Institute at Havergal Forum for Change 2015–16 Institute at Havergal The Forum for Change in the Upper School The Student Institute Team (SIT) in the Junior School

As a school, we have students ask themselves: People, Perspective, “What kind of world do I want?” Partnership To address problems, we work This question frames our programming and whole school dialogue. with people, enriched by multiple The Institute at Havergal is tasked with bringing the school’s mission perspectives, in partnership (or collaboration). to life by giving students the global knowledge and skills they need to be successful anytime, anywhere, with anyone. “The true test of understanding is the ability to transfer learning.” Our goal is to support young —Stephen Katz women who approach their world with curiosity, who Our project is the development of agency­: teaching for embrace learning from failure, understanding. who seek originality, who are committed to collaboration, The Institute enables students to experience impact by working on who enjoy working with those self-selected and directed real-world, real-time problem solving. unlike themselves and who Through the Forum for Change in the Upper School and the Student value good questions. Institute Team (SIT) in the Junior School, we provide the opportunity for students to practice shaping their world with relatively low-risk projects and activities—to learn by doing—and support them as they transfer their learning.

www.havergal.on.ca/forumforchange TABLE OF CONTENTS

Students Act NOW [p.2] Student Institute Team [p.4] Building Global Capability [p.6] Local Partnerships [p.8] Excursions [p.12] Exchange [p.16]

WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO? Students Act NOW Walk into the Forum for Change or come to Student Institute Team meetings!

Start: Method: Student nn Ask lifeworthy questions that explore Idea We a problem as part of a system, Spin Out Listen without rushing to a solution. Ideas & Say (Some Fail) nn Enable students to articulate “YES” their ideas. Knowledge Building nn Work with students to motivate others (build a group and reach out). Share & Connect nn Build on the ideas of others and Learn collaborate (the process of Incubate: co-creation). Advise & nn Focus on education and advocacy. Consult nn Learn from experience.

2 Students Act NOW Walk into the Forum for Change or come to Student Institute Team meetings!

3 The Institute in the Junior School Student Institute Team (SIT) Innovative Approaches to Problem Solving

4 The Institute in the Junior School Student Institute Team (SIT) Innovative Approaches to Problem Solving

Imagine: What kind of world do I want?

5 Building Global Capability Being effective anywhere, anytime, with anyone

Our Global Experience Program offers students the opportunity to build global capability by exploring new cultures, learning new and effective communication techniques and languages and becoming a real-world problem solver.

6 Culture Language and Real-World I have knowledge of Communication Problem Solving many cultures and I am learning a foreign I have the ability to traditions. language and use it as engage in real-world I am beginning to a window into shared problem solving. beliefs, values, understand the role I understand that customs, behaviours of place and values in issues that are and artifacts. my own identity and in important somewhere my connections with I am learning to are important others. navigate social networks everywhere. and to communicate powerfully.

7 Local Partnerships

Middle School and Senior School students have the opportunity to participate in a wide variety of local partnerships across , each with a different focus. All of our partnerships have our students working with diverse groups of people toward a shared purpose.

8 ArtHeart Appletree Regent Park WEDNESDAY AFTERNOONS OCCASIONAL 2:45 PM – 5:30 PM Working alongside market founder Lesley Stoyan ArtHeart encourages young people to put their (Class of 1990), Havergal students will work with imaginations to work. Using visual art as a Appletree Farmers’ Markets to connect to and vehicle to foster creativity, Havergal students promote the fresh food movement. design, facilitate and work with buddies and local professional artists on shared art projects.

Best Buddies Derrydown Public School Havergal College Keele & Finch OCCASIONAL OCCASIONAL (VARIES BY TERM) Havergal students are matched with a young Havergal students plan and co-lead workshops person who has an intellectual disability for students in Senior to Grade 5. and connections are made based on shared Session topics include arts and crafts, reading interests. Buddies develop friendships and sports. Students will also have the throughout the year and participate in activities opportunity to extend the relationships they that facilitate social interaction. build at this partnership by participating in Derrydown Public School’s month-long Summer Literacy Day Camp, which runs in conjunction with The Leacock Foundation.

9 Duke of 's Award Grenoble Public School SELF-DIRECTED Flemingdon Park The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award encourages WEDNESDAY AFTERNOONS participants in personal discovery and growth, 2:45 PM – 5:30 PM self-reliance, perseverance, responsibility to Havergal students visit Grenoble Public themselves and service to their community. School and assist junior school buddies with It is a program of individual development and homework. Students also support Moorelands, achievement. Dance4Life (an after-school dance program The Award has three levels: Bronze, Silver and founded by a Havergal student) and New Gold. In order to earn a Duke of Edinburgh’s Circles in the Flemingdon Park neighbourhood. Award, a recipient must set and reach personal goals in four areas: physical fitness, community service, skill development and adventurous journey.

