The Giving Girls

The Giving Girls @ Arbutus Care Centre 1The girls in our after school care program are making the most of their after school time. They spent months hand making place mats, and they recently delivered them to the residents at the Arbutus Care Centre.

It was a very rewarding experience for the girls. In addition to dropping off the 40 place mats, they visited and read with the residents.

The girls got to see first hand how their work was appreciated and how their visit was a “bright spot” in the day for the residents at the care centre. The girls in After School Care have dubbed themselves “The Giving Girls” and are very much inspired to continue to do service work in the community.

Kristina Broadfoot
Junior School After School Care

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Chess Tournament at St. George’s: Medal for YHS

Chess TournamentA team from YHS won a 3rd Place medal at St. George’s this weekend – a first in many years! We tied for third in the B division out of 15 teams.

We had a very young team and had great results! Something very exciting to look forward to in the future!

The team was made up of :

Alicia 1Y
Annika 3H
Maggie 3H
Pepi 4H
Ella 4Y
Pia 6H

This year, 14 schools participated. Here are the results (a perfect score is 20 points):

A Div.

1st : Lochiel (Surrey) 15.0 points
2nd : St. George’s A team 12.5 pts
3rd : Mulgrave A team 12.0 pts

B Div.

1st :  St. George’s B team 17.0 points
2nd : St George’s C team 13.5 pts
3rd : YHS team 13.0 pts
3rd : Mulgrave’s B team 13.0 pts

On a side note, YHS is, and has always been, the only-all girls team to ever participate in the tournament!

Christine Addison
Grade 6 Teacher

Janet England
SK Teacher