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THE YORK SCHOOL (an independent school)

1320 Yonge Street Toronto, Ontario M4T 1X2

PERSPECTIVE 2003-2004 ----

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This Yearbook is really just a Memmy Bank. . . something you can return to, re-read and conjure up wonderful memories of your years at The York School. This year, each class, from The Early Years to Grade Eight has had some marvelous events such as the Lip Sync contest, the Junior Plays, the Guild Fun Fair, Mansfield, the Quebec trip, Oochathon, Halloween, Shakespeare Day, Science Fair and the PYP Exhibition etc. etc. This edition is crammed full of memories. Many thanks to the yearbook staff headed up by Mme. Almeida and suppmted by Ms. Hickman, Mrs. Bell, Ms. Bauld and Mr. Snow. Enjoy!!

Barbara Goodwin-Zeibots Head

As always, York's students and staff eagerly await the arrival of the latest "Perspective" and we are never disappointed. None of us can ever begin to remember a year's worth of activities anywhere, let alone at a school as busy and as creative as York. Take a morning or an afternoon, pull all of the "Perspectives" off the bookshelf and enjoy the memories. Many, many thanks to Katherine Almeida and to Gill Hickman for preserving the year so superbly!

Marilyn Andrews Admissions

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The York School

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Art Adams Maintenance

Jo~ie Andrews ·cafeteria Staff

Ginny Bate~ York Shop

Jenny Briones Cafeteria Staff

Katherine Almeida Primary French

Christine Appadurai Accounting

Sarah Bauld Grade 6B

Nancy Bunyard Instrumental Music

Debbie Alvarez Reception

Maria Barnden Glebe

Anne Bell Grade 3B

Murray Calvin Security

John Anderson Building Manager

Matthew Barry Grade 58

Anuradha Bhattacharya Reception

Andrea Charlton Grade 5C

Vanessa Colabawalla Administrative Assistant

Gerald Feeney Director of Athletics

Tasca Guardino Administrative Assistant

Gillian Hickman Phys. Ed.

Sophie Doig Glebe

Megan Gardner Geography/ History

Shelagh Gustavison Grade 4G

Patricia Indart Accounting

Faculty and Staff

Moira Dossetor Director of Development

Frank Gibbs Security

Marth Hall Phys. Ed.

PatJerred Curriculum Coordinator Lower School

Dianne Dowman Academic Head of Technology

Liz Gilbert Senior Library

Gordon Hefford Lunchroom and Maintenance

Jacqueline Jesser Science

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The York School

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Ian johns Maintenance

Talei Kunkel Grade 8K

Justin Medved Geography and Phy~. Ed.

Mary MoffatJohan~son Grade 2M

Katharine Jurkovic Development Assistant

Danielle Lemieux Grade 7L

Julie Meskis Grade 1M

Shannon O'Neil Grade 7N

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Lisa Kessler Glebe

Lois Lewis Vocal Music

Leslie Miller Mathematic~

David Paris Grade 6P

Melissa Kolodziechuk Geography

Eric Maerov Grade 7M

Sean Mitchell Phys. Ed.

