Spring! Alice in Wonderland Kicks Off Spring Festivals in the Lower School

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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 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 Having just seen the February newsletter with feature an indoor pool, viewing gallery and I days, contributes significantly to their growth 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. It some original art and prints created DECA International Career Development Conference, 26 will feature the works of artists from by individual students or collaborative Atlanta, Georgia Begins BG2 through AP. It will span our two groups. Don’t miss this opportunity to 28 US CIS Ontario Drama Festival Ends campuses and will include a wide variety support the Parent Association as well •Visit us online: bayviewglen.ca •Like us on Facebook: facebook.com/bayviewglen of media. You will have the opportunity as to collect art from what might be the 29 Round Square Regional Conference in Colombia Begins Connect •Follow us on Twitter: @bayviewglen •Follow us on Instagram: @bayviewglen_toronto to visually enjoy, as well as purchase, next VISIONaries of our time. 30 US DECA International Career Conference Ends

4 April 2018 bayviewglen.ca 5 Béchamel Sauce Now Carrying in Yes! I want to join the Junior Leadership Club Makes 3-4 serving. This recipe is an both shops! estimation based on our large quantity Summer Uniform Black Polishable My child (print name) cooking. Adjust ingredients and spices For more information or questions, please contact the Shops Dress Shoes at [email protected] or visit the school website for Boys and according to taste. We serve our Béchamel in class (ex: L4A) has my/our permission to attend Leadership Club sessions. at bayviewglen.ca/association-shops Girls sauce with whole grain rotini pasta. Recipe Compliments of: Starting May 1, weather permitting, students may begin wearing their summer uniform. Printed Parent/Guardian Name

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Ingredients: Lower School Date  4 Tablespoon (60 ml) of butter (Optional for May, June and September, except for Formal Dress Days)  3 Tablespoon (45 ml) of all-purpose flour SK to Grade 5 The Junior Leadership Club is Threading through each workshop  ½ Cup of diced white Spanish onion back. From April 19th to May 31st will be a growth mindset that  3 Cups (700 ml) warm milk » White Golf Shirt with Green School Crest » White Golf Shirt with Green School Crest the club will take place at the everyone has the ability and  1 Dry bay leaves » White Dress Shirt with Short Sleeves** » White Blouse with Short Sleeves** 11 Years Strong:  1 Pinch of nutmeg Lower School for Grade 2 to responsibility to be their best self. » Grey Pants with Black Belt or Grey Shorts » Grey Pants with Black Belt or Grey Shorts Grade 5 students. The club will  1 Pinch of ground cloves Registration for the Leadership » Grey Dress Socks » Maple Leaf Tunic, Skort or Kilt* start at 4:00 and end at 5:15. This  Kosher Salt Club will begin on Wednesday, » Black Dress Shoes (Green kilt shorts must be worn underneath year the club’s focus is a Global  Crack black pepper The Lower April 4th, and run until Mindset. Founded in the ideals Friday and Special Occasions Tunic and Kilt but not skort) Wednesday, April 13th. There is Preparation: » Green Socks or Tights of Round Square, students will no cost. Parents can either take » Full dress uniform. Students may wear short- rotate through workshops and 1. In a sauce pan, melt the butter over » Black Dress Shoes the registration found in The Glen sleeved white dress shirts under their blazers School Junior develop their understanding medium heat. Add the diced onion, stir and newsletter or pick up a copy at the and long grey pants for boys. of internationalism, adventure, cook until translucent. Lower School front desk. Please environmentalism, democracy, 2. To make a roux: sprinkle the flour to return registration to Ms. Lina Leadership Club service, and leadership. Through Liscio at the front desk. the melted butter and tender onion, Prep School play-based inquiry activities and stir constantly for about 2 minutes. The The Junior Leadership Club takes place on games, the Lower School club Families who have signed up mixture should bubble and become a (Optional for May, June and September, except for Formal Dress Days) members will work with students will be contacted with more paste. Do not let the roux turn brown. Grades 6 to 8 the following Fridays: April 19 • April 26 from other grades and hopefully information after the April 13th 3. At this point add the warm milk gradually May 3 • May 10 • May 17 • May 24 • May 31 make some new friends. registration deadline. and continuing to whisk as the sauce » White Golf Shirt with Green School Crest » White Golf Shirt with Green School Crest thickens. Add a pinch of nutmeg, ground » White Dress Shirt with Short Sleeves** » White Blouse with Short Sleeves** cloves and the bay leaves. » Grey Pants with Black Belt » Grey Pants with Black Belt 4. Whisk constantly and bring the sauce to » Grey Dress Socks » Maple Leaf Kilt a boil for about 3 minutes until the sauce » Black Polishable Dress Shoes (Green Kilt shorts must be worn underneath) Effective Storytelling: becomes thick and creamy. Friday and Special Occasions (Kilt hem no higher than 3” above the knee) The Importance of Verbal Communication 5. Remove the sauce pan from the heat. Skim » Green Socks or Tights Full dress uniform. by Jesse Denison out the bay leaves and season with salt and » Black Polishable Dress Shoes th pepper to taste. On February 25 , Bayview Glen had two teams compete in the Ontario Innovation Awards. This competition had 18 teams from around Upper School the province pitch to “investors” in a grueling 20-minute session. The judging investors asked tough questions about business plans, (Optional for May, June and September, except for Formal Dress Days) engineering, and distribution. Our students communicated extremely Grades 9-12 well when it mattered the most. The teams had a story to tell and they told it very effectively. Witnessing the two teams on the 25th » White Golf Shirt with Navy School Crest » White Golf Shirt with Navy School Crest reconfirmed a fact that has been true and will be true: teaching verbal » White Dress Shirt with Short Sleeves** » White Blouse with Short Sleeves** communication is a crucial and key role of a school. » Uniform Grey Pants with Black Belt » Grey Box Pleat Kilt From JK through to Grade Five, the students at Bayview Glen’s Lower (Black kilt shorts must be worn underneath) » Grey Dress Socks School develop important verbal communication skills. Whole class L5A working collaboratively to develop their public speaking skills. (Kilt hem no higher than 3” above the knee) » Black Polishable Dress Shoes presentations, peer-to-peer and student-led conferences, the French » Navy or Grey Socks plays, performances of the Spring Festival, the choirs, and Friday near the end of the second term was a real highlight. The students had » Black Polishable Dress Shoes assembly presentations are just some of the opportunities that the the necessary skills to speak on a multitude of issues. SEC and Grads Thursday and Special Occasions Lower School uses to promote effective oral communication skills. Our school does exceedingly well in competitions like the Ontario What happens through the years is that students get the necessary » SEC and Grad Sweatshirts may be worn Full dress uniform. Innovation Awards. Two of the 18 teams who qualified on the 25th out practice to be able to communicate in many different settings. except on Thursdays of a pool of 515 were from Bayview Glen. To qualify, teams not only In Grade 5, the cohort practices traits of effective verbal communication had to impress judges with their ingenuity, they had to communicate and work through the second term to develop speeches. Across the successfully in five minute pitches. Our students are exceptionally * Maple leaf Tunic or Kilt can be worn in Grade 3. Girls must wear Maple leaf Kilt starting in Grade 4. grade, the students develop speeches that are interesting, engaging, well equipped to articulate their ideas and communicate in high Kilt shorts must be worn under tunic, kilt and grey box pleat skirt but does not need to be worn with skort. ** Ties must be worn with short sleeve dress shirt and short sleeve blouses. informative, and at times, downright hilarious. Watching these speeches pressure situations. A life skill that will serve them well.

