Happiness is a full Wall of Service!
Thank you to the KCS community for working on inspiring acts of service, which filled our wall of service for the first time this year! To celebrate, we have earned a dress down day.
There were many outstanding projects that students completed outside of school time. Some of them were:
• Cleaning up local parks
• Participating in charity walks & runs, such as climbing the CN Tower for the United Way
• Getting a hair cut and donating the hair to Locks of Love, a charity that makes wigs for children with cancer
• Planting trees
• Volunteering at gift basket wrapping for women’s shelters
We continue to be impressed and inspired by all of the wonderful things our students and teachers do to make a difference. What will you do?
KCS is proud to present a panel discussion on this very important topic on Tuesday, January 24th at 7 p.m.
Our panelists are experts in this field and include:
Dr. David Goldbloom, Senior Medical Advisor, Education and Public Affairs at CAMH; Taylor Armstrong, Staff Psychiatrist at the The George Hull Centre; Shannon Stach, student at the University of Guelph and a participant in "The New Mentality"; Sarah Cannon, Executive Director, Parents for Children’s Mental Health.
We are at a better stage now than ever in the course of history for discussing and embracing this important topic. The two hour investment you make in attending this important evening is so significant for your family. You won’t regret it! Admission is free.
Check out Derek Logan’s most recent Blog posting on this event by clicking
here.
On Saturday, January 14th and Wednesday, January 18th at 9:30 a.m. we will be holding Open Houses for prospective families. Meet students, parents, faculty and staff, hear about our program and see if it's a fit for your child. Step into KCS for 90 minutes and learn how great a school can be. Offers of acceptance to new students for the 2012-13 school year will be made in February.
A Memorable Assembly
Everyone at KCS agrees on one thing. Every year our grade 8 students conduct a moving, inspiring Remembrance Day assembly. This year was no different.
The students presented short iMovies, a dramatic presentation and poems related to World War I and II. They honoured the fallen from St. George’s on-the-Hill parish, presented highlights of the 95th Anniversary of the Battle of the Somme, presented the story of Juno Beach, gave a snapshot of their memories from their European Battlefied Trip and acted a scene from the play “War Horse”.
To complete the tone of the morning, the Chamber and Intermediate Choirs performed a moving rendition of “Un Canadien Errant” and the Grade 7 Band performed "Canon of Peace".
Father Myles concluded the Remembrance Day assembly by reminding all the students of KCS to not forget those who fought and died and to remember that, in war, no one wins.
There was a buzz in the air that spread like wildfire! Rick Hansen was in the parking lot!
The Rick Hansen Foundation is celebrating the Man in Motion Tour with a
25th Anniversary Relay which will retrace the Canadian segment of the original Tour, but this time one man in motion will be represented and celebrated by many in motion. The relay will include 7,000 participants from across Canada who have made their own difference in the lives of others. We were told that Rick Hansen himself would not be present when the relay passed KCS as it went along Dundas.
KCS was asked to participate by choosing one student to receive a medal and run in the relay. The chosen student would be selected because he or she is a “difference maker”. At KCS we believe that all our students are difference makers, with their commitment to community service, their participation in the wall of service, their leadership initiatives and their desire to make the world better, and so we declined the offer.
The word was out! Many of our students made their way to the parking lot with great excitement and anticipation. Some got autographs and others had a chat and shook hands with a powerful, yet gentle, inspiring individual who continues to make a difference in so many lives.