On Friday, February 10th Prime Minister Harper visited Huamei Bond

International College in Guangzhou. The Prime Minister had several

objectives for his trip to China. One of his major objectives was to focus on

education and to promote both Canada as a destination for Chinese students

and the development of Canadian educational programs in China. Focusing

on and showing support for Canadian programs in China was demonstrated

through his visit to the Bond school in Guangzhou. At the same time, his

purpose in promoting Canada as a destination for Chinese students attending

Canadian universities was also achieved through this visit.

During this visit, Prime Minister Harper, along with his wife Laureen and

several Canadian and Chinese cabinet ministers and senior officials, were

greeted by close to 500 students all with the intention of graduating with

their Ontario Secondary School Diploma and applying to universities across

Canada. Also accompanying the Prime Minister were David Mulroney,

Canadian Ambassador to China and the Canadian Consulate staff from

Guangzhou, Hong Kong, Shanghai and Chongqing.

It takes a commitment for excellence from both Bond and its partner

schools in China to create the type of Canadian school that the Prime

Minister's staff would recommend for this visit. Certainly, that speaks highly

of Robert McDonnell, Bond co-principal in the Ontario Program as well as

Chen Feng, Huamei co-principal and their highly committed Canadian and

Chinese staff at Huamei Bond. It also shows the commitment of

Bond and Huamei senior staff and particularly Hugh McKeown,

Director of International Programs and Xiong Jia, principal of

our partner school, Huamei Foreign Language School.

The Bond Education Group takes great pride in knowing that

although he visited Beijing and Chongqing as well as

Guangzhou and that he could have chosen other Canadian school

programs in those cities, it was a Bond school that was featured

in his visit. Dr. Ningyu Li, the President of the Bond Education

Group, stated that it speaks highly of all our Bond Schools in the

China program. Dr. Li and her staff have been told that the

quality of the Bond Schools across China and the direction they

are heading, was also a big factor in the selection of this school

for the visit.

"Our schools in Shanghai, Shenzhen, Nanjing and Tianjin can

be proud that they have all played a part in the recognition Bond

received. Where we are in the middle of things, we always focus

on ideas for improvement. As we move forward, we will

continue to do that. For the moment, please be proud that both

within the Bond organization and beyond, you are all being

recognized for your efforts. The staff of the Bond Education

Group are so proud of all that you have accomplished." This is

quoted by Dr. Ningyu Li in her message to the staff of the Bond

Education Group.

As the president of Bond Education Group, Dr. Li expressed

thanks to all of the staff in China and Canada for their hard work

and contributions to the success of Bond Education Group. Dr.

Li also looks forward to continuing the journey toward making

Bond Schools International the flagship Canadian program in

China and Bond International College the school of choice for

secondary students wishing to study in Canada.

Bond International College was invited by the Consulate General

of Canada in Hong Kong as one of its participants in the Canadian

Pavilion at the 2012 Macau Education Fair. The fair is co-

organized by the Tertiary Education Services Office of the

Government of Macau SAR in Venetian Macau Exhibition Hall

from February 24-26, 2012. This Education Fair Exhibition aims to

promote Canadian secondary school education to overseas high

school students and their parents.

Bond International College was one of 15 Canadian Education

Institutes invited to join this significant Education Fair in Macau.

Many Canadian School Boards and Universities joined the

Pavilion. However, there are only two private high schools from

Ontario invited by the Canadian Consulate. One was Bond

International College, and the other was Appleby College from

Oakville. It demonstrates the recognition of Bond International

College by the Ontario Ministry of Education.

During the exhibition, families visited Bond International

College's booth and received a warm reception from Bond

International College local Chinese representatives. Students and

family members asked information about studying at private high

schools in Toronto. The visitors were briefed on the education

system and the curriculum of Ontario schools as well as the

difference between public and private schools. It brought insight to

the parents and students looking for opportunities to study in

Canada instead of Macau.

Parents also learned about the daily life of Bond students,

especially the lived experiences of international students. All

agreed that improving their English language would help them to

compete with others in the job market in the future.

Mrs. Harper presents books to Huamei-Bond students.

