This morning we celebrated Black History Month at Junior School Prayers! Students spoke about Viola Desmond, the inspirational black Canadian activist who is on the new $10 bill. Kaya in Grade 6 also spoke about her family and her experiences as a black woman. More photos: http://bit.ly/2IwtpRR

Sisters Kendra and Natasha spoke at Upper School Prayers this morning about their adventures in Costa Rica, where their family lived for several months in 2017!

Congrats to the students who took part in our annual French Public Speaking Contest today at lunch in the Ellen Knox Library! With speech subjects ranging from Grandir dans une famille de hockey to L'écart salarial and impromptu speeches based on a visual prompt, in categories from Core French to Francophone, these linguistically enthusiastic students impressed the judges by their creativity and finesse in la belle langue. Good luck to our 10 students who will now advance to the Independent School level of the contest on February 28 (Grade 7 and 8) and March 29 (Grade 9 to 12). Vous êtes fantastiques!

Congrats to our Upper School Swim team! At today's CISAA championships they finished as Overall Girls and Open Girls Division champions. They also had second place finishes in U20 and U16 Girls Divisions. Go Gators!

2019 is a special year for curling at Havergal! For the first time one of our teams, Team Chen, is playing in the CISAA Boys' Division, as there are not enough all-girl teams in the league to establish a separate Girls' Division. Team Chen is the only all-girls team competing in this division. During season play, they achieved a 4:1 win record and they are now headed to the Boys' Division championship on March 1. They will also be going to the OFSSA Curling provincials next month, competing in North Bay over the March Break. Good luck, Team Chen!

Congrats to our Grade 8 band for winning gold at the Kiwanis Festival this afternoon!

Our Dance Troupe presented its latest collection of dances entitled "You + Me = Us; a dance collection" earlier this month. Through the dances, choreographers and their dancers explored some of the many elements that shape our relationships with others and ourselves. It was a great show! More photos: http://bit.ly/2X6nrdG

Here's a look back at some highlights from Hockey Day earlier this month!

This morning at Junior School Prayers, some of our Grade 4 students presented their reflections of love, which they worked on during their character education classes with Rev. Douglas! More photos: http://bit.ly/2SO1MrE

After their singalong this afternoon, students in our Briton House community partnership met a resident who is an Old Girl and her son, who is a Havergal Old Boy (from back when boys were allowed to attend our kindergarten and primary grades)!