pickering college summer 2012 thePILLARS

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Head Shots 4 Art and Creativity: Isabelle Payne 6 Excerpts John Meisel’s Tale 8 A Forty-year Friendship: Shully and Lee 12 Student Life 14 Athletics 20 Residence Life 22 Rise to the Challenge: PC’s Strategic Plan 24 Catching Up with Rosie Ma 28 A special gift from Charles Boyd 29 Reunion Weekend 30 Alumni Reunions 33 Alumni News 34 Passings 35 PCA News 36 Staff Appreciation Week 38 Three Cheers for Our Talented PC Volunteers 40 Upcoming Events 42 Annual Fund 43

"Dangerous Light", oil on canvas by Shannon Cumiskey, Grade 12 Winner in the Town of Newmarket Arts Awards 3 Head Shots

4 Early in my career as Headmaster I came across a little printed booklet that had been left behind in my office entitled “Pickering Lore”. In it were poems and readings and stories, some with which I was already famil- iar; others that obviously had a long history and deep meaning for previous generations of Pickering College students and staff but that had been silent for many years. From time to time I like to re-introduce them into my Morning Meeting talks, because I believe the message they carry is eternal. One of them is attributed to an anonymous author and it is called either “My Joy In Life” or “The Turning of the Road.”

It is my joy in life to find And since I have no gold to give, At every turning of the road, And love alone must make amends The strong arm of a comrade kind My only prayer is, while I live, To help me onward with my load. God, make me worthy of my friends.

This issue of The Pillars is entitled “Connections” and what makes the poem above “eternal” to me is that it addresses the importance of the connections that we make at Pickering College. For it speaks to our aspirations as a school to build character and how that character is formed by the relationships we have with the people who make up our school community.

Let us make no mistake about it: school is a social endeavour. In education we seek, ultimately, understanding. For with understanding comes acceptance, tolerance, compassion, empathy and kindness – all those qualities that help us to build a better world. Although we live in the “information age”, it is useless (and at times quite dangerous) to have access to so much information without transforming it to understanding. That is what hap- pens through connections. That is what happens in school when we have people with different perspectives and insights who can open our eyes and hearts to understanding.

We each encounter special people in our lives, people from whom we take a little something – some wisdom, some encouragement, some inspiration, some strength. Teachers, students, friends come into our lives for a short time, enlighten us and then, all too quickly, leave to pursue their hopes and ambitions. If we are really lucky, that which they have shared with us becomes a part of us. If we are truly worthy of them, it lives within us and gives greater meaning to all that we are and do.

Thus, our lives are filled with the comings and goings of friends, acquaintances, relatives, significant others, strangers. Whatever we do, we do better by being in the presence of those around us who can inspire us or challenge us or question us or acknowledge us or lift our spirits. That is what defines the Pickering College experience. Perhaps, more than anything, taking all of this in, learning from it and becoming a better person is the lesson we can learn at school. Although it may only be a short time in our lives, the connections we make - the relationships we build – while at Pickering College can become the foundation on which we build our lives successfully.

Peter C. Sturrup, Headmaster

5 ARTAND CREATIVITY INTERTWINED IN GRADUATE’S LIFE

ISABELLE PAYNE’S PATH SINCE graduat- overwhelming,” compared with her previ- impact that teacher George Keltika had on ing from PC in 1998 has taken her half ous Christian day school. Almost 15 years her future direction. way round the world. She has studied in later, her reflections reveal a different reac- Kingston, Ontario, Glasgow, Scotland and tion. “Pickering College opened my eyes Isabelle describes herself as someone who Vancouver, British Columbia, and lived to the world. It exposed me to different is creative, rather than artistic. Mr. Keltika and worked in Ontario’s Simcoe County. cultures, different ideas and different ways recognized this and “met me where I was Along the way, she “learned and earned” of being.” at,” she says. “Like many of the teachers a university degree in history, a teaching at Pickering, I felt he was really invested in degree, an honours bachelor of social wanting me to succeed.” work and an art therapy diploma. “Pickering College opened my eyes to Moreover, succeed she has. After gradu- For this Newmarket native, that is a lot ating from PC, she studied history at of travel and adventure, exploring and the world. ” Queen’s University. History was actually exploiting (in the best way possible) her her second choice, with social work being talents. Meeting people from around the world her first. Nevertheless, she did well at and forming close friendships with stu- Queen’s. With her BA completed, she was In some sense, the adventure began with dents Tomoko Onish ’98, Emily Measures not sure what she wanted to do. “I didn’t Isabelle’s first Grade 9 class at Pickering. ’98 and Melissa Skinner (née Winstanley) have any actual working experience. But She quickly discovered she was one of ’98, provided the glue that made attend- I knew I liked interacting with kids and only three girls in a class of 30. Initially, ing PC so integral to her life view. Another youth from being a summer camp coun- she found the school’s atmosphere “really key ingredient was art and the significant selor.”

6 Enrolling in teachers’ college made sense through Lakehead University’s campus in emotions.” As an art therapist, she likes to to her. Even though she knew the odds Orillia. This academic milestone brought let members of her group make messes. might not be in her favour (with an appli- her closer to the realization of what she “I love a mess. When there’s a mess in cant pool of 400), she applied for teacher truly feels is her calling: art and helping the studio, I know people are letting go. training at the University of Glasgow. others. Letting go is good.” Success was hers once again. “Only 10 applicants were interviewed here in “Everything just clicked for me,” is how Art therapists provide the space and the Toronto and I was one of only six chosen.” Isabelle describes her 15-month studies materials—everything from finger-paints According to Isabelle, landing the spot at the Vancouver Art Therapy Institute. to plasticine to clay pots—to engage peo- was based less on academics and more She excelled academically in the fulltime ple into expressing emotions. In some sit- on the impression she created during the diploma program and particularly enjoyed uations, the inhibited express themselves interview. her practicum at Coast Mental Health, a eloquently through a painting because non-profit organization, where she cur- they cannot put into words what they She loved Glasgow and many aspects of rently works. While her primary role is as are feeling. Or, a distraught person calms her teacher training, particularly curricu- an employment counselor, she leads an art down by sketching their emotions in a lum development. “I was a good fit for therapy group on Friday afternoons. series of images. To encourage this result,

“Art therapy is a dream job for me. ”

Isabelle avoids taking an overly direc- tive approach. She normally follows the mantra of “let’s make some art” and the conversation, listening and therapy natu- teaching. I liked watching kids run with Described as a powerful alternative to talk rally follow. an idea. In my own learning, I like the therapy, the link between the unconscious problem-solution method and developing and the imagination is palpable in an art In her spare time, she expresses her feel- learning outcomes and seeing my kids therapy group. “...creativity’s importance ings through what she calls “art with achieve them was really satisfying.” to psychic balance is through metaphor. found objects.” She likes to gather drift- Imagine that creativity keeps the psyche wood in the shape of bird’s heads and Making her way back to Canada in 2003, moving. If the water gets damned up, or paint it, or take old windows, sand them she completed a year of occasional teach- goes unused, it loses its capacity to flow down and paint them. She has even cre- ing. Then, she secured a position with freely, and then its vital energy gets stag- ated a useful container for her earrings by a small private Simcoe County school nant and swampy. Over time, the unused sanding down and painting an old muffin located on 100-acre farm. One aspect water sinks deeper into the unconscious. tin robin’s egg blue. of the job she found most gratifying was When artists work, they draw on this counseling students. However, she just underground water through the creative For now, her life’s journey finds her in a could not imagine herself teaching for act.” So writes Daria Halprin in Expressing comfortable, comforting place. Isabelle the rest of her life. Something about this Body in Life, Art and Therapy: Working with intends to continue to live and work on career felt too confining. Movement, Metaphor and Meaning. Canada’s West Coast. Ultimately, she would like to earn her Masters of Social Work and Another shift in direction — and listen- “Art therapy is a dream job for me,” says become a fulltime art therapist in a psychi- ing to her heart — was in order. The Isabelle. “It allows me to express myself atric facility. But, that’s another step on the next step on her journey? Completing a through images and movement. Art for way to another degree and another direc- one-year honours Bachelor of Social Work my group and me is a holding place for tion for this well-travelled grad.

7 John Meisel attended Pickering from February 1942 until he graduated as a Widdrington award winner in 1943. He was both student and in his final year John Meisel tutor at PC. John was to come back to teach at PC in the fall of 1949, but was offered a remarkable opportunity to teach at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario, beginning a long and illustrious career there. In 1981 he was inducted into the Class of 1842 for his distinguished service to Canada as an outstanding Professor of Political Science at Queen’s University and as an advisor to federal and provincial governments.

A beloved Queen’s professor, public intellectual, and gifted raconteur, John Meisel has penned a spellbinding memoir. The journey winds through Eindhoven, Casablanca, Rio de Janeiro, Panama, and Port-au-Prince and culminates with his family’s arrival in Toronto. Joining Queen’s in 1949, John continues the tale with an engaging portrait of Canadian university life over the past sixty years. He provides a revealing insider’s view of the CRTC (which he chaired), and describes the experiences of a Canadian professor strad- dling university and government cultures. Astonishing in its depth and insights, the tale is told in the wise and witty voice of this singularly remarkable man. Published by Wintergreen Studios Press (www. wintergreenstudiospress.com). Available online at Amazon.ca or through local independent bookstores $35. ISBN 978- 8 0986547331 … Daily chapel services, and the subsequent shoeshine parade were also absent at Pickering, although the weekly meetings were important and memorable. They were held on late Sunday afternoon and it was mandatory for boys on weekend leave to return in time for them. Over sixty years later, I still have copies of the order of service of these services. They were not consulted daily ever since, but I accidentally stumbled John Meisel across them and their cobwebs while rooting around the house for something else. I could never bring myself to throw them out.

The values guiding life at the school were not forcibly drilled into us but nevertheless tacitly permeated “much of what went on. They were non-denominationally Christian, and strongly tinged with a Quaker flavour. The college was founded by the Society of Friends in Prince Edward County but eventually moved to Pickering and then to Newmarket. It started as a girls school but became co-educational soon after, acquiring a favorable reputation and attracting students from overseas as well as Canada. Although Quaker- based, it accepted students of all faiths. The outbreak of the First World War led to its closing in 1916 and to the building’s conversion into a military hospital. But it was re-opened in 1927 as a boys’ boarding school, no longer controlled by the Society of Friends, but its educational philosophy has ever since been strongly influenced by Quaker ideas.

Joe McCulley was only in his mid-twenties when, as a Canadian U of T graduate who had also studied at Oxford, he was charged with developing the new school. He was determined to create a place whose philosophy was to fuse the ethic of Quakerism with the educational philosophy of John Dewey. Among its principles was to rely more on an inner code of conduct than on externally imposed discipline. Heavy emphasis was placed on the obligation of individuals to develop their potential and to contribute to society. Joe, as he was universally known, believed that virtually everyone had the capacity to become an effective, socially responsible person.