Kathleen Peak I.T. Support

Mark Persaud Network Administrator

Brian Schofield Cafeteria Manager

Harriet Simand Grade 3S

Sara Spencer junior Library

Christine Pouliot Glebe

jeanette Seymour Glebe

Julian Smerdon Instrumental Music

Carolyn Steele Administrative Assistant

Faculty and Staff

Daphne Radford Grade lR

Hugh Shankland Lunchroom and Maintenance

Karen Smith Junior French

Chris Steele Maintenance

Eric Robertson Middle Years Programme Coordinator

Merces Silva Cafeteria Staff

Bart Snow Art

Janet Stefanyk Grade 2S

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The York School

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Kevin Stewart Grade 8S

MaryTeoli1> Glebe

Lesley Stewart Grade 4S

Sally Warren Adminbtrative A1>1>istant

Tim Stone Grade TS

Annette Whiteley Director of Finance

)anine Suboch Art

Marjorie Willoughby Glebe

Faculty and Staff

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Glebe Upstairs

Daanyal Chaudry Robe1t Ash Sydney Corbett B1yann Ysabel Davidson

Elliot Fung Jordan Gottlieb Bryn Harvey-Raymond Harrison Salish

Pierce Spasojevic Fraser Stevenson Elias Nikolas Volonakis Sam Wortsman

10 Absent: William Bellamy and Sarah Miller

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Glebe Downstairs

Roslyn Brenzel Kai Brown Max Caplan Sarah Craig

jacqueline Davidson Ben De Bresser David Eden Katie Henderson

Isabel Kamin Carson Lamont David Mansour Richard Nauman

Laura Osborne jonathan Shammas Danielle Salish Paige Tuchner

12 Absent: Liam Black, Louisjarvis, Kiana Karellas, Alison Miller and james Nash

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Glebe At Play

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The Lower School Grades 1 to 6 As part of their math programme the grade one students informed us that on February

16th we will reach our lOQth school day and they plan to celebrate that day! As always, life at The York School continues to be busy and eventful and we have much to celebrate. One year has passed since we became authorized to offer the International Baccalaureate Primaty Years Programme and, as I said at the time, this is not an end, but an incentive to keep moving forward in our teaching and learning.

In September we began a collaborative five year programme with Dr. Barrie Bennett from OISE/ UT exploring the concept of Instructional Intelligence strategies in order to enhance and increase teaching skills in the classroom. This involves planning instruction to include multiple intelligences and taking into account different learning styles in order to teach more effectively. Evidence of this can be seen in the classrooms as teachers work with graphic organizers, concept attainment and collaborative learning. Also in September, the grade one teachers, aided by Pat ]erred our curriculum director who had done the initial research, statted piloting a new math programme Everyday Math, which focusses on understanding and exploration of concepts through concrete materials, and on problem solving and critical thinking. It has been so successful with the grade one classes that we plan to extend it through to grade six next year, holding a training session for teachers in August. In February we had Andrea Rossinger an IBPYP trainer from Frankfutt International School, Germany give a workshop to Lower School Faculty on Assessment and Pottfolios. This was vety he! pful and you will see the results in some of the changes we make for the Student Led Conferences in April. Two teachers are attending n IBPYP workshop in Halifax in March and some teachers will also attend IPBYP workshops in June.

Right now the grade one to four students under the expert guidance of Mrs. Yorke are excitedly preparing for the drama production to be help on February 24th. It promises to be a great event. The grade six students are statting to think ahead to the PYP Exhibition to be held June 4th on the theme Global migration affects us all. Last years exhibition was informative, vibrant and exciting. This year we will incorporate suggestions and improvements into the planning of the exhibition as we continue to learn more about the process of inquity and collaboration and help our students to become life-long learners. The grade fives are busy getting to know their intergenerational pen-pals and planning their "not to be missed" concett in May.

So, our learning progresses and the openness and involvement of the faculty in these various projects continues to make York the dynamic and creative place it is for both teachers and students.

Barbara Galbraith Head of the Lower School

Grade 1M

Zakariya Ali john Boright Alistair Carscadden Keven Cheung

Nicolas Corbett Bronte Dowell Conrad Edwards Tom Freund

Charlotte Grieve Sabrina Landegger Matthew Lloyd Trevor O'Leary

Andrew Patel Orli Silverberg Hannah White Raquel Kerbel

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Grade lR

Nicholas Bell Colin Brandt jack Brown Evan Capstick

David Cash Chloe Conacher Sharon Davidov Sabrina Dhalla

Nicholas Fortier David Francis David Grout Chloe Lai

Aaron Lengyel Grant Lillie Matthew Patel Jamie Tennen

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Grade 2M

Madeleine Cavanagh Kevin Clifford Willis Daellenbach Jenna Fletcher

Robbie Freund Zoe Grieve Riley Hanson Clare Harvey-Raymond

Christina Jewell Alec Kennedy Dowell Luka Kopunovic Paula Murmann

Ashley Murray Ben Pitfield Courtney Rider Cassandra Rota

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Aaron Shafton Max Salish David Walker Mitchell Wortsman

Ms. Moffat]ohannson and class 23

Grade 2S

Max Brenzel Jarita Chan Lauren Clarfield Michael Cole

AnnabelColterjohn Charles Cornish Elisabeth Feldstein Connor Guy

Lauren Hoffman Nicole Kay Rohan Khara Lianne Menkes

Patrick Meredith-Karam Maya Murmann James Osborne Jamie Perlmutter

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Alex Steinberg Lillie Tennen Johann Von Tiesenhausen Ben Zolf

