YHS – Page 182 – The Yorkie

SWIM TEAM
The Swim Team is looking very fit, and ready to race as they are fired up for the first swim meet of the season. On December 6 and 7, the team will participate in the St. George’s Junior Invitational Swim Meet at SGS. The Grade 3s will compete in an evening session on Friday, December 6. The Grade 4s and 5s will compete in a morning session on Saturday, December 7th, followed by the afternoon session of Grade 6 and 7 competition. Go Tigers!

BASKETBALL
The Grade 7 team opened their season at the SJS Slam (St. John’s School) this past weekend. The Tigers won their first game 29 – 17 over the Sabres from Stratford Hall. In the semi-final, the Tigers fell to West Point Grey (WPGA). This set up an epic bronze medal game against Collingwood School. In a clash of defensive superiority, the Tigers lost in the final minute 13-11. Despite the low score, the game was very exciting and a great learning opportunity for our girls. On Wednesday, November 27, the Grade 7s also traveled to Crofton House for our first league game of the season. Unfortunately, the Tigers lost to the more polished Falcons, although it was a fiercely contested game. It is safe the say the rivalry with our westside sisters is alive and well.

Our Grade 6 team is looking forward to their first games of the season on Wednesday, December 4. The team is traveling to Stratford Hall where they will take on Sabres in an exhibition match. Our Grade 5 team will be traveling to Mulgrave on Thursday, December 5 for their first game of the season. Good luck to both teams!

York House was thrilled to welcome back three of its alumnae on November 22nd as part of the Senior School’s Career-Life Connections program. Organized by CLC and Capstone Coordinator, Ms. Jaclyn Murray and assisted by the Alumnae Office, Amanda Weltman ‘06, Nathalie Poznanski ‘06, and Zoë Craig-Sparrow ‘15 took part in a career panel focused primarily on the environment, sustainability, and finding your true north.

Amanda Weltman ‘06 works as a researcher for OceanWise based at the Vancouver Aquarium and she highlighted how important travelling and spending time abroad is. She learned how to scuba dive while in Australia and diving is now a big part of her workday as one of a team of researchers monitoring species, habitat restoration, and environmental management in Howe Sound. She enthralled the girls with videos of her underwater work.

Amanda Weltman ’06

Nathalie Poznanski ‘06 works in the mining industry as a sustainability manager and she took us on a journey of South American mines and talked about the types of community engagement projects she is involved with. She gave us a detailed overview of how mining companies work with local communities to ensure sustainable practices are implemented to ensure future economic growth and development. It was an eye-opening presentation for our Yorkies.

Nathalie Poznanski ’06

Our third panelist, environmental activist, Zoë Craig-Sparrow ‘15 talked about her career path to date and how finding a mentor carved a career path she hadn’t anticipated. She’s now a co-director with Justice for Girls, a non-profit social justice anti-poverty organization as well as pursuing her Masters in Human Rights. Her key message to the girls was to try many things, trust people who know you, and be open to possibilities. She talked about how she didn’t know what she wanted to do until she was doing it.