All School News - November 21, 2024

MESSAGE FROM STRUAN ROBERTSON, HEAD OF SCHOOL

  • In case you missed Dr. Zia Lakdawalla’s webinar, please find the recording below.

  • We look forward to tonight’s Middle and Senior School Live & In-Concert Music Night. 

  • Grade 5’s will be visiting the Middle School campus next week on Wednesday as part of their transition plan for next year.

  • ICE Winter Camping Parent Information Night with ALIVE Outdoors is on Wednesday, November 27 from 6:00 to 7:00pm at 1320 Yonge.

  • Looking forward to Cinderella starting next Thursday evening.

  • Please read each divisional section as there are many updates.

Building Emotional Regulation Skills in Your Child
Presented by Dr. Zia Lakdawalla

Parents play a critical role in a child's ability to regulate emotions. Grounded in evidence-based theory and skills, this talk provided parents with a framework for better understanding their child's emotions and how to better support them. We reviewed common challenges parents face in managing their child's big emotions, and the tips and strategies that are most effective for building emotion regulation skills and resilience.

York purchases 17 Farnham Ave.

The York School has purchased the house at 17 Farnham Ave., which is immediately adjacent to our Middle/Senior School campus, to the west. The purchase is part of our Strategy Plan priority of "building a strategic campus plan with world class facilities and opportunities for expansion". We look forward to sharing more information about how we might use the property both short and long term in the coming months.

UPCOMING EVENTS

ATHLETICS

Any great athletic culture thrives on daily celebrations. This week we got the opportunity to celebrate our Fall CISAA champions and our “Athletes of the Month”.

Our program is all about participation and being inclusive. That being said, it is also important to celebrate the “excellence” within TYS. We’ve won 4 CISAA championships and had 3 OFSAA appearances this fall alone. Any time you walk into the 1320 gym, take a look at our track and you will see the legacies of our previous athletes. If you ask yourself “How did we get here?” The answer is simple… CULTURE. I wanted to share this video featuring Danny Hurley, the University of Connecticut Head Coach, who took over a program that lacked identity. This one is a good one: The Culture that Cultivates Greatness

Good luck to our Varsity Girls Basketball team as they compete in Halifax and our Varsity Boys Volleyball team as they are off to Chatham to compete at OFSAA.

Go TYS!
Mr.D

NEW CIRCLES ANNUAL WINTER CLOTHING DRIVE 

York’s annual clothing drive for New Circles will begin on Monday, December 2 and runs until Friday, December 13th. New Circles is a “not-for-profit, grass-roots agency that builds strong and caring communities by providing clothing and skills training programs to equity-deserving individuals.” Our long standing partnership with New Circles continues with your generous donations. The founder of New Circles, Cindy Blakely, is grandmother to York School students Robbie K. and his brothers Ridley and Charlie. 

As a social worker, she understood that clothing is a basic human need and recognized the need for a place where people could access clean, seasonally-appropriate, free clothing. 

At this time, New Circles is only accepting the following gently-used items:
Winter jackets, Winter Boots, Men’s Clothing, Shoes (for everyone), Boys’ Clothes, Winter Accessories

If you are open to purchasing new items, there is also a need for the following in all sizes:
Underwear, Socks, Diapers

Students can bring in items and place them in the house bins outside the Student Life & Belonging office in the Senior School cafeteria, Middle School Commons or Junior School Reception area.

Questions? Please contact Sarah Charley, Director, Junior Student Life & Belonging at scharley@yorkschool.com or Erin Porter, Director, Senior Student Life & Belonging eporter@yorkschool.com.