Jumpstart AIM Sport for Community Camp Havergal College TWO WEEKS IN AUGUST Led by Havergal’s Athletes in Motion (AIM), Havergal students partner with other Toronto secondary school students and Canada’s National Team athletes to lead a community sport and movement day camp for children from our local partner schools including Derrydown, Grenoble and Lawrence Heights.

10 Lawrence Heights Middle Music Connect School Senior homes in the GTA Lawrence & Dufferin OCCASIONAL WEDNESDAY AFTERNOONS Havergal students deliver music programs to 2:45 PM – 5:30 PM nursing homes for residents with Alzheimer’s Havergal students connect with Lawrence and dementia, most of whom are seniors. Heights buddies through homework, reading Neuroscience research has demonstrated that and board games. The program provides an music can help people reconnect with their opportunity for students to get to know each memories and lost identities, while bringing other and build self-confidence. moments of joy. Students will have the opportunity to share their music talents and experience first- hand the power and impact of music. The music program can include oldies, classical as well as contemporary music, tailoring to the interests and enjoyment of the elderly community.

New Circles: Middle School Start2Finish Partnership Sheppard & Warden Flemingdon Park OCCASIONAL OCCASIONAL (VARIES BY TERM) Havergal students partner with students from New Circles is an organization working in the Pauline Johnson Public School in a running and Flemingdon Park area. New Circles builds reading program. Our students organize and connections and caring communities as it host Run4Change at Havergal in late April as a promotes equity and dignity by providing lead up to the concluding Start2Finish 5 km run services and clothing to those in their at the end of May. community. Havergal Middle School students will have the opportunity to partner with New Circles on various community initiatives throughout the year.

11 Yellowknife

Ottawa

Beijing

Chengdu

Excursion: Grades 7 and 8 Costa Rica 10 Days / 9 nights Date: March Break 2016 Approximate Cost: $4,000*

DESCRIPTION: Whether hiking across a rugged WHAT IS INCLUDED IN THE COST: landscape, zip lining through the luscious jungle, • Round trip airfare catching the ultimate wave or working with a • Deluxe travel insurance community on a shared project, this excursion • All meals indicated on the itinerary is truly unique and amazing. The Institute at • All accommodations Havergal, together with Westcoast Connections • All activities including: and 360° Student Travel, has designed the ultimate –– Two days of community projects introduction to Costa Rica. With a mix of adventure, –– Tour of Poás Volcano travel and community partnerships, this excursion –– Zip lining is sure to leave students feeling the magic of this –– Waterfall rappelling amazing country and its people. –– Professional surf lessons –– Giant tree climbing • A certified specialist for each technical activity • All chartered private transportation • Costa Rica departure tax ($29)

ñ WHAT IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE COST: *Cost is subject to change • Personal spending money

LEGEND: Cultural Language Adventure Immersion ñ Immersion Partnership

Durban Itinerary† DAY 1 Arrive in San José, transfer to hotel in San Ramón, participate in an orientation, eat dinner. D DAY 2 Travel to Poás Volcano, hike through the park. After Poás, meet the head of Costa Rican Humanitarian Foundation (our partners in Costa Rica). B L D

DAY 3 Community partnership project. B L D DAY 4 Community partnership project. B L D DAY 5 Community partnership project. B L D DAY 6 Travel to Tamarindo for surf lessons. B L D DAY 7 Community partnership project. B L D DAY 8 Travel to Rincón de la Vieja, an eco-resort hotel. Zip line activity and river tubing. B L D DAY 9 Beach morning: snorkle and sail cruise in the afternoon. B L D

DAY 10 Head to the airport for the flight home. B

† Itinerary is subject to change

B Breakfast L Lunch D Dinner

13 Yellowknife

Ottawa

Beijing

Chengdu

Excursion: Grades 9 to 12 24 days / 23 nights Date: Summer 2016 Approximate Cost: $5,700*

DESCRIPTION: Do you want to experience impact? Durban Are you ready to be inspired? Are you willing to see the world differently? Then you will not want to miss our three-week excursion to the beautiful country of South Africa. On this excursion you will partner with Nurturing Orphans of AIDS for Humanity (NOAH) to implement the Athletes in Motion (AIM) Sports Camp and the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) Program at the Siyawela and Siyajabula Arks outside Durban. You’ll WHAT IS INCLUDED IN THE COST: have the opportunity to stand in Nelson Mandela’s jail • Round trip airfare cell. You’ll try to spot the “big five” on a safari—this is • Local airfare the ultimate in excursion experiences. Get ready to • Deluxe travel insurance have the time of your life and make lasting friendships • All meals included on the itinerary along the way! • All activities included on the itinerary • All accommodations A requirement of this excursion is that you participate in • Travel in a luxury air-conditioned coach 10 hours of advance training with the OLPC computers at • Accompanied by a qualified South African Havergal and participate in two days of AIM camp training. Tourist Guide