Extraordinarily young for someone re-inventing and running a boarding school, he also surrounded him- self with an equally youthful team of colleagues. The average age of the staff, when Pickering re-opened, was twenty-six. Very few, if any, of the masters had formal teacher training, and several of them eventually moved to other brilliant careers. Among them were Charles Ritchie (outstanding diplomat and Canada’s most inspired diarist); John Holmes (likewise a major star in the Department of External Affairs and subse- quently a superb scholar and head of the Canadian Institute of International Affairs); Gerald Widdrington (after serving with the YMCA and the RAF in the war, he joined the Secretariat of the United Nations); Birnie (A.B.) Hodgetts (later to become a legendary teacher and coach at T.C.S. and then an influential pioneer of Canadian citizenship education); Ran Ide, a slightly later recruit, who became the founding genius of TV Ontario. Most of these had left by the time of my arrival, but they returned from time to time for pleasant visits and occasionally spoke at the chapel services. … " 9 … This phase of my life was extraordinarily critical to my formation as a human being and for my growth. It embraced a period in life when most of our character is firmed up into reasonably well structured human beings. I was nineteen when I arrived, and twenty-one when I left. The contacts with the school and with friends made there continued well beyond, extending their sway until the recent day.

The place was also the first stable and predictable environment I found since I left Czechoslovakia in 1937. That it offered an oppor- tunity for roots to sink, providing a powerful antidote to the turbulence of the preceding years, appears in retrospect to have been a compelling attraction. The effects of the upheavals went largely unnoticed while I lived through them but I became aware of their impact and legacy later, when they began to recede into memories. I probably yearned for the warmth of a collective embrace, for “a sense of belonging beyond that offered by a small family. When I left the school to enter university I had come a long way towards becoming a reasonably secure and anchored young man buttressed by the sense that he was part of a loyal, warm community caring not only for him but also for all of humankind. Not a bad entrée into adulthood.

Several features of the Pickering experience combined to bring this about. Some were created explicitly to shape the minds and per- sonalities of the pupils, others had more diverse goals but likewise contributed to making us what we became. The pages distributed at each Sunday service not only furnished an annotated agenda for each session but contained, in addition to the words of the hymns and songs, poetry and prose items, quotations, writings of former students and striking aphorisms. The addresses were not always given by Joe but also by other masters and occasionally visitors. Very few of these were clergymen, although the Rabbi of Holy Blossom, Toronto’s Reform Synagogue, occasionally spoke. The boys on the School Committee, elected by the pupils, also took charge of a service each term.

Although a distinct religious, generically Christian whiff clung to these weekly spiritual rations, the overwhelming thrust was not other- worldly but action-centered. The following extract, culled almost (but not quite) at random, appears over and over again and was given a convinced and enthusiastic expression by us, as we recited it:

We will never bring disgrace to this, our City, by any act of dishonesty or cowardice... We will fight for the ideals and sacred things of the City ... we will revere and obey the City’s laws and do our best to incite a like respect and reverence in those above us who are prone to annul or set them at nought; we will strive unceasingly to quicken the public’s sense of civic duty.

Thus, in all these ways, we will transmit this City not only not less, but greater, better and more beautiful than it was transmitted to us (“The Promise of Athenian Youth”).

These words, and others often repeat- ed on Sundays, set down here in cold blood, so to speak, seem soppy, but

10 in their context, and given the age of their reciters, were mighty reinforcements of the gospel of a civic society which underlay the Quaker-inspired credo of the school. Most of us internalized the message and in many instances sought to act accordingly and, all going well, still do.

Sundays were important not only because of Chapel but also for avowedly aesthetic reasons. The Gilbert and Sullivan operettas were only one of the musical attractions of the school. The piano accompanist was the legendary John Newark who also gave Sunday con- certs at Pickering, either as a soloist or as the accompanist of some of Toronto’s fine singers. And in Reginald Godden we not only had an unusually gifted piano teacher but also some one well connected in Toronto who was instrumental in bringing gifted and sometimes celebrated soloists for concerts. I can’t remember whether attendance at these was compulsory but recall them as being considered as normal and enjoyable events rounding out our academic and sports-filled lives.

The lessons taught by the chapel services, nevertheless challenged a most important component of my outlook. Its pivotal essence underwent a titanic sea-change. My visceral loathing of Germany and Germans, gave way to a more tolerant view. The remarkable transformation was largely the work of Joe. There was never the slightest doubt about his engagement in the war and his vigorous support of the Allied cause, but he questioned my belief in the pervasiveness and immutability of national character. He understood why I detested anything Teutonic but rejected my lumping all Germans into one, despised bag. People had to be seen and judged as individuals, not only as members of a collectivity. Not all Germans were Nazis, and, indeed, in my failure to judge people on the basis of their individual qualities, I was guilty of one of the errors of anti-Semites by tarring a whole people with the sins committed by only a few, or at least only some. This approach was extremely hard for me to adopt, but in due course I was convinced. I accepted his position intellectually earlier than emotionally, but eventually became a champion of the view that all members of any collectivity cannot accurately be portrayed with one brush. I no longer cringe when I hear someone speak with a German accent. The foregoing notwithstanding, I believe that there is such a thing as ‘national character,’ but individuals vary enormously in the degree to which they are affected by it.

I have no recollection of where or when Joe and I fought it out. We must have had quite a number of encounters to bring about so total a rout. Most of them likely occurred in his house, which was attached to the school and played an important role in the lives of senior students and junior staff. Joe was unmarried and there was no danger that our daily invasion would interfere with his family life. One of the school routines was that the Grade 13 gang would gather in his living room after dinner for coffee or tea. He was always present, sometimes accompanied by his sister, other masters and their wives. The kitchen was also available late in the evening, before ‘lights out,’ so we could pour ourselves a glass of milk and make toast. One of the rooms contained Joe’s record collection and the music-lovers among us gathered there at various times to listen to some of his 78 r.p.m. gems. … "

11 SHULLY AND LEE: A FORTY-YEAR FR

Their families lived in the same neighbourhood and minutes away from Upper Canada College (UCC), but it was while boarding at Pickering College back in the early 70s, that Adam Shully ’78 and Heward Lee ’78 became fast friends – a relationship that has lasted for more than 40 years.

Heward, a descendant of plantation- “We started talking, and we eventually about his first year at Pickering College owning Virginians first met Adam, a formed a business selling the cookies is Heward’s loyalty. thin and energetic boy from Forest to the other boys for 10 cents each,” Hill, as he walked past Adam’s dorm laughs Heward, a designer and broad- “I was a small and cute child, but I and eyed him eating something from cast animator for TVOntario. was also Jewish and I got picked on by a tin box. some of the students, and Heward, an “We didn’t keep the money we awesome athlete, acted as my body- “I doubled back and saw that he was earned,” he adds. “Instead, our guard,” explains Adam, a successful eating chocolate chip cookies his grand- Headmaster Harry Beer suggested film and television producer. mother had baked. He offered me one, we donate it to charity. We ended and from that first gesture we’ve been up donating our allowances as When the college’s new wing opened friends ever since,” says Heward. well.” What Adam remembers clearly in Firth House, they became room-

12 IENDSHIP THAT WAS FORGED AT PC

mates for the last six and a half school did. Later Upper Canada College natural drive have pushed him for- years, and spent most of their free called us telling us to ’back off’. ward in the competitive and often time together. brutal world of television and film MAIN STREET production. “We were, and still are, so much Newmarket during the disco years was alike,” stresses Adam. “Even when our less vibrant than Toronto, but as ado- As for Heward, his decision to attend parents would take us back to Toronto lescents, Heward and Adam found life Pickering College was simple: his father for the weekend, we’d spend those on Main Street during the weekdays. If went there, and now his two daugh- days together as well. And when we they weren’t at the Golden Villa, then ters attend, but as day students. To began dating girls, we’d go on double they were having coffee and danishes, accommodate his daughters’ school dates. Heward even dated my cousin.” or going to a movie. And don’t forget schedule, Heward and his family the Newmarket Plaza. moved to Aurora from Toronto. “I was and continue to be very selec- tive about who I spend time with,” While Heward became a star athlete, “Boarding school or private schooling says Adam, one of the creators, execu- and won the 1978 Garratt Cane Award isn’t for everyone,” says Heward, but tive producer, and producer of the and the Widdrington Award, Adam, I enjoyed my seven years there, and police television drama, The Bridge. (and Heward, both Rogers Cane award I was lucky to have met Adam. We “In many ways, Heward became the recipients together), was well-served did everything together and we have brother I didn’t have. All the time I’ve by the school and recognized by mutual respect for each other.” known Heward we’ve not had much Headmaster Harry Beer as an excellent to argue about because we very much student who would succeed in life. 40 YEARS LATER think the same.” They no longer eat at the Golden Villa, “Part of it is that I don’t like failing,” but meet monthly over dinner, with or Both men, Type A personalities, says Adam. “From Pickering, I went without their spouses. Both men con- excelled academically but their true on to graduate from the University of tinue to maintain strong bonds with

“In many ways, Heward became the brother I didn’t have.” –Adam Shully ’78

spirit shone on the school’s student Toronto, wrote my LSATs, got accept- their alma mater and plan to donate committee, as social convenors. ed to three law schools but I never memorabilia to the school’s archives. intended to practise law. I just wanted Neither men could have predicted They were responsible for organizing to prove that I could do it.” back in 1971 that their childhood school dances at the all-boys college friendship would have lasted through for the various age groups, usually Adam says he loved learning but was to middle age, but apart from not teaming up with the Ontario Ladies easily bored and not living up to his vacationing together, the bromance College. A few times they stretched potential, so his parents presented between Adam and Heward is still across the border and teamed up with him with the option of going to quite solid. Bishop Strachan School (BSS). the school his cousin had attended, Pickering College. “I might change my mind about “I thought it would be nice to change not vacationing with Adam,” jokes schools for once, so I called BSS and “I know I would have turned out dif- Heward, “and take him to the Lee asked them to come to one of our ferently if I had not gone there,” says yearly reunion down at the Virginia dances,” recalls Heward, “and they Adam. His passionate nature and his plantation."

13 PH testing of Johnnie Lake by Isaac Hambrock

KILLARNEY TRIP PROVIDES A SPECTACULAR CLASSROOM The annual sojourn to Killarney Provincial Park began as a Grade 11 physical geography destination four years ago. Killarney is an ideal destination in this respect for a number of reasons. The striking white quartzite of the La Cloche Mountains set against the blues and the greens of the surrounding lakes and forests of Ontario is a spectacular geology classroom. The fact that continental ice once stood up to two kilometres high above Silver Peak, really brings home the power of natural ice, carv- ing striation marks in the rock and transporting massive erratics hundreds of kilometers to where they now reside. From the top of Silver Peak you can see the proximity of the Sudbury smoke stacks partly responsible for the acidification of the pristine lakes in Killarney.

