As the editor of the school magazine, I started chronicling the history of CDS for The Link upon my arrival in 2012. Over the next 10 years, I gathered oral histories from our founders and families who were there from the beginning, some of whom we’ve since lost, including Sheila Thomson, Janet and Peter van […]
This past year, The Country Day School marked its 50th anniversary—and what a wonderful time we had celebrating! Understandably, we spent most of the year fondly looking back on how much the school has grown and evolved from its humble beginnings to where we are today: opening with just 47 students in 1972 to 810 […]
What is a maker space you might ask? The term has been bantered around for a few years now and schools, libraries, community centres and independent facilities have started embracing the concept. A maker space is a collaborative workspace where individuals can gather to create, invent and learn. These spaces provide access to a range […]
At the first Academic Assembly of the year, Director of Academics Mr. Harvey shared his thoughts on a topic he spent much time obsessing about last summer. He entitled his talk: Do Cheaters Ever Win?: The Moral Judgement-Action Gap, Kant at the Gym and King Lear in the Rain. The following is what he shared […]
By Thomas Pitts – presented as a speech for a public speaking competition An ordinary morning in a single-sex school: Hey Cullen, Hi Anthony, what’s good Tyler, nice Shoes Arren… An ordinary morning in a Co-ed school: Hey Riley how did the math test go… Charlie, that book you recommended, top notch… Raquel, is that […]
I would like to share something personal with you today, something that has been on my mind for quite some time now. Ever since I came to Canada and skipped two years of Maths in Grade 9, I’ve heard “You are just smart” and “You are so talented in Maths” countless times. But I don’t […]
On April 25, Grade 10 students Zak Khan and Jack Brown attended the Duke of Edinburgh Youth Summit in Toronto with students who are working on their Award from across the GTA and had an opportunity to meet both HRH Prince Edward, the new Duke of Edinburgh and Lieutenant Governor of Ontario Elizabeth Dowdeswell. The […]
This has been an exciting year for those of us working in Community Relations where all things Alumni, Advancement and Communications converge. In honour of the 50th, our staff has grown from six people to 10 with the addition of four part-timers: retired teachers Steve McCutcheon and Scott Garbe, and current teachers Mark Burleigh and […]
Since the very start of my career in education some 30-odd years ago, I have been a huge proponent of the value of educational travel as a key tool in the passage from young person to adult. During the pandemic, travel – of all varieties – was obviously curtailed. And boy, did we miss it. […]
The photo above is an AI-generated image by Adobe Photoshop using the command “education with balance”. With the arrival of ChatGPT in November 2022 and the subsequent onslaught of news and forecasting about OpenAI and its impact on educators, writers, content developers and students around the world – schools, marketing professionals and media organizations have […]