Ms. Stefanyk and class 25

Grade 3B

Annie Boright Vanice Cheung Savannah Coffey Bronwyn Colford

Ross Freemen jenny Henderson Helen Huband jack Kamin

Theo Landegger Dillon Lawrence Claire McCallum Sarah Evelyn Moor

Lamond Maurice Jr. Murray Olivia Segsworth Michelle Sprackman Kirsten Sullivan

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Andrew Tureski Shawn Vickar Charlie Walker Kevin Wallace

Mrs. Bell and class

Grade 3S

Lorraine Capone Liam Caven Chas Conacher Alex de Loos

John Feather Ben Fickling Rowan Galbraith Rachel Hung

Alexa Jarvis Sammy Kronick Nurisha Ladak Allison McLurg-Lovas

Lauren Miller Shaelyn Newmarch Madeline Pendrith Evan Stein

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Ms. Simand and class 29

Grade 4G

Bryan Brodie Spencer Blaiklock Robyn Chan David Cherney

Roberto De Pasquale Teresa Denison Rachel Dinoff Camilla Faragalli

Nicholas Freund Madeline Goldberg Russell Hanson Ross Hinds

Natasha Kopunovic Graham Pitfield Stephanie Rider Alys Shee

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Ms. Gustavison and class 31

Grade 4S

john Acker Ellen Aiello Emma Carscadde.n Christy Chan

Patrick Cowdrey James Duncan Luke Farewell Ca1ter Grieve

Rebecca Guy Kath1yn Haas Natalia Hartog Elizabeth Kondo

Ryan Lee jake Perlmutter Victoria Schwartz Haley Steinberg

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Ms. Stewart and class 33

Grade SB

Lucas Burns Cassandra Di Matteo Mary Howard Alexa Kady

Dmitri Kralik Ryan Kucan Harrison Lands James Maclell

Ian McCallum Virginia McKinnell Jack Menkes Emily Miller

Paighton Newmarch Savannah O'Lemy Anisa Rawhani Alex Shieck

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Geoffrey Sugar Jacob Tillmann Dancyger Saskia Walker Spencer Watson

Mr. Barry and class 35

Grade SC

Harry Ainley Corbin Broad Charlie Connell Meghan Davies

Conor Denison Francesca Dill Serena Goel Aleksa Hartog

Ryan Kady Jesse Kronick Brandon Linds Shea Mandolesi

Genny Miller James Ratcliffe Stella Speigel Mitchell Stein

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Allie Surchin Jenna Tabatznik Elijah Teitelbaum Absent: Philippa McDougall

Ms. Charlton and class 37

Grade 6B

Leah Bandler Mary Claire Bass Oliver Carscadclen Madeline Cherney

Samuel Daviau Adam Dinoff Verity Eaton Emily Goldberg

Molly Hanson Samuel Hirsch Lilianna Jdanovitch Shayna Lechcier-Kimel

Amanda Leibow Gillian Love Jonathan Martin Catherine Mary Moor

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Zoe Radden Louisa Schwarz Melissa Serpe Joshua Wahler

Ms. Bauld and class 39

Grade 6P

Chas Beatty Alexandra Cassels Dora julianna Csopak Nicholas Fabro

Cara Fletcher Melissa Florence Joseph Huband Clare Kordyback

Stuart Layland Pablo Leibovici Adam Litman David Mcintyre

Leah Beth Mersky Robbie Mingay Madeleine Oswald Olivia Parry

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Emily Peckham Zak Tabatznik Absent: Mark Aiello andjacelyn Tu

Mr. Paris and class 41

The Middle School

As you glance through the pages of the yearbook, you will see numerous pictures of the Middle School students involved in their classes, patticipating in extra curricular activities and enjoying school events that took place in the 2003/ 2004 school year.

