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Bss Magazine | Vol The LinkTHE BSS MAGAZINE | VOL. 2 · 2008/09 SPECIAL BSSISSUE! BY THE NUMBERS 4 BOARD 10 STUDENT 6 ASSISTANT FEATURING MEMBERS LEADERS HEADS 1 ANNUAL REPORT + KIM GORDON HAS A COUPLE MORE THINGS TO SAY! A Report to Shareholders. By Kim Gordon hile we don’t exactly have shareholders in the tech- nical sense, we do have a Wcommunity that financially supports our activities through tuition, do- nations, and volunteering time and exper- tise to help us be the best we can be. That’s why we believe it’s important to keep you informed about our progress on the strategic plan as well as provide you with our audited financial data. We are accountable to you and want you to take an active role in under- standing how your investment is being used in the service of educating your daughters. Our mission is to provide your daughters with a superior academic and life experience during these most formative years. Achiev- ing that means setting the bar higher every year, reaching beyond the tried and true and tackling new ideas and ways of doing things that keep BSS on the cutting edge in educa- tion circles, and delivering on our promise to you. You will see in this issue of The Link, our progress to date as we reach the halfway point on the strategic plan. You’ll also meet some of the people behind our success, the drivers of our innovative approaches that extend throughout the School. The 2007/08 Annual Report is also included that will give you the financial statements as well as an op- portunity to see how vital your donations to the School have been. We’ve put a spotlight on the Rogers family who have, throughout many years and generations, provided stal- wart support, innovative ideas and incred- ible loyalty to BSS that continues with the appointment of Martha ROGERS ’90 to our Board of Trustees this year. I’m pleased to give you this snapshot of how we’re doing at BSS and invite any comments or questions you might have. Enjoy! 2 THE LINK VOL. 2 · 2008/09 TABLE OF CONTENTS 9 2 OPENING NOTES A report to our shareholders. 16 4 LEADERSHIP SPOTLIGHT Taking Charge. Students learn the complexities of leadership and develop lifelong skills. 6 INSIDE BSS What’s the difference between a Governor and a Trustee? These and many other questions answered as The Link takes us inside the BSS Boards. 9 FEATURE We’re halfway through and it’s time to take stock. BSS’s Assistant Heads give us a Strategic Plan update. 1 2 KIM GORDON: THE FINAL INTERVIEW At least, as Head of BSS that is. Who knows what tomorrow will bring for this dynamo. 1 5 FACULTY SPOTLIGHT Professional Learning Communities at BSS. 1 6 COMMUNITY Family Values. Canada’s first family of media suffered a staggering loss when patriarch and media genius Ted Rogers died last year. But the family carries on a legacy 6 of innovation, community spirit and philanthropy that would leave others gasping. 1 9 SPECIAL FEATURE Annual Report 2008. BSS by the Numbers. 2 9 OLD GIRL NEWS Find out where your classmates are these days. THE LINK VOL. 2 · 2008/09 3 SPOTLIGHT | STUDENTS 10 BSS Students Share Their Leadership Lessons Lessonsthing, I can take the initiative to pursue it and I will have the School, Learned Emily Kalatzis my peers and my teachers behind me. Leadership, is not just a word GRADE: 11 or description of a position, it’s a feeling you get when you watch the LEADERSHIP POSITION: Prism Editor eight girls you’ve been spending every day after school rehearsing WHAT HAS BSS TAUGHT YOU ABOUT with jump up and down like lunatics when they win second place at LEADERSHIP? Coming to the School in their first Improv competition. If it were not for BSS, I would have Grade 7, I always looked up to the pre- never had the opportunity to have this feeling, or work with these fects. The crisp white blazers, the official amazing girls. Leadership is about inspiring one another, and that is name badges, and the privilege to wish the what BSS has taught me. entire School good morning in Chapel. FAVOURITE PUBLIC LEADER AND WHY? My favorite public leader Needless to say, I have matured from my would have to be Tina Fey. No, she isn’t the president or the head of Grade 7 year and discovered what leader- a world-renowned charity, however she is an awe-inspiring leader. ship really means to me. BSS has taught me that you can be a leader Tina Fey sees a public issue, and uses her talent of comedy and writ- at any age. It’s the ability to inspire others and motivate them into ing to address it and spread