WHAT IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE COST:

*Cost is subject to change • Personal spending money

14 † B L D Itinerary Breakfast Lunch Dinner DAY 1: Arrive in Cape Town. Transfer to the hotel DAYS 18 – 20: Depart Umdloti and travel through overlooking the city and Table Bay. After settling in, Swaziland to re-enter South Africa just south of the take a short walk to The District Six Museum. Dinner Kruger Park. Arrive at Kwa Madwala Private Game at the hotel. D Reserve to stay at a lodge for the next two nights on a full-board basis. The lodge overlooks two DAY 2: After breakfast, board the ferry to Robben water holes where animals come to drink. B L D Island (where Nelson Mandela was imprisoned) to tour the island and prison. Return to Cape Town’s DAY 21: Enjoy the day in the African bush. Take an waterfront for the afternoon and dinner. B L D hour-long bush walk to learn something of bush lore as well as see a variety of animals and birds. Late DAY 3: Tour of the Cape Peninsula. En route to Cape afternoon: take an evening game drive in an open Point, visit the Tea Bag Factory & Bead Makers in Hout safari vehicle before returning for a campfire dinner. Bay. Visit Cape Point where the meeting of two great B L D ocean currents creates distinct micro climates. Visit the penguin colony of Boulders Beach. Packed lunches DAY 22: Depart Kwa Madwala after breakfast and and dinner at the hotel. B L D enter the world famous Kruger Park. Travel to Skukuza Rest Camp, the nerve centre of the reserve. En route, DAY 4: See the popular market at The Biscuit you will likely see a variety of game. After lunch at the Factory for the morning. Return to the hotel for lunch. camp, go on a late afternoon game drive. B L D Afternoon optional visit to Table Mountain (weather permitting). Supper in Camps Bay for a Cape sunset. DAY 23: Early morning game drive before breakfast. Return to the hotel. B L D After breakfast, depart Kruger Park and travel to Graskop on the edge of the escarpment. After DAY 5: Depart the hotel for the airport to catch the checking into the lodge, visit a number of scenic two-hour flight to Durban. On arrival, transfer to the points along the escarpment, including Blyde Canyon, resort, where participants will spend the next 12 nights in the world’s fourth largest canyon, as well as Bourke’s apartments overlooking the Indian Ocean. B L D Luck Potholes and God’s Window. Return to the hotel DAYS 6 – 17: Travel into Durban’s townships to for dinner. B L D the Siyawela and Siyajabula Arks to engage with DAY 24: Depart Graskop and travel via the historic elementary school children and teach them to mining village of Pilgrims Rest to O.R. Tambo use the One Laptop Per Child computers and introduce International Airport (Johannesburg). There will be the Athletes in Motion Sports Camp. B L D time to walk around the quaint village. Arrive at the DAYS 11 – 12 (WEEKEND BREAK): Weekend to relax airport in the mid-afternoon to check in for the return on the beach and other activities (TBD). B L D flight home. B L D † Itinerary is subject to change

15 Exchange

Germany

Toronto France Colegio Williams, Cuernavaca (Havergal College) Mexico

Upper School Exchange Exchange is intended for Grade 10 students (students are encouraged to apply at the end of their Grade 9 year). South Africa Placements are for approximately four weeks and occur in conjunction with Argentina March Break. For the 2015-2016 school year, the tentative dates of travel are St George’s College, Quilmes () February 20 to March 20, 2016.

16 Middle School Exchange — Applications will be accepted in September 2015 for this two-week exchange for Grade 8 students (students apply in their Grade 7 year). Students will travel to our partner schools in the United Kingdom from March 12 to 26, 2016 (TBC) and will host their guests for two weeks in April, 2016. St. George’s School for Girls, Edinburgh Royal Masonic School for Girls, Hertfordshire Tudor Hall, Banbury

Germany Marienschule, Münster

Toronto France La Source, Meudon () (Havergal College) St. Stephen’s Girls’ College Lycée International Georges Mexico Duby (Aix-en-Provence) Hong Kong

Singapore Nanyang Girls’ High School

South Africa Durban Girls’ Australia Argentina College, Durban Ascham School, Ruyton Girls’ School, Kew St. Cyprian’s School, (near Melbourne) Cape Town Fintona Girls’ School, Melbourne St. Mary’s Anglican Girls’ School, Perth Goulburn Valley Grammar School, Shepparton St. Michael’s Collegiate School, Hobart Preparing young women to make a difference 1451 Avenue Road Toronto, Ontario M5N 2H9 Tel: 416.483.3519 Fax: 416.483.6796

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