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Top Runner Rachel Cliff ’06 Speaks to Jr. Cross-Country Team

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Rachel Cliff ’06 with the Jr. Cross-Country Team

On October 20th, our Junior Cross-Country Team received an inspiring “pep talk” from middle distance runner and YHS alumna Rachel Cliff ’06. Rachel discovered her love for running when she was a very young Yorkie. She joined the Cross-Country team in Grade 4, but did not become a running sensation overnight. Rachel shared some of her highlights of her running career as well as the lessons that she has learned with our Junior Tigers.

IMG_2770Rachel is one of Canada’s top runners. She recently won the women’s category at the 2014 Vancouver Sun Run. She has also competed in many national competitions and represented Canada in international competitions such as the Word Cross Country Championships in Poland and Kenya, Africa. As a Yorkie, Rachel was the school’s top runner and one of the top runners in the province in both cross-country and track & field.

After York House, Rachel continued to follow her running aspirations at the University of Guelph. She was soon recognized as one of Canada’s top runners at the university level, and has been recognized as an “All Canadian”, which is only given to top athletes at university. She was also named “Female Athlete of the Year” by the University of Guelph.

Rachel is now working on her Master’s degree at UBC and is preparing for some very big races including the Canadian Cross-Country Championships (she won the silver medal last year) and will be representing Canada in an upcoming race in Japan.

Rachel’s talk was a great motivator before the Cross-Country team participated in the ISEA Championships on October 29th. Thank you Rachel!

 

 

 

 

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University Admissions Update

As we begin a new year in the university admissions cycle, we are pleased to get news of our graduates in their new post-secondary homes.

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Class of 2014

Kelly Steeves ’14, is enjoying her time at Harvard College, taking interesting courses such as Everyday life in Nazi Germany and Society and the Witch (she will be researching Harry Potter). Alice Xiao ’14 stopped by on a brief trip home from the University of Pennsylvania. Coco Yang ’14 is doing very well in her Hotel Management program at Cornell, while Ashley Chen ’14 is most involved in her Business program at Johns Hopkins.

In California, our students Fiona Yu ’14 and Elaine Cui ’14 are very happy in their architecture programs at the University of Southern California, while Ellen Chuan is busy at Caltech. Ms. Gionet met with Candice Wang who is enjoying her time at Berkeley. Natasha Lu and Hazelle Wang have left for Warwick and Imperial, respectively, in the UK.

On the Canadian front, we hear that Coco Morton has had her first three hour Accounting class in her Commerce program at Queen’s University. Laura Abrioux has been chosen to be one of three executives in the new Medical Science program at Dalhousie University. Thus far our graduates at McGill, Western and Queen’s are all busy with their studies.

While we have had some visits from students at UBC, such as Vanessa Lee at the Sauder School of Business, we hope to meet more of our graduates at an event hosted by our Alumnae and Advancement office.

As in past years, the graduates of the Class of 2014 are studying in a variety of programs; Science (including Kinesiology, Nutrition, Engineering), Business, Humanities, Fine Arts (including Architecture and Industrial Design). Please note that these are just a few mentions; news of our graduates are included in Alumnae eNewsletters (York eRose).

This fall, we continue to have a host of universities visit us. We have recently had visits from several universities in the UK including Cardiff and the University of Bath. Last week, York House was one of the few schools visited by a group of elite UK universities; Newcastle, Durham, York, Warwick, Bristol and Southampton. These universities belong to the Russell group , which consists of 24 research based universities, sometimes referred to as the “Ivy League of the UK”. The representatives of these universities not only presented to our students but provided one on one support and guidance to UK applicants by offering feedback on their personal statements.

UBC has already had their annual presentation. Other US and Canadian university visits will follow (including UCLA, Washington University at St. Louis, McGill, to mention but a few). Next week, York House School is delighted to host Johns Hopkins University for an Explore Hopkins event, which will take place in our very own theatre on October 15, at 7:00pm. Interested parents and students can attend this session (please pre-register here) or our Lunch Hour (1 pm) individual session on October 14 in the Bentley Room.

Anita Irani
Director of University Admissions