Bond Booth in action at the 2012 Macau Education Fair

"What a tremendous honour it is to Rohanna encouraged me to step out that I am sorely out of fashion. be standing here addressing the of my own world and make more Be si de s th es e, I st ud ie d an d graduating class of 2011. There are contributions to the community. Mr worked as hard as I could. I have to many things I want to say before I Quigley and Mr Wang showed me say, our Bond teachers often babied leave Bond Academy. When I came the beauty of Maths. Ms. Sassine is us. This place is more like home. to Canada at first, I thought that I like an elder sister and always Friends and teachers are more like would be an ordinary student and takes care of me. Those teachers family members and we depend on nobody would remember my name helped me discover not only who I them so heavily. or my face. But at Bond, even am, but who I want to be. For those "After we say good-bye to our ordinary people get a chance to be teachers who didn't teach me, I teachers and Bond, we will soon extraordinary. Well, I am going to kn ow yo u ar e aw es om e to o, begin university life - a new phase call that a firm step on the way to because I've heard others say so! that demands greater independence. s u c c e s s , w h i c h i s d i r e c t l y These teachers create Bond. We can not just go to the office and attributed to a team of amazing "There were so many memorable ask Charlotte and Lily for help with teachers, guidance staff and of moments in the past year, and I everything. Professors won't hold course our wonderful principal. would like to point out a few that our hands to teach everything. Real "Ms Lidakis always says, "I really stand out. I joined the Terry independent life is coming, my know you guys hate me, but I still Fox Run and felt the spirit of this friends. This is the time for us to love you guys." It is a simple man fighting with his adverse fate. believe in ourselves and strive!se nt en ce bu t sh ow s th at ou r I worn a Halloween costume and "Afraid? Take a good look of teachers always go to great lengths had gre at fun , alt hou gh mos t yourself. Most of us are oceans to bring out the best in us. I've peo ple did n't get tha t I was away from our homeland and we improved my English skills in Ms supposed to be Amish. I ran down came here with imperfect English. Kimberly, Ms. Galina, and Mr. the hallway searching for Easter We do our laundry by ourselves; St ev e' s cl as s, ex pa nd ed my Eggs. I joined the ball and enjoyed we cook dinner for ourselves; we thinking in Ms. Lidakis's class, other's da ncing. I went t o the do our own banking. Some even learned more about my role in fashion show. On the runway, with got the ir d riv er' s li cen se. We society in Ms. Rohanna's class. Ms. a basketball in my hand, I noticed should be proud of not only our

academic achievement, but also these little things. I firmly believe we will gain more achievements in U n i v e r s i t y a n d m a k e m o r e milestones! Although University seems daunting, my friends, be brave and fear nothing. Consider every single experience as an opportunity to learn. You will know that you are never alone because we are a group of ambitious young people. Today we are graduating from Bond. Congratulations!"

October 4, 2011 was a beautiful sunny day in Toronto. As well, it was also a very successful day here at Bond, as all the students and teachers actively participated in the annual Terry Fox Run. Our students raised a total of $5,148.13 for this very worthy cause. A huge thanks to everyone who participated and especially to Mr. Rishor for his hard work.

On October 8, 2011, the Bond Academy elementary students helped deliver bags of food donated by our families for the annual food drive. Our thanks to the Fire department for bringing a Fire truck to the school to pickup the donations.

Bond Academy and Bond International College participated in the 66th annual Sears Drama Festival on February 23. This is a most prestigious event and schools throughout Toronto compete for recognition and praise for their efforts. Our student actors were superb without any formal training, just genuine hard work with great direction from the staff.

