By Christina Chkarboul ‘21 Not only does October usher in crisp autumn breezes, auburn landscapes, and spooky festivities, it’s also the month when Grade 12 students begin to feel the nervous hint of college and university deadlines looming around the corner: that’s right, the post-secondary application season is upon us. Without a doubt, this year’s […]
Hello, readers, and welcome to the final “Studies in Self-Isolation” blog post before the summer holiday (or, alternatively, the first post of the summer!). The world is wildly different than when I last wrote for this series, with the anti-racism protests continuing to channel discontent and outrage at racial injustice around the world, and with […]
Greetings, readers! Welcome to the fifth entry in my blog series, “Studies in Self-Isolation”, where I offer a student perspective on everything from e-learning to coping with the stress surrounding the pandemic. It’s been over two months since school was in session before the March Break and about eight weeks of this lockdown living. I […]
Hello Readers, In case you haven’t been keeping up, this is the fourth post in my “Self-Isolation” series where I write about my experiences learning from home and coping with this altered way of living, providing you with a student outlook on life under the COVID-19 lockdown. In past posts, I’ve written about the adjustment […]
Welcome to the third post in my “Studies in Self-Isolation” series. In today’s post, I’ll be writing about coping with the change to this quarantined way of life and all the stresses that come with it. Handling ongoing uncertainty during a global pandemic is becoming increasingly difficult, as every day brings a new wave of […]
Greetings and welcome to my second post aimed at providing a student perspective on the current state of schooling and living under social distancing because of the COVID-19 global pandemic. Only one four-day week of remote schooling has gone by, but to me, it strangely seems as though we’ve been doing this method of learning […]
March 24, 2020 Hello and welcome to my “self-isolation” series as part of the CDS Education with Balance blog. I’m Christina, a Grade 11 student at the School. In the coming days and weeks, weekly bundles of entries written by me will be posted here as a way of sharing a student perspective on recent […]
You might be wondering: what does a day in the life of a Senior School student at The Country Day School look like? While every student’s day is different, I thought I would give you a glimpse of how mine typically unfolds. 7:00 am This is when my alarm blares annoyingly and I (rather reluctantly, […]
The summer between two school years is a critical time that presents an opportunity to enrich your day-to-day life, whether it be with the wisdom gleaned from novels, with that new trick you’ve taught your dog, or, in my case, with the love of learning and inquisition gained from a two-week summer journalism program in […]
Extracurriculars at The Country Day School serve as staples to the maintenance of the school’s motto, “Education with Balance”, and as opportunities for enrichment and involvement in the school community. At CDS, students are given the chance to engage in a vast variety of teams and clubs, all of which provide a foundation for academic, […]