6 April 2018 bayviewglen.ca 7 Lower School Parent-Teacher Conferences Content with . SK to Grade 5 Parent-Teacher Apr Conference Forms were due 5 Monday, March 26, 2018. The form enclosed with report Creativity cards should have been completed By Christopher Federico, and returned to the school. Director of Teaching and Learning, Prep and Upper Schools SK to Grade 5 • Thursday, April 5, from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. It has become a popular pastime The degree to which we are successful to bash our current system of K-12 in both enterprises is apparent in the education for focusing too narrowly achievements of our students. For on traditional skills and content at example, as you will read elsewhere the expense of creativity. In one in this issue of The Glen the Bayview of the most-watched TED Talks of Glen team once again walked away all time, world-renowned British with the Technocup trophy. To do so, education expert Sir Ken Robinson they needed not only to understand goes so far as to assert that “schools the science and mathematics behind kill creativity,”1 with an assembly the problems they were solving and line-like approach to teaching and the solutions they were proposing, learning. Management guru Peter but to apply that knowledge, within Senge agrees, contending that constraints,7 in novel situations; schools continue to act “as likewise when students are asked to Wby Melanie Deeksinterfest something separate from daily life, something governed in build cars powered by mousetraps, February 7th started with a wintry blast and set the stage for a great an authoritarian manner, bring electricity to a remote day on the slopes and trails of Horseshoe Valley. 2018 was the oriented above all else to location, or propose plans to make inaugural year of fat biking and the reviews were all fantastic despite producing, as efficiently as Bayview Glen a healthier place. it being a lot of hard work. Students also navigated the cross country possible, a standardized trails and snowshoed in the dense conifer woods. Others took part in In each case, the success of product.”2 For his part – in a alpine skiing, snowboarding and of course, the favorite – tubing! All of the outcome is dependent on passage that provoked an this activity was topped off with much poutine and many fries! Getting the effective combination of impassioned debate among out of the city makes everyone remember and appreciate that snow is imagination – to do something the Prep and Upper School much more than a traffic inconvenience. It enables some of the most new – and knowledge – to do Curriculum Leads – Professor enjoyable recreation going. We are looking forward to 2019 already! something that works. Yong Zhao argues that schools “in general reduce 1. https://www.ted.com/talks/ken_ instead of enhance creativity robinson_says_schools_kill_creativity 2. Peter Senge, et al. Schools that Learn: A and the entrepreneurial Fifth Discipline Fieldbook for Educators, spirit because they have been Parents, and Everyone who Cares About MS Read designed to prepare good Education (New York: Crown Business, employees.”3 2012), 36. 3. Yong Zhao, World Class Learners: Perhaps. But if so, how will we square Educating Creative and Entrepreneurial -A-Thon that argument with the apparently Students (Thousand Oaks: Sage, 2012), 15. Our MS Read-a-thon is over for another equally powerful counterpoint that we 4. See, for example, Fred Lum, “Half of Grade 6 students fail to meet year and we’ve got lots of reading and are failing to provide our children with an fundraising to celebrate! Thank you to our Ontario math standards,” Globe and incredible students, supportive families, adequate foundation in the STEM fields, that a Mail, 30 August 2017. https://www. and exceptional faculty for all their hard depressing proportion of students cannot even pass our theglobeandmail.com/news/national/ 4 half-of-grade-6-students-fail-to-meet- work and effort throughout the read-a- own standardized tests of basic achievement in Mathematics , and ontario-math-standards/article36124763/ thon. Believe it or not, our Gr. 1-5 students that what every child really needs is the ability to code? 5. https://ww2.kqed.org/ read for an amazing 190,909 minutes mindshift/2015/04/22/sir-ken-robinson- during the 3-week campaign and raised So which is it: do our children need more time with finger paints or pocket calculators? creativity-is-in-everything-especially- over $10,000 for the MS Society of Canada teaching/ this year! We are all so proud of everyone Well, if we accept Robinson’s own definition of creativity, “the process 6. Quoted in Zhao, 3. who participated in this wonderful of having original ideas that have value”5 and Zhao’s definition of 7. On the importance of constraints as an Bayview Glen tradition. 6 element of creativity, see for example, entrepreneurship, the “ability to turn ideas into action,” then when we https://medium.com/stanford-d-school/ With pride and gratitude, cut through all the polemic, the real answer seems to be that we need want-some-creativity-crank-up-the- Mr. Neville, Lower School Teacher Librarian both and therefore we need to – and do – teach both. constraints-5728a988a635

8 April 2018 bayviewglen.ca 9 Braving the winter storm that for a second year This challenge not only captured the in a row threatened to derail the Technocup imaginations of the Grade 7 competitors, BVG competition, 64 Grade 7 students (plus 10 but also their teachers and our guest more participating online) assembled at the judges who showcased their love of Prep School to apply their brains, their STEM engineering by setting about to build and knowledge, and their ability to collaborate to demonstrate their own structures, making Successfully the challenge of bridge engineering. Building on use of the exact same materials. skills learned in their Science and Technology Although the competition was fierce, classes, the students competed in two separate at the end of the day the Bayview Glen challenges testing their understanding of team once again emerged victorious, forces, structures, and the design process. Defends with a healthy lead over its nearest rival. Using the Westpoint bridge design software, Congratulations to Alex Elbaz, Callie the students first competed in three virtual Holdaway, Gregory Tong, Caitlin Leung, lightning rounds, working with specific design Raeka He, Matthew Wong, Russell Choe, techno cup criteria and constraints to develop the least- Trevor Cheung, Mizuki Shuzenji, and Justin cost bridge that could get a transport truck Fung, for bringing (or keeping at) home the safely across a deep gorge. vaunted Technocup trophy. Title After lunch, the contest changed gears. A special thank you to our guest judges, Following a fascinating presentation on Bayview Glen parents Ernest Leung, Lisa the importance of STEM education and Zammit, and Christian Bellini; to Prep its contribution to our daily lives, students teachers Laura Gleeson and Andrew were presented with an assortment of Vivian for their hard work in planning construction materials (mostly paper and and leading the day; and to publications By Christopher Federico, masking tape) and the task of designing a co-ordinator Stefan Valent for designing Director of Teaching and Learning, structure that would allow their toy ATV to this year’s version of the highly-prized Prep and Upper Schools jump an 8 ½” gap. Technocup button.

10 April 2018 bayviewglen.ca 11 Pr Prep School families are cordially invited to attend our Music News All Grade 6, 7 and 8 ep

students, Concert Band, Jazz S ch Prep Band, and Intermediate School Choir will be performing ool Prep School families are cordially invited to attend our annual Spring Concert. This concert features all students Spring in Grades 6, 7 and 8, as well as the Concert Band, Jazz Band, and the Intermediate Choir. This is a spectacular event and a great opportunity for our students to Concert showcase their musical talent. Thursday, Important Notes for Parents April 26 • Due to limited space, a maximum of two tickets per family of performers will be allotted upon request • Once attendance has been confirmed, extra tickets may be at 2:00 p.m. available (Matinee performance) • Siblings/grandparents/aunts/uncles are more than welcome to watch the Live Streaming at school in the Learning and 7:00 p.m. Commons or in the comfort of their own homes Lower J.T.M. Guest Theatre, • Tickets will be sent home prior to the concert Moatfield Campus • Pick-up/Drop-off information will be provided closer to the School 85 Moatfield Drive concert ayview Glen Lower School choirs are unstoppable. This seems especially Upper School families are cordially were Unstoppable at the Spring appropriate during an Olympic year. invited to attend our Students in Grades 9 to 12 U ppe BConcert and the Concert Band Thank you to the students for sharing their performed in Overdrive. love of singing. Thank you to the parents will be performing The Junior Choir opened with Lanterns, who encouraged and supported them. and then wowed the audience with their Thank you to all the faculty and staff for all The programme will include a variety of musical Upper S ch r choreographic impression of flying kites to the they did behind the scenes to help make ensembles. This is a spectacular event and a great traditional Malaysian folk song, Wan Bulan. this a successful event. opportunity for our students to perform on stage. The Concert Band performed a powerful We look forward to watching the students rendition of Vince Gassi’s “Mysterion” and continue to accomplish their goals and School

left the audience whistling themes from celebrate the success of their musical ool Robert Sheldon’s “Overdrive.” achievements this year. The Primary Choir reminded us of the By Susie Simmons well-known stories read in childhood. Spring Back by popular demand was an encore performance of Duct Tape, with extra embellishments this year. LOWER SCHOOL SPRING CONCERT The Grade 2’s reminded us of the technique Concert needed to build musicianship with their rogram Scales and Arpeggios. The Nicaraguan folk P me song, Banana featured rhythmic flair. CoNCErT BAND Thursday, O Canada by Calixa Lavallée GR.2 CHOIR scales And Arpeggios Once again, Ms. Seun’s finale arrangement JUNIOR CHOIR Arranged by Audrey Snyder Lanterns Arranged by Ms. E. Seun banana Arranged by Nick Page Tickets medleyed popular music to bring a message wan bulan Arranged by Tracy Wong FINALE (all choirs) Hall Of Fame/ Unstoppable April 19 CoNCErT BAND Medley of encouragement to be the best you can Mysterion Arranged by Ms. E. Seun By Vince Gassi DIRECTORS be. When you dedicate yourself to a goal, Overdrive Ms. K. Baranieski By Robert Sheldon Ms. N. Percifield Ms. E. Seun PRIMARY CHOIR ACCOMPANIST you can do it, you can be a champion... you stories Of My Life Mrs. S. Simmons By David Waggoner 7:00 p.m. Pick Up Locations Duct Tape Grade 2 • US Drama Room By Mark Burrows Grade 3 • Room 203 Speakers: Dev Khanna, Naomi Kongkham, Grades 4 and 5 • Daunt Dining Hall Zayna Bhanji, Rehan Shah, Georgia Fenili J.T.M. Guest Theatre, Grade 6 to 8 • PS Music Room See more photos on our gallery page online at are free Moatfield Campus Tickets must be presented at the door for entry bayviewglen.ca/photo-gallery 85 Moatfield Drive to the concert. LOWER SCHOOL 12 April 2018 bayviewglen.ca SPRING CONCERT Tuesday, March 6, 2018 J.T.M. GUEST THEATRE, MOATFIELD CAMP

US 85 MOATFIELD DRIVE Grade 6 Musicians Evening the event: On February 1st, the Prep School Music Department hosted our 2nd annual Grade 6 Musicians Evening – an exciting idea created by the music department that would allow our youngest members of the programme to demonstrate their ability as both artists and teachers.

the concept: Our Grade 6 musicians would invite their parents to become the students while they became the teachers. They would perform for their parents and teach them how to play a few notes. They even provided their parents a report card to demonstrate their progress.

