Middle School - November 21, 2024
upcoming events
Halloween Festivities - Prize Winners
The prize winners for the door decorations and pumpkin carving are as follows:
Thursday, November 28 - 7A & 8C Pizza Party.
Thursday, December 5 - 6B & 7A Lunch Out.
Friday, December 6 - 6C Cookie Decorating.
November/December - Upcoming Optional Lunch Outs
Grade 7’s have a Lunch out on Wednesday, November, 27 & Thursday, December 12.
6B & 7A Lunch Out (Halloween Prize) - Thursday, December 5.
Homeroom teachers will review the boundaries and rules with students.
Grade 8 Students will continue to have an optional lunch out on Fridays.
November 28 to 30, 2024 - Middle and Senior School Play, Cinderella
November 28 & 29 at 7:00pm and November 30 at 2:00pm.
The online box office is now open for you to purchase tickets.
Friday, November 29, 6:45am - Thrive Student Leaders Event, Ridley College
Tuesday, December 3, 10:15am - Grade 6 Trip to the Holocaust Museum
Wednesday, December 4, 2024 - Students Sleep-In
Middle School Homeroom will start at 9:30am.
Students are permitted into the building starting at 9:15am via the laneway or the front door of 1320 Yonge Street.
Students who arrive early are permitted to read /work in the library commons.
Wednesday, December 4, 2024 - TPH Vaccination Clinic
Toronto Public Health (TPH) will be hosting a School Immunization Program clinic at The York School on Wednesday, December 4. The clinic will offer hepatitis b, human papillomavirus (HPV), and meningococcal vaccines to grade 7 students.
Parents have to complete the consent form for their child to participate.
If you wish to have your child vaccinated outside of school, TPH holds routine vaccination clinics around the city. For more information please visit this site.
Students who are participating in the vaccination clinic should wear short sleeves.
Monday, December 9, 8:30am - The 14th Annual Pinewood Derby Race
Tuesday, December 17, 2:30pm - Grade 6 Geometric Art Exhibition
The Grade 6s will be inviting their parents to view their geometric art exhibit in which they will explore angles, triangles, and transversals.
They will explore the global context of personal and cultural expression and use mathematics to analyze and create artistic forms of expression. You are invited to question whether art is more inspiration or calculation.
Wednesday, December 18, 2024 - Ability in Action, Grade 8 Trip to Variety Village
Thursday, December 19, 2024, 1:20pm - Middle School Winter Wonders Challenge
December 20, 2024 to January 5, 2025 - Winter Break (No Classes)
Classes resume on Monday, January 6, 2025.
Upcoming Student Wellbeing Pulse Check at The York School
Dear York Families,
As part of our ongoing commitment to support student wellbeing, we’ll soon be asking students to complete a brief Pulse Check. This check-in, developed in collaboration with Future Design School, will give us valuable insight into how students are feeling day-to-day at The York School.
All responses will be handled confidentially, with only select members of our hired 3rd party (Future Design School) and The York School team having access to survey responses.
Gathering this insight is part of our ongoing commitment to fostering a supportive and positive environment for all students. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to reach out.
Sincerely,
Struan Robertson
Head of School
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.
STUDENT LIFE AND BELONGING
WELLBEING WEDNESDAYS
Our Wellbeing Student Leadership Committee has planned a series of community events for Wednesdays in November. Students and staff can look forward to connecting with one another as a way to engage in positive mental health strategies during the following dates and times:
Snowflake Creation from 8:10am - 8:50am in the Library/Learning Commons - November 27
Sleep-in & York Spirit or Athletic Casual Dress Day - December 4
Middle School Homeroom starts at 9:30am
Senior School starts at 9:55am
Questions? Please contact Erin Porter, Director, Student Life & Belonging at eporter@yorkschool.com.
YORK SPIRIT Events in November
As we move toward the grey skies of November, the student life leaders are looking for ways to keep spirit going at York. In addition to the Wellbeing Student Leadership Committee activities mentioned above, the following initiatives have been planned for our community:
Wednesday, November 27 - Earth House Casual Day - reward for winning Fall Spirit Week!
December 4 - First Home Game - Varsity Basketball vs. Crestwood @ 4:00pm *York Athletic or Spirit Casual Dress Day*
Questions? Please contact Erin Porter, Director, Student Life & Belonging at eporter@yorkschool.com.