Author: York House School

Posted on

Gr. 7 Service Learning Night of Celebration

At the “Service Learning Night of Celebration”, the Grade 7s spoke about their experiences volunteering at the YWCA throughout the year. They also showed the videos they made to document their volunteering.

YHS donated $2500 to fund the YWCA’s “Books, Bags and Babies” literacy program. The funds were raised during our “Get Caught Reading” campaign in early May. The picture below is of the Grade 7s presenting a cheque to Pamela Nesbitt, a representative of the YWCA who spoke at the event. Also in the picture is Ms. Shelley Crawford, who we consulted when the service learning program was created. The Grade 7s are (L to R) Eliza, Kate, Lauren and Mira:

Gr7ServiceLearningCelebration_17June2014

Posted on

Destination Imagination: Global Finals

York House had two Grade 4 teams qualify for the Destination Imagination Global Finals in Knoxville, TN.

The team ‘Unstoppable Minds’ did the “Going to Extremes” challenge. This involved researching an extreme environment (they chose the Great Barrier Reef) and developing a presentation about surviving in this environment. Team members: Bianca, Chloe N., Janice, Lisa, Sabrina, Sofia and Sophie.

The ‘Nature Chipmunks’ team did the “Laugh Art Loud” challenge. The girls had to choose and research a piece of art and produce a 3-panel comic strip about it. The Chipmunks chose a painting named “Whistlejacket” by the English artist George Stubbs. Their performance was full of humour, and they also built a unique horse statue. Team members: Alicia, Annika, Chloe I., Kaari, Sarah, Vanessa and Zoe.

Watch the video of the girls at Global Finals, created by parent Kathryn Palumbo:

Learn more about Destination Imagination here.