Welcome Spring! Alice in Wonderland Kicks Off Spring Festivals in the Lower School
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Nº7 APR 2018 OFFICIAL NEWS @BAYVIEWGLEN Welcome Spring! Alice in Wonderland kicks off Spring Festivals in the Lower School Age 2 to University Entrance | Coeducational | Multicultural | Multi-Denominational | bayviewglen.ca MESSAGE FROM THE What’s Inside... BOARD MESSAGE 4 Head of EVENTS LISTINGS 5 RECIPE 6 School SUMMER UNIFORM 6 JUNIOR LEADERSHIP CLUB 7 EFFECTIVE STORYTELLING 7 WINTERFEST 8 READ-A-THON 8 CONTENT WITH CREATIVITY 9 TECHNO CUP 10 Celebrate the Spring season with SPRING CONCERTS 12 our vigorous Arts Programme GRADE 6 MUSICIANS EVENING 14 Join us for our MUSIC COMPETITION 15 t Bayview Glen, we their skills for the April 8 musical have always placed a spectacular at Roy Thomson Hall. ROBOTICS NEWS 16 strong emphasis on the THEATRE NEWS 18 development of the whole Our annual campus-wide visual art child. We believe that celebration will be held on May 24. DECA 20 success in educating students comes Artwork from students in JK to Grade 5 A will be on display in the Lower School not only from academic achievements HOUSE LEAGUES 21 but also through consistent and Atrium, and Grades 6 through AP will be rigorous involvement in the arts. on display in the J.T.M. Guest Theatre. UPPER SCHOOL SEC 21 TOWN Spring is the season in which we I always wait with much anticipation for ROUND SQUARE 22 celebrate the Arts. Students throughout our Spring Concerts, and this year was the school are busy rehearsing and no different. We were all delighted in the BLUE JAYS DAY 24 perfecting their artistic endeavours in Lower School performance on March 6, OLYMPIC RECAP 24 numerous projects involving music, and look forward to the Upper School’s on drama, dance and visual arts. April 19, and the Prep School’s on April 26. ATHLETICS 26 The Upper School BVG Players Regular participation in music and COACHING PROFILE 31 recently completed a very successful drama helps students master fears and humorous show of “Once in A associated with public speaking. It builds STAFF PROFILES 32 self-esteem, confidence and character as Lifetime” – a spectacularly hilarious ADVANCEMENT NEWS 33 1920s production set in the city of stars, well as teaches students to be innovative HALL and creative thinkers. The list of personal Hollywood, LA, and follows the adventure ALUMNI NEWS 34 Monday, May 14 at 5:15 pm of three performers as they navigate skills acquired is extensive. PARENT ASSOCIATION through the chaos of the introduction As we provide students with this 36 • Get an update on our Campus Master Plan of talking pictures. On April 12, the BVG ‘arts literacy advantage’ they become Prep Players are proud to present “Box” On the cover: Grade 5 Marie- Elena LeBlanc • Meet our new Advancement Committee more creative, analytical, focused and Bellissimo, as Alice in Wonderland by Lyndsay Price. It is a vignette play disciplined, and they build the kind of • Talk to members of our Board of Directors — which means it is a series of related characteristics that culminate in truly short scenes — about identity and successful and confident adults. I know reputation, about how we see ourselves that people with these skills will be in In the J.T.M. Guest Theatre. Please submit questions for and how others see us; how we live up to demand as the world seeks out thinkers our expectations and how we fulfill the and leaders of tomorrow. discussion and RSVP to [email protected] expectations others place on us. The Spring Festival at the Lower School is in full swing with students performing in eight different plays. The singers and musicians performing Eileen Daunt at the Conference of Independent Head of School Schools Music Festival are also honing MESSAGE FROM THE Board of Directors April Events Whole School BVG’s Narrative Architecture – 6 CISMF Rehearsal 6 Orthodox Good Friday 7 CISMF Rehearsal 7 Passover Ends The Evolution of our CISMF Concert, 3:00-6:00 p.m. 8 8 Orthodox Easter Learning Spaces 9 Orthodox Easter Monday 11 International Day of Pink recently heard the term ‘narrative gymnasiums, the Learning Commons and of to help march Bayview Glen forward 18 CISAA Mini Meets architecture’ in a podcast for the first time course, our brightly lit Daunt Dining Hall. I am into its next chapter – the plan includes 20 LS, PS & US Earth Day Assembly and Civvies Day – the term refers to the art of designing convinced that the physical space, in which construction of a new athletic facility that 22 Earth Day and constructing a building to tell a story. my now Upper School children spend their will connect to the Lower School and 30 Newsletter Sent Home IHaving just