2019 – Page 49 – The Yorkie

On February 28th, a nice smell started to come all the way up to the Junior School. What was that? It came from Mira’s kitchen where Mme Céline was baking croissants. It was time for the “Café-Théâtre”, the famous Grade 5 French show that every family looks forward to!

The Grade 5 parents were invited to join their daughters in the Bentley Room, which was turned into a Parisian café with lovely accordion music playing in the background to set the mood. A team of waitresses were ready to serve food and drinks en français before the parents enjoyed watching a play in French called “Un frère pénible” (an annoying brother). It was so much fun for the girls to serve their parents and to see everyone socializing with a bit of French in the air! The girls then surprised their parents by singing “L’oiseau et l’enfant”, an award-winning song about how wonderful the world is. The singing was beautiful and the parents loved it. What a great show! It can’t get better than this beautiful performance. Well… it did! The girls had made a funny Kahoot quiz to test their parents’ French. Kahoot is an interactive and competitive quiz that we use in class for learning. You should have seen the families competing against each other and getting hooked on this game!

Thank you for all the Grade 5 students for making this show so memorable. Hard work always pays off.

Mme Céline

Recitation Grand Finale 2019

After rescheduling due to a wondrous snow day, we gathered on Tuesday, February 19 for the 15th Annual Cat’s Meow: a recitation evening for the grand finals of our school-wide public speaking competition. It was an entertaining evening and huge congratulations are due to all competitors from Grades 8-12: their performances were poised, confident, and compelling. See below for all the finalist names.

Special mention to the following students who took home prizes for their performances:

People’s Choice (chosen by the audience—a three-way tie!): Mishal, Gr. 8; Stephanie, Gr. 12; Katrina, Gr. 10
4th Place: Emma, Gr. 8
3rd Place/Top Monologue: Stephanie, Gr. 12
2nd Place: Pepi, Gr. 12
Top Overall Recitation: Lydia, Gr. 9

We were also privileged to have an esteemed panel of judges for the evening: Raul Sanchez Inglis, a director, producer and writer of film, theatre and TV, with over three decades experience; Anna Galvin, a well-established actor in film and stage; and Sabrina Vellani, YHS alumna and recent graduate of UBC’s theatre program.

As always, events such as this one would not be possible without the help of many behind-the-scenes people: thanks to the English Department for their work and guidance during class rounds, to the YHS staff who volunteered to judge the grade finals, Ms. Kaddage for her mathematical skills in the tabs room, and to all the students and staff who helped with photography, videotaping, ushering, and more!

Finally, a huge thank you to our Public Speaking Co-Heads, Catherine and Pepi, who did a fabulous job of once again coordinating and running the show on the night. We wish them well in their final year at YHS and in this role!

Congratulations to all, and well done on supporting, building, and growing a vital life skill!

Tanya Boteju
Senior English Teacher