Don’t worry, Parents, this was a “for learning” assessment!

the evidence: As music teachers, we witnessed some incredible things happening. Parents were able to witness their children’s knowledge and abilities. More importantly, they realized exactly what it takes to create sound from nothing. Music Competition: As many parents commented after the evening was over, “This was one of the hardest things I have ever had to do, and my child does this every day”. In addition, the students gained a sense of pride that they were able to get their mothers and fathers to create sound and some even played “We Will Rock You” Success by Queen. CAN YOU SAY PARENTS Our Prep and Upper School Music programmes entered the BAND?! Greater Toronto Kiwanis Music Festival the results: Watching parents and their children interact in this amazing Prep Jazz Band – Gold way, allowing parents the opportunity to Prep Concert Band – Gold appreciate what it takes to make music, and Upper School Symphonic Band – Gold having students gain an appreciation for teaching, are all immeasurable benefits. Add the fun, laughter, sense Upper School Wind Ensemble – Silver of accomplishment, and pure joy on the faces of BVG families and Upper School Clarinet Quartet – Gold you have great success!

Congratulations to the Prep Music Department, Mr. Hunsburger They all played very well and received excellent feedback from Visit our website for and Mr. Promane, the Grade 6 Musicians, and their Moms and adjudicators. We, the BVG musicians and music teachers, would like to say more event photos at Dads. You all deserve a great round of applause! Mmmmm... bayviewglen.ca/news/ a special thanks to our parent music supporters: wonder what the parents will play like when their children are in news-and-events Grade 12 music? Thanks for always helping us strike the Michael Bellissimo Head of Arts, Upper School right chord; we couldn't do it without you.

14 April 2018 bayviewglen.ca 15 Robotics News Ctrl-Z Advances to the FIRST® Team Qwerty: Helping LEGO® League North American Humanity, One Glass Open Championship of Water at a Time This year, team QWERTY splashed onto the FLL robotics scene. With their team of super hero parent- coaches led by Eli Filliotis, the team of eight boys and girls have both received extrinsic and intrinsic successes. The team came together in September as a new squad. With only two members on the team with prior robotics experience, the group worked to develop communication and co-operative strategies to make sure they used their practice time effectively. When the team wasn’t programming robots, they were busy working together on an amazing cheer and contacting professionals and experts about their water innovation, Water 2 You. Like the rest of our teams, QWERTY took on the challenge to improve the human n January 13, 2018, Ctrl-Z Bayview was a result of countless hours spent STEM with and learning from top performing water cycle. Connecting with researchers at MIT the team leveraged the natural Glen competed at the 40-team FLL designing, testing and perfecting the team’s teams at this high profile event. surroundings to create a water purification device. The team identified that a Ctrl-Z Helps Out at Ontario East Provincial Championship autonomous robot. xylem (the inside of a coniferous branch) can work effectively as a water filter. O Ctrl-Z wishes to sincerely thank its supporters hosted by the University of Ontario Institute Taking this natural Xylem the team paired it with a dehumidifier which takes The team’s strong performance across all and advisors, Mr. Rambod Afshari, Dr. of Technology in Oshawa. At the event, the water from the air. The goal was to be able to run the device in areas where there the Ontario West three aspects of FLL, core values, robot and Magdalena Krol, Dr. Usman Khan, Dr. Ahmed team faced some of the strongest robotics is no clean drinking water. In Canada there are over 300 boil water advisories research project, has enabled it to represent Eldyasti, Mr. Jim Downham, Mr. Calvin Chan, teams in the Province and brought home at present day. Using a dehumidifier and the xylem of a tree, the team came up Championships Ontario and Canada at the 78-team FLL Mr. Corey Ryan, Mr. Lucas Chang and Ms. Jess the Robot Performance Award - 1st Place, with an ingenious project. For their efforts, the team won a regional award, was North American Open Championship to Joss. Without their inspiration and guidance, On January 28, 2018 Ctrl-Z Bayview Glen was invited selected to present at the East Ontario Championships, and competed in the won the robot game playoffs and earned the none of this would be possible. to serve as the robot “help desk” at the 40-team West be held in California on May 18 -20, 2018. Ontario Innovation Celebration. Excellent work team QWERTY. Inspiration Award. Ontario FLL Provincial Championships hosted by the The competition will include teams from as Finally, the team members express their Jesse Denison, Director of Teaching and Learning, Lower School University of Waterloo. The team was responsible Team members were thrilled to have far away as New Zealand and Scandinavia. deep gratitude to faculty coach, Brittany for providing real-time assistance to competing scored a tournament-high 340 points on The members of Ctrl-Z are excited at the Camilleri, and tireless mentors, Patrick Mark teams which encountered technical challenges with the robot table, 30 points more than the opportunity to represent their country and are and Dobrin Alexiev, for their unwavering programming and operation of their robot. next closest competitor. This outcome looking forward to sharing their passion for perseverance and dedication to Ctrl-Z. It was an early Sunday morning start for Ctrl-Z team members who were recognized as the reigning FLL world champions at the Opening Ceremonies which began at 8:00 a.m. in the massive UW Physical Activities Complex. The highlight of the event occurred in the early evening when Ctrl-Z officially presented the Ontario West Overall Champions Awards to FLL Team #3436 HydroHAULks at the event’s closing ceremonies. Throughout the day, the Ctrl-Z team members were engaged with Ontario West competitors and coaches and during the afternoon presented on the big stage QWERTY the programming of acceleration and deceleration of Krrisha Shankar, Teddy Porfiris, Maya Freedman, Ashley Yeung, Anushka Yoganathan, EV3 robots. Noah Fremont, Athrun Hui, Rohaan Vasa Ctrl-Z is thrilled to have had the opportunity to share its Mentors: Phillip Miret, Ryan Hui, Emiko Wijeysundera, Mackenzie Clark passion for robotics and STEM with its fellow robotics Coach: Eli Porfiris enthusiasts in Western Ontario.

16 April 2018 bayviewglen.ca 17 Stage combat training with Autumn Smith. Autumn has been working with us since the Upper School production of Hamlet in 2012. Geography Challenge Announcement Since 1995, schools from across Canada have been participating in the Canadian Geographic Challenge, a trivia quiz designed to increase student interest in Geography. For the first time in a few years, the Prep School has participated in Once In A this event. All students in Grade 6, 7, and 8 wrote the test in class, and the top scoring students were invited to write a follow- Lifetime up challenge to determine our school by Arden Ballantyne winners. We would like to congratulate the After months of preparation, hard work, following finalists. laughter, and some happy tears, I am proud to announce that the BVG Players’ performance From Grade 6 of Once In A Lifetime was a huge success! Each Matthew Rastogi student demonstrated an impressive level Callum McKinnon of dedication and effort, the result being a Rayhan Mamdani seamless, hilarious, and memorable show. The Riyan Kassam amazing Senior Production team had a vision and flawlessly executed each component, And special congratulations to Kaiyan Chu, from the phenomenal sets and props, to the the school winner for Grade 6. BVG Prep Players Present incredible tech work, and the outstanding hair, makeup, and costumes, transforming From Grades 7/8 the stage into a 1920’s masterpiece. We thank Micheal Gee the actors, whose talent, passion, and high Constantine Vrachas-Matthaios (by Lindsay Price) energy brought the performance to life. The challenge of memorization, accents, and the George Vrachas-Matthaios April 12th, 2018 • 5:15 p.m. Community Performance Tiffany Faust willingness to perform and put themselves out Box there is commendable. We offer our thanks Erin Pinkus Rehearsals for this year’s production are whether for shelter and protection, for to the crew for their hard work, adaptability, well underway; in fact, by the time you And special recognition goes to our school ease, or with best intention in developing and collaborative efforts, without whom there are reading this, it will be almost our our own identities or helping others winner for Grades 7 and 8, Trevor Cheung. would be no show. Thank you to the teachers; performance date! develop theirs. Mr. Reynolds, Mrs. Hitchcock, Mr. Hitchcock, Kaiyan and Trevor will both be participating This year’s production, Box, is written These boxes are how the world sees us, and and Mr. Moore for all their expertise and time in follow-up competitions on behalf of by Lindsay Price, who also wrote last perhaps how we see ourselves, and much of given to creating this remarkable large-scale Bayview Glen. year’s much-acclaimed Hoodie. Box is the play is dedicated to examining where production. A final thank you to the Grade also a vignette play — which means it is these boxes are and how we can be aware of 12 students for their years of passion and Congratulations to all of commitment to the BVG Players, you will all be a series of related short scenes — about them without letting them limit us. our finalists, and thank identity and reputation. About how we see greatly missed next year. Congratulations to you to everyone in the ourselves and how others see us; how we We are very much looking forward to everyone on another successful Prep School for your live up to our expectations and how we performing a Prep matinee and after- production. participation. fulfill the expectations others place on us. school performance for the community and hope to see you there. The title comes from the boxes we place around ourselves and those others do, Mr. Clark

