THE YORK SCHOOL (an independent school)

1320 Yonge Street

Toronto, Ontario M4T 1X2

PERSPECTIVE 2005-2006

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As I write my last contribution to the Perspective, I cannot help but feel a great sense of pride on the occasion of the 40th year of the York School. From a very small Early Years Programme at Grace Church on the Hill, we have become one of the leading independent schools in Canada with almost 6oo students. Almost 300 of these students are found at our North Campus at Glebe and at 1320 Yonge. At any time of day, you will find the Lower School halls quite busy with classes travelling back and forth to the many specialists in the school. Doors to the classrooms are often open displaying bright and cheery classrooms with students heartily engaged in activities and outside, in the back 40, the sounds of recess fill the air. In short, nothing is static in the Lower School! If you travel up to the EYP, you will also find a hive of activity as those very little children learn by doing and take part in their own Units of Inquiry! Turn the pages of this 2006 yearbook and you find it all there for you to enjoy, now and also forty years on!

Barbara Goodwin-Zeibots Head of School

The York School is forty And we're all so sporty!

So ... how does the yearbook get done? With a lot of hard work And deadlines that lurk,

Just read it ... you'll have lots of fun!

Marilyn Andrews Admissions

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The York School

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Katherine Almeida Primary French

Christine Appadurai Accounting

Ginny Bates York Shop

Susan Caiger-Watson Communications

Debbie Alvarez Reception

Ravi Appadurai Security

Anne Bell Grade 1B

Vanessa Colabawalla Administrative Assistant

Judy Amsterdam Administrative Assistant

Maria Barnden Glebe

Anuradha Bhattacharya Reception

Rick DeMarinis Phys.Ed.

John Anderson Building Manager

Matthew Barry GradesB

Jenny Briones Cafeteria Staff

Sophie Doig Glebe

Faculty and Staff

Moira Dossetor Dianne Dowman Robert Emerson Director of Development Academic Head of Technology Environment Coordinator

Gerald Feeney Director of Athletics

Patricia Indart Library & York Shop Assistant

Ian Johns Maintenance

Sergiy Golovan I.T. Support

Pat Jerred PYP Coordinator

Katharine Jurkovic Development Assistant

Gordon Hefford Lunchroom & Maintenance

Bengt Johansson Maintenance

Lois Lewis Vocal Music

Sheryl Faith Grade sF

Gillian Hickman Phys. Ed.

Nolan John I.T. Support

Roger MacNeil Lunchroom & Maintenance

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The York School

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John Mazurek Grade4M

David Paris Grade6P

Brian Schofield Cafeteria Manager

Harriet Simand Grade6S

Julie Meskis Grade 1M

Kathleen Peak I.T. Support

Jeanette Seymour Glebe

Karen Smith Junior French

Sean Mitchell Director of External Programming

Christine Pouliot Glebe

Merces Silva Cafeteria Staff

Megan Smith Grade3S

Robin Smith Accounting

Barb Prevedello Grade 2P

MzalShaikh I.T. Support

Bart Snow Art

Sara Spencer Junior Library

Dan Taylor Network Administrator

Katie Willis Grade 3W

Lisa Yorke Music

Chris Steele Maintenance

MaryTeolis Glebe

Annette Whiteley Director of Finance

Faculty and Staff

Janet Stefanyk Grade 2S

Sally Warren Administrative Assistant

Marjorie Willoughby Glebe

Lesley Stewart Grade4S

Allison Weaver Glebe

Jenny Wong Cafeteria Staff

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Staff At Play

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Hannah Adamson Andrew Burt

Our Gap Students

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Daniel Gunasekara

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Glebe

Abby Nash Alessia Brimson Amara Gray Calaya Corneli

Christian Corbett Darius Jamal Elliott Vavitsas EvieAtkins

Katie Rothwell Rowan Bradt RyanCho Summer Spindler

Siddith Chattopadhyay Tasia Thorsteinson

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GlebeJK

Kate Ricks Michael Osbourne Jack Rothwell Rhea Salahudeen

Zoe Brenzel Savannah Bell Zach Ostrowski ArifAulakh

Estelle Alexander James Bonellos Noah Chisamore Werner Groenestijn

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Glebe SK

James Flynn William Lloyd Josiah Medin Ben Gray

Alex Hare Daanyal Chaudry Bryann Davidson Devin Downham

Ethan Peterson Harrison Solish Isaac Baker Kidus Negatu Makonnen

UamGerry Rowan Willis Shane Thorsteinson Tahlia Blair

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Glebe at Play

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The Lower School - EYP to Grade 6

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This has been a very exciting year in the Lower School - a year filled with celebrations and important milestones. It was the school's fortieth birthday party this fall, an lBO Primary Years Programme evaluation team visited our school for two days in February, and we will be saying goodbye to Barbara Goodwin-Zeibots at the end of this year as she retires after forty years as Head of The York School.