It was a busy and exciting fall term starting with the three day leadership and team building experience at Camp Kandalore for the grade sevens, the introduction of the IB Middle Years Programme, and United Way Week. Once again, a vety successful music afternoon was held in early December. January was the girls' basketball tournament in Montreal and Februaty meant the annual Middle School downhill ski day at Horseshoe Valley as well as the boys' basketball tournament in Vancouver. Just before March break, the Middle School students and teachers were all invited to share in the celebration of the third annual grade eight Shakespeare Day. April brought with it The York School's first Poetly Day, our annual Oochathon, student­led conferences and Earth Day celebrations. This year the grade eights travelled to Quebec City in the second week of May. They were able to experience a little French Canadian culture while using their French speaking skills that they had been practising all year! The grade eight students also had a chance to demonstrate the skills they acquired in the Middle School science programme with their patticipation in the Science Fair at the end of May. The spring term was filled with many a1tistic and athletic activities including the Alt and Music Night, York School's participation in the Independent Schools' Music Festival, the grade seven Cannes Film Festival, the Athletic Banquet, outing day, and sp01ts day.

The grade eight House Captains, Sally Engelhart, Becky Organ, Scott Fletcher, Ava Tzankova, Andrew Cooper, Al·ielle Kaplan, Sammy Boggs and Zac Watson, were vety enthusiastic and extremely responsible in fulfilling their duties this year and have raised the spirit level at York by organizing special events, having House assemblies, cheer-offs, and House Challenges. The House points' board located in the south link just outside the gym offices enabled all students to keep a close eye on how their House was faring and created excitement for the students as the Houses vied for first place and the House Cup. This year the four members of the Spotts and Social Council, Devon Howard, Tara Lengyel, Pradeep Sukumar, and Hannah Tolkin, organized a lunch time intramural House league in the gym as well as dances and other social events for the Middle School sn1dents.

Over the course of the school year, the Middle School teachers were actively involved in implementing a research in action project with Barrie Bennett and OISE. The focus was on instructional intelligences and strategies to enhance the sn1dents' learning environment. As an MYP candidate school, the Middle School teachers and students were actively engaged in their learning using the areas of interaction as a way to focus and integrate their experiences in the various subject disciplines.

I want to thank the Middle School faculty and students for a wonderful 2003/ 2004 school year.

Sincerely, Susan Charron

Grade 7L

Katrina D'Urzo Sarah Davies Peter Hass Rebecca Hinds

David Laciak Joanne Lee Cara Martin Harry McCallum

Olivia Meikle Liam Gregory Morrison Jillian Oliver Noah Ross

Maddy Sugar Jakob Thadani Alexander Turk Stacey Wilson

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Louis Winston MatthewWu Katie Connell Absent: Harrison Goad

Mme Lemieux and class 45

Grade 7M

Vanessa Battista Michael Berman Loren Cohen Cayla Naomi Copeland

Zachary Garand Erin Gelgoot Alexander Gael Lauren Hammett

Harry Hanson Jaclyn Kanitz James Lampe B1yan Elliott jung Lee

Elspeth Malcolm Jaime McDougall Tate Newmarch Rohan Shah

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]essie Stewart Madeleine Stoddart Carly Surchin Yong]un (Paul) Yu

Mr. Maerov and class 47

Grade 7N

Joanna Berman Ben Boggs Alys Boucher Jessica Chen

Daniel Farewell Jennifer Feather Catherine Flynn Paul Karp-Johnston

Nurfiza Ladak Ashley (Sang Eun) Lee Matthew Mayers Jordan Ross

Kaya Sabag Coby Savage Natalie Sprackman Levan Tamrazov

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Julian Uzielli Thomas Van Rooyen Andreas Von Tiesenhausen

Ms. O'Neil and class 49

Grade Eight Graduates 2004

Ms. Kunkel and clas::.

Mr. Stewart and class

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Congratulations!

Mr. Stone and class

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Grade 8K Yasmin Alabed

Hi! This is my third year at York. I learned a lot of thing~ here and have enjoyed it a lot. It has been a lot of fun. I want to thank my friend~ Gen, Betsy, Ju~tine, julia, je~~ica and Kat for helping me out. I abo want to thank my te,t<..her~. See you next ye,tr in high ~chool!

Andrew Cooper Thank~ to .1ll of my teacher~. friends and family who ha e been so helpful during my ongoing journey at York. Here are some quotes to always remember me by. "I am taller." "No, you can't try my gla~~e~ on." " It'~

going to be alright." "Don't eat my laptop." "Wait until I am done eating before you eat my leftovers." "~ meets world i~ the be~t ~how." Thank you, York.