18 April 2018 bayviewglen.ca 19 The Global Upper School House Leagues ouse leagues is an amazing variety of sports have been played opportunity for Upper such as dodgeball, badminton, Ideas Institute HSchool students to compete basketball and indoor hockey, which in a friendly environment every are played in the form of houses or Every day it becomes increasingly important Friday at lunch. We strongly by teams formed by students. Fun for students to think globally. In a world unified encourage students to partake in challenges are incorporated such as by technology, the recognition of world this opportunity, as it is an effective coolest team name or best dressed issues and the need to solve them has grown and fun way for students to involve team! At the end of each sport, the substantially. The Global Ideas Institute (GII) themselves in the school, while points are tallied up where we then is an initiative that partners with schools and getting their exercise! The best announce the winning team at equips high school students with the tools, part is, that you don’t have to be an assembly to reward them with house knowledge, and guidance to successfully tackle extraordinary athlete to be part points and a free civvies day! The of House Leagues, as it provides house points earned contribute to world issues. Each year, the GII programme a safe environment for friendly the final end of year challenge to issues a new global challenge, often a real- competition. As well, House Leagues be the overall winning house! In world problem without a current solution. is a great way to play friendly general, House Leagues is a great a Our GII experience so far has been eye opening. activities, spend time with peers, way to spend time with peers, cheer Every month we head downtown to the and cheer on friends even by just friends on, meet new people, learn watching! The programme also new sports, get out of your comfort University of Toronto and have speakers present provides an environment where it zone, and get your daily exercise! The their opinions about food insecurity to us. is easy to interact with others and Athletic Council is very excited about Based on all the knowledge we have gathered, meet new people across all grades. what the rest of the year has to bring we come up with our own solution to food This fosters a unique environment and is looking forward to seeing insecurity. Right now, we are preparing ourselves where students are able to bond over even more students participate in the for the presentation of our solution in April in similar interests and passions. A House Leagues programme! front of a committee of experts in the field. We chose to join the GII team, because we wanted to try something new and interesting. Joining GII would give us a unique opportunity to put our ideas forward. Having the task of n February 9th, 2018, 35 Upper School coming up with a solution to a global issue is not students competed in the DECA Upper School Student Leaders easy and we knew that our GII experience would Provincial Competition against 8,000 O help us understand food insecurity more fully of Ontario’s finest students. This business and Being elected to the Student Executive Council (SEC) is an honour as well as a responsibility. We and give us a better appreciation of it. leadership competition and conference pitted are proud to have such amazing students representing the Upper School. qualifying students from across the province in Some of the challenges that we have faced as a I want everyone to have the opportunity to volunteer and find fierce competition in the areas of business, finance group were coming up with a unique approach Head of Round Square: something they are passionate about. I am currently working with and professional development. to solving such a complex and serious issue. Miruna Schonberger other students, on a community service committee, to find new Even in such a developed country like Canada, Congratulations to the following students for Hello, my name is Miruna Schonberger and volunteer opportunities for students. These opportunities can help one in every 8 households is food insecure. receiving medals: I’ll be the head of Round Square for this students gain great experience for future endeavours and greatly help If it continues to go unsolved, food insecurity 2017-2018 school year. When I first came to Arden Ballantyne • Top 15 Individual Oral A members of the community. I am very honoured to be part of the will have a detrimental effect on our society. Bayview Glen in Grade 8, I was intrigued by Presentation in Personal Financial Literacy SEC and I’m looking forward to a great year! GII gives us a voice and a goal. It let’s our ideas the idea of Round Square and what it had to Justin Narayan • Top 15 Individual Oral A and opinions be heard and considered. We are offer. Never in my life had I been a part of such Head of Finance: Presentation in Principles of Marketing thankful for being part of this years GII team. a prestigious committee that tied in both community outreach and Shayan Salesi • Top 15 Written Test Score AND Chantalle Matousek and the opportunity to experience what other cultures worldwide have Jay Khosla Top 10 Overall for Accounting Applications William Stanfield to offer, two things I love and am interested in. Now, almost three Hello, my name is Jay Khosla and I am the years later, I am truly honored that I not only had the occasion to Head of Finance for the SEC in the 2017- Salman Shahid • Top 15 Written Test Score for join the committee but that I am now the head of it as well. This 2018 school year. I have been at Bayview Financial Consulting year I’d like to bring one of the committees pillars, internationalism, Glen my entire life and from a young age I Congratulations to the following students for to the BVG community by giving anyone in the school a chance to have enjoyed being on the student council. I placing in the top 7 in their category and qualifying share aspects of their culture with the rest of the Upper School. I’d am very passionate about sports and in the to represent DECA Ontario at ICDC in Atlanta, also like to offer more opportunities for students to get involved Prep School I was a member of the Athletic Council… but in Georgia in April: in giving back to our community and city. By the end of this school the Upper School I decided to step out of my comfort zone Luca D’Alessandro • Top 15 Written Test year, I hope I can make the rest of the Upper School as passionate and try something new. As Head of Finance my job is to assist Score AND Top 8 Overall for Personal and excited about Round Square as I was and still am. the Treasurer with managing finances for the Council and I also Financial Literacy operate the tuck shop. The tuck shop is a small cart filled with candy and snacks which sells to all Upper School students Armaan Marwaha & Nikita Pasricha • Top Head of Community Service: during lunch hour and the proceeds go to the SEC. I really 7 Overall for Buying and Merchandising Robyn Kim enjoy operating the tuck shop, as I have always been interested Operations Research Hi, my name is Robyn Kim and I am the in business operations and this is a way to obtain a small Congratulations to all the students in BVG DECA Head of Community Service for the 2017- experience of what the real thing is like. By the end of this year, for all their hard work and tenacious efforts! 2018 school year. I hope to bring more my goal is to sell lots of product in the tuck shop and be able to Good luck to those going to ICDC! Stay tuned awareness to possible volunteer opportunities contribute substantial profit to the SEC which can go towards for their results. that are available to Upper School students. producing better events for the Upper School community.

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Photos: 1. Sunil, Jaden, Zachary and Sebastien at BVG. 2. Miles and his exchange Zachary at the ROM. 4. Miles and his exchange family. 5. Sunil and his exchange 7. Olivia and her exchange partner, Rosemary at the Raptors game with Sydney Ray-Ellis. 8. The partner Victor and his family in Quebec City. 3. Jaden and his exchange partner family in Quebec. 6. Sunil with his exchange partner, Sebastien. Peters’ family with Eafa and Olivia, and their exchange partners Annabelle and Rosemary. 9. Jaden and his family, with his exchange partner Zachary. 10. Eafa with Rosemary and Annabelle. Prep School Round Square Exchange Programme This year in our Round Square programme, students in the Prep “The best part for me was getting to attend another school and What is something you could tell a future Prep School student interested in School were offered the chance to go on an exchange within meeting my exchange partner and his friends. Everyone at La Salésien going on exchange? Canada. Bayview Glen partnered with another Round Square was nice and welcoming” – Jaden R. “Prepare yourself to live in the moment. You are living with your exchange school in Sherbrooke, Quebec called Le Salésien, to create a What is something you learned during your exchange? partner for a month, so it is important to try new things and get out there!” month-long exchange programme for our Grade 8 students. – Eafa P. “I learned that I have a lot of patience on this exchange because of the The students selected for the exchange programme this year were language barrier between me and my exchange partner” – Miles L. “ Don’t be afraid to talk to new people and make new friends because you Miles Lauterbach, Olivia Kennedy, Eafa Peters, Sunil Wijeysundera, “I learned that no matter the differences between you and your are only at your exchange school for two weeks so you should make the best 9 and Jaden Rawlins. Each student was matched with a student exchange partner, like language and interests, you can always become of it” – Sunil W. from Quebec and they became partners for this experience. They friends” – Olivia K. spent two weeks in Sherbrooke with their exchange partner, living “ It is really interesting to practice your communication skills – in Toronto we with their partner’s family and attending classes at La Salésien. What was the most challenging aspect of going on exchange? had to help our partners speak English, and in Quebec, they had to help us Then, they returned to Bayview Glen and their exchange partner “Hosting another student was tough at times, because you had to speak French” – Jaden R. travelled back to Toronto and attended Bayview Glen classes. entertain them and keep up with your homework! Sometimes finding Over the course of the experience, our Bayview Glen students learned a Outside of the class, the students were able to explore a bit of things you both wanted to do was hard, but we always had lots of fun” great deal about human interaction, the French language and culture, and Quebec with their host families, including Bora Park, the Bonhomme – Eafa P. expanded their world views. This experience was a true “outside of your Carnaval, ice fishing, tubing and watching French movies. While “The most challenging part of exchange was knowing that you’re not at comfort zone” experience. Living with a host family, as well as hosting hosting their partners in Toronto, our Bayview Glen families went home and you are getting outside your comfort zone” – Sunil W. themselves, our students were about to step outside of their comfort zones and learned a great deal about others and themselves. The students explored above and beyond for our Quebec exchange students. Some of the What is your favourite memory about your time on exchange? activities they organized included going to the Science Centre, a the Round Square ideals of internationalism, adventure and leadership as “ My favourite memory of my exchange was travelling together on the Broadway show, Ripley’s aquarium, the Raptors game, skiing, Niagara well and improved their French speaking and listening skills. train to Quebec and showing my exchange partner around Toronto” Falls and eating at various Toronto restaurants. – Jaden R. I want to thank the students who participated and their families for a great exchange experience. The exchange programme this year would have not What was the best part of your exchange experience? “ I really enjoyed making friends at La Salésien and skiing with my been as successful without their support! If you are interested in an exchange “The best part of my exchange experience was probably meeting exchange partner” – Olivia K. opportunity next year for Grade 8, please contact Ms. Laura Gleeson for my exchange partner for the first time in the train station. We “One funny memory was doing basic things in French, like ordering more information at [email protected]. had emailed before, but it was great to meet her face to face” food. I ordered the same thing at the school cafeteria every day, they – Eafa P. learned who I was and what I wanted based on my order!”– Miles L. Merci! 10