On a day to day basis, the teachers and students were involved in inquiry as their classrooms were turned into places where the human body was studied, scientific inventions were created, children's rights were defended, archeological digs took place, political debates were heated, and the universe was explored. Many classes either began or ended their days with a Community Circle where activities that focused on the Tribes agreements helped the students develop skills to work together in a caring and cooperative environment. Throughout the year, grade one and grade five students enjoyed the time they spent with each other as reading buddies while the grade two and grade six students were actively engaged in writing activities together.

Beyond the walls of the classroom, much was happening in the Lower School this year. The Student Council, with elected representatives from each class, was a vital organization under the guidance of Ms. Spencer and Mr. Barry. They met regularly to discuss issues that were voiced in their class meetings and to effect change within the school community. The Junior Development League continued to provide the students with the opportunity to learn new skills and to remain active. For the first time, the grade six students were involved in a leadership programme. Their roles included being morning announcers, team captains, hall monitors, mentors in the primary classrooms, special event planners, and assembly coordinators. Without a doubt, they fulfilled their duties very responsibly and enthusiastically. For years, the Lower School students have been involved in the annual Oochathon to raise money to send children with cancer to summer camp; this year that involvement was strengthened when the grades 4 - 6 students had the chance to spend some time up at Camp Oochigeas.

As you look through the pages of the yearbook, you will see much evidence of the students' learning and their enjoyment in the process. Thank you to the faculty and students for a wonderful 2005/2006

school year. My first year in the Lower School has truly been an enriching experience and I look forward to next year!

Grade 1B

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Jacob Bell

Conrad .Kim

Cameron Sheehy

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Richard Nauman

Henry Bowen

Brian McGrath

Emily Steen

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Alex Mercier

Lauren Easthope Jordan Gottlieb

Isabelle Ostrowski Julia Pei

Robert Walker Truman Wood-Lockyer

Mrs. Bell and class

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Grade 1M

Amanda Cash Victoria Driesman Michael Duncan Ian Hanson

Bryn Harvey-Raymond Jacob Kay William Meyer Matthew Mountford

Nicholas Murmann Gabrielle Sheiner Jeremy Steen Elias Volonakis

Noah Yakobson

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Ms. Meskis and I c ass

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Grade 2P

Aidan Aronoff Danielle Barish liamBlack Ros Brenzel

Emi-Lee Commisso Jacqueline Davidson Christopher Hoyes lssyKamin

Colin Lata Adrian Marcuzzi James Nash Jade Nguyen

Laura Osborne Joeseph Ricks Sofia Shetinina Danielle Solish

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Craig Uyeno Claire Wortsman

Ms. Prevedello and class

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Grade 2S

Adam Ali Aljun Bhabra KaiBrown Emaan Chaudry

Eleanor Cornish Sarah Craig Callum Cusinato Caitlin Duff-Brown

Allison Hoffman Kiana Karellas Nikhil Kassum Christopher Kousinioris

Sally O'Keeffe Joseph Mason AqibRahman Ryan Watchorn

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Elise Walsh William Woolford

Ms. Stefanyk and class

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Grade 3S

Zakariya Ali Nicholas Bell Colin Brandt Jack Brown

Chloe Conacher Conrad Edwards David Francis Sophie Fraser

Thomas Freund David Grout Aaron Lengyel Sabrina Leon-Landegger

Orli Silverberg

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Ms. Smith and class

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Grade 3W

John Boright Evan Capstick Alistair Carscadden David Cash

Nicholas Fortier Anna Groenestijn Quinn Halman Grant Lillie

Matthew lloyd Trevor O'Leary Lucas Sheiner Kelly White

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Ms. Willis and class

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Grade4M

Richard Bresler Austin Broad Rebecca Brough Lauren Clarfield

Willis Daellenbach Jenna Fletcher Robert Freund Alexandra Galperin

Jake Golvin Connor Guy Tyler Grant Riley Hanson

Lauren Hoffman Nicole Kay Lianne Menkes Maya Murmann

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Brendan Neal Jamie Perlmutter Benjamin Pitfield Aaron Shafton