seen the February newsletter with days, contributes significantly to their growth feature an indoor pool, viewing gallery and Lower School images of a barn transformed into Bayview new Lower School gymnasium. Significant and learning process – to their high school 5 SK-Grade 5 PT Conferences, 5:00-8:00 p.m. Glen’s humble beginnings under the direction stories. And no doubt, regardless of how renovations to the Lower School are also 6 LS Passover Assembly of the school’s founder, Mrs. Hopkins, it is old your children are, their stories are being planned to commence this summer to offer apparent that Bayview Glen has quite a story molded by the spaces they enjoy throughout students a bright, modern welcoming space 11 BG3 Breakfast 9:00 a.m. to tell. We have grown and evolved rapidly our stunning school. Collaborative spaces that that mirrors the look and feel of our Prep VISioN 18 BG2 Breakfast 9:00 a.m. from those early days to a school with spaces have a personal, and ultimately collective, School facilities. 27 Grade 2 Spring Festival that our students thrive in from the Preschool meaning. Our students and educators draw Some of you may have attended our first Prep School all the way up to the Upper School. from and create meaning in and about those ever Town Hall last year where you had 4 PS Easter & Passover Assembly My own family’s story at Bayview Glen started learning spaces, essentially shaping the an opportunity to see images of the new 12 PS Theatre Matinee and Evening Performance narrative architecture of our school. in the Preschool in BG2 and BG3 on the north Lower School Campus as part of our unified 13 PS Assembly side of Duncan Mill, a dedicated space with Campus Master Plan. We look forward to 23 PS Executive Council Applications Due such a caring and nurturing staff, although hosting another Town Hall on April 23rd for somewhat disconnected from the rest of the an update on the Campus Master Plan and 26 PS Spring Concert Matinee, 2:00 p.m. school across the street. We looked on to JK, the school’s strategic direction. It will be a 26 PS Spring Concert Evening, 7:00 p.m. or as my son then called it, BG4, to continue great opportunity for the BVG community, 27 PS Assembly our positive experience. And during those including the Board, faculty, staff and Upper School Lower School years, we enjoyed watching parents to gather and discuss Bayview 4 US Shortened Day our son and daughter continue to thrive. For Glen’s path forward. US Student-Led Conferences, 1:30-4:00 p.m., & 4 them, the third floor of the building, where I think we can all agree that the spaces in 5:00-8:00 p.m. the big kids lived, seemed daunting – but which our children learn not only support 5 US Grade 12 Euclid Math Contest soon enough they were headed for the Prep them while they are at the school, but also 9 US Grad Group Photo School themselves, only now they would be create a sense of pride in, and connection moving across the street for the next chapter This year marks the 10 US Grade 10 OSS Literacy Test to, the school they will one day leave. We in Bayview Glen’s story. Meanwhile, the little So where to now? The Board and leadership look forward to your continued support as 13 US Semi Formal preschoolers joined the Lower School building are always looking to the future with the narrative architecture of Bayview Glen 15 Young Round Square North Carolina Conference Begins with a special space carefully carved out for th intention and a great deal of reflection, continues to unfold and evolve! 19 US Spring Concert 7:00 p.m. (Dress Rehearsal 1:00 p.m.) their early years. 11 annual Bayview helping to guide the story of our school. DECA International Career Development Conference, 19 It was an exciting time 4 years ago when Does the learning space create stories of Atlanta, Georgia Begins the Moatfield campus transformed to engagement and creativity? There is still 22 Young Round Square North Carolina Conference Ends accommodate the Prep students and the much more work to be done to enhance Glen Gallery Night 23 US DECA International Career Conference Begins Upper School received a fresh upgrade. learning spaces at Bayview Glen, particularly Fazila Nurani 23 US SEC Candidates Applications Due Student spaces in which stories are formulated for our Lower School campus. And as you Chair of the Facilities Committee th now include common areas, yoga and fitness read this, that work is underway with a BVG Board of Directors Please join us May 24 ,from 4:00-6:00 p.m. 26 US CIS Ontario Drama Festival Begins rooms, robotics labs, upgraded art rooms and construction team that is working hard [email protected] 26 US National Biology Competition This year’s show is entitled VISION.