Sally Engelhart I ley Yorkie~! 1\ e been ,H York fo r a~ long a~ I can remember ,mel 0\ er the ye.trs I'\ e m,tde memorie~ that I'll ne\ er forget. York has been my home for evetything. From ~port~ teams ,mel Montre.tl, to l\l :u1',1ield and Humber Arboretum, York h.t~ been :m experien<..e that I'll remember forever. I'll be coming b,tck next ye,tr but I've m:tde so many friend~ who won "t he. l ' llmh~ everyone!

Talya Feldman-Lloyd I ley! This i~ my ~econd year ,tt York but it feels like I've been here fore\ er. Through these year~ I have m,tde :-.ome great friend~ who I will have forever. I abo have unforgettable memorie~. I'm <..oming b,Kk next ye,tr, ~o for tho~e of you who .tre M,tying, I' ll ~ee you soon. To the people \\ ho ,tre leaving, good luck next year. I'll miss most of you.

Kyle Grover There'!> a message in my Alpha Bit~! It say~.

'"00000000!!" Oh wait, those are Cheerio~. This ye:tr h.t~ been Smurftacular.

Ben Kates Thi~ year at The York School ha~ been very enlightening. I have learned new things and applied new ~kills . My new ~kills will help me along the path of life and I think that I will keep them forever. York i~ a great place to make friends and I hope that I will have them for the rest of my life.

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Chris Beatty Thankb for a great year at York. I am very sad to be moving on to high behoof. Yeah! York Rocks! It is the best behoof. I finally finibhed York'~ Lower School! I can't wait to finibh school. Only four more ye.trs of behoof! Yeah!

Giampiero De Pasquale I have been at the York School for 4 years now. I luve met lot~ of friends who will become life long apprentiLe~. The school ha~ prepared me for things I'll have to f.Ke in life. Hopefully, thi~ ~light advantage will help me in life a~ I Mride for my be~t.

Anthony Fabro York wa~ fun. I made ~ome friend!> and learned new thmg~. To my be~t friencb Ben, Andrew, and Kyle, thanb! I'm bad to say I'm le,tving the middle ~d10ol, but h.tppy about high b<..hool. Wherever I end up, I'll :tlways remember my time at York!

Kathryn Green Meow! It i~ my fir~t year at the York ~chool and it has been a lot of fun . I wa~ a little nervou~ at fir~t. but now it feels like I have been here forever. I enjoyed the ~ki trip. All the snowboarding with my friends wa~ fun, including the fa lb (which are usually the beM part). I hope to see you ,til next year.

Brittany Halpern Thb w.t~ my fir~t year at York. There are t i me~ tlut I will never forget, like the volleyb,tl l team, Quebec, Ski Day, Wonderland, and ju~t being with friendb. I would like to thank mo~t of my teachers for making thi~ year so interesting and fun. Unfortunately, I am not coming back next year. However, I have made load~ of great friend~ that I will keep and remember forever. Thanks York, I will mbs you.

Julia Kozlowski I've only Marted York last year and already I've accomplibhed so much. I've been to Kandalore for 3 days (I sprained my ankle because I'm clumsy and fancied jumping on a sntmp) and I tried snowboarding at Mount St. Louis (I think I broke my tailbone). This year I attempted skiing and I've found it a lot easier (I don't fall as much). I've had countless laugh attacks both year~ with my friends.

Emily MacLennan

jessica Moldaver Well, the past two years at York have had many ups and downs. I enjoyed going to Kandalore, Mount St. Louis Moonstone and am looking forward to Quebel. TI1e bad thing was that there were no snow days. It was really great to meet K@ and Mary Alice (Upshut). I will still be here next year, so guys, PLEASE DON'T LEAVE ME! Your thoughtfulness refreshes me! Lol julia Kozzy. GOOSFRABA!!!

Areez Remtulla As I ·enmre into the new world of high school, would like to thank all the middle ~chool teachers at York for a great year.

Patrick Smith DON'T BE A FOOL STAY IN SCHOOL! Thanks to all the Grade 8 Teachers.

Genevieve Westrope Hi York! I have been here for 11 years, all of them great! Everyone, from teacher~ to friend~, has been so awesome! I am not sure if I am coming back, If I am, I'll ~ee you next year. If not, then I'll miss everyone at York!

Zane Mersky I've had a great time at York this past year. I would like to thank all my teachers especially, for working so hard.