22 April 2018 bayviewglen.ca 23 th Annual BVG Welcome to the world, 7 Blue Jays Day 2018 Future Alumni

Aris versus Proud Parents: Memories of Pyeongchang – Dimitra and Jim Bexis Born January 20 at 5:45 a.m. an Olympic recap Weighing 9 lbs. 1 oz. by Karen Horsman, Director of Communications Bayview Glen alumnus Lenny Valjas ’06 was the top Canadian in cross country sprint skiing at the Olympic winter games in pm Pyeongchang, South Korea. He finished seventh after being eliminated Sat. May 19 - 1:07 in the semifinals. As a proud Gryphon, Lenny chose Bayview Glen as the backdrop for his CBC television Olympic profile seen across the date Month Time Price country. TV crews shot the footage at the school last summer. (Visit our News and Events page on our website for the link) Saturday May 1:07 pm $35 Olympians Candace Crawford and Mercedes Nicholl both Price $35 per ticket attended Bayview Glen. Candace competed in downhill skiing while Mercedes represented Team Canada in snowboarding.  A group of Bayview Glen students were fortunate to have Please fill out the information below and submit their own Olympic memory. Two days after Canada’s women the form to Lower School Reception by Monday, hockey team captured silver in Pyeongchang, former hockey April 30. player and three time Olympian Vicky Sunohara visited the Lower School to speak about her own Olympic journey. While playing for Team Canada, she won two golds and a silver Student Name medal. She was also a member of 7 world cup championship teams. She spoke about the women’s heartbreak loss to the US; “You may have seen a lot of tears but that’s because you work hard for so long and Number of Tickets your goal is the gold medal” said Vicky. “You want to win for your country and your teammates. When you fall short of your goal, it can be hard but we’re always exceptionally proud to play for Canada.” Vicky spoke to our Class students about the challenges she faced early in her career; “Can you believe back then people didn’t think women should be playing hockey?!” But she said friends and family helped her believe in herself along with Lucía Cheque Amount (made payable to: Bayview Glen) all the talented teammates she played with. What is the most valuable Proud Parents: lesson Vicky learned from hockey? “It’s not only important to play hard Alfredo Vertel and Juliana Cruz and succeed personally but supporting others to be the best they can be Born January 23 at 9:41 a.m. This is not a Valid ticket is equally important,” she said. Weighing 6 lbs. 7 oz.

24 25 Congratulations to all BVG teams! Our coaches summarize a phenomenal Winter 2018 season for the green and white. Be sure to read about your child’s squad.

U13 Boys Basketball DII U11 Boys Basketball (Green Team) U11 Boys Basketball (Burgundy Team) Coach: Mr. Neville Coaches: Mr. Snowdon, Ms. Dunlap, and Coach Coaches: Mr. Snowdon, Ms. Dunlap, and Coach The U13 Boys Basketball DII team had a Prattas Prattas successful season, making tremendous This year the U11 Boys Basketball Green The U11 Boys Basketball Burgundy Team rounds improvement in their skills and development. Team progressed greatly since our tryouts off the thirty Grade 5 boys who signed up for The boys ended the season on a strong note, back in November up until our final basketball this season. The overwhelming level winning a nail biter versus Country Day School, tournament. The boys always tried their of participation was great to see and for many 46-45. They finished with an overall 3-5 record, hardest and never gave up while they were of the boys on this team, it was their first time which placed them 6th out of 9 teams in a very on the court. They had a successful season playing organized basketball. The team should competitive league. A great effort, boys! with some difficulties and made it into the be commended for taking this risk and trying final tournament ranked fifth. The boys something new. Overall, the boys learned a lot Senior Boys Basketball Junior Boys Basketball DII Junior Boys Basketball DIII overcame this ranking to win the bronze about the game of basketball from Coach Jack Coach: Steve Baumgartner and Coach Coaches: Mr. Dewar and Coach Golbourne Coaches: Mr. Freeman and Coach Golbourne final in the tournament and finish third and improved their skills as the season went on. Golbourne The Junior Boys DII Basketball Team had The DIII Junior Boys Basketball team overall. We would like to thank all of the The boys kept a positive attitude throughout the It was a hard fought, highly competitive season an extremely successful season. The team improved their skill level as the season went parents and Coach Jack for their amazing season and celebrated each other’s successes on for the Senior Boys Basketball team. The finished with a 10-2 record consisting of league, on. Although the team did not win a lot of support this season. the court. season concluded with Bayview Glen’s first exhibition, and playoff competition with a games, the effort was there and the boys ever Ontario Federation of School Athletic positive overall point differential in excess of really grew as a team. Our last game was a Associations (OFSAA) basketball representation. 100. The team was characterized by balance tight seven-point loss to a team that had This year’s tournament took place in Cornwall, and depth that favoured an up-tempo game beaten us quite handily earlier in the season. Ontario where the boys proudly and valiantly that few opponents were able to match for represented the Conference of Independent 36 minutes. A quarter finals win over Country U12 Boys Basketball (Green Team) Schools Athletic Association (CISAA). Day School earned Bayview Glen a berth in the Coaches: Mr. Milligan and peer coach Jack Pickett Final Four and a semi-finals matchup with host The U12 Boys Basketball Green Team had a Villanova College. Despite a 24-7 fourth quarter strong season, finishing with five wins and run, the team came up short and lost 51-47. A one loss in their regular season league games. valiant effort and a true sign of team character We didn’t have the results we were hoping for and resolve. Well done! in the playoffs, but it certainly wasn’t because of lack of effort. The boys were a true joy to U11 Boys Basketball (White Team) U10 Boys Basketball (White Team) coach this season. It was great to see them Coaches: Mr. Snowdon, Ms. Dunlap, and Coach Coaches: Mr. Campbell and Coach Lou enjoy themselves so much and I was very Prattas Practices started for the U10 Boys Basketball impressed with how well they came together The U11 Boys Basketball White Team team in the middle of November. Due to the as a team. Congratulations! progressed well throughout the season this overwhelming numbers and enthusiasm of winter. The boys learned the value of hard these Grade 4 boys, they were divided into work, practice, and teamwork. There were a Green Team and a White Team. Ms. Lino some high points and some low points for and Mr. Campbell were joined by Dr. Bragga- the team, but they ultimately ended the Mele (parent volunteer) and Coach Lou to season as the winners of the consolation coach and lead these two teams during the division in the final tournament at Country practices. Coach Lou and Mr. Campbell took U14 Boys Basketball DI U14 Boys Basketball DIII U13 Boys Basketball DI Day School. We would all like to thank Coach on the responsibility and pleasure of coaching Coaches: Mr. Meingarten and Coach Golbourne Coaches: Mr. Nagthall and Coach Golbourne Coach: Mr. Neville Jack for his support and expertise with the the White Team during games. Though the To say that this group of basketball players The U14 Boys Basketball DIII team The U13 DI Boys Basketball team had a very white team throughout the season and the team was winless for the season, the boys have improved since November would remained in the playoff race until a close, successful season. The boys completed league final tournament. were undefeated in growth and improvement. be a vast understatement. Watching their final game against St. John’s-Kilmarnock play with 5-4-1 record, which included two basketball IQ and cohesion on the court grow School. The boys made great strides in their very close losses to Upper Canada College and U12 Boys Basketball (White Team) has been the most rewarding part of being development and will look to continue this Crescent School. The team finished in third place, Coaches: Mr. Ganley and peer coach Jack Pickett U13 Boys Basketball D2 their coach this season. I look forward to with the Upper School next year. which qualified them for the CISAA tournament. The U12 Boys Basketball White Team had a seeing them continue to improve as a team in Unfortunately, in the semi-final game, they season of development and team-building future years. lost to a hot-shooting Crescent team. From practice sessions. They were competitive in there, the boys went on to play Toronto French each game and respectful of the officials and School in the consolation final, where they led opponents alike. We finished fourth at the final throughout, winning 56-46 to place third overall. tournament. Practice your lay-ups, boys! Go Congratulations on a great year of hoops, boys! Gryphons Go!

