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Random Acts of Kindness Week

Grade 11 students Shoshana, Ava, and Lola once again organized “Random Acts of Kindness” Week in the Senior School. The goal of this initiative is to promote the idea that just one act of kindness can start a chain reaction and positively impact those we may not even meet, as well as cultivating the qualities that are central to building character: kindness and inclusion. Learn more in this Q&A from last year. 

This year, from May 3-May 9, a series of activities took place during the week: 

  1. Bags of Love: Monday & Tuesday in TAG
    Students assembled and decorated a bag full of essential supplies for vulnerable single mothers and children at the YWCA Crabtree Corner, a resource center for women and families that provide housing for expecting and new mothers in recovery, child care, parenting programs, a community kitchen, and programs for self-identified women who have experienced abuse. Students drew, wrote kind messages and motivational quotes. Each TAG collaborated to create one bag.
  1. Food Bank Day & Civvies: Wednesday
    Students brought non-perishable foods for donation to the Greater Vancouver Food Bank. We managed to fill 10 large boxes with food.
  1. Kindness Cards: Thursday in TAG
    In TAG every student received a blank card with another student’s name (from the same grade) on it. Students wrote kind notes that included compliments, shared memories, or anything kind.
  1. Kindness Cards Returned: Friday TAG
    The next day the kindness cards were distributed. What an uplifting way to end the week!

Thank you to everyone for participating in Random Acts of Kindness Week, and for your support in fundraising for essential supplies to fill the Bags of Love and bringing non-perishable foods for the food bank.

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Junior Tigers Update: May 13, 2021

Benchball House Tournament Results!
Do you work out? If so, chances are high you have experienced High Intensity Interval Training, also known as HIIT. HIIT workouts are great for maximal health benefits in a short period of time. Coincidentally, did you also know that our Junior School Benchball Tournament is also a HIIT workout? It wasn’t planned that way; however, the round-robin format, with 10-minute games, led to some seriously intense and epic battles between each house. Each battle was followed by a short rest, and then another awesome game. A perfect HIIT workout. 

At the end of the two-day tournament, it was Blue who emerged victorious. They were followed by Yellow, Red and Green. Teachers and House Captains were all very impressed with the effort that each grade put forward. Throughout the tournament, our gymnasium was full of smiles, shouts, laughs, and good music. With the number of students who have asked for yet another tournament, it is safe to say that our 2021 House Tournaments have been a… HIIT.

Athletics Explained Coffee Morning (Grade 2 and up): Thurs. May 20 at 9:00 am:
At YHS, Athletics formally begins in Grade 3, and for many students it continues all the way through Grade 12. Participating in sport is a wonderful opportunity to build physical literacy skills, self-efficacy, and independence. However, the beginning of the journey is not just for athletes, it is also the initial school athletic experience for parents. Naturally, this means questions, and lots of them. 

To help parents get a great start in Athletics, we are hosting an Athletics Explained Coffee Morning. We invite all Grade 2 parents who are interested. It is also open to parents from any grade who may be interested. With the pandemic causing massive interruptions to school sports for the past year and a half, there may be many questions about a school athletic season.

Athletics Explained Coffee Morning – Grade 2 and up

  • Thursday, May 20, 2021
  • 9:00 am
  • Log in to myYHS for the Google Meet link