Congratulations, Drama Yorkies!

A huge congratulations goes out to all Drama 10, 11 and 12 students who performed at the Thespys Festival. It was clear that they were among some of the best performers at the festival, taking home seven Superior Ribbons and three Excellent Ribbons in all categories of Acting, including Monologues, Duets and Group Scenes, and Musical Theatre solo pieces.

Special mention goes out to the following students who received Superior and Excellent Ribbons:

  • Monologues: Lucy (Gr. 11), Storm (Gr. 12), and Yirui (Gr. 12) [Superior]
  • Duet Acting: Emilie (Gr. 12), and Sophie (Gr. 10) [Excellent]
  • Group Acting: Parker (Gr. 10),  Lucy (Gr. 11), Maddie (Gr. 11), and Storm (Gr. 11 [Superior]
  • Group Acting: Amanda Donaldson-McFarlane (Gr. 12) and Saint Georges Students [Superior]
  • Group Acting: Sarah (Gr. 12), Yirui (Gr. 12), and Kennedy (Gr. 12) [Excellent]
  • Group Acting: Kate (Gr. 10), Lucy (Gr. 10) and Sophia (Gr. 10) [Excellent]
  • Musical Theatre Solos: Parker (Gr. 10); Amanda (Gr. 12), and Emilie (Gr. 12 [Superior]
  • Kai (Gr. 10), Natalie (Gr. 10) and Nicole (Gr. 10) are also to be congratulated on what was an awesome performance – well done, everyone!

ALL students performed at an extremely high level and Mr. Chyzyk and I couldn’t be prouder of them.

Kiera Louis
Drama Teacher

Robotics in the Senior School

Our Yorkies have been delving into Robotics at all levels. In Grade 8, students have been busy discovering the effect of gears on velocity and torque in their challenge to build and race their SpeedBots. Grade 9 ADST students will soon begin to code robots to complete various challenges autonomously. The inaugural York House Robotics team has completed building their first robot and will be competing in the Provincial Qualifier next month. We have more testing and iterating to do, but are looking forward to our first competition!

Shaina Gleicher
ADST Teacher & STEAM Coordinator