26 April 2018 bayviewglen.ca 27 Senior Girls Volleyball D1

U12 Girls Volleyball (Green Team) U12 Girls Volleyball (White Team) U10 Girls Volleyball Coaches: Mr. Conrad and Coach Keith Coaches: Ms. Malik and Coach Sorra Coaches: Mr. Jones and Coach Sorra The U12 Girls Volleyball Green Team had a very The U12 Girls Volleyball team had a This was a truly special season. Volleyball was good season. With the introduction of Triple Ball wonderful season. The girls improved a sport that was new for many of us, and to rules, the girls went 5-1 and placed second in the significantly since they first started practices see how this squad of 22 girls undertook the division, losing only to Havergal College in the back in November. During our final game, challenge of mastering some of the skills was regular season. Unfortunately, during playoffs the they chased down the ball and really worked mesmerizing. They approached it with such team wasn’t as fortunate, ending the tournament together to achieve their goal. Even when determination, yet having fun along the way. in fourth place with several hard fought matches. they were taking a break on the bench, I sincerely hope they keep up this sport. Well Every loss of the season and playoffs went the they cheered on their teammates. Coach done, girls! maximum number of sets and several of those Sorra and I had a wonderful time working went to extra points beyond the regulation 25 with these girls and we hope they continue needed to win. The girls should be proud of what playing volleyball next year. they accomplished this season.

U10 Boys Basketball (Green Team) U9 Boys Basketball Senior Girls Volleyball Coaches: Ms. Lino, Coach Lou, and Coach Coaches: Ms. Dybala, Ms. Lende, Coach Lou, Coaches: Ms. May-Kim and Coach Keith Bragga-Mele and peer coach Ehsan Ghazavi This season, the Senior Girls Volleyball team The U10 Boys Basketball Green Team showed The U9 Boys Basketball Team had a terrific consisted of nine Grade 11 girls. We had a dedication to improving on their passing, lay season! Throughout the season all players great season winning half of our games, and ups, and dribbling by having almost 100 percent progressed in their basketball skills and making it to the quarterfinals. Each match attendance at practices. With a mix of Coach gained important experience in our games. was extremely close and there is no doubt Mele’s dedication to teaching skill development We hope that the boys continue to play in my mind that the team will be stronger and Coach Lou’s insistence on laughing while you basketball in their upcoming years at BVG. and even more competitive next season. learn, the boys were in for a great season from Go Gryphons! Congratulations on a great season! U9 Girls Volleyball U14 Girls Badminton Senior Coed Swim the start. It wasn’t a surprise that we made it to Coaches: Ms. Elliott and Coach Sorra Coaches: Ms. Lanci, Coach Char, and peer Coaches: Ms. Mehta and peer coaches Filip the Championship game. We won silver and we What a season! This group of gryphons coaches Lily Li and Lilian Wang Zdravkovic and Kaitlin Au-Yeung couldn’t be prouder as coaches! began this season with little to no volleyball The U14 Girls Badminton team had a great The senior swim team this year was small experience and now can play a game of triple season counting five wins, two losses and one in size, but mighty in spirit. Practice after ball! Thank you girls for all your hard work and tie. The girls worked with determination to practice, meet after meet, our swimmers a special thanks to your parents for driving improve both their individual skills and game worked hard to improve their skills and to the early morning and late afternoon strategies while displaying great fair play and displayed a genuine love for the sport. Our practices. Go Gryphons! sportsmanship. In our final tournament, we champion swimmers, Borna Gholampour and accumulated 30 points, which earned us a very Alexander Lo proudly represented the school well deserved second place. at OFSAA in Windsor. Alexander swam the 100m backstroke in the Open category, and Borna swam the 50m freestyle in the Junior category. Many thanks to all the coaches, staff and parents for all their support. Congratulations on a great season swimmers, Senior Girls Volleyball DIII U14 Girls Volleyball DII U13 Girls Volleyball DI and good luck with your swimming journey! Coaches: Ms. Russell and Coach Keith Coaches: Coach Balodis and Coach Keith Coaches: Ms. Dixon and Coach Keith A wonderful team of young women who Growth and transformation. These are the We have finally made it to the end of our worked hard in practices and improved words that best describe this amazing and volleyball season. We started out with a rough throughout the season. Though it was not a fun group of girls. They started as a group of start but in the end the girls worked hard and winning season, they kept it close in every set. unsure individuals and throughout the season prevailed. We learned to deal with a lot of loss Their positive attitude and support for each transformed into a close and competitive in the beginning but then the girls worked other, made this team a pleasure to coach. team. With every match they became a more ambitiously during their practices to improve and more cohesive unit. I am proud to have their skills and came out on top. Winning had the opportunity to coach these girls! every single game to make it into the final championships, they placed 3rd overall in the finals. Way to go, girls! Senior Co-Ed Swimming

28 April 2018 bayviewglen.ca 29 Junior Coed Congrats to all of our Swim Coaches: Mr. Vivian, Champion teams who showed Madame Raouda, Ms. Weissmann, Coach excellent team : play Sung Ha Ryu, and Coach Jin Sook Ryu This was a year of Senior Boys experimentation Curling within the sport of Coach: Mr. Chapman Junior Swimming. Where the Canadian At its conclusion, Olympic Curlers might our group of U11 and U12 Open swimmers were the best in their U13 Girls Volleyball DII On the Sideline With Coach Keith have succumbed to category, and our overall team had won more ribbons than in any Coaches: Ms. Hooper and Coach Keith the pressure, this was preceding year. Congratulations! I would like to congratulate all of the girls A Coaching Profile by Mr. Milligan not the case with the on their championship win! All of them Junior Girls Bayview Glen partners with several exceptional outside pros that assist with coaching our curlers from BVG. With demonstrated an interest in the sport and mighty Gryphons. Coach Keith has been with us for 7 years. the championship Volleyball proved their dedication through perseverance game against St. Coaches: Mr. Haines at all practices and games. They all improved Mr. Milligan, Assistant Athletic Director: Hi volleyball. Being a member of the 3x National Andrews tied going and Coach Keith their individual skills drastically while Keith. Can you tell me a bit about yourself. Champions, University of Winnipeg Wesmen, into the last end, and St. Andrews lying two, skip Megan Wettlaufer’s With only four maintaining good sportsmanship. I think they Keith Wasylik: Sure. I am married to Elaine was an extraordinary experience, and my clutch shot seized the victory. However, it was a team victory, with lead players remaining also understand the value and importance of Andrew, a Senior Consultant with Investors career capped off as a back-up setter for a Emma Kurian, second Johnathon Slightham, and vice Ethan Wachtel all from last year’s communication on the court and with their Group and we have two awesome daughters, couple of years with our men’s National Team. Championship team; Kelsi and Tesca. Both were great students and contributing key shots on route to a semi-final win over Crestwood 9-2 coaches. Hopefully, they know how proud all What do you like most about volleyball? the expectations excellent competitive athletes (gymnastics, and the 8-7 win over St. Andrews in the finals. This was BVG’s second teachers, parents, and other faculty members There are some inherent characteristics of the for the Junior Girls martial arts, track, soccer, volleyball, and CISAA curling championship in a row, and with all members of the team are of them for their accomplishment. sport that make it one of the most popular Volleyball team were tennis). We love to travel and always pack in Grade 10, there have been murmurs of a dynasty. Furthermore, they have learned some benefits sports around the world: speed, power, set modestly low at our tennis racquets! I can’t sing or play a of discipline and regimen, and will come out physicality, finesse, balance, creativity, and the start of this season. However, by the time the Christmas break rolled musical instrument, but I love to listen to all U14 Coed Curling next year for another fun and successful season. controlled aggression. However, for me the around and the team was already off to a blistering 3-0 start, it was types of music on vinyl, on my “old-school” Coach: Ms. Mills most exciting element of volleyball is that it is becoming quite clear that this group of girls were a force to be reckoned turntable and system. Reading and cooking The U14 Coed the most unforgiving sport in the world. One with. Flash forward towards the end of the season and they proved they are becoming favourite hobbies of mine. Curling Team had mistake and you’re done! That also forced me a phenomenal were unbeatable, finishing with a perfect 9-0 record. Hosting at home, they again took on the best teams in the division and won both of their How long have you been coaching volleyball? to work harder to make sure that my skills sophomore season. Around 30+ years. I am a fully certified were always getting better and my tactical First of all, we playoff games in convincing fashion to cap the ultimate dream season. Congratulations to the members of the 2017-2018 Junior Girls Volleyball NCCP Level 3 coach, and one of a group of sense of the game was always improving. expanded from 1 team certified NCCP volleyball coach developers Championship team who showed they were truly exemplary, both on and Indoor volleyball or beach, which do you to 2 teams. Secondly, and evaluators. our BVG Green Team off the court. They proved that with consistent hard work and determined prefer? went undefeated this effort, you can achieve anything. Where have you coached besides BVG? I have to make sure that I keep my volleyball I helped start and run a competitive club peers happy... indoor volleyball in the fall/ season and won the Senior Girls CISAA Championship again! Bravo to the team members for defending for 15 years in York Region, the Stingrays winter and beach volleyball in the summer! Badminton Volleyball Club. I am currently involved with their title and representing BVG so well. Volleyball rules have changed over the Coaches: Madame the Phoenix Volleyball Club in Toronto and I Although we bid goodbye to some of our inaugural team members as Kongoli and Coach years. Your thoughts on this? U11 Girls Volleyball have also worked with the Ontario Volleyball they move to the Senior Curling Teams next season, we look forward to Char Outstanding for the fans! Rules such as being Coach: Ms. Neville Association in their summer indoor High another exciting 2018/2019 season as we go for the three-peat!! Join the Congratulations to able to use any part of your body to control the The U11 Girls Volleyball Team are the Performance Camps, the Ontario Regional U14 Curling Team next year... we ROCK!! the new Senior Girls ball have led to some amazing defensive plays. undefeated 2018 CISAA Champions. They Games programme, and with Team Ontario. Badminton CISAA Just search for “best foot saves ever” from any competed in a league of eleven teams and This summer I will be one of the head/ U14 Girls Champions! This of the past Olympics or World Championships. did not lose a single set during the regular mentor coaches working with all of the Volleyball DI winter season was Also, “rally scoring” has certainly led to fans season. Their confidence and skill development Ontario Regional teams as they prepare for Coaches: Madelle the culmination of being more engaged in the back and forth flow skyrocketed with every match and their energy the 2018 Ontario Summer Games. When I Sabodach and a dedicated team of matches. In beach volleyball they made the was infectious to everyone. have time, I am also involved with Volleyball Coach Keith effort. It takes great passion for the game and years of practicing to make court dimensions smaller to try to provide more Canada. I had the good fortune to work The U14 Girls champions, and both our athletes as well as our coaches have worked The team was seeded first in a pool of the top exciting rallies, and it has definitely worked. We alongside some of Canada’s top coaches Volleyball DI team hard for this moment. This team’s growth is the result of their hard work five teams for the Championship day. I can’t might have to raise the net in men’s volleyball when I assisted with the Women’s Youth had a fantastic and their lessons in sportsmanship. We realized very early in the season say we weren’t nervous, as every team had the soon though? Many athletes around the world National team programme, and the Men’s end to its Prep that this was going to be a special year. Throughout the season, the girls opportunity to improve. The girls faced some are spike touching over 3.60m. Recently a Youth National Development programme. School career. The displayed the best of their skills, followed Coach Char’s instructions, challenges in the match against Toronto French young member of our National Team touched Currently I am the lead coach for one of the girls brought forth played as a unit and won contest after contest, ranking first ahead of the School for the gold medal. We won the first set 3.82 (over 12 and ½ feet). VC REP (Regional Excellence Programme) impressive skills and finals. The highlight of the season was, of course, our final match against convincingly. After some battles in the second, centers located at the TPASC. What is your coaching philosophy? dug deep to defend Bayview Glen’s championship title in a nail-biting gold long-standing champions, Havergal College. It was an emotional game we lost our first set of the season. However, I try to keep it simple, so that athletes, medal match against Country Day School. It has been a pleasure to coach to say the least. The girls played very fast paced, elegant, and exciting there was no way we would let the victory slip Did you used to play volleyball yourself? If parents and I can be on the same page. this team over the past three seasons, not just because I loved watching matches. We are very proud of their very well deserved victory. We away in the deciding set. The girls were assertive so, what level and position? them develop into fierce volleyball competitors, but also because this is a all had a fantastic time celebrating afterwards together with our Gold and kept their lead from start to finish. In the Originally I was a track and soccer guy. But “Strive for excellence! Train hard! Play group of upstanding young women who truly personify sportsmanship. medals. This must be what Olympians feel like! end, our talent and competitive spirit won! then a couple of my friends urged me to try tough! Have fun!”