"It is my honor to give a farewell respectful young citizens prepared many years. It is an incredibly sad speech on behalf of the grade 8 to take the world head-on through time for us. But at the same time, it class of 2011. When I reflect on my our character classes. And don't means it's time for us to move on in exper ience s at Bond Acade my, forget Mrs. Thorburn, who has our life; time to apply all the things what stands out first is the sense of been preparing us for our trip to we've been taught at Bond in high family we have. In no other school Montreal since first grade. Or Mr. school and throughout life. But it is could you find a group of such Allen, who patiently taught us how also an exciting time; a time to tightly knit classmates. Yet each to play our instruments even when fulfill new goals and meet different individual is unique and plays a we made sounds that sparked an challenges.spec ial pa rt in th e clas sroo m. animal cruelty investigation. We "W he n I w as ha nd ed th e Leaving Bond for the challenges also can't forget the very people re sp on si bi li ty of wr it in g th is that await us in high school will be who made it possible for us to speech, I really wondered what I difficult for all of us. come to Bond: our parents. Each was going to say. The best I could "We are, however, well prepared pa re nt ou t th er e ha s ma de think of was "See ya later." But for what lies ahead. Because our sacrifices in order to put their kid then I remembered something that teachers did amazing jobs and paid in this amazing school. I know we r e a l l y p u t t h e s p e e c h i n t o eac h stu den t a gr eat d eal o f are all very thankful. perspective. Think of a movie. attention. Through the attentive " Looking back through the funny After it is all said and done, what is education, each of us has had the memorie s I've had at B ond, I the final closing, the very last op po rt un it y to id en ti fy ou r realize I could stand here forever scene? The credits! Because no strengths and weaknesses. With the talking about them. The fun time is matter how good the actors are, if character each one of us possesses, countless; for instance, Ms. Berry there were not the behind-th e-it is realistic to expect every one of w i l l f o r e v e r r e m e m b e r o u r scenes people, the movie wouldn't us to fulfill our dreams. Because of Montreal trip by the Sprite stains be possible. The same is true with the range of personalities in this on her shirt. Mr. Poulin finally our class. And now, as we have class, the range of careers will be learned how to take the SIN Card reached the end of the road, to all just as significant. And no matter out of a phone. And Alex and Imran our teachers, parents, and mentors, what we choose to do, I'm sure that learned why you should never play now you see the end result. So my Gopi will be able to get us a great chicken in a Quadra cycle with final question to you is, are you deal on the perfect car! One thing is Gopi and Justin. (Hint: Crash!) happy with it? You should be."certain: none of our futures will be "Now the time has come for us to merely average. Bond has prepared leave this home we've had for us to be above what society defines as average. We will strive to make a difference in the world using our own special gifts. "As a class, we have been deeply i n f l u e n c e d b y o u r t e a c h e r s individually and as a group. Who but Mr. Carney could put that "go get 'em, live life to the fullest" mentality into everyone's head? And who other than Mr. Poulin could change your entire outlook on life based on an oil crisis? Ms. Berry, who has taught me the idea of product placement so well. Ms. Chhabra has been molding us into

-Grade 10 Business ClassIt was free Hot Chocolate Day on December 2. What can be better than to offer a cup of FREE hot chocolate with marshmallows on a freezing day? Thanks to Mr. Rishor and his Grade 10 Business Class.

Th e 22 nd Sh ak es pe ar e On th e Pl at fo rm from Ryan, Carolina and Joanne (Bond teachers), Competition took place on 18 November, 2011, at and of cour se her mont hs of pract ice. Mr. Farb er the historic Arts and Letters Club of Toronto, congr atula ted C helse a and her t eache rs, a nd hosted by the English-Speaking Union of Canada, tha nke d the m for bri ngi ng hon or to Bon d Toronto-Hamilton Branch. Chelsea Campbell, Academy.from Grade 9 at Bond Academy - a member of Bond Education Group - participated in the competition on behalf of the school and won Second Place. The Shakespeare On the Platform English Competition was established in 1989, and is hosted once a year. This Competition attracted many students from Ontario public, private, and independent secondary schools. This year, Chelsea successfully interpreted Shakespeare's Sonnet and Monologue. As the only Grade 9 student in the competition, Chelsea participated against Grade 12 students and won second place. The high school principal, Mr. Farber, said, Chelsea's success closely relies on the guidance

The Gr. 10 Bond Civics class held their annual Election on Monday Jan. 23rd. The election consisted of Tim Smith and his Commoners Party, Larven Nagendran and his Saints Party, Hussain Ali and his YMCMB Party and Hassan Ali's People's Party of Perfection. The election was a big success, with almost half of Bond's Secondary school students participating in the vote. In the end, Tim Smith's Commoners Party edged out Larven Nagendran's Saints Party by one vote. Congratulations to Tim's party on his win and to Larven, Hussain and Hassan's party for their strong showing.