awareness. When she felt it was neces- action. Whether this takes place at the next Prism club meeting or in sary to shine a light on teenage issues she made the movie Mean the lineup for the microwave at lunch, if I can assist someone in any Girls. When she saw problems in the American election she per- way or get them to try something new, I feel that I have shown traits formed as Palin on Saturday Night Live, to bring a sense of levity to of leadership. It has been in my Grade 11 year that I have discovered the situation, but also to point out some serious issues that needed to that you don’t need a white jacket to be a leader. be addressed. Not only is she is hilarious, but she commits herself to FAVOURITE PUBLIC LEADER AND WHY? I consider Oprah to be a every role and every decision she makes. public leader that I admire. Her ability to motivate others is out- standing. She talks about her favorite book and within the next day 100 million copies have been sold and waitlisted across Canada and Kristin Vesely America. It is truly a sensation that one person can posses such a GRADE: 12 heavy influence on others. In addition, she is much more than mo- LEADERSHIP POSITION: Environmental tivational, she is inspirational. To some, her monthly published O Council Chair magazine is looked at as a bible. She has shaped the way the world WHAT HAS BSS TAUGHT YOU ABOUT views women, current issues, and success. She has shown us that LEADERSHIP? BSS has taught me that be- anyone has the ability to turn their dreams into reality if they pursue ing a successful leader isn’t having a title their passions. nor is it about recognition. Leadership is the willingness to go the extra mile and the desire to reach beyond expectations. Emily Kassie When you aim for something new or dif- GRADE: 11 ferent, others become inspired and start to follow your lead. LEADERSHIP POSITION: Improv Team FAVOURITE PUBLIC LEADER AND WHY? I would have to say that Head Elizabeth May is my favourite public leader. Although she did not WHAT HAS BSS TAUGHT YOU ABOUT win her seat in parliament this past election, Elizabeth May has de- LEADERSHIP? Who ever thought that a veloped political awareness for environmental issues and has really girl who hardly spoke until she was in put the Green Party of Canada on the political stage. Her remark- middle school could become the head of able ambition and determination are qualities I can only hope to a team that improvises and performs in emulate in my own leadership initiatives. front of huge audiences? BSS has taught me that if I am passionate about some- 14 THE LINK VOL. 2 · 2008/09 0 Lessons10 BSS Students Share Their Leadership Lessons Learned Kelly Damp Julie Park GRADE: 12 GRADE: 12 LEADERSHIP POSITION: Head Ambassador LEADERSHIP POSITION: 8A Form Advisor WHAT HAS BSS TAUGHT YOU ABOUT WHAT HAS BSS TAUGHT YOU ABOUT LEADERSHIP? BSS has taught me a lot LEADERSHIP? BSS taught me that anyone about leadership. I think leadership is can be a leader and that everyone at BSS something that everybody possesses and IS a leader—even the students without the BSS has given me the opportunity to learn leadership pins or the white blazer. about this quality as well as develop my FAVOURITE PUBLIC LEADER AND WHY? skills in this area. We are all leaders in Martin Luther King. Because to me, he our own way and at this School we are seems like a true leader—he inspired and given countless opportunities to learn how this word applies to each motivated many people through his words and actions. After being unique individual. Through my experiences, my accomplishments positioned as a form advisor, I realized that the hardest part of this and mistakes, I have learned about the importance of taking risks responsibility was to engage the Grade 8s and to be a good role and that I must have confidence in myself. model for them. Martin Luther King was able to easily engage his WORDS OF WISDOM Mistakes happen. You have to take everything audience and build relationships with the audience. He worked ex- stride and learn from your experiences. tremely hard and was willing to do anything to prove his point. WORDS OF WISDOM It’s okay to make mistakes. Kyra Azzopardi GRADE: 12 Erica Li LEADERSHIP POSITION: Arts and Clubs GRADE: 12 Prefect LEADERSHIP POSITION: Social Services WHAT HAS BSS TAUGHT YOU ABOUT Prefect LEADERSHIP? BSS has taught me two im- WHAT HAS BSS TAUGHT YOU ABOUT portant lessons about leadership: 1. have LEADERSHIP? BSS has taught me that integrity and 2.
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