30 April 2018 bayviewglen.ca 31 Staff Profiles News from Our excellent faculty members and staff – through their talents, Advancement dedication and experience – are key to fostering the sense of community, independence, self-esteem and respect we value so much at Bayview Glen. Darlene Norris, Director of Advancement [email protected]

Theresa Faiza Salam Rita Iafrate McArthur Grad Class Khan Teacher, English and Teacher, Head of BG2 Teacher Social Studies Mathematics, Lower School Prep School Upper School As an eighteen year old, I was very unsure A famous author once said, “You can escape After taking a year off to enjoy a maternity with a good book, you can find yourself in a leave with my son, it has been refreshing of 2018 of what I wanted to do in the future with regards to my career. Although I was good book, and you can understand the world to return to Bayview Glen with a new initially enrolled in a different programme around you in a good book.” Growing up, one energy and perspective. Heading in to at the beginning of my academic life, my of my greatest pleasures was to curl up with my 12th year here at Bayview Glen it’s early work experiences at Bayview Glen a good book. In fact, I learned early on that fun to look back and see how far I have Legacy Gift helped me realize what kind of work I was it is impossible to feel lonely when you find developed. From a newly graduated truly passionate about. I began working yourself enveloped in the pages of a story. This Queen’s engineer with a teaching degree, A very special thank you to everyone who has given. If you have To “give back” to a place that has given your child so much, as an After School Counselor, and within has remained true to this day. just starting out, to the Curriculum Lead for not made your gift, it is not too late! please visit www.bayviewglen.ca/giving/grad-class-gift or contact Kimberlee Waymann at [email protected] or a few short weeks I realized just how We all have a story to tell, and my Bayview the Math Department, it has been quite an The deadline to make your donation and have your child’s 416-443-1030 X659. much I enjoyed working with children. I Glen story began back in 1993. Yes, the math adventure. I have enjoyed all the different name added to the recognition plaque is April 30. knew then that I had to switch to an Early th aspects that BVG has to offer. From Matching Gift Challenge will tell you that this year marks my 25 year at Through a Grad Class Gift, you can commemorate your time at Bayview Childhood Education Programme, which Round Square trips, to extra help success A generous Grade 12 family, passionate about making the school! Glen and create a new and enduring legacy for students to come. brought me to Ryerson University. While stories, all the way across to watching this initiative a success, has kindly stepped forward being in the programme I was still able to Having obtained my Bachelor of Arts at the “my” badminton team win a CISAA Gold Your donations will support the purchase and installation of a 2x$ and offered to match every new dollar donated to the Class Fund – University of Toronto, I continued my studies in continue working part-time since BVG was Medal this season. It’s the cross curricular new Drinking Fountain in the Senior Student Commons Area. up to a total amount of $5,000! Starting today until April 30th, make classical literature at the University of Perugia involvement and feeling of welcoming very flexible with schedules. My time and Your ongoing support is vital and every gift to the school – a donation and DOUBLE the impact of your support to Bayview Glen! experience at BVG has really shaped me in the beautiful region of Umbria, Italy. success that makes teaching here such a whatever the size - matters. Help us maximize our match by making your gift to the Grad into the person I am today. I was fortunate I then returned to my alma mater and enrolled great experience. I enjoy sharing my love Class Fund today! enough to have experienced working with in OISE/UofT where I obtained my Bachelor and passion of mathematics, and having children even before I graduated. I started of Education degree and Special Education those moments when students feel their supplying right after my graduation and Specialist designation. understanding “click” into place. I also this allowed me to gain more experience enjoy finding out each year what our I first joined the faculty as a member of the before joining the BVG community full alumni have been up to; it is amazing to Senior Kindergarten team. This allowed me to time as a BG2B teacher. Everyone has been see them grow. witness the development of young minds. In extremely warm and kind to me over the 2005, I moved to Grade Six and continued to Outside of school I have a few passions. last eight years that I have been here and I watch these same creative minds flourish as I quite enjoy photography and while cherish every moment that I spend as part students in the Prep. This year, I continue my my focus has switched a little bit from From the BVG Archives of this community. Nearly 27 years ago, Bayview Glen officially School is bright and the commitment strong, love for literature alongside my colleagues, as garden and nature based to baby faces, I hope that it is something I can continue opened at 275 Duncan Mill. to provide the Bayview Glen experience to we explore engaging and inspiring genres that future generations... Today we celebrate to develop in the years to come. Like In recognition of this momentous day reflect who we are as a society on a global scale. together, with pride, our success in reaching in April, I’d like to take an excerpt from many with young children my son and our latest milestone.” When I’m not in the classroom, I enjoy coaching family keep me busy at home. We enjoy the pamphlet that was distributed at the U11 and U12 soccer, along with U14 Track and travelling and getting out in the fresh air, opening ceremony and remind us all Our school builds courage, teamwork, and just what it really means to be a part of lifelong healthy habits. Our interdisciplinary Field. I find this very rewarding, as I encourage having adventures in the snow and any students to build on the school’s core values Bayview Glen. curriculum inspires students to question puddles that happen to be near. I am perceived boundaries and surpass perceived through comradery and good sportsmanship. “Bayview Glen is more than just a looking forward to introducing him to the limits. Our students graduate as intellectually building... From the beginning to now, it My husband John and I will celebrate our Silver cottage this summer, teaching him how to astute, culturally adept, respectful, and has been vital to maintain the community empathetic young citizens. Here at the school, Anniversary this year. Our household is a very skate next winter, and him joining our BVG setting and family-like atmosphere we remember, Bayview Glen is more than just busy one, with our two children, Elena (20) and community in BG2 next fall. through which our students discover the a building. Bayview Glen is a lifestyle! Adrian (18), as well as our two lovable Dandie value of an enriched life through a wide Dinmont Terriers (Terra and Bosco). I continue range of academic, recreational and social If you are interested in contributing Bayview to feel privileged to be part of such a dynamic experiences. Our new building embodies Glen memorabilia to the Archive or seeing and rewarding school community. this goal and will ensure that it continues more of our collections, please contact Mark for future students...…The future of our Fellin by email at [email protected]