Top of Silver Peak with a 51 kph wind and a temperature of 3 One such lake, Nellie Lake, has underwater visibility of 28 making a windchill of -4 taken with a handheld thermometer/ meters, unfortunately with a PH of 4.5 there is not much life left anemometer. in the lake. Students took PH readings from the four lakes they visited, Johnnie, Clearsilver, David and Bell and the readings concurred with a study done by Laurentian University and The Some of the challenges students faced include: Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. Readings of 5 and 6 were • travelling under one’s own steam for four days (canoeing, recorded. The lakes have been slowly heading back to normal portaging and hiking) PH levels over the past two decades, but it is a slow process. • inclement weather (51kph wind gusts on Silver Peak – hand Students were able to see that there is still a way to go and held anemometer) hopefully this will have an impact on them to continue to make • 16kms of canoeing, often against very strong winds. environmentally wise choices. • 8kms of hiking up to Silver Peak in wind and rain. • 10km of portaging carrying canoes and barrels from lake to lake. Geography students were also responsible for planning the canoe route using GPSs as well as looking at logging in the But of course these challenges are forever remembered and they park. Students also educated their peers around the campfire by also ensure that the students cherish the highlights, some of teaching “12 topics in the field”. which included witnessing the beautiful colors of the autumn in Killarney; open fire cooking of pizza, brownies and Rice Krispies This year Grade 10 students joined the trip to qualify for their squares; seeing a massive bull moose and witnessing a shooting compulsory external coaching award by completing their Level 1 star just as one of the students is giving a presentation about the ORCKA (Ontario Recreational Canoe and Kayaking) qualification. night sky. You just don’t get that in the classroom!

14 CARDBOARD BOAT RACES CHALLENGE GRADE 7 STUDENTS In February, the Grade 7 class competed in the first annual Pickering College Card- board Boat Competition. They spent the morning in the Old Gym, finalizing their designs and constructing boats that could potentially hold one or two students. Each team had two sheets of cardboard, 4 feet by 8 feet, and four rolls of duct tape.

GRADES 7 AND 8 LEARN THE RULES After lunch the Pickering College bus and OF THE SIDEWALK IN A LONGBOARD trailer were loaded up with the boats and DEMONSTRATION students headed off to the Aurora Leisure In September, the Grade 7 and 8 classes Complex Pool. The first challenge was the enjoyed a longboarding demonstration speed test. Teams carefully stabilized their by local business owner Beau Neumeyer boat while other team members boarded of BareBeaunz Boardshop in Bradford. the cardboard contraptions. At the sound During his presentation, he emphasized of “On your mark – Get Set – PADDLE!” safe boarding practices. He also brought in a variety of boards and spoke to the teams took off down their designated lanes, students about their different technical aspects and uses. The Grade 7 and 8 art all paddling with their arms as fast as they students then completed designs for a longboard. could go, while trying to maintain a straight course. Next was the buoyancy challenge. By this time teams were experiencing the scientific phenomena of what happens to cardboard when it gets wet … a couple of teams did manage to keep one team mem- ber afloat successfully for several seconds.

All in all, teams cheered for one another and had a terrific time – in spite of the sinking vessels they were on.

PC PARENT JOHN FISHER DISCUSSES DETAILED MAPPING AND GEOGRAPHY SYSTEMS WITH GRADE 8 STUDENTS PC parent John Fisher visited the Grade 8 Human Geography classes to share information about his family’s business, DMTI Spatial. In a practical and fasci- nating exploration, Mr. Fisher explained the role of high level, detailed mapping CHEMISTRY POLYMER FUN DAY! and geography systems in marketing, There is one day each year when the Grade 3s take an exciting adventure up onto the customer service and business develop- fourth floor of Pickering College and explore the wonders of Grade 12 Chemistry. This ment. Mapping is not just about finding day is Polymer Fun Day. Working with the Grade 12 students, the Grade 3s did all kinds directions! He took the students from of fun activities like make slime, make goo smoothies (they sound gross but are sur- beyond the stratosphere where the satel- prisingly delicious), and get hands on with all kinds of sticky and stretchy substances. lites are, and back to the streets they live The Grade 3s had an amazing time with all of the centres and by the end of the day, on, inspiring some real interest in careers each student (whose hands were covered in slime) had a massive smile on his/her face. in geography along the way.

15 PICKERING COLLEGE ARTS TOUR TO NEW YORK CITY The Statue of Liberty, Freedom Towers, The Metropolitan famous “Bubba Gumps” the group was treated to a spectacular Museum of Art, NBC Studios, Spiderman, Broadway, Times performance of Spiderman. The first day ended with all students Square, Lincoln Centre, Rockefeller Centre, The New York agreeing that the trip could not get any better. Philharmonic, Wall Street, B.B. King, Central Park, Parsons School of Design, and The United Nations; these are merely Day two, three and four were also full of incredible expe- snapshots of the events that 43 Pickering College Arts students riences, including: the Metropolitan Museum of Art, The and four faculty chaperones experienced while touring through Rockefeller Center, NBC studios (where they watched part New York City over the November long weekend. of a Saturday Night Live rehearsal), and the New York Philharmonic, to name a few. “New York was an amazing experience that left me with many memories that will last a lifetime," said Grade 12 student Riley Paul Mason said, “As a new teacher, it was an honour and privi- Remington. The first day began with a fantastic tour of the lege to accompany such polite and respectful young adults. Not Big Apple, featuring Greenwich Village, Soho, the Statue of only did they represent the school with integrity and civility, but Liberty, Wall Street, The New York Stock Exchange, and Lower they also represented Canada with excellent manners! I look Manhattan. After a walk to Broadway and dinner at the world forward to the next trip!”

16 PC STUDENTS USE SMART MUSIC INTERACTIVE SOFTWARE Music students at PC are using “Smart Music” an interactive music software that provides the ideal practice environment. Students are able to log in to Smart Music at home to see and hear their music, ex- ercises and individualized assignments on their laptops. SIGMUND BROUWER’S ROCK AND ROLL LITERACY SHOW COMES TO PC Canadian author Sigmund Brouwer rocked Egan House in February with his Rock and Roll Literacy Show. Junior School students from Junior Kindergarten to Grade 8 laughed, clapped and sang along as Sigmund used CANCER CAN’T DANCE LIKE THIS great music to show students a fun way to In January, Senior School Arts students saw get better at reading and writing, both crucial the one man show, Cancer Can’t Dance skills for reaching their dreams. Like This. In 2008, Daniel Stolfi, the show’s

writer and star, was diagnosed with Acute As part of the presentation, Sigmund had In addition, they can choose a variety of Non-Hodgkin’s T-Lymphoblastic Lympho- students and teachers singing for books. accompaniments to complement their ma, a form of cancer that would require The Canadian Sports Hall of Fame partnered parts as they play. If the tempo (speed) aggressive chemotherapy over the follow- with Schlumberger Publishing to contribute is too fast, they simply slow it down. If ing two years of his life. With comedy at 100 copies of a special edition Sigmund the introduction is very challenging, they its core, this one-man show uses larger Brouwer sports novel, Falls’ Honor, to PC. can “loop” the music so it will continu- than life characters to vividly portray Dan- ously play the difficult passage for repeti- iel’s experience. tive practise. Most importantly, students record themselves and receive instant After the performance, students of the feedback! Communications Technology and Drama courses took part in afternoon workshops Lastly, the interactive nature of Smart put on by different members of the pro- Music allows Pickering College’s music duction group of the play. It was a very teachers to personalize each assignment, entertaining and educational experience focusing on each student’s skill level, chal- that demonstrated the power and impor- lenges and musical interest. tance of art.

GUEST ANIMATOR HOSTS WORKSHOPS JASON LUKE RUNS WORKSHOPS ON JUNIOR AND SENIOR JAZZ BANDS Grayden Laing, CINEMATOGRAPHY FOR GRADE 11 ENJOY WYNTON MARSALIS AT animator, film AND 12 COMMUNCATIONS TECHNOL- MASSEY HALL THANKS TO A MOST editor and cin- OGY STUDENTS GENEROUS SPONSOR ematographer, Senior students from the Grades 11 and Wynton Marsalis, jazz trumpet player, Ar- made his sec- 12 Communications Technology classes tistic Director of Jazz at Lincoln Center in ond visit in two had the opportunity to experience some New York, winner of eight Grammys and years in January hands-on workshops on cinematogra- a Pulitzer Prize, played Toronto’s Massey where he pro- phy put on by Jason Luke. Jason has 12 Hall with the Lincoln Centre Jazz Orches- vided valuable years’ experience working in the film and tra on February 23 – and 25 of the most hands-on instruction and workshop ses- TV industry, predominantly in the area enraptured audience members were PC sions for both Junior and Senior students of cinematography. He has worked on students from the Junior and Senior Jazz involving the finer points of stop motion many of the biggest productions shot in Bands! Thanks to a generous anonymous animation. In particular, Grayden helped Canada (Cinderella Man, The Love Guru, sponsorship, members of the PC Jazz with the implementation of the new Casino Jack, etc.) and worked with many Bands, PC music faculty, and a couple of Dragon Frame software that allows for prominent actors and directors (Russell parent volunteer chaperones were treated high definition imaging and smooth inte- Crowe, Drew Barrymore, Jessica Lang, to dinner and one of the best evenings of gration of production to post production Kevin Spacey, Mike Myers, Ron Howard, jazz they could have imagined. Thanks to project work. Grayden is the grandson of etc). It was a great opportunity for stu- our generous sponsor for the evening for our former faculty and Class of 1842 re- dents to enhance their understanding of providing our talented PC students with cipient Jane Zavitz-Bond. the art and principles of cinematography some unbelievable inspiration for their through these hands-on workshops. own musical pursuits.

17 STUDENTS GET FIRSTHAND LOOK AT MOBILE EYE HOSPITAL A small group of Leadership and World Issues students (Pinky Gong, Jocelyn Chan, Edward Ying and Mavric Brice) were lucky enough to step aboard a converted DC10 at Pearson International Airport in November. The plane looks much like any other from the outside, but inside it is very different.

ness in developing countries, where 90 to perform simulated eye surgery. Steady percent of the blind reside. hands and good depth perception while looking down a powerful microscope are The students were able to see how the essential qualities in an eye surgeon; it ORBIS volunteers perform and teach eye was not as easy as it looked! surgery in developing countries around the world. The very informative tour Unfortunately the students were not It is the ORBIS Flying Eye Hospital. The started with a startlingly vivid video of an allowed to use the million dollar micro- word "ORBIS" is drawn from both the eye operation in the ‘classroom’ which scope on board. Finally the group got to Greek and Latin languages. In Greek, consisted of the first eight rows of seats meet one of the volunteer eye surgeons ORBIS means "of the eye." In Latin, it of the aircraft. Not everyone was able who gave an interesting talk about life means "around the world." It was chosen to look directly at a scalpel piercing the on the plane. It was a very efficient and as the name because it so aptly captures eye! Students moved on to the view the informative visit, allowing our students to the mission and global, long-term goals cockpit and meet one of the volunteer experience the work of an international of the international organization. ORBIS is pilots. Then, students participated in an non-profit organization, as well as a num- a non-profit organization fighting blind- interactive session where they were able ber of potential career paths.

