Lydia in Grade 12 did an excellent job performing at Prayers this morning, playing both the piano and the violin! This is her piano piece, which was a mash-up of songs from the movie Frozen. You can watch Lydia play Symphony Espanol, Mvt. 1 by Édouard Lalo on violin here: http://youtu.be/L-5tmyXwURQ

It was House Captain Prayers this morning at the Upper School! Students enjoyed a video made by the House Captains, after which the House Captains shared their thoughts on what their Houses mean to them. We also heard some excellent musical performances - we'll have a couple of videos to share with you soon!

This morning at Prayers, students in our Grade 12 Drama class presented the spoken word and musial performance that they created for the Tokens 4 Change event on February 6. As mentioned previously, thanks to the help of over 450 volunteers, including our students, $91,124 was raised to support homeless youth in Toronto!

Students on the Junior School Student Institute Team (SIT) are getting ready to present their projects at Prayers! Topics are chosen by our students, and deal with local and global issues that they are passionate about. This year's topics include children's rights, sea turtle conservation, and blood donation. Parents and friends are invited to join us to hear the presentations at Prayers at 8:30 am in the Junior School Gym on Friday and Monday!

Congrats to author and Old Girl Plum Johnson (Class of 1965)! She's a 2015 RBC Taylor Prize finalist for her memoir They Left Us Everything. The winner will be announced on March 2 - good luck, Plum!

Last night, Boarders enjoyed a traditional Chinese feast to celebrate the New Year!

On Friday night, over 750 Upper School students and dads danced the night away at our Father Daughter Winter Ball 2015: Starry Starry Night! Thanks to the fabulous HCPA parent volunteers who organized the event - it was a huge success. Guests enjoyed delicious food and danced the night away under the stars. Highlights were the "So You Think You Can Dance" contest for the dads and the fun PhotoStar Booth. Everyone had a great time!

Today at the Junior School we had our first Student Institute Team Prayers! Students presented their projects on donating blood, monarch butterfly conservation, saving rhinos and sea turtles, and de-extinction. We're looking forward to seeing more presentations at Prayers on Monday morning!

There's always something interesting happening in our Robotics Club! Today students were dismantling their old robots so they could make new ones from the parts.

Today our U11 to U14 Swim teams competed at the CISAA Championship in Etobicoke. We're happy to report that our U12 team placed 1st, and our school placed 1st overall (U11 to U14) at the meet!

You’ve seen the posters. You’ve seen the movie. You may even have read the book! We at Havergal, along with friends from Crescent School, are bringing Pride and Prejudice to you this Thursday, Friday, and Saturday at 7:30 pm in the Legacy Theatre - join us to see the world of Jane Austen come to life! Tickets are $15 each, and will be on sale every day this week in the Temerty at lunch. You can also purchase tickets through cast members, by emailing prideandprejudice@havergal.on.ca, or at the door (if we're not sold out).

This morning at Upper School Prayers we celebrated Chinese New Year - the year of the sheep. There was a traditional dance performance by our students, and our Mandarin class sang "Dui Bu Qi" by the group Transition. Gong Xi Fa Cai!