All School News - November 7, 2024
MESSAGE FROM STRUAN ROBERTSON, HEAD OF SCHOOL
November break is here. As there are no classes on Friday or Monday, I wish everyone a lovely long weekend!
Upcoming guest speaker on November 19 - Dr. Zia Lakdawalla will speak about Building Emotional Regulation Skills in Your Child. Although it will focus on Junior School students, all parents are invited to join, rsvp here.
TYS Live & In-Concert at the Middle/Senior School will be on November 21.
Tickets will go on sale soon for Cinderella which will be presented from November 28 to November 30.
Monday is Remembrance Day. I encourage you to join me in reflecting on how lucky we are to live in Canada.
ATHLETICS
Wow, what a term. Let’s start by congratulating our Varsity Boys Soccer team for winning our first CISAA high school championship in 8 years. This group was all in. Super proud! This term is one to celebrate. 4 CISAA Championships, 3 OFSAA appearances and 65% of our student body participating in sport.
Our winter season is off and running and, as we celebrate these championships, we also need to celebrate the small wins in our program. The little things, like having 30 kids at various tryouts wanting to be part of our multiple teams. We have come a long way in my 20 years at York, from a 16 team school (total) to where we are today with 52 teams.
We move into the winter with volleyball, basketball, curling, swimming and skiing. Let’s go!
Our first celebration of the winter - our Varsity Boys Basketball team has been invited to compete against one of Ontario’s top 3 basketball schools, Saltfleet District High School in Stoney Creek, Ontario.
#TYSPRIDEALLDAYEVERYDAY
Mr.D
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 will provide parents with a framework for better understanding their child's emotions and how to better support them. We will review 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.
This webinar will be presented with a Junior School focus but all parents are welcomed to attend.
November 19 at 7:00pm
STUDENT LIFE AND BELONGING
YORK SCARES HUNGER FOOD DRIVE
Thank you to our community for everyone’s generosity and support of our annual York Scares Hunger Food Drive for the Daily Bread Food Bank and the Children’s Breakfast Clubs Charity, the latter of which serves hot meals to GTA elementary students experiencing food insecurity.
As a school, we donated 1372 items! With food bank visits at a record-breaking high in Toronto in the past 3 months, we know that our donations will help alleviate some of the pressure food banks are facing in the fight against hunger in our city.