18 WORLD VISION EDUCATOR LEADS KUDOS WORKSHOPS FOR GRADES 2 AND 8 Catrina Ziesman, an educator from World GABRIELLE DALEMAN WINS CANADIAN JUNIOR FIGURE SKATING TITLE, Vision visited Pickering to lead interactive EARNS SILVER MEDAL AT THE INTERNATIONAL CHALLENGE CUP IN THE HAGUE workshops with Grades 2 and 8. In January, Grade 8 student Gabrielle Daleman competed at the 2012 Canadian National Figure Skating Championships. Gabby, The Grade 2 workshop explored what the youngest Junior women’s competitor held her own against life is like for children in communities the best 17 Junior women in the country becoming the 2012 Ca- around the world while developing an nadian Junior Women’s National Champion. She went on to rep- understanding of sustainability. Students resent Canada in the International Challenge Cup in The Hague, learned about the role of water, food and where she earned a silver medal. Congratulations Gabby! animals in an Ecuador village and in Laos. KRISTEN MUNRO EARNS GOLD MEDAL AT ONTARIO REGIONAL SYNCHRONIZED SKATING CHAMPIONSHIPS, SILVER AT THE NATIONALS Congratulations to Grade 11 student Kristen Munro and her teammates! After their team, Shiver, won the Gold Medal for the intermediate category at the Ontario Regional Synchronized Skating Championships they competed in a hard fought competition between the top thirteen teams from across Canada. The team won the silver, an amazing climax to a season of a lot of hard work and dedication in which Shiver medalled at every competition they entered.

AIDAN SLIND WINS SHAKESPEARE ON THE PLATFORM COMPETITION Grade 11 student Aidan Slind competed in the 2011 Shake- In Grade 8 Geography students have speare on the Platform competition at the Arts and Letters Club been studying population trends and the of Toronto in November and came out the winner. To compete pressure put on our resources. Water is in the Shakespeare on the Platform, each student had to memo- crucial to life and determines the way we rize and recite first a set sonnet, in this case, #54, “When I have live. It’s a basic human right yet one in seen by Time’s fell hand defaced”, then a sonnet and soliloquy/ six people lack access to clean water while monologue of the student’s choosing. This contest was open to others waste it daily. Grade 8 students ex- all secondary students from any school in the Greater Toronto amine how we use and abuse water and Area and from as far afield as St. Catherines and Oshawa. Each school is only allowed explored water sustainability issues. to send one student to compete.

Catrina also encouraged students to orga- Aidan Slind performed Sonnet 54 and 57, and a monologue from Henry V. In addition nize their own Amazing Walk for Water to to receiving the J. Rennie Graham Trophy, Aidan is also the recipient of a gift of $500. raise awareness of the right to safe water Congratulations Aidan! for all. SOPHIE ARMSTRONG A SEMI-FINALIST FOR LORAN SCHOLARSHIP In partnership with Canadian universities, the W. Garfield Weston Foundation offers Loran Scholarships for both university- bound students and those already enrolled. The Canadian Merit Scholarship Foundation grants Loran Awards to talented young Canadians on the basis of character, service and leadership potential. Grade 12 student Sophie Armstrong made semi-finalist, the furthest anyone from Pickering College has ever achieved pursuing the prestigious award. Congratulations Sophie! GRADE 4 THANKS VETERANS ON REMEMBRANCE DAY BRONWYN ANDREWS RECEIVES YOUTH AWARD AT AURORA’S COMMUNITY Remembrance Day is a day to remember, RECOGNITION AWARDS and in order to do so, the Grade 4 class Bronwyn Andrews, a Grade 12 student and Leadership program wrote thank-you letters to veterans in member, received the Youth Award from the Town of Aurora Newmarket. The postcards were hung for her efforts to assist the people of Haiti after the devastating on a tree outside the classroom for all to earthquake in 2012. Bronwyn spearheaded “Pennies for Haiti,” see. Many thoughtful words were put on a collection of pennies and soon had over a million. Congratu- the postcards and on Remembrance Day lations Bronwyn. the postcards were delivered to veterans at the Newmarket Legion.

19 BOOKER’S RUN – A PC TRADITION Booker’s Run was created in 1980 by French teacher Larry Thornton, a cross-country enthusiast. It was designed to make use of the school-owned farmland at a time of the year when the sports pro- gram was in a transition period between fall and winter sports.

The name came from a well respect- ed and straight forward math teacher and Assistant Headmaster named Keith McLaren, who was purported to do things by the book... hence "BOOKER" became his nickname. Pictured left is Headmaster Peter Sturrup, "Booker" Keith McLaren and Dan McClymont. When the farm was sold in the mid-1980s the run was switched to a less gruelling course around Fairy Lake.

BOOKER’S RUN WINNERS Primary Girls: Hannah Kim Primary Boys: Philip Carson Junior Girls: Nicole Cannon Junior Boys: Andrew Boland Intermediate Girls: Hannah Floyd & Samantha Murphy Intermediate Boys: Derek Roy Senior Girls: Kristen Munro Senior Boys: Derreck Veitch Junior Girls: Genevieve Milne Junior Boys: Alexander Floyd Midget Girls: Hannah Floyd & Samantha Murphy Midget Boys: Derek Roy

2011 CISAA DIVISION III SENIOR BOYS VOLLEYBALL CHAMPIONS COACHES: Graham Birt and Jay Fletcher Manager: James Hudson 2012 CISAA SENIOR BOYS CURLING CHAMPIONS Thomas Hagias (Captain), Andrew Kaszuba, Ryan Kaszuba, Coaches: Steve Cope & Dan McClymont Ruizhe (Roger) Li, Weijie (Nicolas) Lin (Most Improved Player), Tyler Allison, Michael Gautier, Andrew Kaszuba, Ryan Kaszuba Troi McLeod (Most Improved Player), Alexander Mondrous, Raul (Most Improved Player), Spenser Ritchie, Meghan Van Aardt, Casanova Ochoa, Michael Scott, Christopher Smith, Hayden Derreck Veitch (Captain & Most Valuable Player) Staines (Most Improved Player)

20 2011 CISAA DIVISION III JUNIOR GIRLS’ VOLLEYBALL CHAMPIONS Coach: Eric Hamm Alyssa Black (Captain), Alejandra Ceballos 2011 CISAA DIVISION III SENIOR GIRLS’ VOLLEYBALL CHAMPIONS Vargas, Meghan Hannan, Noelle Henry, Amanda Coach: Graham Birt McDougall (Most Dedicated Player), Kate Moody, Tarryn Andrews (Captain & Coach’s Award), Emilie Blenich, Amanda Bowes Shayna Nicholls (Most Dedicated Player), Emily Alyssa Chin, Yeuk Lai (Jolly) Chung (MVP), Courtney De Souza, Kayli Nunn (Captain and Most Valuable Player), Emma Demirli (Most Sportsmanlike Player), Lindsay Floyd, Raina Mallory, Chloe Pitters-Fisher, Seija Roy (Most Improved Player), McClymont, Shiori Ono, Jessie Scrymgeour Alexandria Yazdani

2011 CISAA DIVISION II U-15 GIRLS’ SOCCER CHAMPIONS Front row (L-R): Hannah Floyd (Coach’s Award), Holly Rouselle (Most Improved Player), Nicole Cook, Kate Moody, Shayna Nicholls (Most Improved Player), Samantha Murphy (Most Valuable Player), Sumana Gupta, Lauren Jenkins, Aileen Mulroy Back row (L-R): Erin Matthews (coach), Sydney Toye (Most Dedicated), Megan Kennedy, Amanda McDougall (captain), Sarah Ritchie, Amber Gocool, Alanna Miller, Sydney Stevenson, Sara Martin, Ally Krstajic, Nicole von Hollen (coach) Missing from Photo: Nadia Cerda Kadise

The U15 Girls Soccer team had an excellent season this past fall and became a team in the true sense of the word. The girls started the year with a challenging CAIS national tournament – there were a lot of Division 1 schools at the tournament but our team was enthusiastic and showed tremendous team spirit. The girls learned a lot over those seven games about positioning and being aggressive on the ball that they brought back and put into practice in their divisional play, ultimately becoming the U15 Girls Soccer team CISAA Division 2 Champions.

21 BOARDING STUDENTS TRAVEL TO TORONTO FOR THE CHINESE MID- AUTUMN FESTIVAL On September 12, our boarders from China and Hong Kong travelled to Toronto for dinner to celebrate the Chinese Mid- Autumn Festival. They ate mooncakes and traditional dishes, then drank bubble tea for dessert.

BOARDING STUDENTS ENJOY TRIPS TO TORONTO On November 19, the boarding community had the opportunity to see the hit Broadway musical, Mary Poppins. The musical was enjoyed by all, especially the singing and dancing! The following day board- ing students and staff travelled to Toronto to watch the Santa Claus Parade and go Christmas shopping on Bloor Street. Everyone enjoyed the parade and the beautiful weather.

BOARDERS VISIT MEDIEVAL TIMES The boarders visited Medieval Times in Toronto and feasted like knights and kings. They talked to the jousters and girls received roses from handsome knights.

BOARDERS ENJOY BOAT CRUISE ON LAKE ONTARIO On September 24, the boarding school travelled to Queen’s Quay in Toronto for a fun filled evening on Lake Ontario. Eighty students and guests enjoyed a dinner and dance on Yankee Lady III as it cruised around Toronto Island. Everyone enjoyed posing for pictures against Toronto’s sky- line, and cut up the dance floor until 11:00 p.m. It was a great way to start off the year!

PICKERING COLLEGE CELEBRATES MEXICAN INDEPENDENCE On September 15, our Mexican board- ers made a presentation in Morning Meeting to celebrate the Holiday of Mexican Independence. Grade 10 stu- dent Fernando Casanova shared some history behind the celebration, and had the students cheering VIVA! VIVA! as they marched the Mexican flag into the Meeting Room. Later that evening, our students went out for an authentic Mexican dinner to wrap up the day of celebration. SEMI-FORMAL Boarders celebrated the season in style on December 15.

22 SKIING AT SNOW VALLEY The Boarders have been hitting the slopes for a number of weekends, honing their skiing and snowboarding skills in the great Canadian outdoors. This is one of our most popular trips, and it is a great way for boarders to spend their weekend and get some exercise.

BOARDERS ENJOY CANADIAN THANKSGIVING IN MUSKOKA Over the Thanksgiving long weekend 16 of our boarding students went up to Geneva Park near Orillia and enjoyed a four-day Canadian Thanksgiving sur- rounded by Muskoka wilderness. They canoed, played beach volleyball and other sports, went through low ropes courses and practised their archery skills.

