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A Spooktacular Halloween

On Friday, October 29th, York House had a fun-filled spooktacular Halloween! 

Senior Students celebrated with a “Spooky Spirit Week”: a ‘spooky cookie challenge’ on Monday, a pumpkin carving contest on Tuesday, a “finish the lyric” contest on Wednesday, a surprise ‘skeleton scavenger hunt’ on Thursday, and of course our annual Halloween ‘fashion show’ on Friday.

The Junior School had a fabulously successful early morning Halloween parade and costume competition on the field (no rain!) organized and hosted by our Vice Head Girl Rose, followed by pumpkin carving and judging organized by our Grade 3 teachers, Ms. Shore, and Ms. Trinder. Both the wide array of costumes and pumpkin carving designs, spoke volumes about the creativity of our Yorkies—way to go! It is getting harder each year to judge these events as there are so many incredible entries. 

Junior School Halloween:

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Senior School Halloween:

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Grade 9 ADST – Egg Drop Challenge

Mr. Lee continued his ADST 9 (Applied Design, Skills, and Technologies) contest with a very elaborate egg drop challenge. Students were given a set amount of materials and they had to construct a device to hold an egg. The egg had to withstand a fall from three stories but also touch down as close to the landing zone as possible. As long as the egg survived each time, students had to repeat the test three times. The winner had to last all three drops and get as close to the landing spot as possible. The group created some amazing structures and had a fantastic time experimenting!