Select videos from last night's Spring Music Night are now on YouTube! This is one of our favourites, from the Havergal String Quartet. View the playlist here: http://bit.ly/1eEUNbf

Redefining Success is a special evening for all members of the Havergal community, featuring a series of expert panelists who will explore the complexities of success. Come and explore this fascinating topic with us on May 12 at 7 pm in the Legacy Theatre. Reserve tickets for you & your family at:
http://redefiningsuccess2014.eventbrite.ca/

As the school begins to engage in strategic planning, and within the context of our school’s mission to “prepare young women to make a difference”, we will ask ourselves the important question of how success should be defined in the minds of our students as they pursue a purposeful life narrative? And, how can our school best strategically support the pursuit of success?

Parents and students will learn about the emerging skills of the millennial generation and hear from our panelists about what sets apart the next generation of “successful” people.

We're excited to share some great news from the Terry Fox Foundation! Last October, we showed our support for cancer research by enthusiastically participating in our annual Terry Fox Run, which resulted in Havergal being recognized as a "Terry Fox All-Star School". Out of all participating elementary schools in Ontario, we ranked 8th highest for our fundraising efforts! Congrats and thanks to everyone for keeping Terry's legacy of courage, perseverance, hope, and compassion alive.

Grade 8 student Arielle Silverberg will be performing at a benefit concert for the Canadian National Music Competition on Saturday, April 26! Tickets are $20 each and can be purchased by emailing admin@remenyi.com. Arielle is a very talented violinist - here's one of her performances from 2012: http://youtu.be/PkCSRT49wy0

On Friday, eight of our students trekked to Holy Trinity School to compete in the ISOMA Math Olympics! Grade 7 and 8s faced off against boys and girls from independent schools across the province in team, individual, and relay challenges. Thanks to all of our students for stepping up and rising to the challenge. Additionally, thanks to Ms. Mackasey, Mr. Shum, and our Middle School Math Teachers for inspiring and challenging our students, and to our faculty and parents for their support of this competition. Next year, our journey to the Olympics will be much shorter as we will be the proud hosts of the Math Olympics in Spring 2015!

Last night our Music Department presented the final music night of the school year! Spring Music Night featured all of our Middle School ensembles, the Senior Jazz Band, and Symphony Orchestra. The evening was a cornucopia of music that highlighted both our beginners and most seasoned veterans of the music program.

Grade 8 students are learning about Data Management in their Math class and, as part of their unit, this afternoon they conducted a census on the size of different parts of their bodies. After measuring, the data was entered into a program that allowed them to compare their results with those of students from across Canada and analyze the data in many different ways.

Students, if you're interested in going on exchange during the 2014-2015 school year, be sure to attend our GEP Student Exchange Information Evening tonight at 6 pm in the Ellen Knox Library! Please note that you must have a parent or guardian with you; exchange involves the whole family, and we need them to be a part of the process from the beginning! For more info, visit: http://on.fb.me/1lrXbEu

On Sunday, our Junior Choir experienced a wonderful afternoon of performing at the CISMF Concert at Roy Thomson Hall! Audience members were amazed by the talent and passion of our students. The variety of ensembles and repertoire made for a fantastic and well balanced concert. It was a memorable and rewarding experience. Thank you to everyone who has supported our choristers!

“I don’t sing because I’m happy; I’m happy because I sing.”
- William James

Last week's Dance Show 2014: Global Altitude was a success! Both the students on stage and our technical crew did a fantastic job taking our audience on a round-trip, non-stop "flight" to exciting destinations including Ireland, Japan, Ghana, and Colombia. Thank you to everyone who attended!

If you missed the performances, we do have a few dances on our "2013-2014 School Year" playlist on our YouTube channel. Watch them here: http://bit.ly/1kpHmMt