SENIOR SCHOOL - January 23, 2025
UPCOMING EVENTS
Thursday, January 23, 5:00pm - Virtual Grade 9 into 10 Parent Information Session on Course Options - Join through this Google Meet link
Friday, January 24, 8:00pm - Grade 9 - 12 Semi-Formal Dance
Monday, January 27 - Professional Development Day (No Classes)
Tuesday, January 28 - Friday, January 31 - Wellness Week
Wednesday, January 29, 9:05am - Wellbeing Assembly
Wednesday, January 29, 1:00pm - Pick-A-Time Goes Live
Thursday, January 30, 7:00pm - Grade 11 Drama Performance
Friday, January 31, 3:25pm - Senior School Staff-Student Handball Game
Monday, February 3 - Friday, February 7 - Grade 9 ICE Winter Camping
Monday, February 3, 7:30am - CISMF Rehearsal
Friday, February 7, 8:00am - Grade 12 Celebration Breakfast for students and parents
Friday, February 7 - Saturday, February 8 - 2025 DECA Provincials Competition at the Sheraton Centre
Tuesday, February 11, 8:25am - YPA Senior School Treats for Students
Tuesday, February 11, 10:15am - 1320 Lockdown Drill
Tuesday, February 11, 7:00pm - Grade 11 Post-Secondary Information Evening for Parents
Wednesday, February 12, 1:00pm - Virtual Student-Centred Conferences
Students will follow a compressed schedule and be dismissed by 11:40am.
Pick-A-Time will open for parents to book appointments for Student Centred Interviews on January 29. Click on to this video for instructions.
Thursday, February 13, 8:30am - Virtual Student-Centred Conferences
Friday, February 14 - Monday, February 17 - Winter Mid Term Break (No Classes)
Friday, February 14 - Wednesday, February 19 - New York City Drama Trip
Sunday, February 16 - Saturday, February 22 - Senior School Music Trip to Puerto Rico
Tuesday, February 18 - Course Selection Forms Due
STUDENT LIFE AND BELONGING
Final Week: Beverley School Winter Outreach Campaign - Until January 31
Our winter student-initiated fundraiser for the Beverley school is in its final week!
If you haven’t already, please check out this special video message about Beverley.
Middle school families are supporting the purchase of a new accessible swing for Beverley’s playground.
Senior school families are supporting a menu of items to support student needs and enrichment at Beverley.
Donations can be made using this google form.
We have currently raised $2090 and are hoping to meet our goal of $2500! Thank you to all the students, families and staff who have supported this campaign! We look forward to making a real positive impact on the Beverley school community.
Questions? Please contact Erin Porter, Director, Student Life & Belonging eporter@yorkschool.com.
Wellness Week 2025 - January 28 - January 31
Next week, our student leaders from the Wellbeing committee have planned a week of casual dress theme days, activities and an assembly to highlight strategies that promote Balance in our lives.
Students and staff are encouraged to participate and reflect on the different ways that sleep, relationships, health and hobbies all contribute to the balance of our lives!
Questions? Please contact Erin Porter, Director, Student Life & Belonging eporter@yorkschool.com.
Upcoming Events for Student Life & Belonging
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Lunar New Year Festival - February 4
Our Asian Student Alliance, parent volunteers and Ms. Zhao’s Mandarin students are looking forward to celebrating the Lunar New Year with our community with a lunch-hour festival on Tuesday, February 4. Calligraphy, Boba tea, red envelopes and more will help us to celebrate the Year of the Snake! Students and staff will also be encouraged to dress in red or their own cultural attire to celebrate this day.
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Black History Month - February
Our Belonging & Outreach student leaders are looking forward to celebrating Black History Month throughout the month of February. Weekly spotlights on York’s live morning show will focus on the theme of Black Resistance throughout Canadian history and on February 19, we will welcome Britta Badour, award-winning author, poet and educator to speak at our assembly.
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Friday Night Lights - February 7
Join us on Friday, February 7 as our Varsity Girls’ Volleyball and Varsity Boys’ Basketball teams take on Malvern Collegiate! There will also be York’s very own DJ Jonny Flow spinning tunes in between plays as well as a food truck on site. This is the Do Not Miss event of Term 2!