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Deryn Lavell The Linkthe BSS magazine | vol. 1 · 2009/10 The view from The Top Deryn Lavell has a new perspecTive on bss Plus Renaissance GiRls, The spin on spin MasTeR Toys, Why MaRina endicott likes Muskoka chaiRs, & MaRy anne BallanTyne’s WoRld of iT, innovaTion and kleenex. a los angeles-based writer and filmmaker, leah Cameron is CONtRIBUtORS currently completing an MFA at the american film institute. Sharon gregg is a Toronto based communications and Market- leah has written for EnRoute, Toronto Life, Creative Screenwrit- ing consultant with over 20 years experience and has written for ing and The Globe and Mail. Chatelaine, The Globe and Mail and Homemaker’s. sharon was megan griffith-greene is the editor of Shameless magazine, and formerly director of Marketing and communications for BSS. a researcher at Chatelaine. she is also a founding editor and de- currently she is editor of The Link. signer of The New Pollution new music review, and a past editor Rachel hahn is a Toronto-based freelance writer and journalist. of the Ryerson Review of Journalism. her writing has appeared she has worked in the broadcast, print and magazine industries. in THIS Magazine, The Walrus, and Chatelaine. she is currently interning at the canadian Writers Group. after working in the Toronto magazine world for two years, Julia Cathy marostica is the associate, communications and stew- le Conte moved herself and her one-stop writing and editing ardship at BSS, and a former secondary-school english and dra- shop to new Zealand, where she currently resides. she remains ma teacher. editor at large for the canadian quarterly, Lifestyle magazine. The One Tuition Lottery Are you the one? don’t miss your chance to be a part of the BSS lottery! first prize: Tuition for a year or $20,000 cash second prize: $5,000 Tickets are $100 each available online at www.thethread.bss.on.ca or www.bss.on.ca final draw: february 22, 2010 at 12:00 pm all proceeds support BSS students by supporting financial aid for more information on the BSS lottery please contact [email protected] The lottery is intended for ontario residents 18 years or older only. Ticket buyers must be in ontario at the time of purchase and tickets must be mailed within ontario. lottery licence # M616442 • only 1500 tickets will be sold 2 the LINK vol. 1 · 2009/10 taBle of ContentS pRofile Student 10 4 · Opening NOteS: Deryn Lavell 18 · Feature: She’s a petite woman wants to see you in the Head’s office. with a big appetite for knowledge. By deRyn lavell Deryn Lavell has moved into the 23 Head’s office, fixed the sinking sofas, 5 · Inside BSS: The changing of the and given the future of BSS a lot of guard. BSS welcomes new Chair of the thought. By shaRon GReGG Board of Governors, Sarah Kavanagh and Chair of the Trustees, Blake 21 · COmmunity: Looking for Goldring. undiscovered leaders. Old Girl, Board Trustee, and society columnist, 6 · Faculty SpOtlight: Mary Amoryn ENGEL ’90 challenges Anne Ballantyne—part IT guru, part Old Girls to join her effort to build den mother. Who knew crashing a the BSS Endowment. computer could be so emotional? By caTheRine MaRosTica By leah caMeRon 10 · StUdeNt profile: T-Shaped 2 · Family Album: Another Renaissance Girls? BSS presents successful Reunion Weekend at BSS. four young women who are redefining genius—literally. 26 · OLd Girl NewS: Keep in By MeGan GRiffiTh-GReene touch with the girls from your year! 14 · OLd Girl SpOtlight: 0 · teaCheR Art: Look who’s Writer, actress, BSS Old Girl. teaching your kids! A gallery of Marina ENDICOTT ’76 explains professional work from the BSS why Canadian writers like to sit in arts faculty. Muskoka chairs as often as possible. By Rachel hahn 16 · paReNt profile: Anton Rabie really likes to play. So he created a toy company. By Julia le conTe 30 the LINK vol. 1 · 2009/10 opening noteS Renaissance School by deryn lavell It’S BeeN a busy fall to say the least—busy, but also very excit- ing. As always in this dynamic school, there is constant change and renewal. This year you have welcomed me into the role of Head of School and it’s been a wonderful transition thanks to the warmth of our community and the skilled team I have around me. Sarah Kavanagh, the former Chair of the Board of Trustees, was elected Chair of the Board of Governors at the recent BSS Annual General Meeting. I could not be more pleased to be working with someone whose professional skill and inspiring success will be put to great use as we begin to think about a new vision and plan for the future. She certainly knows BSS and has already been an enormous con- tributor in her leadership role with the Foundation. And like me, Sarah takes over