Ryan Persaud Ever ~ince coming to The York School in grade 7, I've had ~orne great time~ and have made many good friend~ . I really enjoyed playing on the soccer team and going to Kandalore. I have a great home room and have been fomm,lte to have had many good teacher~. I will be staying at York next year. Let the good times roll.

Maggy Rinaldo I have...bee.n..aLYorkJor two year5. Lhave had many memorable experience~ , like the Quebec Trip, CanadJ '~ Wonderland and going to Kanda lore in grade ~even. All tho~e trips were so much fun becau~e I got to be Jround Jll my friends and teachers. TI1roughout the year~ I met ~o many people and made many amazing friend~ that I hope to keep in touch with for years 10 come.

Ava Tzankova Hey! In all my time at York, everyone has made me feel very special! I have had some great teachers, as well as friends , for moral ~upport. I loved all the sports teams. I never knew that York could be ~o competitive! I love all my friend~ and no matter where I end up going next year, I will keep in touch with them! Love you all

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Grade 8S Byron Ashley

IIi everyone. My firM year at York has been rea lly cool. Midwel Vicbr, Michael Sniclerman, Ben Kates, Simon Burn~, Christian Daellenbach and Andrew Cooper have been really nile helping me to feel comfortable here. Tlunk~ to everyone for an awe~ome year! And to the reM of you , ROCK ON!

Simon Burns I h.tvc been tit The York School for 4 year~ now. M} good memories of this school include playing h.t~ketball .mel meeting all my friend~. I will be ~t;t ying

at York until Grade 11. JJJJJAMMIN'!!

Filip Edehall-Cvetkovic I ha\ e enjoyed many great memorie~ in my 2 year~ at York. I would like to th.mk my friend~ for .til of the great times we h.n e ~lured together. I am looking torw.ucl to another ye.tr at York. Thanks for all the gre.lt times!

Betsy Heller lie} e\ etyone! Thb p.tM year has been gre.n. I have had ~o much fun. I re.tlly enjoyed hanging out .titer ~chool with my friend~ . This ye.tr I ha\ e m.tde ~o many new friends and .un looking forw.trd to ~eeing them next year in high ~d10ol. To tho~e of you who are le<tving, rll mis~ you!

Victor jdanovitch ha\ e been at The York School for two ye.tr~. My

hr~t year in gntde seven wa~ great because I got my laptop, I met many new people, and I had lot~ of fun. 1\1} higge~t highlights were the downhill ~kiing day~ • tnd the ttip to Kandalore. La~t ye.tr I wa~ the MVI' for the Ul'l badminton team .tnd I hope to keep up the tr.tdition! I have enjoyed the good day~ in the middle ~d10ol, but know it is time to move on! See you .til in high school next year!!!

Sarah Latowsky Hey Yorkie! I've only been here for two ye.u~ and already I have made many friend~ and memories: obse~~ing over the Cinnabon guy to the clog nmning on the ~idewalk. See you next year!

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Karim Boucher Over the paM two ye.trs at York I h.tve had lots of gre.il memorie~. Kanclalore wa~ lots of fun. Thanb for a great year. I would like to ~ay goodbye to I'S. Good luck in your new ~chools, I hope you all have a great time.

Christian Daellenbach I h.tve enjoyed my time .tt The York Sd10ol over the paM 6 years. Shout out to all my lriencb Simon, Daviau, Mike .md.Jadyn. Thanb to everyone fo r a gre.n year! Good ltKk in high school!

Lily Enchin I h.tve been .tt York tor ~even year~• I h.tve m.tcle am.t,dng friend~ .mel have memories th.tt I will never forget. From volleyb.tll, having pattie~ in the flute room, turning over to the dark ~ide , to over competitive b.tchmnron, I have alw.ty~ had .t great time at York. I will not be coming b.tck to York for high ~chool. I love everyone ~o much and I will mb~ you all next ye.tr! Bye York!

Devon Howard I have been ,It York since the end ot grade 3. During thb time I h,tve h.tcl lot~ of fun time~ and met many cool people. I am not !>Life it I .tm lea\ing ne'\t year, hut if I am I willm.tke ~ure to keep in touch.

Clare Karasik I've been at York forever and I'm going to miss it. have made ~o nuny great friend~ who will he hard to leave behind. From Kandalore to volleyb.tll (let's go ladie~!) , York ha~ gi\ en me ~o m.my great memorie~ . Expelliamu~ - I lARRY I'O'n'ER FOR LIFE!