This December Bond staff, teachers, students and parents sponsored 8 families by collecting food and gifts to support their specific needs. Once again, our thanks to our wonderful Bond families for their generosity of spirit and concern for those less fortunate. This has become a wonderful Bond tradition!

On November 23, 2011, our staff and families came together to celebrate our fall book fair and The Great Chili Cook-Off. Funds were raised for our library as staff competed to win the title of Bond's Best Chili. Diane Berry took first place, with Anita Chhabra and Becky Potts close behind. A great time was had by all and we're already looking forward to our next library event!

Happy Halloween! Bond Academy got into the "Spirit" of things with ghosts, witches and a variety of scary things parading around the school. Thanks to Mr. Poulin and his Grade 8 Class for the Haunted Room! Great job!!!

October 28, 2011 was a dress down day at Bond in support of Breast Cancer Research. Everyone was encouraged to wear pink. Students, parents and teachers helped bake a variety of treats to sell at the bake sale. Thanks to everyone for their efforts and especially to Ms. Chhaba and Ms. Thorburn for their hard work.

Civics Election Civics Election

I'm Tim Smith, and I am the leader of the Commoners Party of Canada. Our Party is dedicated to promoting the common people and making them as powerful as the 1% that currently runs the country. Now that we are in power we are going to do this by having bi-weekly meetings where communities all throughout Canada give suggestions and vote on what Canada should do. We also believe recycling is imperative to a green economy. By recycling more plastic we will be spending less money on importing plastic and therefore our economy will get much better. We also are sympathetic to young and single mothers, and want to give them special privileges with daycares and primary schools. We also are going to give all voters more options, and we are not going to pass any law without a vote from the Canadian people. We also are going to make dental plans free. Now that I'm Prime Minister. I can make my policies law, and we can all feel like members of parliament. Let's run Canada.

On January 14, 2012, a group of the students from the Republic of Colombia waved good-bye to Canada and went to board their flight h o m e a t To r o n t o P e a r s o n International Airport after 4 weeks experience at Bond Winter ESL Camp. The average age was only 13 years old, and this was their first time traveling away from home by themselves. The four-week winter camp gave these children, brought up in tropical country, a precious opportunity to experience the snow world of Canada. During the Camp, the campers lived in local homes arranged by Bond Academy, and received warm care from them. Besides an English Course, Bond arranged for them to interesting devices at the Ontario Science Center join in classes corresponding to their age, so they stimulated the campers' imagination and curiosity. In could get a chance to communicate and study with particular, the machine which can predict a human's local peers. appearance after 50 years gave them a lot of fun. The program at the Bond Winter ESL Camp-2011 Time flies. Four weeks is just too short for these was designed with both English classes and various campers. They were reluctant to say good-bye to the activities. The campers not only visited the famous home-stay families, students, and teachers. Although attractions in Toronto, such as the CN Tower, Lake the time was not very long, the campers improved Ontario, the Ontario Science Center, Royal Ontario their English skills, communication skills, and Museum, Casa Loma and Toronto Zoo, but they also became quite independent.toured Niagara Falls, Ottawa, Montreal and Quebec "This was my first winter that I spent some time in City. Niagara Falls was the first field trip. Although it Canada. It was quite a different experience. We was very cold that day, the campers were so excited attended English classes with the Canadian local about seeing the falls and the 4D animation students and discovered Canada through many field introducing the formation of the falls. The variety of trips." said Gabriela, one of the campers.

Congratulations to Bond's U20 Boys Basketball team, which performed so wel l at the beginning of 2012. Especially in the games against Metro Prep on Feb 7 and MPS on Feb 14. Our team should be very proud of the way they handled their emotions against a very ta lented opponent. These games showed how far our program has come and how all athletes at Bond have learned that ef for t , fa i r p lay and sportsmanship provide the foundation of integrity for what we can achieve. Congratulations to all our starters, but especially to Harry, Riya, Tommy and Mirko all of w h o m m a d e s i g n i f i c a n t contributions off the bench.

Congratulations to Bond U16 Boys Basketball team who won their division at the Willow Wood invitational tournament on Feb 13, 2012. Thanks to all the boys for an incredible effort especially to Hareesh Vigneshwaran, who was tournament MVP. As well, special thanks to Chelsea Campbell. She was the only girl to be a starting player at the event.

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