Gr. 7s Lend a Hand at the YWCA

In Grade 7, the girls participate in an in depth year-long service learning unit as a precursor to the Sr. School Service Learning program. Throughout the year they have been lending a hand at various YWCA organizations. In addition to the volunteer work that they do, the girls have been mentored by Ms. Emma McLagan, a teacher and current CBC reporter, to create video documentaries of their experience. The Grade 7 girls are responsible for planning, shooting, writing and editing their videos, which will be shown at a YHS-YWCA Service Learning Presentation Night on June 17th.

Here are some of the girls in action at CrabTree Corner, a resource centre that provides programs and services for women and their families. Saphren and Eliza played with the children in the child care centre (children are aged 6 weeks to six years old), while Stephanie and Allison prepped food in the community kitchen.

Chess Champs at York House

Pepi at the BC Chess Championships
Pepi at the BC Chess Championships. Click for the full photo gallery.

A few weekends ago, four Yorkies played in the BC Chess Championships, five games Swiss over three days with up to 3 hours per game. They basically lived at Arbutus Mall for the entire weekend! Everyone played against boys and girls sportingly. The girls ended the weekend with the following final results:

  • Good play by Joyce, Gr. 3 (amassing 1.5 points and ending 5th in U10 Girls)
  • Annika, Gr. 6 became U12 Girls BC Champion
  • Pepi, Gr. 7 became U14 Girls BC Champion
  • Alice, Gr. 12, tied for 1st and became U18 Girls BC Champion.

Annika, Pepi and Alice will be representing BC to take on the challengers from other provinces at the National Chess Championships in Montreal this summer.