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Alumni Award of Distinction 2010
Mr. Robert (Bob) Young ’72
Mr. Robert (Bob) Young ’72 was honoured on Friday, September 17, 2010 as this year’s Alumni Award of Distinction recipient. Bob is the son of Old Boy David M. Young ’41 and the nephew of Bill Young ’35 and Joyce Young ’43, and in keeping with his family tradition is a proud Pine.
Mr. Young was recognized for his outstanding success in business and leadership, as well as his multi-faceted philanthropic endeavours locally, nationally and internationally. Upon receiving the Alumni Award of Distinction, Mr. Young advised the Senior School students to “embrace your failings, because that is when you will learn something.”
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To Serve is to Lead:
2010-2011 Prefect Installation
Back Row (Left to Right): Marc Ayotte, Head of College, Thomas Birnie, Bradley Dimitroff, Sam Wain-Lowe, Colin Babington, Head Boy, Yaseen Khaled
Michael Gnocato, Curtis Urbanowicz, Bob Neibert, Principal, Senior School
Front Row (Left to Right): Meaghan Philp, Jennifer Wismer, Tessa Spicer, Julia Falco (Head Girl), Nisha Goel, Brittany Davies, Alexandra Bain
On Friday, September 17, 2010, fourteen Grade 12 students received their Prefect pins and ties at the College’s annual Prefect Installation Chapel Service.
Mr. Ayotte, Head of College focused on the Servant-Leader. In an essay entitled The Servant as Leader, Robert K. Greenleaf said: “The servant-leader is servant first…It begins with the natural feeling that one wants to serve, to serve first. Then conscious choice brings one to aspire to lead.”
Congratulations to our 2010-2011 Head Boy, Head Girl and Prefects.
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Upcoming Events |
Movie Night Under the Stars
Montessori and Junior Schools
Friday, October 1, 2010
HSC Homecoming Community Day
Saturday, October 2, 2010
HSC Resiliency Day
Monday, October 4, 2010
College-wide Terry Fox Run
Thursday, October 7, 2010
Thanksgiving Break
Friday, October 8, 2010 – No Classes
Office Hours: 8:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Monday, October 11, 2010 – College Closed
Tuesday, October 12, 2010 – Classes Resume
Montessori Parents’ Night
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
M6-9 – 7:00 – 8:00 p.m.
M3-5 – 8:00 – 9:00 p.m.
Senior School Graduate Parents’ Information Night
Thursday, October 21, 2010
7:00 – 8:30 p.m.
College-wide Open House
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
9:30 – 11:30 a.m.
5:30 – 7:30 p.m.
Crescendo Concert Series
Lara St. John
Friday, October 29, 2010
8:00 p.m.
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Laure Kominar returns to Tanzania to challenge, create and, contribute
This summer Laure Kominar, HSC’s Elementary Montessori Directress, returned to Tanzania to help children in need. Together with another Montessori educator, she spent a week travelling by foot, bike, piki-piki (motorcycle) and truck to 24 village schools to observe the teachers she had help trained on her previous visit in 2008. For the next ten days they conducted an intensive Montessori course with 35 adults in a school in Kujunjumele.
When she was asked to write about her summer experiences, she began wondering if perhaps she should have an answer for “those who have asked why I chose to go to Africa in the first place, and also why I returned?” Laure writes, “I believe that my best answer for ‘why?’ came to me through one of Dr. Martin Luther King’s messages. I went to Tanzania because ‘we are all a part of the fabric of humanity.’”
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Exciting News from the HSC Library
The new L4U Library Automation System is up and running in the Library. Please stop by the Library to see the new system in action. This system offers great features to help bring Library users and resources together!
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HSC student Kenny Johnston seeks creative problem to lionfish problem at the
Little Cayman Research Centre
HSC student, Kenny Johnston was part of the Central Caribbean Marine Institute (CMMI) Leadership in Environmental Sustainability course at CCMI’s Little Cayman Research Centre this past July.
While there Kenny wrote an article to the CCMI about their current problem to control the lionfish population. His simple solution - put them on the menu and eat them!
Click here to read his article featured in a local newspaper.
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Have you voted yet?
We are very pleased to advise our parents and alumni that HSC has, once again, been nominated for “Best Private/Independent School” in the Hamilton Spectator’s Reader’s Choice Awards 2010!
Please help us by voting online at www.thespec.com, click on the 2010 Readers’ Choice Awards icon. All online votes must be submitted by midnight on Friday, September 29, 2010.
While there, please take a moment to support the many other HSC-connected businesses that have been nominated.
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HSC-bay Online Auction – Just in Time for Pre-holiday Shopping!
The HSC Parents’ Guild is pleased to announce their third annual online fundraising auction, HSC-bay. This year the auction will open on Friday, November 5 and close Sunday, November 21, 2010, in order to encourage pre-holiday shopping. The Parents’ Guild is hoping that they can count on your support to help make HSC-bay another tremendous success!
Will you please consider donating an item or service for the online auction?
Here is a list of suggested items for you to consider donating:
- Electronic items
- Event tickets
- Restaurant gift certificates
- Services or Products
Participation in the HSC-bay online auction is a fantastic way to branch out to our HSC community and beyond. When you donate an item or service valued at $250 or more, you will be recognized on the HSC-bay website by way of a business card advertisement, with a link to your own website for thousands to see. Please contact Kim Shippey, Advancement Manager at 905-389-1367 ext. 107 or email kim.shippey@hsc.on.ca.
Please note that the preferred deadline to receive donations is October 15, 2010. On behalf of the HSC Parents’ Guild, staff, faculty and especially the students of Hillfield Strathallan College, many thanks in advance for your support!
Sandra Fisher, Manal Ramadan, Jennifer van Leeuwen
HSC-bay Committee Chairs
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HSC Homecoming Community Day
Be a part of the excitement on Saturday, October 2, 2010. This day is for everyone, so bring your parents, your kids, your friends and enjoy a fun-filled day at HSC. Our athletes need your support and spirit. Don’t miss this incredible day. It won’t be the same without you.
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HSC Resiliency Day
Anne Murray – Monday, October 4, 2010
Building Resiliency to Manage Personal Anxiety & Stress
The HSC Wellness Committee is excited to announce that Life & Leadership Coach, Anne Murray, will be coming to HSC on Monday, October 4, 2010. She will be addressing students, parents and faculty in support of our 2010-2011 College-wide ‘wellness theme’ of Building Resiliency. Anne Murray will work with students, starting at Grade 3/M8 level, throughout the day. She will host a workshop for faculty members and provide an evening presentation for HSC parents. Participants will learn strategies to help recognize stressors, manage anxiety proactively and positively, and acquire tools to help build resiliency, which will benefit the HSC community.
As an HSC parent, you are invited to attend the evening presentation, which will be held from 7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. in the Artsplex Auditorium. Registration is not required. Come and enjoy an evening of learning with your community.
If you have any questions about this event, please contact Ms. Amaris Langton (Senior & Middle) at amaris.langton@hsc.on.ca or Mrs. Sarah Walker (Junior and Montessori) at sarah.walker@hsc.on.ca
We look forward to seeing you there and we thank you for your support of this Wellness initiative.
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