At night they gathered around a campfire and enjoyed smores and sang songs. All of the students really enjoyed themselves and came back relaxed and refreshed from the weekend. CHINESE NEW YEAR AT PICKERING COLLEGE On January 23, PC gathered BOARDERS’ together during Morning SUPERBOWL PARTY! Meeting to ring in the Year The boarders cheered of the Dragon. on the Giants during the Superbowl game in early This is an immensely popular February. They ate pizza event and a student favou- and watched their Giants rite. We were once again take the game in the New delighted by Chinese drum- House Common Room. mers and dancers. The entire Even the Associate Faculty school enjoyed our very own joined the party! dragon as well!

23 WE MUST RISE TO THE CHALLENGE: THE FUTURE DEPENDS ON IT RTNERSHIPS • INSPIRED STUDENTS • EXCEPTIONAL LEARNING SPACES • TRANSFORMATIONAL PARTNERSH PICKERING COLLEGE FACILITIES MASTER PLAN

24 IPS • INSPIRED STUDENTS • EXCEPTIONAL LEARNING SPACES • TRANSFORMATIONAL PARTNERSHIPS • INSD

25 PICKERING COLLEGE’S STRATEGIC PLAN is a five year plan designed to move the school forward ensuring that collectively we can work to meet the challenge of preparing our students for their futures. The aim of the plan is to provide an inspired learning environment for our students, innovative spaces in which to learn and grow, an outstanding working environment for our faculty and staff, and an unparalleled community experience that engages students, parents, staff and alumni in a lifetime relationship with the school.

Much work has been done by the task forces involved in the Strategic Plan, and there will be a report to the PC Community in the fall about the progress made.

ONE OF THE MOST EXCITING INITIATIVES that we have embarked on this year is the updating of the Pickering College Facilites Master Plan. The Master Plan for our physical space embodies the goals and aspirations defined in the Strategic Plan and builds on the core values and principles of our Quaker founders, while ensuring an inspired learn- ing environment for the future. The Facilities Master Plan serves as both a broad roadmap for steering future develop- ment to meet the long-term educational needs of our students, while recommending interim measures to meet current infrastructure and space challenges.

Pickering College is working with Farrow Partnership Architects Inc., along with Quadrangle Architects Limited, to develop the Facilities Master Plan. Farrow Quadrangle was asked to address a number of components in the Master Plan including:

• Providing options for Junior and Senior Schools to support 21st century learning • Developing an Arts Centre to focus on the integration of the Creative Arts (including visual arts, music and drama) • Providing clear and logical vehicular access, drop-off and parking system to support the pedestrian nature of the campus • Developing strategic open space system to complement the building orientation and preserve major outdoor playing field sites • Providing options for residence life • Establishing a multi-faceted campus that reduces the perception of a front and rear campus by establishing frontages in all orientations

Farrow Quadrangle undertook a participatory planning process in our community which included the design team and PC stakeholders. On November 1, 2011, the design team facilitated a Common Ground workshop with members of the Pickering College community. The purpose of this workshop was to verify assumptions, identify potential roadblocks and confirm non-negotiable aspects of the project. Running parallel to the Common Ground workshop, the design team also met with Pickering College staff to outline the overall component areas required to meet projected increases in enrolment, thereby ensuring a more comprehensive and accurate Master Plan document.

TO ULTIMATELY PRESENT A REALISTIC STRATEGY FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT, Farrow Quadrangle, in collaboration with Pickering College, explored multiple potential planning options through two interactive Design Charrettes held on November 16 and December 7, including faculty, staff, students, parents, Board and Corporation members, alumni, local politicians and strategic partners. The purpose of these charrettes was to explore dif- ferent options for the campus and to challenge assumptions. Topics explored during these sessions included:

• Where to build / not to build? • Front door location? • Can we create a positive first impression? • How can we engage existing green space and views? • Demolish or reuse existing buildings? • Circulation improvements? • Parking opportunities and constraints? • Space for collaboration and gatherings for students, faculty and staff

26 THE RESULTS of these design sessions formed the basis for the design development process. The image on pages 24 and 25, shows the preferred planning option that is based on the need to accommodate all current and future edu- cational/curriculum programs on site. This Facilities Master Plan is not intended for completion in the next five years, but rather provides us with a roadmap so we can plan into the next decades.

Farrow Quadrangle presented the proposed Facilities Master Plan to the Pickering College staff and faculty, students, the Board of Directors and charrette participants in the spring. The next steps are to review the costing of the Facilities Master Plan, determine the priorities, conduct a feasibility study for fundraising and explore a variety of funding options.

TO BE A LEADER IN EDUCATION, we know we must rise to the challenge to deliver to our students an excellent education within a contemporary facility through a variety of learning environments. We also know we must support our staff and faculty and provide them with a supportive and dynamic work environment that enables them to be the best they can be as they work to inspire and educate.

We anticipate being in a position to make decisions regarding the Master Plan in the fall. As we move forward, we know it is important to create a Facilities Master Plan that builds on our original values and special character to inspire members of our current and future Pickering College community and equip our students for the 21st century.

THANK YOU TO OUR STRATEGIC PLAN VOLUNTEERS

Philip Allan James Cumming Ian Johnston John Robertson David Allan Michael Daleman Shannon Kelly Chris Robinson Ann Armstrong Sarah Demarco George Keltika Heather Romkema Patrice Barbanchon Kevin Desforges Ajit Khanna Jessie-May Rowntree Stephen Barratt Janet Downer Thomas Kim Alana Simon Kimberly Bartlett Beth Egan Wendy LaValle Sheri Simon Charles Beer Diane Farmer Penny Lawson-Cameron Kim Smith Tim Beers Beric Farmer David Lehto Roger Staines Sally Benevides Hopkins Catherine Farquhar Tom Lewis Jennifer Steele Rosemarie Benjamin David Fiscaletti Patti Lewis Linda Stevenson Gina Benvie Jay Fletcher Mary Martin Mitch Stevenson Christina Bianco Adam Floyd Robert Martin Kevin Still Kim Bilous Debbie Floyd Laura Mason Lisa Sturrup Graham Birt Stephanie Forgie Kelly Mason Peter Sturrup Elizabeth Bouchard Shelley Frank Arnold Massey Charmaine van Schaik Brian Bowes Alexis Furlan Erin Matthews Pina Viscomi Cathy Cameron Dean Gessie Dale McInnis Frank Viti Hugh Cameron Chantal Gionet Arlene McLeod Stuart Walker Cortney Cassidy Andrew Gordon Mirella Morra Elizabeth Walker Claudia Chavez Andrew Grant Nicole Murphy Bo Wang Frape Gilles Cinq-Mars Gaitree Gupta Stephanie Pickering Karen Whetstone Anna Cook Scott Hammell Ian Proudfoot Maria Wolscht Steve Cope Toby Hatch Brian Purdy Stephen Wood Ian Cowling Susan Hundert Lindsey Rife Jane Zavitz-Bond

27 CATCHING UP WITH ROSIE MA ’95

in Biology in 1998. Then, she went on to earn a Masters of Science in Mechanical Engineering and a Bachelor of Engineering in Building Services from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in 2003. Therefore, in less than a decade after leaving PC, she acquired three degrees!

Not only that, in 2003 she was awarded a full scholarship with the University of Cambridge in the UK where she earned her Masters in Philosophy in Sustainable Development. Just a year later, she took her Bachelor of Laws (LL.B) at the University of London and, from 2007 to 2008, Rosie earned a Post Graduate Certificate in Laws at the City University of Hong Kong.

In spite of her evident career and aca- demic achievements, Rosie often uses phrases like, “I was lucky enough to…..”, or, “by chance,” as if her hard work and love of learning and challenges were inconsequential. Nevertheless, it is clear she is a hard worker, evident from her few Rosie Ma (left), on the day she was admitted as a solicitor of the High Court of Hong Kong, with her parents and sister Lily ’97 (far right). months at PC where one of her first life lessons was in how to adapt. Arranging a telephone interview with a boarding school to help us become more PC graduate who lives and works in Hong independent.” Plus, the Ma family has “Canadian winters were certainly some- Kong is no easy feat. It involved a flurry relatives in Mississauga and Toronto and thing new to get used to.” She experi- of emails, exchanging Skype handles and, that made PC even more attractive. enced another challenge: “For the first (taking into account the 12-hour time time in my life, I had to share a room difference), finding a convenient time for “Studying abroad and learning to become with my sister, Lily, who also boarded at interviewer and interviewee. independent is all a part of our training, Pickering. That was different.” just like taking martial arts or joining However, if you know Rosie Ma ’95 Outward Bound,” says Rosie. As the only female in both her physics it will not surprise you to learn that a and chemistry courses, she found the convenient time for Rosie was 1:00 p.m. Currently, Rosie works as an associate law- lack of diversity daunting at first. But, Toronto time. That meant she was awake yer at Hogan Lovells, a full-service global again, she quickly adapted. Her teach- at 1:00 a.m., Hong Kong time and ready law firm that handles large, complex cor- ers were a great help. “Mr. Zavitz, for the interview. Even at that late hour, porate cases involving corporate restruc- my chemistry teacher, created a strong she fully engaged in a lively conversation turing, mergers and regulatory matters. impression during my first few classes. for over an hour. Just an average day for Based on its website description this firm With about 12 students in the class, this graduate, who packs so much into attracts the big players. After review- it was demanding. But, it brought one day, you might find her typically say- ing Rosie’s résumé, you get the distinct out the best in me.” Other influencers ing “lights out” around 3:00 a.m. impression she will be one of those players include biology teacher Mr. Weirenga very soon. and physics teacher Mr. McCuaig. “My Keeping busy and striving to do her best teachers, especially Mr. Zavitz, were very are just part of Rosie’s DNA. “Staying Her academic achievements include approachable. They took the time to busy just runs in the family.” She says earning distinction as a graduate answer all my questions.” she cannot recall exactly why her parents from Chinese International School, chose Pickering College as part of this being named an Ontario Scholar at In talking with Rosie, you determine that plan, she was sure of one of their inten- PC and graduating from the University her parents, Lisa, a teacher and David, tions. “My parents wanted us to attend of Toronto with a Bachelor of Science a former teacher now trained as a doc-

28 A SPECIAL GIFT tor in Chinese medicine, are powerful mentors and role models. “My parents o encouraged us to develop a career path BLUE AND SILVER and chose carefully, even with our outside f interests.”

