
None of this is possible without the dedication of our coaches and the support of our community! We have the best school on the planet. Take some time to rest, reflect and recharge for what is guaranteed to be an awesome spring athletic term.
GO TYS!
Mr.D
Junior Provincial Public Speaking Competition
You may have noticed Max B, Grace F, Koby B and Aviva M practicing speech and debate during every lunch since the start of the year. They have been very dedicated to doing well at the Junior Provincial Public Speaking Competition. Max placed 2nd in interpretive reading and 5th overall and Koby placed 2nd in impromptu speaking, 3rd in debate and 7th overall. Forty-four students were competing including students from Branksome, UTS, CDS and Lauremont School.
Important Advisory from toronto public health AHEAD OF MARCH BREAK
Travelling for March Break? Measles is just a plane ride away.
Measles continues to spread in many parts of the world and in Canada. If you are planning to travel over March Break, get the best protection for you and your loved ones by staying up-to-date with your routine vaccines, including the measles vaccine.
These vaccines are available from your health care provider or at a Toronto Public Health (TPH) community clinic for school-aged children, by appointment. Visit TPHbookings.ca for more information.
If you are unsure of your child’s vaccination status, check their yellow card (Ontario Immunization Record), TPH’s Immunization Connect Ontario (ICON) or by speaking with their primary health care provider.
To learn more, visit toronto.ca/immunization.
Questions?
Contact TPH at publichealth@toronto.ca or 416-338-7600, Monday to Friday from 8:30am to 4:30pm for more information. Service is available in multiple languages.
SAVE the date for the YPA York Parent Social
The YPA and The York School invite you to the 3rd annual York Parent Social.
Date: Wednesday, May 7, 2025
Time: 6:00pm - 9:30pm
Location: Cucina Buca (2 St. Clair Avenue West, Suite 100, Toronto, Ontario M4V 1L5)
RSVP link coming soon!
The York SHOP
New Chill Vest (Black Vest) and Black Fleece Samples are now available at each campus.
Junior School by the Yonge St. entrance.
Middle/Senior School at The Shop.
If you have any questions please reach out to Astrid Fischer at Afischer@yorkschool.com.
Update: Any orders placed after January 31, will be delivered after March break.