Alyssa Louis Hey! I've been at York for 5 yea r~ and I've had great time~. I'll alway~ remember the Mansfield, Kanclalore, Norval and Horse~hoe trips. Shout out to Sal, Em, Car, Sar, Bee and Devon •twitch twitch• and to all of my friends. See you next year Yorkie~!

Caroline MacLennan I have been at York for two years. I have had so much fun on the track team and the cro~~-country team. I remember out last track meet when the tent blew over and hit my arm. I had some fun times ob~e~sing over hot guys with my friends. I will be Maying at York next year and I can't wait to have more great times with my friends.

Becky Organ 04 baby was crazy!! I had so many good times from Camp Kandalore to being Champlain Hou~e captain (The Blue Canoe Rocks!). The Quebec trip was so much fun and I had some really great memories. I made some amazing friends in the 2 years I was here. I'm not coming back to York next year, but OCCIF lives on! HI' for LIFE! xoxo

Justine Keisler

Claire Urbaine I have been at York ~ince grade ~even. During this time I have made friends who I will ne\'er forget. I have had ~o much fun, e~pedally during my ba~ketball season and tournaments. I have learnt a lot from the amazing teachers at York and I am looking forward to my high school years here.

Steve Yin I've only been here at York for a year and I have to admit that I had quite a few memorable moments in grade 8. When I graduate from Harvard Medical School I will remember the good old days at The York School. Good luck in high school and have fun.

Michael Neirinck If you are reading this you have a lot of spare time. I have been at York ~ince Grade Three and it has all been fun. From the trip to Norval to the best trip ever to Man~field. It was all fun. I had so much fun and I hope that more crazy things happen in high school.

Jonathan Palmer I have been at York for 5 years now. I have made some amazing friends at York over the years. I have great memorie~ of Man~field and when we played a game in the dark and Ben ran into a tree. I am staying at York next year.

Pradeep Sukumar My life at York is pretry-hype! I have made so many great friends including SF, ZM, Gl', BK and SE (lol). My paM two years at The York School have been pretty fun and have included trips to Kandalore and all the hype dan~es. I ju~t want to ~ay peace out to all my B-Ball brothers!

Michael Vickar My first year at The York School ha~ been great. It was ea~y to get to know everyone bet ause I knew Byron and my two best friends Mike and Devon who helped me get to know everyone. I look forward to going to Quebec in May. School ha~ been great ~o far and I hope it continues to be thb way.

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Grade 8TS Samantha Boggs

I have been here for three years and each year has been better than the last. There are two things I will ,1lway~ remember: the amazing teachers, without whom I never would have come this far, and my friend~. who have always managed to find someway to make school do-able. I'll mis~ everyone who's leaving. I know high school at York is going to be even more "intereMing". See you next year!

Max Daviau I have been going to York for 4 long ye.1rs. I have met many new friends during my time at The York SLhool. I have had many great times over thi~ la~t year. Some of the~e were ~inging oh Canad.1 and carpooling with ~ome very ~pedal people. I will be going to The York School for .mother long 'I year~ in high ~chool.

Scott Fletcher

Katie Gosnell

Tara Lengyel llello! It seem~ like only yeMerday when I walked into the door~ at Glebe for nursery school. I have made many good friends ~ince; one~ I met when I w.Js 4, and ones I met thi> year. Though I don't think I will be returning to York, it ha~ been a good sLhool. JS rocks! Bl inded by the light! jeepers Creepers! Space 1'.1trol! I love the OC. I will mb~ everyone!

Julia Melcher

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Lissy Brown I have been at York since grade 7. I've lud many great moments here. From Kandalore, Quebec, Wonderland, and ski day, I've always had fun here. Sadly, I will not be coming b.1ck, but I'm sure I will keep my friends from York forever. I would also like to th.mk my teacher~ for making my two years here memorable. Thanks York, I'll mi>s everything!

Jackie Ederman I have made m.my friends and have had many good memories, including the dog on the ~idewalk. I will not he returning to York. I will mbs everyone. L'Lhaim. "Abba-Zaba, You My Only Friend."