She has taken a page from their parent- Charles Boyd, PC faculty member from ing manual and become an effective 1968 to 1997 and now alumni ambas- mentor. From 2004-2007, as a Co-Op sador, announced at the Pickering Program Coordinator for the Hong Kong College annual general meeting in University of Science and Technology, she November his decision to bequeath supervised final year undergraduates in his farm, Blue and Silver Stables, to PC their industrial projects. She also created as a gift in his estate. In making such effective alumni and industrial relations. a legacy gift to Pickering, Charles joins Today, she volunteers with the Hong the alumni and friends of the school Kong Law Society, tutoring and mentor- in becoming a "Firelighter" - one of ing underprivileged kids. “I continue to a wonderful group of donors who keep the lamp of learning lit here on the learn a lot from meeting people of other Hilltop by making a planned gift to PC, such as a bequest in a will. backgrounds.” His decision to donate his 75-acre farm is his legacy to Pickering College and Perhaps not surprisingly, this engineer- future generations of students. trained lawyer even approaches her relax- ation time methodically. She makes a plan “This is a wonderful, generous act by a man who has been the heart and soul to travel four or five times year and carries of our school for some 45 years, and this opportunity fulfills every aspect of our it out. She’s travelled – usually on a cruise Strategic Plan. Truly we will be able to provide exceptional learning spaces here ship-- to France, Spain, Portugal, Iceland to inspire our students. And, at the same time, this transformational partnership and Dubai and will visit Russia before the with Charles will inspire many new opportunities for partnerships. What a start year is out. When she is in Taiwan, she to the implementation of the Strategic Plan!,” said Headmaster Peter Sturrup. makes time to meet up for lunch with two PC friends that she’s stayed in touch This gift of outdoor education will enhance the experiential learning of our with: Thomas Tam ’95 and Victor Liu ’95. students. Starting this fall, programs for our students will be run from this And, she likes to shop with friends. beautiful, 75-acre property located on Woodbine just north of Vivian. It is four minutes away from the school, with open fields and meadows as well as an Rosie’s worldview is always pointed in a established hardwood forest with trails. There is plenty of room for hiking, future direction. “I plan my life for three snow-shoeing, science exploration, art inspiration, environmental monitoring to five years ahead. Right now, I’m not and so much more. certain where life will take me. I just know I don’t want to be like a rat in the This gift reconnects us with our past, and the memories of the farm that had rat race, working at a job I don’t like. Too once adjoined our campus. But in an exciting modern turn, it will open up a many people do that.” future filled with innovative and creative possibilities.

She is particularly interested in research- When asked why he made this gift, Charles said, “I feel so strongly about ing and developing public policy in the Pickering College, I’ve seen this school grow from strength to strength over the areas of health, education and social years and it has never been better than it is at the present time. I see what it welfare. “Most people think public policy does to young minds. We’re bringing the best out of young people. We’re giv- making doesn’t take a lot of effort, but ing them values to think about and claim for themselves. We’re making good it has a great influence on society. For citizens, we’re making good scholars, we’re making good people. The farm was example, how social security or pension an enriching experience for myself and I want to share it with as many people schemes are developed affect the quality at Pickering College as possible, I want to share it with future generations.” of life for so many.” Thank you Charles. What an amazing gift for our school and our students. Somehow, you get the impression that whatever Rosie Ma chooses to do next, If you would like to send Charles a note, contact him at cboyd@pickeringcol- she will continue to impress---and, have lege.on.ca or send a friend request to him on Facebook. For more information lots of fun along the way. on making a lasting gift to PC in your own will, contact Kim Bilous at kbilous@ pickeringcollege.on.ca, or call 1-877-895-1700 or 905-895-1120 ext. 260.

29 REUNION WEEKEND

MICHAEL MACKENZIE RECEIVES “THE CLASS OF 1842” AWARD The Alumni Reunion Weekend kicked off in style with a formal dinner honouring Michael Mackenzie ’45 with “The Class GOLDEN BOYS of 1842” award. He was nominated LUNCHEON with accolades by two other Class of WELCOMES 1842 award winners, Martin Shubik ’43 “OLD BOYS” John Meisel ’43, Peter Sturrup and Michael Mackenzie ’45 and John Meisel ’43. BACK TO PC The following day our alumni who Michael Mackenzie, the Government of Canada’s first Superintendent of Financial were celebrating their 50+ anniversary Institutions, former advisor to the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, gathered for the annual Golden Boys and the driving force that helped create the Toronto International Centre for Financial Luncheon. With over 50 guests, the room Sector Supervision was recognized for his lifelong service and leadership in the regula- was packed with back-slapping shouts of tion of financial services in Canada and abroad. laughter as stories and memories were shared and a fabulous lunch was enjoyed. The “Class of 1842” award honours individuals for their service, achievement, or for their contribution to education. Mr. Mackenzie is the 31st member of the “Class of 1842”. Our primary choir sang Jersualem for the gentlemen and Michael Mackenzie spoke This is the highest honour that the school awards to Pickering’s alumni, former faculty, for a moment about his recognition the or staff who have distinguished themselves nationally or internationally. Mr. Mackenzie night before at the dinner. Former tutor was a math tutor at Pickering College for the 1944-1945 school year. He came to and hockey coach at PC, Bobby Forhan, Pickering College at the encouragement of then Headmaster Joe McCulley. came to the lunch for the first time, bringing in some of the 1960s guys to “Michael Mackenzie personifies the mission and vision of Pickering College. His exper- join the reunion and meet up with their tise and skill, and his courageous willingness to take action, have made a lasting impact old coach. on Canadian society and the world,” says Headmaster Peter Sturrup. He is recognized as a leader in banking supervision and regulation throughout the world.

Mr. Mackenzie has also served in a number of senior positions in organizations includ- ing Cancer Care Ontario, C.M. Hincks Centre, Toronto Free Theatre, Palliative Care Foundations, Canadian Institute on Public Affairs, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Art Gallery of Ontario, and he was an Executive-in-Residence in the Financial Services Program at the Schulich School of Business at York University. His work demonstrates a commitment of service to others and to ensure transparency and honesty in finan- cial services worldwide. His legacy is recognized for contributing to a sound path for Canada’s banking sector, helping it survive the 2008 global recession.

We were delighted to have him back at PC. While on campus, Mr. Mackenzie took time to speak with students on 102.7 CHOP FM. “Michael Mackenzie personifies the mission and vision of Pickering College.” -Peter Sturrup, Headmaster

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THE ALUMNI CLASS REP PROGRAM IS RECEPTION CELEBRATES PETER STURRUP’S 25th ANNIVERSARY AS HEADMASTER OFFICIALLY UNDERWAY The Class Rep program has been launching quietly over the past year, and is already meeting with great success! It has been designed to help build the multi-genera- tional, international PC Community.

Each Class Rep will use their own social and business networks to locate lost alumni and their contact information and help keep us up to date. They will gather information and updates for The Pillars magazine and encourage all of you to attend alumni reunions, especially in anniversary years. They have all the infor- mation needed to help you connect with each other and PC in various ways such The Meeting Room was packed as 95 guests celebrated Reunion Weekend and as: the Directory, Facebook, Linked-In, Headmaster Peter Sturrup’s 25th anniversary here at PC. As the sounds of our jazz events, volunteer opportunities, Grade band played in the background alumni, staff, faculty, board, corporation, past parents, 11& 12/Alumni Networking Event and current parents, past faculty and staff all enjoyed catching up with each other. But the more! So don’t be surprised if you get a highlight of the evening came at the time for speeches. Ably led by Ian Proudfoot, phone call or email soon. alumni, faculty, friends and family spoke heartfelt words about the special place that PC is and how it has affected their lives – and how much Peter and his family’s contri- We are looking for volunteers to fill each bution to the school has meant to them personally and to the entire PC community. It class year. The time commitment is at was truly an amazing, uplifting and positive evening that was inspiring to all. your own available schedule and can be done anywhere. Please contact Anna CHARLES BOYD, FORMER FACULTY Headmaster. He handled the situation Cook if you are interested in helping out AND ALUMNI AMBASSADOR with grace and aplumb, and gradually at [email protected] or call It is hard to believe that 25 years have the pressures seemed to subside. Peter 905-895-1700 x 257. passed since the Headmaster and his brought a calmness to the whole commu- wife Lisa arrived at Pickering College. I nity and changes for the better seemed to A BIG THANK YOU TO THOSE WHO believe there was only one baby then and grow where there was sometimes concern. HAVE ALREADY SIGNED UP: then the years slipped by and two more Peter grasped the full significance of the Doug Reed ’58 sons appeared. One of the things which Pickering College heritage, and gently Bob Bryant ’60 stood out for me about this family was and firmly incorporated and highlighted Malcolm Campbell ’65 their togetherness. I once said to the then values which seemed to have slipped from Greg Dopulos ’68 and ’69 young geography teacher, I think it must the conscious awareness. These values Eddie Lee ’86 be very satisfying to see the world through have brought a new vitality to our com- Chris Campbell ’87 the eyes of your children. I think as a munity, because we have our feet firmly Thomas Tam ’95 young father he was not too sure what planted and we have our eyes on the Patrick Turner ’97 I was talking about. He was probably prize. This, of course, is capturing the Isabelle Payne ’98 too busy changing nappies, preparing for uniqueness of all that is Pickering. There Ryan Turner ’99 classes, trying to meet every eventuality is a bonding here which is uplifting. Our Laura-Ann Lobraico ’01 and keeping his equilibrium in the midst goals are clear, we are producing students Jason Carmichael ’02 of all the pressures which every new day who are second to none, and striving to Laura Shugart ’04 seemed to bring at Pickering College. As be the best they can be as citizens of the the family grew so did each member. A world. We are making a difference not comfort level seemed to emerge, little boys only here in Newmarket, Ontario, but we became young adults, and the enthusi- are endeavouring to lead the way to a astic squash playing Geography teacher more meaningful future. was making his mark with the clientele at Pickering College. Peter, it gives me great pleasure to recog- nize your contribution to this School. You The early nineties were not easy times for have done us proud in so many different the Pickering College Community. There ways. You have earned your rightful place were internal and external pressures on our 25th Anniversary wall, and may on everyone and in the upheaval Peter your influence continue to grow in the emerged in a leadership role, which even- years that lie ahead. tually made it possible for him to become

