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Jen, an educator from the Orphaned Wildlife Rehabilitation (O.W.L.) Society visited the Grade 2s and 4s on March 12th. O.W..L is a non-profit, volunteer driven organization dedicated to the rehabilitation and release of injured and orphaned birds of prey (raptors) and to public education designed to reduce the causes of their plight.

Jen shared her knowledge and love of these beautiful birds with the students and answered many questions. The girls had a lot of questions! Raptors that are unable to be released to the wild remain at the facility and are used in educational programs. Jen brought two birds to show the students, ‘Tyra’, a Merlin Falcon and ‘Pokey’, a Barred Owl.

O.W.L. is open to the public for visits and on April 26th & 27th they will be hosting their very popular Open House. For more information, please see their website: http://www.owlcanada.org/. Watch a video of Jen introducing “Pokey” to the Grade 2 class below.

Lela Ling
Junior School Science Teacher

The Grade 6 Science Fair on March 11th was a day of celebration and the end of a long journey.

In November, the girls started to think about what interesting question they might like to investigate. Research proposals were written in December, and in January, the experimentation phase of the project began. Weeks later, after completing the analysis of the results, editing written work, and organizing the display poster, the girls were ready to share their discoveries with students, teachers and parents.

Science Fair projects develop many skills that can be applied to any subject or grade. There are always hurdles in any large project, and the Grade 6 girls are to be congratulated for their perseverance, and for promoting Science at York House School. Many thanks to the families for supporting their daughter during this journey.

Click here to view all the photos from the Science Fair.

Lela Ling
Jr. School Science Teacher