Ally Florence have been at York for four ye.1r~ . Over that time, I

have learned so muLh, and made amazing friendships. Even though we are going different ways next year, I hope we willst,ly dose friends. I have so many amazing memories !rom my four year~ at York, memorie~ that I will remember forever. Abo, thanks to all my friends. I love you so much! xoxo

Arielle Kaplan I h.1ve been at York for 5 years ~mel it h.1~ been a lot of fun . There have been so m~my great memorie~ that I will remember forever; like 2' 1 plaLe in c.1rds, playing footb.lll, .md Super Mario! I have nude so many .1m,1zing f1iend~. Even though I am not LOming back to York next ye.1r, I am excited to keep in touch with you guys! I lo' e you! xOx

Zoe McK.innell My two ye.1 r~ m York have been an experience. I've learned about a lot of Muff and tried so many new things. Even though sometime~ it's been tough, I have made memories th.lt I will never forget. I wish all my cl.ls~nute'> good luck in high '>Lhool. Bye!

Max Miller

Graydon Moore I came to York in grade 7. Over the past two years at York, there have been good times and bad. York has been much more challenging academically compared to my earlier years of school. However, I think after going to York I have become much more knowledgeable about the world around me.

MUchaelSr.Uder~ This past year has indeed been an exciting one. I have watched my afro grow. I have shared many a good time with my fellow comrades. I would like to give a shout out to all my homies in 8TS, T-Dogg and all my peeps not in 8TS, as well as anyone who might be reading this.

Mary Alice Upshur

ZacWatson I have been at York for seven years. Over these years I have made many friends and had many great times in and out of school. I feel like I live here and know every inch of the school. I have enjoyed playing sports, which are extremely fun to play on and help us learn new skills. Thank you to all teacher~ for being very nice and insightful.

Cameron Woodard Umm .. . Hello? This is a grad comment but really this graduation is no different from a graduation between grades 2 & 3. Anyway, my name is Cam. I like to eat poutine and ski. I've had a pretty good year so far, I guess. And thank to my friends for, like, being friends, and to teachers for, like, the teaching and sruff. And remember, always line-up alphabetically by height. Bye

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Lianne Selke I have only spent half the year at York, but I have had a really great year and am looking forward to another. I've learned a lot and met a lot of new people. Hope to see you all next year.

Hannah Tolkin What is up in the house? Ceiling! My two year~ at York were tough, because of work, but so much fun! Guys' moments, New Year's crew, hot guy~ from mall, bad a ba ba ba, I'm Iovin it, and so much more. I'm going to miss everyone so much, no joke. Love you all xoxo hugs and kisses. -Blinded by the light

Ian Witchlow 6 years at York and now I am off to explore new horizons, to see the real world, to learn and srudy, to boldly go where I have not gone before. I am off to high school to learn, to be ~chooled and to become a better person. I won't look back. So long, and thanks for all the fish.

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Looking Back At Spring

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Sports Day

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Cannes Film Festival at York

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Ooch-A-Thon

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Grandparent Tea

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Athletic Banquet

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Grade Six Exhibition

Grade One to Six Art Night

Closing Ceremonies

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Fall Begins

The Staff Just Wants to Have Fun

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The Terry Fox Run

And Fun Fair 2003

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United Way Week

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Kandalore

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The Yearbook Cover Contest

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Winter Begins

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Hanukkah

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Christmas

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Ramadan

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Diwali

Chinese New Year

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Grade 2 Indian Celebration

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Music Assemblies

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Sports At York

Under 13 Boys Basketball with coach Gerald Feeney

Under 14 Boys Basketball with coaches Mr. Maerov and Mr. Medved

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Under 14 Girls Basketball with coaches Ms. Gin and Mr. Parker

Under 14 Girls Volleyaball with coaches Ms. Radford

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Sports At York

Under 14 Boys Volleyball with coaches Ms. Jesser and Mr. Vance

Under 13 Soccer with coaches Mr. Mitchell and Ms. O'Neil

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Under 13 Girls Badminton with coaches Ms. Charron and Ms. Stefanyk

Fall Junior Development with coaches Ms. Hickman, Mr. Snow and M . Meskis

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Sports At York

Winter Junior Development League with coaches Mr. Mitchell, Ms. Kerr and Ms. Spencer

Junior Cross Country with coaches Ms. Gustavison, Ms. Smith and Ms. Stewart

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Student Council I Choir

Student Council with advisors Mr. Mitchell and Ms. Spencer

Primary Choir Jed by Mrs. Yorke

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Student Council

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The Lower School Play

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