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PAUL CLUBBE ’61 As time passed you just seemed to get helping me choose the right University After reuniting with Pickering College tougher and tougher, and at this point and career path. 15 years ago with my daughter’s I really started to resent you, not know- attendance at PC (Class of 2004) and ing that all you were trying to do was When I look back at my seven years at my son’s attendance (Class of 2009). look out for my best interest and set Pickering College, they truly were one I have had the opportunity and plea- me straight for the future. When you’re the best times of my life and I would not sure to be involved with the school a teenager, you think only YOU know trade it for the world. I am very glad and Peter. The school has grown in size what is good for you and of course we that I still keep in touch with my PC and stature during this period with the know everything! brothers and Faculty. guidance of our Headmaster to become one of Canada’s premier independent My fondest memory was bidding on You have accomplished many mile- schools. you for a charity event for having a stones over the years, you started as staff member be a butler for the day, a gym teacher, then a house master, Congratulations Peter - it is NOT an easy most of the Pickering College Staff then the dean of residence to assistant position to fill. Keep up the good work. went for $25 -$50, but not you... I Headmaster to Headmaster! Quite the bid $200 which was a LOT OF money accomplishment, quite the life. THOMAS TAM ’95 back then! Especially when you only Congratulations Mr. Sturrup. You’re received a $12 allowance from PC. You went from being the bane of my always my favourite geography teacher But I made sure I got the winning bid! existence, to a teacher, an advisor and in the world. You inspired me. That’s And then it all began!!! I walked up now I proudly say, my friend. why I finished my geology and geogra- to you smiling and you bowed at me phy degree in U of T. Yes what a waste and I jokingly said,“I expect a clean I wish you all the best and hope to of my four years of beautiful youth. shaven butler!” In the four years that see you in the new year – Here’s to 25 Thanks to you. Yes I love you that much you were at PC you always had a more years of guiding and moulding the and I will always do!!! :) full beard. I never thought that the minds of the future. next day you would be standing at ROBERT (BOBBY) SAHOTA ’91 my door in Red house clean shaven ROB DOYLE ’96 It is amazing how time flies, 25 years wearing a black Tuxedo and ready to Peter Sturrup was my teacher. He was ago I was in your very first class you carry my books to class! The full page also my role model and as I grew up, taught at PC. I recall you walking into in the ’91 year book sums up the day! became my friend. I never really liked our class on the 4th floor with a white Washing my car in the snow with teachers before I came to PC and would hooded Laurier sweatshirt for our Grade blizzard like conditions wearing your certainly not call them friends. During 9 Phys Ed class, with a stone face look- tux was priceless! It was a day that I my five years on the hilltop my outlook ing like, “What did I get myself into“? would never forget. on life and in the community changed. You had pretty much the entire Grade There is something special about the four 9 class against you before you even I later realized you were only pushing me pillars, the Quaker beliefs, the declaration opened the door, due the fact that you harder in school, because you saw a lot of of the Athenian youth and the people had replaced the ONLY female teacher potential in me. The best look I ever saw that are drawn to them whether for stud- the school had to offer; I mean she was from you was my last year of PC when I ies or employment. only 24 in an all boys school! (Wow, was asked to be transferred to have you as my attendance ever up in the Phys Ed dept!) counsellor; you literally fell on the floor in It is here that my life changed course for shock in your apartment looking at your the better and it is because of people here Over the years we never really saw eye wife Lisa, asking“What did he just say?” like Peter, that I was able to turn the corner. to eye simply because you became the Number One “Bust Master". Whatever You have definitely made an impres- How times change. For instance when plans of mischief we would make, some- sion on me, influenced me to work I first met Mr. Sturrup, he had a sweet how you would always be there waiting harder and never give up on any- beard, a great wife and three young for us!! To this day, I still don’t know how thing, I truly value and thank you boys. Now he has no beard, a great wife you figured out what we were up to. for all the help you had given me in and three men. Major changes.

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MONTREAL Headmaster Peter Sturrup met Montreal-area Alumni for lunch. Pictured here are Peter Lyne ’83, Lisa Sturrup, Peter Sturrup, Gilbert Plaw ’59, Jim Beer ’63 and David Pickel ’71.

WEDDING BELLS ON THE HILLTOP The Veale Family Roger ’63, David ’68, and Ron ’61 pictured here with Roger’s daughter Amanda at her wed- ding held at PC.

CHRISTMAS AT PC As the sounds of Christmas rang through Egan House, alumni gathered for a Christmas Reunion in the Staff Lounge.

HONG KONG Thomas Tam ’95 recently met with PC Alumni in Hong Kong. Pictured here are: (L to R): Teresa Lo ’95, Joanna Chen ’96, Daniele Lu ’96, Rosie Ma ’95, Gigi Leung ’96, Nancy Leung ’95 Front (L to R): Thomas Tam ’95, Eric Tang ’95, Patrick Pui ’96, Lawrence Pau ’96

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ANDREW LENNARK ’87, and his wife, after almost 20 years of procras- tination, followed through with their dream of relocating to Nova Scotia.

ANDREW VAUCROSSON ’83 visited JOHNSON YUNG ’98 came for a visit Pickering College with his family and with his mom and dad. stopped by to see Charles Boyd. MONTY BURKE ’69 recently climbed Mount Kilamanjaro in support of the JOSE AGUAYO ’86 is currently work- Rwandan charity Just Equipping. Here ing as an interpreter on federal crimi- he is at the top of the world wearing nal cases (related to illegal entry and his PC toque. drug trafficking) along the remote region of the border. RANDY SIMON ’72 is now a project manager for a commercial construc- ERIC DEUDNEY ’86 is living in tion company after working for 25 Kitchener Ontario with his wife Karen years as a union carpenter when he and two children. He works for a hotel returned to the States. He’s been with company, Marriott International as the the same company since 1979 and VP Finance Marriott Hotels of Canada moved into the office in 2006 to bid & Area Director of Finance, Western on and administer projects that he region for the Americas. wins. He has three wonderful children, a son and two daughters.

PAUL MOLL ’76 has been living in Costa Rica on a beach named Playas Del Coco for the past 20 years. He does paintings on t-shirts and can- vases, has a house and several stores which he rents. Paul and his wife have been married for nine years and have a son and daughter. He studied business Charles Boyd welcomed MAURICIO administration and acting. OTEGUI ’86 back to campus this year. MICHAEL DULLEGE ’99 has been in the Canadian Forces for the past six years. He joined as an officer cadet under the continuing education pro- gram where you continue to study as you work and went through all his training relatively quickly. In the past six years he has seen more of Canada than in the previous 20 of his life. He spent a year in Quebec doing basic WILSON LEUNG ’79 and his daugh- training and learning French, then a ter Karen and nephew Ryan (not year in New Brunswick and the last pictured) came for a visit and tour. STEVE DISSMAN ’87 visited with four in Alberta. He is an Armoured Charles Boyd also took them to see his Anna Cook and Charles Boyd at Officer by trade but deep down and horses at the Blue and Silver stables! the Remembrance Day Meeting for solely a Tanker. Worship this year.

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Despite most peoples’ belief that sol- On behalf of Pickering College, our very deepest sympathy is extended diers don’t want to go overseas, he to all the family members of spent the last three years trying – if our Pickering alumni, faculty, staff and friends not begging – to get an operational who have passed away. deployment. He describes it to people like this “imagine if you went to medi- 2011 cal school and at the end of the four Barbara Houghton, wife to Jack ’47 years they said you’d be a great veteri- Charles Lanier ’38 narian. The same applies for soldiers. James Mckeown ’47 So I deployed to Afghanistan as part Tatsushiro Ono ’97 of Op ATTENTION, the NATO Training Mission in Afghanistan, in late May of Congratulations to CHARITY IP ’05 Peter Parkinson ’59 2011. My role when I departed was on her engagement to Gilbert Wong. David Somerville ’47 to be a Kandak (Dari for Battalion) Peter Vasoff ’72 second in command. When we arrived on the ground, however, we 2012 discovered that job had been double Irene Buckley, sister of Joe McCulley booked by NATO with a mentor team and dietician at PC from Romania. As a result I became Marion Chant, wife to Dixon Chant ’32 the Brigade Logistics mentor. Pat Pender ’77

Our camp is nestled in the mountains south of the capital, Kabul. Being up in the mountains certainly has its Thank you to the families who have recently advantages, as I have much nicer air to KATE NIEMULLER ’11 took home informed us of the following passings: breath from day to day and the threats the Best Film Award in the Roxy Youth eOE of downtown just aren’t as overt to Film Festival in Uxbridge. Her film, Clarke Kemp ’46 me. Just from my camp you can see Don’t Forget, was her final project for June 24, 1997 most of the southern half of Kabul. If the Grade 12 Comm Tech course, you scale the mountains, which we do produced with Sarah Gardiner ’11 and James Lewis ’68 quite often, you can see the entirety of Gaby Hanton ’11. Kate is completing 2005 Kabul and for a seemingly immeasur- her first year at Ryerson University in able distance in all directions. It really the film program. is a breathtaking view.”

He is looking forward to another vaca- tion, Walt Disney World, with his wife of nine years. His wife, pregnant with their first child, is looking forward to his return home.

NOORIN MAWANI ’99 finished his undergraduate degree at Western and then began working as a consultant at Accenture. He left Accenture about six months ago, and has now moved to Africa, where he works with the Clinton Foundation on increasing access and availability of HIV/AIDS drugs to the nation. It’s a rewarding PC HOSTS NETWORK EVENT BRINGING ALUMNI TOGETHER WITH experience, and one that is intellectu- GRADE 12 STUDENTS ally stimulating. Designed to bring Alumni together with Grade 12 students, this event introduces the global PC alumni network available to PC students. It also offers an opportu- BRIAN LEUNG ’02 is working as a nity for Alumni to get to know one another and network amongst themselves. wine consultant in New York City. Special thanks to our participants who shared their career and educational path stories, Adam Camenzuli ’06, Alex Mazelow ’02, Charmaine Van Schaik (current MICHELLE LOULI ’03 graduated parent), Thomas Tham ’95, Blake Melnick ’81, Doug Reed ’58. from U of T with an Honours B.A. Networking is all about “who you know” – the PC network is alive and strong!

35 36 PICKERING COLLEGE ASSOCIATION NEWS PCA LAUNCHES MANY NEW INITIATIVES AND EVENTS! The PCA has had a busy winter and spring with many new initiatives and events! The PCA presented PCA Yoga, providing parents with a benefit of attending yoga classes after drop-off here at PC. Many thanks to parent Teri Macias, a registered yoga instructor, who volunteered her time to teach this class. This was a drop-in class, by donation only.

Grade lunches provided an excellent opportunity for community building within each grade and offered a chance for parents to get to know each other.

Parent volunteers served up lunch to both Senior and Junior Students during Staff Appreciation Week and even took on yard duty - giving our teachers a well deserved break!

PCA Chair Linda Stevenson thanked Courtney Cassidy, who served as Manager, Special Events during Sandra Liem’s maternity leave.

PCA speaker, Dr. Karyn Gordon spoke to our parents about developing empathy and compassion in our children.

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PARENTS AND STUDENTS THANK PC STAFF AND FACULTY PC’s Staff Appreciation Week cele- brated an awesome school, amazing teachers and wonderful staff in all areas. It was a tremendous success thanks in part to grateful students, dedicated Associate Faculty, a hard- working committee, parent volunteers and the Student Committees.

“It’s initiatives like these that celebrate the spirit and community of PC, drawing everyone together and acknowledging the hard work and dedication of the staff and faculty of our great school,” said Linda Stevenson, Chair of the PCA.

Parents and students brought flowers or notes to their teachers. Parents THE PEOPLE ARE PICKERING! covered lunch duty for Junior and Senior School teachers. And the culmi- nation was a Flash Mob presentation in ...aren't we lucky? Morning Meeting, coordinated by Kulin Matchhar, Talia Black and Nicole von Hollen and the dance pack.

Shelley Frank, Director of Residence and Student Life worked very closely with the Student Committee, the dance pack and the entire school – coaching, encouraging, and rallying the troupes to ensure a seamless and quality performance – no mean feat with 400 students!