32 April 2018 bayviewglen.ca 33 News from Alumni Spotlight: Alumni Relations Alumni Education Event Series Wen-Hao Christopher Wine Education Workshop Message from the he first Bayview Glen Alumni Wine Lue ’09 Flora ’04 Education Workshop on Thursday, March 1, Wen-Hao Lue graduated at Bayview After graduating from Bayview Glen was a great success. Bayview Glen Alumni Glen in 2009 and studied Software in 2004, Christopher Flora entered Over 30 alumni and their guests gathered Engineering at the University of into the Computer Engineering Association Board at our Moatfield Campus in the J.T.M. Guest Waterloo. During school, he has co-operative programme at the On behalf of the Bayview Glen TTheatre with sommelier Bernard Stramwasser to learn won pitch and business competition University of Waterloo. Christopher Alumni Association Board, I about the fundamentals of wine tasting, how wine is awards such as the Norman Esch was exposed to a variety of work made and differences between red and white wine. would like to welcome you to the Entrepreneurship Award. He has opportunities that helped shape both Following the workshop, the participants enjoyed some first month of spring – even if it worked at various companies and start- his academic and career decisions. delicious hors d’oeuvres to pair with wine and make doesn’t feel like it yet. I graduated ups in Silicon Valley such as Twitter After completing his degree, connections with each other. in the class of 2012, and I am and Square as a software engineer. Christopher started his professional Special thanks to the Alumni Association Board, the proud to be representing our Wen-Hao is currently the Co-founder career at the Bank of Montreal in Events Committee, as well as Mandy and Darlene who Alumni on the Alumni Association and CTO of Sesame, a Toronto-based the compliance and technology contributed their time and effort in organizing the Board since I joined in 2017. start-up that helps teachers give better department, dealing primarily with event. Enjoy the event photos available in the Photo One consistent theme that has come up in all our board feedback to students. Sesame has regulatory issues and data loss Gallery of the Bayview Glen school website. discussions, as we try and envision the future for our raised venture capital from investors prevention. He recently changed This was the first social event of the Alumni Association Alumni Association, has been ‘Community’. For all of us, such as Y Combinator/Imagine K12 and jobs and moved to CIBC within the Board, and stay tuned for more events to be planned Bayview Glen’s strongest asset has always been its sense of The Next 36. Enterprise Data Technology group. throughout the year. We look forward to seeing you again at future alumni events, including our BVG community. This is embodied by the school’s long tenured L!NK Alumni Networking Finance Speaker Series on teachers, the number of lifers in each graduating class Wednesday, April 18. Visit the Alumni Events website at and the supportive atmosphere. Our goal with the Alumni www.bayviewglen.ca/alumni-events to learn more. Association Board is to weave this sense of community Richard Wood ‘08 with the greater alumni network. Bayview Glen Alumni Association Board We are accomplishing this aim through various channels. Events Committee Chair This would include several upcoming events: a career panel and networking series, starting with our finance and capital markets panel in April. Social events, such as a wine tasting event in early March. As well as our annual homecoming and May alumni reunions. We are also building an online community, via the BVG L!NK alumni mentorship programme. Many more events and initiatives are planned, and we think the current alumni and future graduates should have a lot to look forward to. The Bayview Glen Career Breakfast: community should not end on graduation day. Alumni are connecting and creating community amongst Computer Engineering themselves, and with current students as well. Alumni We are delighted to welcome back two Software Engineering, including are giving back to the community by volunteering their alumni speakers, Christopher Flora their co-op experience working at time to teach current students about different careers ’04 and Wen-Hao Lue ’09, on Tuesday, various companies and start-ups and industries during the career breakfasts. Others have March 6 for our last Career Breakfast in Silicon Valley. All three Career donated their time to a multitude of other causes at the of the school year. Christopher and Breakfasts were great successes school, including athletics and music. Wen-Hao shared valuable insights and featured inspirational alumni and knowledge with current students speakers. We hope you could join us Bayview Glen has not always had a large Upper School, and parents on various topics related at the Career Breakfasts next year. but despite this, our school has nurtured an impressive to Computer Engineering and array of alumni. A glance at the Distinguished Alumnus Award recipients on the website, or the featured alumni in each issue of The Glen is a testament to this. Perhaps more importantly, many alumni are lifelong Mark Your Calendars: friends after graduating. We are proud to share their Upcoming Alumni Events accomplishments and have them share with their fellow alumni and current students. For event information and online April 18, 2018 registrations, please visit the Alumni BVG L!NK Alumni Networking Speaker We are excited to see a strong alumni network that will Events website at bayviewglen.ca/ Series: Finance Professionals augment the strong Bayview Glen community of students, alumni-events teachers and parents. May 4 and 5, 2018 Stay Connected with Website www.bayviewglen.ca/alumni LinkedIn www.linkedin.com/in/bvgalumni April 5, 2018 BVG Alumni Reunion 2018 Weekend: Christian Medeiros ’12 BVG Network Alumni Regional Visit: Friday Evening Reception and Email [email protected] Twitter @BVGAlumni Bayview Glen Alumni Association Board Waterloo, Ontario Saturday Networking/Sports Day #BVGAlumni Facebook facebook.com/groups/bvgalumni BVG L!NK bvglink.firsthand.co 35 34 April 2018 bayviewglen.ca 35 Parent the 11th annual Bayview Glen Gallery Night Please join us May 24th, from 4:00-6:00 p.m. Association Vision If you are interested in volunteering please contact News [email protected] Parent Association Peter And Glenda Textile Recycling Meeting Lin Community Programme! Parents were excited to be a part of our Service Scholarship We are continuing to partner with Textile Parent Association meeting where we had Waste Diversion to reduce landfill and raise GRADUATING STUDENTS APPLY BY MAY 16! presentations from several groups in the money for Bayview Glen’s environmental Bayview Glen community. Michael Bellissimo, WHAT IS IT? initiatives. Music teacher and Head of Arts, Upper School, A scholarship awarded by the Parent What: Donate ANY unwanted, clean, odourless came in to talk to parents about “Music and Association to a Grade 12 Bayview Glen dry textiles, even if it’s ripped or stained your Brain: Something to think about”. In an graduating student who has contributed amazing presentation Mr. Bellissimo asked the to the betterment of the school, as well Clothing • Purses • Belts • Linens • Shoes • Boots question “What does a conductor do?” and as local and global communities through Drapery • Rugs • Luggage • Reading Glasses had parents participate in a group conducting exemplary volunteer service. This student Where: Please drop off all textiles at The Shops session. We all learned how important it is to best exemplifies the standards of caring have music in our children’s lives as it enriches and contribution exhibited over his/her When: Now until April 20, the eve of Earth Day! their education and helps develop leadership career at Bayview Glen. Clean out your closet, clean up the and motivational skills. HOW TO APPLY? environment, and help our school! We then had Team Red from our Robotics Pick up the application package at the teams present their innovative water invention: Moatfield Reception desk, and return it to The Fix It Water-Barrow. This wheelbarrow has the attention of Lianne Bastien. Ways to Shop been re-engineered to filter water. It is truly All applications will be reviewed by the amazing what our Robotics teams create. Parent Association’s Peter and Glenda for your Child’s Lin Community Service Scholarship Uniform Needs Committee. 1. Visit the Shops during regular hours. Save the Date: Please direct all questions to Ms. Lianne Spring Family Social, April 29th. Bastien at [email protected] 2. Order online and we will deliver to your child’s class. 3. Book an afternoon, evening or even weekend appointment. See bayviewglen.ca/association-shops for details. April Shop Promotion Golf Shirts 25% off

Games Night The 2nd annual Parent Association Games a few rounds of ping-pong and indulged in Night was a roaring success! This year’s theme mouth-watering hors d’oeuvres before joining was Monte Carlo and gave parents a chance in some friendly competition playing Guess to forget the snowflakes falling outside and to Who, and perennial favourite Pictionary! feel the warmth inside. Dressed to impress, We would like to extend a very big thank we walked the red carpet serenaded by you to everyone who attended and to our Connect our very own BVG student musicians as we committee for your hard work and dedication posed for the paparazzi. Parents and staff to make this event a success! Visit the Current Parents link on the main tested their luck at the games tables, enjoyed website at bayviewglen.ca/current-parents, like the Bayview Glen Parent Association Facebook page, or follow us on Twitter at @BVGPA.

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