Mr. Mazurek and class

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Grade4S

MaxBrenzel Madeleine Cavanagh

Charlie Cornish Elisabeth Feldstein

Christina Jewell Luka Kopunovic

James Osborne Tareef Rahman

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Michael Cole

Clare Harvey-Raymond

Patrick Meredith-Karam

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Courtney Rider

Annabel Colteljohn

Stephanie He

Paula Murmann

Dakota Seales

Max Solish Alexander Steinberg Johann Von Tiesenhausen Mitchell Wortsman

Ms. Stewart and class

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GradesB

Annie Boright Lorraine Capone LiamCaven Carolyn DeFalco

John Feather Michael Gosnell Helen Huband Theo Landegger

Sarah Moor Hope Ruby Olivia Segsworth Michelle Sprackman

Evan Stein Jake Stoddart Andrew Tureski Shawn Vickar

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Mr. Barry and class

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Grade sF

Vanice Cheung Alex de Loos Ross Freeman Rachel Hung

Leandra Keren Nurisha Ladak Dillon Lawrence Brooke McBurney

Paige McBurney Claire McCallum Shaelyn Newmarch Michael Stramaglia

Kevin Wallace AllieWass

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Ms. Faith and class

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Grade 6P

Matt Clarfield Patrick Cowdrey Roberto De Pasquale Rachel Dinoff

Camilla Faragalli Carter Grieve Rebecca Guy Natalia Hartog

Milton He Devin Henderson Ross Hinds Natasha Kopunovic

Ryan Lee Graham Pitfield Julia Schneider Victoria Schwartz

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Alys Shee Pooja Sivaraman

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Robert Sniderman

Mr. Paris and class

Zachary Willis

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Grade 6S

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John Acker

Emma Carscadden

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Luke Farewell

Russell Hanson

Ellen Aiello

David Cherney

Nicholas Freund

Samantha Kay

Spencer Blaiklock Bryan Brodie

Tessa Denison James Duncan

Madeline Goldberg Kathryn Haas

Elizabeth Kondo Jake Perlmutter

Stephanie Rider Haley Steinberg Alexander Tong lain Van

Ms. Simand and class

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Spring Begins ...

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Sports Day

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Ooch-a-thon

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Ooch-a-thon

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Grandparent Tea

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Grandparent Tea

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Athletic Banquet

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Athletic Banquet

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Grade Six Exhibition

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Grade Six Exhibition

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Patachou Grade 3

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French Play

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Science Olympics

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Earth Day

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Lip Sync

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Closing Ceremonies

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Fall Begins ...

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Terry Fox

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Fun Fair

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Halloween Howls

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United Way Week

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UNITED UEEK

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Indigo Night

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House Games

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Grade 3 Outing to Fort York

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Grade 5 Outing to Norval

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Grade 4 French Play "L' arbre ungali"

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Grade 6 Play "Le bistro des animaux"

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Ramadan

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Diwali

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Winter Begins ...

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Christmas Assembly

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Chinese New Year Assembly

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Grade 1, 2, 3 Skating Day

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Grade 4, 5, 6 Ski Day

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Grade 6 Ooch Trip

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Grade 4 Renaissance Cafe

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Grade 3 Structures

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Spirit Days at York

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Spirit Days at York

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Valentine's Day

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The Intergenerational Choir

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Primary French Plays

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Bingo Night

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Environment Club

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100 Days of School

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Black History Month Assembly

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Grade 6 World Religions Presentation

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Sports at York

Junior Development Basketball with coaches Ms. Spencer and Mr. Maerov

Under 13 Basketball Team with Mr. Parker & Mr.Shaikh

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Sports at York

Junior Development Cross Country Team with coaches Ms. Stewart and Ms. Smith

Under 16 Basketball Team with coaches MS. Spencer and Ms. Remtulla

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Student Council

The Lower School student council with advisors Ms. Spencer and Mr.Barry

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Vocal Music at York

The Primary Choir with Mrs. Yorke

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Goodbye York! See you next year!