from an incredibly talented and dedicated prede- cessor, Kate Stevenson, who will continue to be a guide and advisor to all of us. We are hard at work delivering on the fourth year of the cur- rent Strategic Plan and making great progress in key areas. Angela Terpstra, Assistant Head of the Senior School, has worked with her team to implement many innovations that deep knowledge and even deeper instinct. create the structure necessary for transdis- “This approach draws To take a twist on a familiar phrase, we ciplinary learning and teaching. We are fol- are developing the new ‘Renaissance Girl’. lowing a model that promotes ‘T-shaped’ on all aspects of These girls have the kind of flexible intelli- learning, where a student can stretch across gence that could make them a surgeon and many subject areas, while simultaneously learning, challenging concert pianist in the same breath. developing a deep understanding of specific students to think This issue of The Link explores this disciplines. This approach draws on all as- theme of Renaissance girls and what it pects of learning, challenging students to critically and pull means at BSS. You will meet some of the think critically and pull in a range of ideas many students who exemplify the ambi- and knowledge from other areas of study to in a range of ideas tion of our vision for the Middle and Se- solve a problem. Imagine a T and you’ll get and knowledge from nior Schools, and I’m certain you will be the picture. inspired by them. You will also meet ‘Re- This is work that requires a big com- other areas of study naissance Parent’ Anton Rabie, whose toy mitment on the part of the staff and teach- company, Spinmaster, is considered among ers. They must create an environment that to solve a problem.” the most innovative in the world, and Ma- breaks down barriers between the subject rina ENDICOTT ’76, Old Girl and author groups that were once formed on the basis of a ‘silo’ concept. It is of the Giller-nominated novel, Good to a Fault. This entire com- arguably easier for administrators to organize distinct subject areas munity is populated with Renaissance people—those who show us and specific departments – but we know that model is no longer in what is possible when you marry critical thinking with creativity, the best interest of the girls. When you start crossing the lines, you imagination and hard work. have to restructure an entire paradigm to accommodate a model that I’m so proud to be among you and I hope you enjoy this issue of has, as its basis, less structure, more flexibility and a broader vision. The Link. Please feel free to stay in touch by dropping me an email, But it is absolutely necessary for our students, and the world they or, better still, dropping by the School. will enter once they leave BSS, that our program encourages a way —Deryn Lavell of problem solving that harnesses creativity, analytical thinking, Head of School 4 the LINK vol. 1 · 2009/10 inSide bss transitions BSS Welcomes Sarah Kavanagh and Blake Goldring as Chairs of the BSS Boards BSS Old Girl and current parent, Kate BERGHUIS Stevenson graduate of Harvard Business School and Williams College. She has ’81, has completed her term as Chair of BSS’s Board of Governors. three daughters, Sally ’08, Allison ’09 and Caroline, Grade 11. In her role as Chair from 2005 to 2009, Ms. Stevenson was the driv- Taking on the role of Chair of the Board of Trustees is BSS cur- ing force behind the current Strategic Plan. Highlights during her rent parent Blake Goldring. A Trustee since 2003, Mr. Goldring is tenure include leading the Head’s transition from Kim Gordon to the Chairman and CEO of AGF Management Ltd. Among other Deryn Lavell, promoting the Endowment as a critical foundation to community involvements, he is an Honorary Colonel of The Royal a strong future for the School, overseeing the construction of a beau- tiful new Student Centre and renovation of the library into a state- of-the-art Learning Commons. Says Ms. Lavell, “Kate has been an amazing champion for BSS. Last fall, when global markets collapsed and the challenges BSS was facing became evident, I watched as the Governors, led by Kate Stevenson, and the Trustees, led by Sarah Ka- vanagh, efficiently and calmly navigated the School through rough waters. That BSS continued to go from strength to strength during this difficult period is truly impressive.” Ms. Stevenson served on the Board of Governors for six years, and prior to that spent two years on the Board of Trustees. As ex- officio Governor and past Chair, she will become a member of the sarah kavanagh, kate BeRGhuis stevenson ’81 and Blake Goldring Head’s Advisory Committee.
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