York House School Blog
Grade 9 students Paris, Rachel, Ana, and Allison are currently on exchange with Williams College in Mexico. The girls hosted their exchange partners, Ximea and Constanza, earlier last month. Follow their updates on the Mexico blog.
This season was one of the most successful seasons for the York House Improv program. Consisting of four teams of performers and coaches from Grade 8-12, the YHS teams rehearsed two mornings a week for months with the ultimate goal of competing in the Canadian Improv Games (CIG) tournament.
The Junior CIG tournament consisted of 26 teams from across the Lower Mainland. In order to have more students involved in improv, York House separates teams by grade level, although their competition typically consists of teams with a mix of students from Grades 7-10. All three teams performed exceptionally well, with the Grade 10 team just narrowly missing the finals.
The Grade 8 team’s performance was particularly impressive as the team has only been improvising for a few months.
Junior results:
Grade 10: 8th place
Grade 8: 10th
Grade 9: Top 15
Watch the Junior team in action here.
Our Senior Improv team started out in a pool of 27 teams and progressed through three rounds of competition to qualify for the finals. The last time that YHS qualified for the finals was in 2007 when the improv team won the CIG tournament and attended the National tournament in Ottawa. This year, their appearance in the final, and 6th place finish overall, was particularly impressive as 10 different students filled the eight team spots over the course of the tournament. The future of YHS improv looks strong! Watch the Senior team here.
Shannon Harrigan