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Grade 5s Shoebox Project for Single Moms

Grade 5 students put together 40 shoeboxes that they filled with a variety of goodies to help support the charity, Mom2Mom. These boxes will be given to single moms and hopefully brighten their spirit during this holiday season. We know how much our moms do for us so it was really nice to do something special for moms that have to work extra hard. The students really enjoyed wrapping their gifts as well as designing and creating a thoughtful card. Our class parents made this all possible, so it is also very important that we thank them too, for this wonderful experience! 

Melissa Kanavos
Grade 5 Teacher

 

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Terry Fox Run 2020

This year marked the 40th anniversary of Terry Fox’s Marathon of Hope. We have typically led a YHS run/walk in the neighborhood as a whole school community. Due to COVID-19, our Terry Fox Run was held in small groups during our PHE (Physical & Health Education) classes on September 29th and 30th. We were delighted that we were still able to join together as a YHS community to support the Terry Fox Foundation, an organization that supports cancer research, and honours the people we know and have known and loved who have lived with cancer.

With the generous donations of Junior and Senior School students, YHS raised $1900.00 to donate to the Terry Fox Foundation.

Thank you to Tahlia and Riley, our Community Service Captains in the Senior School, who helped organize the event. Thank you also to our Physical Health Education Teachers who held the event in their classrooms. Congratulations to the whole school community for supporting this wonderful annual community-building event!