The faculty and staff were really surprised – and there was a great parent turn- out for the perfor- mance! To watch the Flash Mob, please see the video taken by YRMG at http://www.yorkre- gion.com/videozone/1300718--flash- mob-at-pickering-college

38 DECK THE HALLS!

COOKIE DECORATING AND ORNAMENT DECORATING FOR JUNIOR SCHOOL STUDENTS ORGANIZED BY THE PCA!

39 Three Cheers for Our Volunteering is the essence of Pickering’s community spirit. Thank you

CHAIR, ANNUAL FUND Jill Krstajic Kelly Mason STUDENT/ALUMNI Wendy Lavalle NETWORKING EVENT Sandra Liem LIBRARY TRIBUTE PROGRAM Adam Camenzuli ’06 Marlene Macpherson Gillian Arkless Alex Mazelow ’02 Teri Macias Blake Melnick ’81 Kelly Mason ALUMNI CLASS REPS GRADE REPS Doug Reed ’58 Carol McKnight Jack Houghton ’47 Andie Desforges Thomas Tam ’95 Andrea McMullen Doug Reed ’58 Diane Farmer Charmaine van Schaik Mary Martin Bob Bryant ’60 Gaitree Gupta Joanna Mazurkiewicz Malcolm Campbell ’65 Jill Krstajic FUN FAIR VOLUNTEERS Karen Meisel Greg Dopulos ’68 and ’69 Teri Macias Rosemarie Benjamin Elaine Miller Eddie Lee ’86 Kelly Mason Maya Dhanjal ’18 Mirella Morra Chris Campbell ’87 Andrea McMullen Claudine Hubbard Rosanna Naccarata Thomas Tam ’95 Elaine Miller Tzipora Jeppesen Linda Nunn Patrick Turner ’97 Mirella Morra Lisa Jeppesen-Dhanjal Krystie Robinson-Vincent Isabelle Payne ’98 Laura Purves Judy Jeppesen-Timbers Ellen Rosen Ryan Turner ’99 Elizabeth Ritchie James King Margaret Saarimaki Laura-Ann Lobraico ’01 Krystie Robinson-Vincent Carol McDougall Sandy Scherre Jason Carmichael ’02 Donna Rouselle Vickie McInnis Alana Simon Laura Shugart ’04 Heather Smith Michaela Morra ’22 Margo Starr Mirella Morra Linda Stevenson NEW PARENT MENTORS PC AMBASSADORS – Barbara Naylor Belinda Trussel Anna Cook DOORS OPEN AND Annalise Rickman Danielle Visco Andie Desforges ADMISSION EVENTS Crystal Robinson Karen Whetstone Debbie Floyd Rosemarie Benjamin Margaret Saarimaki Gaitree Gupta Molly Berman ’15 Krista Schultz CAIS NATIONAL U15 GIRLS Judy Jeppesen-Timbers Fernando Antonio Casanova Ochoa Vida Sernas SOCCER TOURNAMENT Jill Krstajic ’14 Lisa Simmonds-Kim BILLET FAMILIES Carol McKnight Andie Desforges Zenia Sopuch Darlene and Peter Blenich Donna Rouselle Shannon Hamilton ’12 Kayla Timbers ’16 Paula and Douglas Cook Lisa Simmonds-Kim Nancy Kerswill Charmaine van Schaik Andie and Kevin Desforges Tessa Lane ’12 Debbie and Adam Floyd WELCOME BARBEQUE Roger Li ’12 STAFF APPRECIATION Shelley and Jamie Frank VOLUNTEERS Teri Macias WEEK VOLUNTEERS Karen Whetstone and Richard Darlene Blenich Mary Martin Anna Cook Geurts Andie Desforges Daniel Mason ’18 Andie Desforges Candy Yardram-Gocool and Debbie Floyd Kelly Mason Cathy Cameron Bobby Gocool Gaitree Gupta Troi McLeod ’12 Dawn Beswick Claudine and Roger Hubbard Jill Krstajic Margo Starr Kim Bilous Wendy and Nick LaValle Joanna Mazurkiewicz Emma Tse ’12 Kim Black Vida Sernas and Alan Elizabeth Ritchie Adam Wang ’13 Darlene Blenich MacDonald Donna Rouselle Chris Bradley Teri and Juan Macias Margaret Saarimaki STUDENT CALLER VOLUNTEERS Magdie Buder Lisa and Dave Marshall Vida Sernas Molly Berman ’15 Carolynn Graves Mary and Robert Martin Lisa Simmonds-Kim Aleksa MacDonald ’14 Diane Farmer Kelly and Malcolm Mason Toby Wu ’13 Debbie Floyd Elizabeth Trickey and Dan HILLTOP SHOP VOLUNTEERS Claudine Hubbard McClymont Maria Mathews REUNION WEEKEND Susan Hundert Andrea McMullen Jack Houghton ’47 Tzipora Jeppesen Karen and Robert Meisel

40 Three Cheers for Our Talented PC Volunteers!

to all those who give their time and talent in support of the school’s many events and initiatives.

Elaine and Randy Miller Cortney Cassidy Keith Lau ’12 Spenser Ritchie ’14 Nancy and Bruce Moody Emma Catto Penny Lawson-Cameron Heather Romkema Kim Bilous and Darren Slind Jocelyn Chan ’13 Roger Li ’12 Ellen Rosen Linda and Mitch Stevenson Kathleen Clubbe Nicolas Lin ’13 Donna Rouselle Sherry Barclay and Kevin Still Charly Coleman ’13 Kevin Ma ’13 Holly Rouselle ’15 Pina Constantino Aleksa MacDonald ’14 Seija Roy ’14 POINSETTIA SALES Shannon Cumiskey ’12 Serena MacDonald ’17 Sandy Scherre VOLUNTEERS Francesca Dauphinais Anastasia MacDougall ’13 Jade Scrymgeour ’12 Sarah Andrews Judith Davidson Nicolas Macias ’14 Vida Sernas Michelle Hudson Sarah Demarco Matthew Marchese ’13 Mary Seymour Denise Kovac Rachelle Denys Michael Marchese ’15 Jack Shi 13 Kathy Proudfoot Andie Desforges Lisa Marshall Sue Simon Laura Purves Beth Egan Tracey Marshall Kim Smith Linda Stevenson Diane Farmer Carol Mason Nicholas Sopuch ’13 Karen Whetstone Patrica Farrugia-Watson Kelly Mason Zenia Sopuch Alexander Floyd ’14 Malcolm Mason Adam Starr ’16 SANTA CLAUS PARADE Debbie Floyd Joanna Mazurkiewicz Margo Starr VOLUNTEERS Taylor Foote ’13 Amanda McDougall ’15 Katherine Steirman Fernando Antonio Casanova Ochoa Sharon Ford Arlene McLeod Linda Stevenson ’14 Justin Frando ’13 Troi McLeod ’12 Lisa Sturrup Noelle Henry ’14 Christel Gardner Emily McMahon ’13 Peter Sturrup Youping Li ’12 Michelle Garib Andrea McMullen Meghan van Aardt ’13 Jessica McTamney ’14 Kathleen Gillespie Gloria McMullen Danielle Visco Michela Prefontaine ’14 Megan Gillman ’13 Karen Meisel Adam Wang ’13 Kallin Raynor ’15 June Gleed ’15 Elaine Miller Allen Wang ’12 Nicola Shaw ’14 Joanne Golding Anne Marie Million Karen Whetstone Adam Wang ’13 Pinky Gong ’13 Alexander Mondrous ’13 Kim Williams Carolynn Graves Mairead Mulroy ’13 Amanda Wolscht ’06 HOLIDAY HOME TOUR Jacob Hagias ’15 Catherine Murphy Nicole Wolscht ’13 VOLUNTEERS Isaac Hambrock ’14 Shayna Nicholls ’15 Peter Yang ’13 Tyler Allison ’12 Lisa Hambrock Alyssa Nunn ’17 Sean Yang ’13 Laura Anagnostakos Shannon Hamilton ’12 Calvin Nunn ’15 Mary Yin ’13 Stilina Anagnostakos ’13 James Hare ’15 Emily Nunn ’14 Edward Ying ’13 Gillian Arkless Jeremy Hare ’13 Linda Nunn Daniel Zhao ’14 Gus Badali Cedric Hartstang ’13 Patricia Ollerenshaw Leo Zhu ’13 Paula Badali Toby Hatch Laurie Pendyk Sherry Barclay Debra Hayward Laurie Philp We would also like to Rosemarie Benjamin Alycia Hubbard ’12 Ioana Pop ’13 express our sincere Maurice Berleth ’15 Claudine Hubbard Julie Powers thanks to the staff of: Brianna Beswick ’12 James Hudson ’13 Nancy Prittie ADM Design Kim Bilous Mackenzie Jones ’12 Robert Prittie ’13 Blooming Wellies Flower Boutique Darlene Blenich Rahul Juta ’13 William Prittie Cassidy’s Flowers & Gifts Emilie Blenich ’12 Muhammad Kara ’13 Laura Purves Flowers by Terry of Aurora Christine Bower Dinah Keludjian Ben Qiu ’14 Homesense Amanda Bowes ’13 David Kovac ’15 Kallin Raynor ’15 Paradiso Design and Staging Charles Boyd Denise Kovac Annalise Rickman Sanctuary Solutions Kari Briggs Natasha Krstajic ’13 Sean Rickman Saturday Afternoons Home Store Lorraine Buchan Jaeden Laffey ’15 Christine Ritchie The Flower Merchant Magdie Buder Catherine Lane Elizabeth Ritchie Tree Valley Garden Centre Ltd. Vanessa Carson Tessa Lane ’12 Sarah Ritchie ’15 Wild Violet

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CONTRIBUTORS CHRIS ARKLESS TIM BEERS MEGHAN BESWICK ANGELA BIANCHI KIM BILOUS ANNA COOK STEVE COPE JANET DOWNER CALISTA HASSEN THE PILLARS RESTORATION PROJECT IAN JOHNSTON GEORGE KELITKA …UNDERWAY THANKS TO YOUR GENEROSITY ELAINE KLIEM PAUL MASON The restoration of the grand and historic Pickering College Pillars and front en- KULIN MATCHAR trance is underway! This project is possible because of the generosity of alumni, parents, staff and community members who believe in the future of our school ERIN MATTHEWS on the Hilltop. The scope of work for this project will include restoration of the KAREN MEISEL Pillars, foundation improvements, an enhanced front entrance with new stairs NICOLE MURPHY and entrance door, and the installation of a lift at the Student Lounge entrance ALANA SIMON to improve accessibility to Rogers House. CHRISTINE SMITH HEATHER SPICER Nearly $350,000 was raised through individual gifts, and through events in- cluding Holiday Home Tour 2010 and the 100th Anniversary Gala. Special NICKY WOOD thanks go out to our alumni, including lead donor Jim Spring ’47, and to Up- lands Charitable Foundation for their generous support of this project. We are GRAPHIC DESIGN deeply grateful to everyone who has made this project a reality. VANI ROUSE

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